Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-01-09
WASHINGTON VIKINGS.
Consideration of the Senate
Tariff Bill Resumed.


Tariff Bill Resumed.
THE COTTON BAGGING SCHEDULE
Deadlock in the House Broken Only
to Be Succeeded by
Another.
Associated Press Dispatches to the HERALD.
WASHINGTON, January SIN the SEN
ate to-day the Postofice Committee sup
ported the bill providing that omission
to pay the lawful postage on a special
delivery letter shall not prevent or delay
its transmission, but that the lawful post
age ehall be collected on its delivery.
Passed.
Sherman introduced a bill to make
and alter the regulations as to the time,
place and manner of holding elections
for Representatives in Congress. Re-
ferred to the Committee on Privileges
and Elections. He said the bill had
been prepared by a gentleman familiar
with the subject, but who did not care to
have his name published. The bill is
bipartisan and calculated to insure alb
solutely fair elections in every part Of
the United States. 1t is confined to the
election of members Of Congress.
Hoar offered resolution agreed to-
calling on the Secretary of the Treasury
for the report Of Special Treasury Officer
Byrne, made in November, 1887, in re.
gard to the evasion Of sugar duties in
New York. The Senate then resumed
CONSIDERATION OF THE TARIFF BILL.
The paragraph relating to collars and
cuffs, fixing the duty on those composed
entirely of cotton at fifteen cents pei
dozen pieces, and thirty-fve per cent. ad
valorem, and on those composed entirely
CT partly of linen at thirty cents per dozer
pieces, and thirty-fve per cent. ad
valorem was read Vance moved tt
strike out those rates and insert forty pei
cent. ad valorem. The proposed rates
he said would be equivalent to tax o
one hundred and fifty per cent. &C
valorem. The amendment was rejected
by the usual party vote; yeas, 10
nays, "a.
No amendment was offered to the par
agraph taxing hemp or jute carpetine
six cents per square yard.
COTTON BAGGING.
Jones of Arkansas, moved to amend
the paragraph which taxes bagging fol
cotton, gunny cloth, etc., for covering
cotton, composed wholly or partly o.
hemp, jute or jute butts valued at moi
more than three cents pound), three.
quarters Of cent per pound, by putting
it on the free list.
The amendment was discussed al
great length by Berry, Jones, George
Allison, Sherman, Platt, Butler. Aldrich
Hiscock, Vance and Coke. The Southern
Senators said that the tax must come
out of the pockets of the Southern plant
ers and laborers, and be handed over te
the manufacturers. The tax was on the
one and quarter million men, womer
and children who furnished the manua
labor of the South to make the cotton
they were being robbed to give the five
thousand in the employ of the cottor
bagging trust higher wages than the
average of those who paid the tax. Il
the five thousand laborers got all thif
tax the Senators would be content, but
they didn't. They spoke of the cotton
bagging trust as conspiracy.
ALLIsON's ARGUMENT.
Allison said the question related prac-
tically not to the cotton bagging para.
graph alone, but to every paragraph in
the bill. If the argument of the Sena.
tors were to prevail, the whole bill
would be cut up in detail and destroyed
It was not question between 5 200 la.
borers on the one side, and one and q
quarter million on the other; it was q
question whether or not under existing
conditions it was wise to have cotton
bagging and other manufactures made
in the United States, or whether it was
wiser to root up in detail every manu-
featuring industry in the country to have
all manufactured goods made elsewhere,
That was all that there was in the ques
ton. The raw material of cotton bag
ging Gute) was not produced in this
country practically, though some jute
was now grown in Texas; it was pro.
duced exclusively in India.
A vote was finally taken on Jones
amendment, and it was rejected; yeas
10, nays "a, Brown voting with the Re
publicans in the negative.
Jones then moved to reduce the rate
from three-fourthslto Ito three-eighths of 6
cant, and the motion was rejected, Brown
voting again in the negative.
On motion of Allison, the value limit
of three cents pound in the paragraph
was reduced to two and half cents.
Vest moved to 60 back to paragraph
thirty.four and put burlaps on the free
list; rejected, Brown again voting in the
negative.
Vance moved to add provisc
to the section that the duty on
no article in the section should
exceed the rate OF fifty per cent ad
valorem. No action was taken and the
bill went over till tomorrow, Allison Civ.
ing notice that unless better progress was
made with the bill, he would tomorrow
or next day, move evening sessions or to
meet at IL A. M. and sit till or 6 80 P. M.
The house joint resolution, authorizing
tn Secretary of War to loan the Commit
tee on Inaugural Ceremonies flags, etc.,
was reported by Hawley and passed.
Adjourned.
HOUSE PROCEEDlNGS.