Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-01-20

WASHINGTON. d. C.. January 10. 1889.
senate.


The certificate Of the presiding officers OF
the Delaware Legislature to the election OF
! Anthony Higgins IS senator from hat state
Wa. presented by the presiding officer and
/ referred 10 the Committee on Privileges and
| Elections on motion OF MIR. Edmunds, who
said that the paper was evidently not In con-
/ formity with the requirements OF the law.
The Senate ut 1l:20 resumed the considera-
/ ton OF the tariff bill and took up the sugar
schedule (E). NO amendment was offered.
Paragraph 173. a. 10 penknives, was then
taken no, the question being on the amend
mcpt reported to IL on the 10th instant.
Mr. Vest opposed the amendment, and
said he would contine himself TO the practi-
cal point. involved. as the Senate must have
| become wesrIed with the political dissipa-
| ton and with the discussion OF northern
/ and southern outragos which are about as
1 old ~ the Capitol. He hoped that other
senators would do the like.
! MIR. Allison said be fully concurred In that
sentiment. Mr.. Vest compared the rates OF
| duty In the present law. the rates in the
/ Senate substitute, aud the rates In the pend.
/ ing amendment, in order TO prove that on
the lower grades, which constituted go per
cent. OF the imporistIons, the duty was in
creased both in the substitute and the
amendment largely out Of proportion to the
increase in the finer and more expensive
/ grades.
Mir. Vance read some testimony taken be-
| fore himself and Mr.. Vest 10 the effect that
pocket. and tabe-knives were made in Con-
necticut stamped with English trademarks.
Mr.. Plat denied the statement, and said
the only truth about il was that five or six
years ago one cutlery manufacturing esta0-
! lishmtDt had, at the request OF dealers,
branded their knives "Shs field Knife Com
! "A E.,E H.A fad lV for
a short period and bad been entirely discOn-
tinued. IL was wrong then and was wrong
now.
Mr.. Vest quoted from the testimony OF
Thorne a. SsxtOH before himself and Mr..
Vance, sho wiBg how extensively fraud Is
practiced by American cutlery manuiacs
turers OF Initiating English trademarks
Sir. Plat said that those false trade marks
were not put on American goods, but on
German goods. He gave statistics OF the de-
crease OF business since 1888. Not q single
company or firm, no said, manuiaclurng
pocket cutlery bad made anything more than
expenses during the past year and no diVi-
dends had been declared. Half the concerns
had failed since 1888; none OF them had
made any money. The importatiOus OF
pocket cutlery was increasing rapidly. aud
The American production OF cutlery was d.
muishing rapidly, go that there must be an
increase Of the existing duty or the business
In the United States must stop.
Mr.. Call discussed the protection system
from a constitutional and historical point OF
view. lie admitted the right OF Congress to
enact moderate tariff bills and TO allow mode
rate bOunties, but ne argued that The IMPOSE
ton of eXtravagant rates OF duty or pay
ment OF undue bountles was not only lnWise
and inconsistent with the genera prosperity,
but was consistent with the building M OF
an sristocracv Of wealth, as much so rs II by
law certain privileges were made hereditary
In certain families.
During Mr.. CalPs argument message was
received from the House announcing the
passage OF the bill for the admission Of South
Dakota, with amendments. and the bill and
amendments were referred TO the Commute
on Territories.
Finally the discussion was closed and the
amendment wss agreed to without division.
Mr.. Vance moved 10 add pr0vis0 that no
article mentioned in paragraph li2 or 10
(as to table niyes) should pay higher al
valorem rate than Gj per cent. NegailNed-
yeas 10, nays 23-Mr. Brown voting yea
Paragraph l72 was amended so as 10 make
the rate on table,kniyes valued at not more
than 81 per dozen 15c. per dozen instead OF
20.
On motion Of Dir. Allison the gun pars-
graph Q9l) was amended by making the TAX
on guns valued at not more than Sc each. 81;
valued at more than SIS and not more than
ST., each 81; valued al more than So each,
49, and, Ia addition thereto. 50 per cent. al
yalorem, making the tax on single-birrel
reech.loadtng shot-guns 81 and 80 per cent.
al valoIem, and on revolving pistols Valued
AZ not more than Sl.jl each 40 cents, aud
valued at more than Sld0 each 81, with 80
DER cent. adj valOTem in addition.
Paragraph 2S0, as to salt, was read and no
amendment ole ed.
Paragraph 2Si. as to rice, was read, and
Mr. Brown moved 10 amend IL by making
the rates on rice cleaned ~ cents per
pound, rice uncleaned IL cents, paddy
II cents, aud broken rice or rice'four
90 per cent. ad yalorem, instead OF /
cent, ceut, and 1 cent ton the last
two grades in the substituie) as pro-
posed. lie spoke in support OF his amend
ment, and SAID that he was not protection
ist per Sc, but favored a modified protection.
Tea and coffee should he where they were
ION the free list, but wosl and cotton fabrics
ought 10 have sufficient protection. There
were infant industries in the South which
would be injured by the repeal OF
the tariff duties. Rec "a cultivated by
free labor was one OF these young industries
winch could not be maintained without pro.
lection. The rates under the existing laws
we're the same az proposed in his amend
ment The Mills bill proposed to reduce
those rates 10 ,, Il, aud lc., and TO ID pei
cent. al valcrem. The Senate substitute
proposed further reduction. But the rice
planters agreed that it required rate OF
cents per pound on cleaned rice to insure
rice crop, and that that contained no esti-
Tor int on
rates in the substitute would give an adyan-
tage of cent per pound to importers OF the
ASiatlc and Hawaiian rice-labOr which con-
stituted IS per cent. OF cost OF produce. Rice
was fourteen times higher IN the United
States than 10 China. He therefore favored
n higher rate, and hoped thAt his amend
ment would be agreed TO.
Mr.. Brown ION account OF III health occu-
pied his seat while reading his speech.
Mr.. Aldrich spoke OF the difference OF opin-
ion between hessrs. Brown and Butler, each
representing a rice Stale, the former insist
ing on the necessity Of increased proiec ion
to rice, and the latter having told the Senate
a few DAYS ago that there was no necessity Tor
any duty on rice. As the Senator from
South Carolina was not present, he sug-
gestfd that the rice paragraph go over Tor the
present. II was so ordered.
On motion OF Mr.. Allison paragraph 15S
las to uneuumersted articles from iron or
steel plates, etc. was amended by making II
apply slso TO like articles from tin plates.
Adjourned after u short executive session.
House OF ReDreseutatives.
Mr.. Ford, OF Michigan, from the Commit
tee on immigration, reported the bill 10
regulate immigration. Placed on the House
calendar.
Leave was granted 10 Mr.. Spinola, OF New
York, 10 file minority report.
The House then went into Committee OF
the Whole (Mr. Blount, OF Georgia. 10 the
chair for the considefa tiOn OF the fortiica-
ton appropriation bill.
The pending question was point OF
order raised by sir. Townshend, OF Illinois,
that the Committee on Appropriations has
exceeded ITS jurisdiction in incorporating
in the measure the provision for heavy
ordnance for the armament OF sea-coast
defense, aud that all such provisions should
be ruled out OF the bill.
Mr Townsbend aud other members OF the
Military COMMITTEE took The ground that