The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-01-22

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the manufacturers at the last cleo
tion for the purpose of buy,
ing ''floaters in blocks of five"
to carry the election. Now the senator's
were going through the farce or pretending
to these persons out of whom fat had been
fried that they Qhe manufacturer) would
get an opportunity under the tariff, OF try
ing the fat out Of the taxpayers, and re-
| couping what they had paid out for election
purposes. That was the ouje ject of the BILL
The senator's were perfectly aware that 1t
could not become law, but they had GER
tain wart to play and they were playing it.
Mr. ALDRICH HITS BACK.
Mr.. Aldrich replied to Mr.. Butler, who
might, he said, be excused for showing ex-
| treme sensitiveness in regard to tho rice
question. The theory on which the substi-
tute was constructed was to give adequate
protection to every American industry.
| whether located north or south, that was
| entitled to protection. The rates which the
| finance committee recommended on rice
| were equivalent to alb ut so per
cent. advalorem, which was, he thought,
| the highest reported on any agricultural
| product. As to the adequacy of those rates
| he lad been anxious the other day to find
| out the views of the sena or from South
| Carolina, as that senator represented one of
| the principal rice producing states He read
| from the official report Of the colloquy on
| that occasion, in which Mr.. Butler is re-
| ported as saying that the rice industry of
the south could compete with the rice of
| India and China without any tariff at all,
and he said that that was a distinct and
definite statement, unconnected with any
| conditional reduction of duties on other
articles.
DIsPRoPoRTIoN IN WAGES
Mr.. Brown made statement as to the
| very large expense necessary in preparing
| the lands for rice culture. and as to the dis
proportiona5elY large wages paid to the
rice workers in the United States and in
| China fourteen to one), and argued there
should be more lberahty in fixing the rates
| of duty on rice. The rates un !er the exist
! ing law were the lowest that should be
| fixed.
The Senate at o'clock took recess to s
o'clock.
BACK ON THE WOOL SCHEDULE.
But ten senators were present when the
! Senate was called to order at 8 o'clock to-
night. The pending amendment was that
| to place all wool on the free list. Mr..
Jones of Arkansas demanded the yeas and
nays During the roll call senators came
| strolling in, but & ough the annOunc ment
| of the vote was delayed for time and the
| pairs of the gentlement present were trans
| ferred to their absent colleagues, no quorum
appeared, the vote standing II yeas to %
| the appearance of quorum,
and the roll was again called
with the same result, no quorum. Another
| call Of the Senate showed that forty-three
members were in Attendance and at the
suggestion of Mr.. Harris the demand for
| the yeas and nays was withdrawn and the
| amendment was defeated by UiUa roce
| vote. On the previous roll calls Messrs.
| Brown, Paine and George voted in, ,>the
| negative with the republicans
ANOTHER AMENDMENT.
Mr.. Vest offered an amendme reducing
| from II to 10 cents per pound the duty on
| woods of the first and second class L. the
| course of the discussi on upon this amend
! ment Mr.. Brown cOntelded that the farmer
| was entitled TO his fair share of protection
| and as WOOL was one of his princiD7l pro-
| ducts he was entitled to be protected on his
| wool. Many democrats had within the past
| few montAs seen the mistake which had been
| made by some of their leaders on this Ques-
| ton 1t has been asket why certain states
| had given increa ed republican majorites.
1t was because the republicans had wa ked
| to the music Of the bleating of 60,000,000
| sheep.
Mr. Vests amendment was lost, and on
motion of Mr.. Allison the duty on wool of
the second class was increased from / l cents
to IL cents per pound.
wOOLs OF THE THIRD CLASS.
Mr. Allison moved to amend by increasing
| from 216 to cents per pound the duty on
! woods of the third class, valued at IL cents
or less per pound.
In speaking upon this amendment, Mr..
Vest suggested taking mis- suggestion from
| a Maine paper that the newly y-elected re-
| publican governor of Maine had sent to
| Germany for uniforms for his staff. Tuis
| gentleman had been electe on the platform
| Of protection to the wool-growers Of the
| United States. ['rhe laughter in the gal
lery which greeted this remark was
promptly suppressed by the presiding
! oficer.l
| MR.. VANCE'S PASTORAL.
Mr.. Vance in order to show the interest
which the people took in the wool question
read what he termed "a protective pastoral,
or the glrl with only one stocking, com
posed and arranged for the spinning wheel.
! and respectfully dedicated to that devoted
| friend OF protected machinery and high
| taxes, the senator from Rhode Island" Fol
| lowing is a sam le of "the PASTORAL"
"Our Mary had little lamb
| And her heart was most intent
To make its wool beyond its worth,
Bring So per cent"
| ANOTHER ADVANCE.
Mr. Allison's amendment having been
agreed to, he further moved to increase the
| duty on woods Of the third class valued at
/ ABOVE IL CeuIS pSL pOuuuJ llOlA v W o CouG3
| per pound.
Tee amendment was agreed to.
SERIES OF AMENDMENTS.
Mr. Allison then presented in succession q
number Of amendments, which were agreed
! TO, as follows:
Fixing the duty on woolen and worsted
varn. valued at not more than 50 cents per
! pound, and valued at more than 80 cen
per pound, at 80 cents and 80 cents per
| pound, respectively, in addition to 40 per
| cent. al valorem.
Fixing tie duty on wooden or worsted
cloth, valued al above 60 cents per pouAd
at 45 cents per pound, in addition TO 40 per
| cent ad val0rem. Tue same rate Of duty
was fixed upon 1annels, blankets and hats,
of wool, valued at above 90 cents per pound:
and upon womens and chidren's dress
goods composed wholly, or in part, of wool,
weighing over four ounces per square yard.
A duty Of As cents per pound and As per
cent. ad vaorem was fixed ON clothing
ready made and wearing apparel Of every
description composed wholly or in part Of
wool
The duty on weddings, gauzngs, etc,
was fixed at 40 cents per pound, in addition
to 50 per cent. ad valorem.
The duty on Aubi son, Administer, Mo
ouette, Saxton, Wilton and Tour
nay carpets was fixed at As cents
per square yard and 35 per cent.
ad valorem that on tapestry Brussels car