The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-07-15
The House OF Representatives.

WASHINGTON, July li.-Ihc House re-
sumcd the consideration Of the subsidy
amendment Of tho Senate TO the postonice
appropriation bill. After debate, Mr..
Bingham's motion to concur In the Senate
amendment with an amendment was los
yeas %, nays 1856.
BY vote of-ycas lil, nays 81, the
House further insisted on its disagreement
10 the Senate amendment, aud q further
conference was ordered.
Tho House then went into committee Of
the whole (Mr. Springer, Of Illinois, In
the chair on the tariff bill, the pending
schedule being that relative 10 wool.
Mr.. Cultivate. Of Ohio. ridiculcd the
assertion that tho affect Of the tariff had
been 10 increase the number Of sheep in
this country. lie thought that the natural
iecundity OF the iloCks had something 10
do with the increase.
Mr.. Grosyenor, OF Ohio, suggested that
the increase was attributable 10 the dc.
mand for mules In Indiana
Mr.. Cultivate proceeded 10 argue that
the high iarin had no influence upon the
price OF wool, which was regulated 10y the
law Of supply and demand. lie quoted
statistics ~ show that under high tariiI
the price Of wool had steadily declined.
lie did not claim that the decline was
allrbulal 10 the tariff, but 10 the increased
supply Of wool. lie quoted remark
made 90 him by n sheep grower In Ohio
10 the effect that lac would surrender all
the benefit which lac derived from his clip
ON account Of protective tanI for the privi.
lcgc Of buying one pair Of unlaNcl pants.
a. "A
tufoS had nothing 30 fear from the WOODEN
schedule. The bill presented fair prOpo.
sition.-.a proposition 10 make q reduction
on WOODEN goods equal 10 the reduction
which would result irom putting wool on
the free list
Mr. Scott, Of Pennsylvania, referred 10
the recent speech Of Mr. Kelly, giving an
account Of the interview between himself
and Mr.. Carnegie IN the committeeman.
Mr.. Scott pronounced the statement made
by Mr.. Rely to be a tissue Of misrcpfc.
sensations from beginning 30 end, and
made out Of whole cloth. lie then pro-
cccdod 10 give his version " the interview,
which be said touched upon Mr.. Carnc.
gic's citizenship and not upon tho tnnii.
/ lie also repeated the substance Of con
yer-aiion lac had hal with Mr.. Carnegie,
In which the latter admitted the truth oi
| the statement that he had made " 800, 900
In one year under u protective iarin.
Mr.. Grosycnor, Of Ohio, told how he,
with other Ohio members, had called upon
the ways and means committee when the
Morrison bill was pending, before the
star chamber process Oi incubating iariil
bills was invented" Gen. Warner, .
Democratic member from Ohio, had pro-
tested stouily against any reduction 81 tho
wool tariff. aud no dissenting voice wa
heard. That was two short years ngo
The Democrats from Ohio are n0v
taking dish of crow in silence, oil excep
his colleague FROM the GENITAL district
who now coolly asserted that lac Away
liked crow.
Mr.. Grosvcnor referred 10 the decrease
II the wool industry IN Ohio aud the grca
falling oil In the price Of the wool crop
aud said II was oil due 10 the menace o
the Mills bill.
Mr. Ford, OF Michigan, said that u wa
for the country Ia choose between chCa
whisky aud cheap clothing. The Voc
tariff was Cumbersome. There WIS scafcol
breeze when the iron aud copper SEIZED
ulcs wen, passed upon. But now hnckc
no by subsidized press, the Republican
tumblod over one another 10 got 10 tli
front and dCnouncc the wool schedules
lie lid not believe that the effect Of uh
bill would be 20 decrease The price
American WOOL Put oil Of the protccliy
iari1 you please on wool and u would ne