St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-06-03
TAXING FOREST PRODUCTS.
The House Will Not Do it so far as
Hewn and Squared Timber is
Concerned.

Hewn and Squared Timber is
Concerned.
Special to the Globe
WASHINGTON, June 2.-The feature
of the house proceedings to-day was
the passage of the agricultural bill with
out amendment. The house concurred
in senate amendments to the expert
mental station bill, several bridge bills
and the bill for the extension of time
for the completion of the Kill Won Kull
bridge. The house then went into
committee of the whole Oh
the agricultural appropriation bill.
General debate was dispensed with
amendment. Mr.. Enloe, of Tennessee,
moved to reduce the appropriation for
the purchase of seed from 100000 to
$4,000. After some discussion. his pro-
posed amendment was rejected. Sew
eral MINOR amendments were offered
and rejected, and the committee rose
and the bill was passed.
The motion made by Mr.. Mills yes
terday to limit debate on the pending
paragraph of the tariff bill to ten min
utes was agreed to, and the house went
into committee of the whole on the tariff
bill. The amendment under discussion
was W SblIhC Out llOlH lilC lISG llSG
timber. hewd and squared and timber
used for spars and wharves. Mr.. Ran
dali said that it should be the object of
the house to fix the tariff at rate just
high enough to cover the difference in
wages of lumbermen in this country and
Canada, and he hoped the duty would
be fixed as in his bill-15 per cent ad
valorem. Mr.. Boardman, Ohio, advo-
Gated the amendment, believing that
free lumber
MEANT IDLE WORKNIEN
in this country. Mr.. Taulbee, of Ken
lucky, gave notice that he would, at the
proper time, offer an amendment i'm
posing 10 per cent duty on lumber,
and said he favored the present amend
ment. Mr.. Struble'S amendment was
rejected by vote of yeas 67, nays 100.
Mr.. Randall moved to strike out the
paragraph and insert Timber not
further manufactured than hewn,
squared and sided. This was rejected
without division. The second para
graph of the bill Timber squared and
sided" was reached. Mr.. Taulbee, of
Kentucky, while generally approving
thd bill, moved to strike out the para
graph. Mr.. Burrows read statement
showing the Importance of the lumber
industry, the third largest in this coun-
ty, and that $90,00O,00O was paid in
wages in one year. Mr.. Cox, of New
York, said that the lumber men were al
most all milliOnaireS; men who had
made the forests of Michigan almost
calcined desOlation. On this point he
was protectionist. He wanted to pro-
tect the forests from the ak. By their
plea in favor OF special interests the Re-
publicanS might make it necessary for
the Democrats to amend the rules here
after so as to pass the bill before the
ides of August. AS he wanted to make
Republican side of the chamber amid
cries of dissent from that side Mr.. Cox
said that he was in favor of protection,
but not as practiced here. He wanted
to protect the forests against tariff
which offered a premium to selfish peo-
pie to cut them down, leaving
SCARS AND WASTE PLACES
and breeding places of malaria. The
committee rose to limit the debate to
ten minutes, but the Republicans re-
fused to vote, leaving the house without
a quorum. Mr.. Mills reminded the
house that they had spent to-day in dis
cussing paragraph which involved So.
Yesterdays debate involved S19S.
Finally a compromise was reached on
forty minutes debate, and the house
again went into committee of the whole,
Mr.. Dockery, of Missouri, said the
explanation of the failure of lumber
mems wages to increase lay in the fact
that 80 per cent of the workmen were
Canadians. So it was in other indus
tries; 33 per cent of the men employed
in our manufacturing industries were
foreigners imported under contract to
compete against American labor. Ap-
plause. Mr.. Fuller, of Iowa, secured a
rouDH N annlanSa from the IOnmnoratia
side by declaring that as he did not be-
lieve that the true doctrine of pro-
lection was involved in this question
he should vote for free lumber. Mr..
Taulbee, of Kentucky, met the same
treatment at the hands of the Repub-
licans when he said that Fuller'S re-
marks gave an insight to the real cause.
He Fuller) needed cheap lumber, be-
cause Iowa did not produce. He CHaul-
bee) wanted protective duty, because
his district produced lumber, and
he was unwilling to be con-
trolled by any sentiment other than
that of honest judgment. Mr.. Guenther,
of Wisconsin. predicted that the Demo-
cratic party, if it passed this bill, would
go to that place paved with good inten-
tiOnS where every limb and knot of tim
Der would be used, not to raise the rev.
enue, but to raise the temperature to at
least 600 deg. above zero. Debate on
the pending paragraph expiring, the
amendment to strike it out was
rejected by vote of 81 yeas to
101 nays. The third paragraph in the
bill, wood manufactured and not
specially enumerated or provided for"
was then read and taken up for consid-
Grafton. Mr.. Bayne, of Pennsylvania,
moved to strike it out. After some de-
bate the commit ee rose, leaving Mr..
Bayne'S amendment pending, and the
house at o'clock adjourned.
New Banks Authori zed.