The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-07-17
Passed by the House After Vain
Efforts to Amend It.
an THE FREE TRADE SLATE.
rn, one l;cp,blic"" Votes for IT.
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s,,,,ncnt Fisheries Treaty
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" oono.in. the schedule argued that
,%,. nas.agr Of the bill would not benefit
,%ncon.umcr, % Of wool. The passage OF
,Gi, Min would absolutely destroy the
",in wool raising industry Of the coun.
Try. ,,,, :.
rayas. /, was agreed that vote should
Lsukeu on the free wool clause ut l
o'clock to.Iay.
Mr. Mrns, Of Illinois, spoke in favor
Of changing to January | 1889, the time
when liz free wool schedule shall go
M Mr. Alien, Of Massachusetts, sent to
hSrlrrh ! desk and had read a letter
i,om m Mr. Whitman, President OF the
Yo,ipna, Association Of Wool Manu-
hr,urcry, stating that the wool manu-.
iIrtnrrs are opposed to the removal oil
thrIutv IN foreign wool.
"fttr permanent success OF the wool
manufacturing industry" says MIR.
Whitman, rs dependant on the growth
in this country Of their principal raw
material.
Mr.. Jackson, OF Pennsylvania, bore
testimony that wool manufacturers OF
Philadelphia were uncompromlsingly
opposed to free wool.
ilr. Kerr, OF Iowa, called attention to
tbc fact that the reduction OF the duty
on wool in ISIS; had resulted in an in
crease Of revenue to the extent OF SILL
10000, and he therefore favored
RETURN TO THE TARIFF
Of 1867. Mr.. Anderson, OF Iowa, said
that the scli.constituted champions OF
American labor, by declaring that the
bill was an assault upon American in
dustry, were presenting false issue to
the country.
Mr.. Kelly, Of Pennsylvania, said he
saw from the Record that on Saturday
last the member from Erie, Mr.. Scott,
had INDUCED in an unusually reckless
iSnMrOnade, in the course OF which, af-
ter referring to him (Nlr. Kelly by
name, the member had said that "nelther
aye nor association can cultivate in one
what nature has not given him-those
TRAITS OF CHARACTER
which gentlemen recognize both in pub
lie and private life MS the best types OF
true manhood" Ii that members public
and private life were governed by the
traits 10 which he alluded it was mat
ter OF grcathappIncSs to him Mr.. Kelly
that nature did not bestOw them upon
him, and il the member alluded to those
traits which permitted him in pursuit OF
his own advantage to pervert and talsl-
iy statements made by gentleman, or
which, according to his code, required 4
man who was forced to hear n converse
ton, all the essential points OF which
were ialsiiied and perverted by party
to such conversation, to abstain from eX-
posing such Justification and peryerslon
he Mr.. Kelly humbly thanked his Gre
ator ior having protected him from the
domination OF such traits.
Alter a brief argument by Mr.. Breck-
inridge, OF Kentucky, in favor OF the
free wool clause, Mr.. wilkins, OF Ohio,
moved to strike wool from the free list.
Ona division, the vote stood 03 to I'D
and the announcement was received
with applause on the Democratic side.
TWILL he FREE WOOL.
Mr.SOwden, Of Pennsylvania, and Mr..
wilkins and Mr.. Foran, of Ohio, were
theonly Democrats voting in the affirm
atiyc, while Mr.. Anderson, OF Iowa,
voted in the negative. Mr.. Butter
worth, OF Ohio, wished to effect an ar
rangcmcnt by which an aye and nay
vote might be taken in the House, but
Mr.. Mills declined to comply. Tellers
were then ordered and Mr.. wilkins
motion was defeated, l02 to 100.
Mr, Mills offered IN amendment,
striking out the clause imposing duty
Of 10 per cent advalOrcm on carpets and
Carpetngs, and inserting Il clause i'm
posing a duty Of q cents per square yard
on hemp OF 20 per cent advalorem on
floor mating and floor mats, exclusively
oi vegetables, OF 40peF cent adyal0Fem
onaIl other carpets and carpeting, drug
gets, bookings, mats, rugs, screens, COW
ers, hassocks, bcdsteNds OF wool, flax,
common or parts OF either, or other ma
tcrial.
MIR. lloydc, OF Massachusetts, offered
an amendment imposing n duty Of 10
cents per square foot on cocoa mats and
10 cents per square yard on cocoa mat
ting, Lost, SC-9j.
Mr. Mills amendment was agreed to.
Mr., Boothman, Of Ohio, then called up
his amendment offered some days ago
restoring the tariff OF 1867, and it was re-
ieeted By vote of 50 to 05.
On motion OF Mr.. Mills, OF Texas, the
date on which the free wool clause shall
90 into effect was fixed rs October |,
lSNS, and the date Of the taking effect OF
thcw0olcn schedule was fixed us Janu.
ary !, 1859. This disposed of the woolen
schedule.
MIR. Mills moved that the paragraph
concerning card cloth be amended so as
Iolncrcase the duty from 10 to 20 cents
per square foot, and in the case Of such
cloth made OF tempered steel wire, from
2ot TO 40 cents per square foot. Adopted.
v'her committee amendments offered
by Mr.. Mills and adopted stricken
out were the India rubber fabric para.
graph, fixing the duty on kaolin ut 81
per ton Tor crude and 50 for China clay
or wrought kaOlin, and placing the duty
on rough marble in blocks and squares
NJ ~ cents per cubic foot.
TIE BILL ALMOST COMPLETED.
This completed the consideration of
the essentially tariff features of the bill
except in regard to such paragraphs as
have been passed over informally and
lhe administrative portion OF the mea-
sure was taken up.
On motion Of Mr.. Breckenridge, OF
Arkansas, an amendment was adopted
excluding from the provisions Of the
section which provides that advalorem
duties shall include the value OF cases,
boxes, etc, in which merchandise is i'm
ported, such boxes, sacks or coverings rs
S'e tie usual and necessary coverings
ior machinery.
On motion Of Mr.. Mills an amendment
was adopted fixing October /, 1888, as
.he date upon which the repeal of the
taxes on manufactured chewing tobacco
smoking tobacco and snuff, shall go into
Mr. Wise, Of Virginia, moven TO in,
CiudS in the repeal the taxes on cigars
V'HsFoots and cigarettes.