New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-06-02
ONE PARAGRAPH FINISHED.
SLOW PROGRESS WITH THE TARIFF BILL.
THE MOTION TO POSTPONE THE APPLICATION OF
THE FREE LIST OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES fhiooN
o.ons,su,, THE rNrIY-TnR LUMBER

rur >sorrox To POSTPONE THE APPLICATION or
THE FREE LIST DEFRATED-foREioS Phisoh
oeops,s STILL IN THE ENrIY-TnE LUMBER
CLAUSE UNDER DEBATE
Washington, June LIN opening thcconsiucra''on
Of the Tariff bill In the House today Mr. NILS moVed
,bat the dobae on the first paragraph DO limited to
twenty minutes The time, however, was EXTENDED
N forty minutes Mr. Mccormick, Of PENNSYLVANIA
naint aimed that there was such thing as lumber
trust and that the existing tariff on lumber was en-
tirely reasonable. Mr.. Farquhar, OF New-forh'
thought It was unfair to tho lumbcrncn ana enc
Transportation trade, bound up as they were by con-
tracts covering the seasons, to hazard their exsteoe
bv the passage Of tho bill without the change cd date
proposed Mr. Nuttng, of NewNYork, declared that
n IL could be shown that the Lumbar clause would re-
suit I'm cheaper lumber no would vote for 1t; but IL
could not be done Tho only bencncisdes would De
the Canadian Iunbermen. The question was thsn put
on Mr. Adams's amandmcnt-to substitute January z,
1882 for July I, 1883, the date Of application OF
the free ist-Nnd It defcated-oas 81, nays 1ls.
Nv. Buchanan, Of New-Jersey, then offered an
amendment TO exclude foreign prison-msde goods
from entry, but tho chairman, Mr. Springer dcc'ded
that ID was out OF order. Mr. Buchanan thereupoh
modified the language but> not the substance OF his
amendment so that it was unobiectopa5ie IN iorm'
but IL was defeated by strict party vote OF ~ 10
105
Mr.. Grosvenor, Of Ohio, offered an amendment 10
add proposition against the impOrtatioh VI Soo"9
tho manufacture or sale Of which is controlled Dy
trusts. Rejected by vote of 70 to 100 hr'
Baker of New York presented his amendment TO ez-
clude Canadian goods from tho free IistNwheneVer
the Government of that country imposes duty on
American goods Of similar nature. Rejected Ihs
concluded the consideration Of the first paragraph
five lines-of tho hll, and the clerk read timoer
hewn and sawed, and timber used for spars ana IN
building wharvesn (the first article on the free lst)
Ar nf figures
by him yesterday as TO the profits Of the lumber buS
ness applied to sawed lumber. and showed that the
wageeaner received 81 out of $40 worth of product
.1ELt.E said that the gentleman (OWhwate, assumen
that nmbeInan worked all the year Instead OF three
or four months az he did ,., 49,.
e Mr.. DrNGLEY also attacked Mr.. Opthwaites hgnres,
alleging that not lumber manufacturer In his stae
lMalneI had made more Than six per cent last year:
Mr. GUENTHER declared that The action OF the
majority in putting lunbei on the free list was one Oh
gross injustcS and meant 10 we aods
when Oh;e cGd not produce thein but projected
goods when she could. 80.
Mr., CULTIVATE wanted to know how that State
fnent fitted his p0ston in favor OF free wool he rep
resented the largest wool producinS district In Ohio
Mr. GUENTIIR rctorted that he would not con-
tinne to represent that district after this Congress
Mr.. BOUTELLE, OF Maine, cited figures TO snow inc
difference in wages In favor of this country; as COM
pared with Canada, and asserted that the laborer In
Maine received eighhs of the yallo Of the logs
as they were delivered at the mills
two linss that had been under consideration all day
CONCERNED item that HAD yielded but $1oo 80 IN
revenue last year the paragraph be phsSed over lis
request being refused, The COMMITTEES rose, and the
session was devoted to the consideration OF private
pension bills.