Arizona weekly citizen., 1888-10-13
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 DIckinson's statement that New Eng land aud the east had all ths advanta- ges Of the protective tariff. while the west sustains the burden of the gipd- Ing. From statistlcs Blaine said that New England took six hundred thou sand tons of grain annually and out ot three hundred million pounds Of wool raised in the west New England took one-half, paying the west sIxty-ive million dollars for 1t. she pays twenty million dollars for bread; for provisions the farmers of the western states re- ceiye fifty-ive million; for butter she pays the west three millions while Michigan, Wisconsin snd Minnesota re- ceive fifteen million dollars annually for their western. lumber. Copper, lead salt and hides bring the aggregate paid by the east up to nearly two hundrs d million. The total value of the products sent to Old England Rre three hundred and twenty seven million dollars. This showed the advantage of n home market ot four million people over market of forty million people beyond the sea.
 WASHINGTON, Oct. S.-Hsrrls of Ten nessee, asked Allison st what time the general debate on the senate tariff bill should close, stating that wiih the lat ter's consent he woul6 ask unanimous consent to close the debate ID ten days. Allison said he did not lke to consent to that at present as 1t may be found necessary that eleven or twelve days be spent. He discussed the features of the blll and said one was the r-ducsIoD of revenue between sixty-five ard seventy three millions. The house had occupied eight months in the consideration of this question, while within sky days the senate committee had procured 6 bIll. He co sidered this reduction the greatest that could be safely made and therefore trusted no amendment would be adopted looking to further reduction. He calculated isOm the report of the Secretary of She Treasury for the first quarter of the fiscal y, 1T, there would be reduction ot eight million dollars ID receipts from imports this year Us compared with last year and s T, dHction of sew venieen millions as compared with the secretsry's report. By the provision of the senate tariff bill there would be no surplus revenue. unless the sinking fund for this yeEr be lef: ntIrsly Ou; of consideration, moreover for the current usDhA lChI bnu AOE h1tnA lt"Ac NLht to follow. There is not liEely to be surplus beyond the amount necessary for the redemption of the 4la per cent. bonds falling due Ostober l, 1891.
 The sesate bill. Ee continued differed from the house bill ID dealing with all schedules of tarlff, While the house bill didn't deal with tobRac silk. or wines and liquors, the schedules ot the sA Evg a-Ns fsr care for every industry ID tbe country. The diff.recCe between the house gno se4ste bills in regsrd to tobacco was tbst Inc senate bill made a rsduc.IOn of Sl.50 per thousand on man lfaotu-ed ciRars and also took of tax of Sl on retail dealers in tobacco. The hou-e bill reduced sugar duty eighteen per ceut., even then the duty of sugar re- named ct fl per cent. aj vsiorem, leEy- .rg ample protection for sorghum. The Cff5ct of the house bill III regard 10 sugar would be to legislate six million . a year into the pockets of the sugar trust or twelve per cent. of their capital and take that amount out of the pockets ot the people, and yet the substitute of fered by the senate has been denounced by democratic members as favoTiag trusts.
 Vance, one of the minority members senate substitute took off the tsI on to- bacco twenty-five millions and tax on alcohol used Tn arts. seven millions and reduced the duty on sugar, nearly all of which taxes amounted to si1ty-five millions. He characterized as sheer nonsens go the assumption that high tar eff meant high wages. A tc the claim that manufacturers furnished a home market for the farmer, he instances as refutstion of the claim that nowhere l WAS the decline of agriculture more no- siessble and lRmentsble than in New England. The house bill aimed not on- ly to relieve treasury but to relieve the | people while the senate bill was framed | SC es to relieve the treascry d incre Ise | the burdens of the people-thst was She | difference between the two bllls.-Ad- | iourned.
 WASHINGTON. Oct. S-The senate jo nt | resolution WAS passed author zing Brig adler General Baird to accept from tue | president of the French republic the d. 1 ploma, cOnierring the decoration order | of the LegIon Of Honor.
 Msscn. Of Illinois, asked the uuRni- | nous consent to discharge the commit | tee on banking from further considera- tiop of the resolution for the Investigs- ton of the allegation that national banks to which the public money may have been loaned have been solicited for coD- trioutions to the de,nUcrstic campaign | fund.
 Wheeler. of Alabama, addressed the house on the tariff question.
 SALT LAKE, Oct. S.-The supreme court of Utah to-day entered a final judgment ard decree in the case of the United States against the Mormon Church which was pending 10 dissolve she church corporation ard have it's eschewed to the government. the receiver appointed by the court ID February, 1887. has succeeded in col iecling over q million dollars worth Of real and personal. The de- cree entered to-day is complete tri- umph for the government. IL declares the corporation of the church dissolved srd sscertsins that the voluntary rel!g- i-us sect now in existence has TO right to corporate property except he temple block and buildings. which sre set aside. apd orders that the real ests,e be held by the receiver until information for the luLurt Ol AlAt Nhluc hNG tu h CnL- ! clusion. and while all the personsl prop frty of the late corporation is declared to become eschewed to the 2 verument, the court decides that neither the pres ant church nor individuals connected herewith have any legal claims to the property which had been held upon trusts, the object of which wss 10 uphold and that these trusts were the luly ones existing, to which sid prop srty could b. devoted. IL furthermore cides the present church still msin- .ains pologsmy and any ded'cstion O he property to it would be for that end md therefore unlawful. The defendants lave taken the case to the supreme court If the United States.
 WASHINGTON, Oct. 9.-Iu the Supreme )ourt to-day Judge Thurman opened be argument in behalf of the Q. s. ir , he case of the governm ment against the , Bell Telephone Go. LONDON, Oct. 9.-The British man of 1 Fsr Osprey has captured off Mochs hree Dhows having on board POO slaves. The csptsin of the Dhovs snd four ( laves were killed before .he slaves were | urrendered.
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