Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-01-23
NATIONAL LAWMAKERS
The Substitute Tariff Bill
V Passes the Senate.
STRICT PARTY VOTE
Changes in the Naturalization Law
Declaration of Intention Dis
pensed With.
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WASHINGTON, January 22.-In the Sem
ate Morrell continued the tariff discus
sion, saying that England, by free trade,
sacrificed her landed estates to trade su-
premacy abroad. The Mills bill was a
distinct abandonment of protection, par
ticularly as regards agriculture. Tariff
reduction on sugar would reduce the cost
to the consumer not less than cent a
pound, and the proposed bounty on sugar
would multiply the crops of the farmer
by the introduction of permanent profit.
able crops.
Reagan made an argument in favor OF
his amendment changing the duty on all
grades and kinds of wool to 20 per cent
ad valorem.
Coke expires, ed readiness to vote to pu
wool on the free list whenever all bases
of manufacture are put on the free list.
Reagan's amendment was rejected
yeas %, nays 81. Brown and Payne
voted no. Vance moved proviso thai
no article in the wool and wooler
schedule should pay duty exceeding 75
per cent. ad valorem. Rejected yeas
27, nays 33. Brown voted aye, Payne no
The amendment to make lumber o.
all kinds free was rejected % to 10. Cal
and Brown voted with the Republicans
Schedule d. wood and wooden ware
was then taken UP. Aldrich reported al
amendment to insert in paragraph POI
the words "White pine, $3.50 per l 00(
feet board measure" Agreed to. Ves'
moved to amend paragraph 207 Gas te
pine clapboards) by striking out the
words, "$2 per ,0O0," and inserting the
words: "Shall be admitted free of duty
Stock bridge opposed Vests amendment
Vance moved to amend Vests amend
ment by making it apply to all the lum'
ber paragraphs. Vest again took the
floor and commented on trusts generally
and particularly on the fact that q great
lumber trust was now in secret session
in Michigan.
A lengthy colloquy of political nature
ensued. Finally the question was taken
on Vances amendment which was ac.
cepted by Vest as substitute for his own
and it was rejected yeas 10, nays 2S
Brown and Call voting against it.
Hiscock, on behalf of the Finance Com
mittee, offered proviso, which was
agreed to, that in case of the imposition
OF export duties on sawed lumber by any
foreign Government, the duty on sucf
sawed lumber shall remain as under the
present law.
Aldrich, ON behalf of the Finance Com
mittee, moved to insert after paragraph
209, the words "reeds 10 per cent ad val
orem, chair cane is :" also to increase ths
rate on sawed boards, mahogany, etc.
paragraph 2l5) from Is to 20 per cen
ad valorem. Agreed to.
Voorhees, submitted some general re-
marks on trusts, ETC., principally in s
political vein.
Sherman offered proviso (Which was
agreed toy to paragraph 367, in taxing
fresh fish one-half cent per pound, tha
the duty shall not apply to fresh flsl
caught by citizens of the United States
on the high seas or in the open waters o.
the lakes forming the boundary between
the United States and Canada.
Numerous amendments were reported
from the Finance Committee and agreed
to without objection. Among them were
the following: Reducing the duty or
nickel GRE, for the nickel therein con.
tanned, from three to two cents pei
pound, and, on nickel in make; from ten
to five reducing the duty on cocoa mat.
ting from ten to eight cents per square
yard, and on cocoa mats from five to four
cents per square foot; amending the pro.
viso to paragraph 1920 as to make it read
THAT all iron or steel wire, valued at
more than cents per pound (instead Of
10 cents) shall pay duty not less than 81
per cent. ad valorem;" inserting in par
agraph II (Which imposes duty of 35
per cent. ad valorem on manufactures OF
leather, gutta percha, etc. the words
"vulcanized indiarubber, known as hard
rubber"
Eustis moved to amend paragraphs 219
and 220 Gin the sugar scheduIes) by re.
ducing the rate on sugar above No. 16
and not above No. 20, Dutch standard,
from 155s to l p cents per pound, and on
sugar above No. 20 from cents to IL
cents. Rejected; yeas %, nays 81.
Reagan moved to amend the bill by
adding section imposing a graded in
come tax. Rejected.
Paragraph 412 (calf skins, etc. was
amended by increasing ad valorem the
rate on sheep and goat skins from twenty
to twenty-five per cent, and on skins
from Morocco from ten to fifteen per cent,
An amendment reported yesterday
from the Finance Committee to para
graph 321, Gas to stockings, hose, ETC. J
was agreed to.
Stanford offered an amendment to the
bill heretofore introduced by him to
authorize the producers of pure sweet
wines, who are also distillers, to use, free
of tax, the wine spirits necessary to for
lily such pure sweet wines up to an alco.
1olic strength of fourteen per cent.
Agreed to.
The amendment heretofore offered by
Brown to the rice paragraph was re-
ected. On this vote Senators Cameron.
Plumb and Quay voted with
he Democrats, and Senators Bate, Berry.
3lodgett, Cockrell, Coke, Faulkner,
Harris, Jones of Arkansas, Reagan,
Curpie, Vest and Walthall with the Ke-
'ublicans. On motion of Aldrich, the
paragraph was finally amended by max
ng the rates on cleared, uncleared and
'roken rice or rice flour IL, l. u, Il
,ents.
Plumb moved to insert an additional
paragraph creating and establishing in
he Treasury Department a Commission
% be known as the Customs Commits
'lon. Agreed to without division. 1t
provides for the appointment by the
President with the advice and consent
If the Senate) of five commissioners to