Butte semi-weekly miner., 1889-01-19
rHE r4nIFF AND THE NEGRO.
Each as an Issue-Alabama Would Like TO
Swap Blacks for Whites With New
Hauhpshfre.

Hampshire.
WAsHINGroN, January 1.-THE amend-
ment heretofore offered by Allison, making
the duty on cross.cut saws eight, ten and
fifteen cents per linear foct, instead OF
eight and thirteen, was agreed to.
The amendment heretofore offered by Alli-
son increasing the duty on taggers iron was
somewhat modified by Jones (Ark.), who
moved to put the article on the free list.
Allison said the committee had decided
to allow the present duty on tin plate to
stand until the 1st OF January, 1890, and
that it would allow time for che establish
ment OF sufficient plant in this country
to produce all the tin plate needed.
Morgan advocated Jones' motion to put
tin plate on the free list, and said there
was no tin in this country.
Keller contradieted the asser tion, and
said there was vast quantity OF it in the
Deadwood region.
Morgan proceeded to deliver written
speech against the Senate substitute. 10 the
course of the discussion between Morgan
and Hawley az TO the relative value OF
lands in manufacturing and non-ma nufac-
turing states, Morgan characterized the
young negroes OF Alabama az
THE MOST GoD-FoRsAKEN PEOPLE,
Tin regard to industry, to be found any
where outside of Algiers or Morocco, or the
Great Desert of Sahara. 1t costs fully
81 900 to raise negro boy from birth to
manhood, not to include his stealings and
other depredations. If he could, by de-
cree of law or OF providence, expel from
Alabama every negro in it and have u bar
rier erected so that he could never return,
lands in Alabama would run up to prices
greater than those in Wisconsin. People
would rush there with more eageruess than
they were now showing in trying to get into
Oklahoma.
A colloquy ensued between Blair and
Morgan in the course OF which Morgan said
he wished the Senator from New Hamp-
shire had in his own state
ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND NEGROES
that we can furnish to him from Alabama,
would be very glad indeed to give them to
him. I wish that among the many socie-
ties he gets up he would get up one for the
introduction of negroes from Alabama into
New Hampshire, and will do my best to
promote his society, get subscribers for it,
a; get negroes to emigrate.
Blair-I think it would be quite as much
for the interest OF my state to encourage
the colored people Of Alabama to migrate
there as to encourage the white people OF
that state.
Morgan-The Senator may spare himself
all his iavective against the people OF Ala
bama.
Blair-I will be very glad to limit my
general reflection on the white people OF
Alabama and confine it to theSenator with
whom am engaged in colloquy.
Morgan-If any providential ing should
keep the Senator and me apart l would be
thankful. He adds nothing to my happi.
ness and think q more intimate associa.
temper or information, nor in any other
way.
After this little DEPRESSION, Morgan re-
sumed and finished the reading OF his
speech.
Chandler spoke in favor Of
INCREASING THE DUTY ON SKATES.
In the course OF his speech and criticisipg
the opposition OF the Democratic party to
prot tectionist ideas, said: ''The confeder-
ate brigadiers were now tryingto carry out
the principle which they had incorporated
1QCO Cue CODicucidUC COhotAoucioh e"sN
meant the destruction Of all northern in
dustries that were protected by the tariff
system. They had nothing else left to kick,
kill and destroy but the protective tariff.
This was d business in which they and the
President had been engaged for the last
year, and, notwithstanding they had bad
luck, they still continued to make faces and
kick.
Vest argued against the amendment to
increase the rates on tin pla, e, saying there
was not single pound OF it manufactured
in the United States. and there was no in
stance in the tariff legislation OF the coun-
try where duty was imposed for the pur.
pose of creating an industry which did not
exist.
Aldrich admitted there was not pound
OF tin plate manufactured in the United
States at present, but said that the iact
was owing solely o the inadequacy Of the
duty. He held it was as much within the
scope OF a protective system to create new
industries as to maintain existing ones.