The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-01-23
FlFIlETH CUNGRES :.
The Tariff Bill Passed in the
Senate.
TEE CUSTOMS COMMISSION
to 3O-The Yeas and Nays
DOings in the House.
SENATE

WASHINGTON, January Ex-senator
Vest presented a ludicrous alleged me-
mortal from dentists asking bounty
of 81 each for teeth extracted, in order
to encourage an honest industry and
lower cost to patients, and encourage
immigration of dentists from other
parts OF the world, thereby making a
better!market for agricultural and other
products of this country.
The Senate resumed consideration of
the tariff bill, the pending question be-
ing on the amendment offered by Rea-
gan to the wool section.
Merrill made some remarks, to the
general effect that the Republican Party
is always ready to reduce the tariff
where it could safely be done. Morrill,
continued, saying that England by free
trade sacrificed her landed estates to
have the supremacy of trade abroad.
The Mills bill was a distinct abandon
ment of protection, particularly as re-
CARDS to agriculture. 1t was the tariff
reduction on sugar which would reduce
the cost to the consumer of not less
than l cent per pound. and the pro-
posed bounty on sugar would multiply
the crops of the farmer by thu intro
duction of
PERMANENT PROFITABLE CROPS.
Reagan made an argument ia favor
of his amendment, changing the duty
on all grades ald kinds of wool to 25
per cent. ad vGLorem.
Coke expressed readiness to vote to
put wool on the free list whenever all
bases of manufactures were put on the
free list.
Reagan's amendment was rejected
yeas %, nays 81. Brown and Payne
voted no.
Vance moved proviso that no article
in the wool or wooden schedule should
pay duty exceeding rs per cent ad
Ualorem. Rejected-Yeas 81. nays 80.
Brown voted aye; Payne no.
Schedule wood and wooden ware was
taken up. Aldrich reported as an
amendment to insert in paragraph 201
the words white pine, ST. so per 1000
feet, board measure. Agreed to.
Vance moved to amend paragraph
207, as to pine clapboards, by striking
out the words 81 per LOCO feet, and in
sorting the words, "shall be admitted
free of duty"
Stockbridge opposed Vests amend
ment.
Vance moved 10 amend Vests amend
ment, by making it apply to
ALL LUMBER PARAGRAPHS.
Vest again took the floor, and COM
mented on trusts generally, and par
ticularly on the fact that the great
lumber trust was on a secret mission.
A lengthy political colloquy ensued.
Vance's amendment, which was &C.
cepted by Vest as substitute for his
own. Rejeoted-yeas 10, nays %.
Brown and Call voting against it.
Hiscock, of the finance committee,
offered proviso, which was agreed to,
except in the case of export duties
on lumber by any foreign government
such sawed lumber shall remain as
under the present law.
Aldrich, on behalf of the finance
committee. moved to insert after para
graph 200 the words Reeds 10 per cent.
dd VaLOrem; chair cane, 15, also to in
crease the rate on sawed board, mahog-
any, etc. paragraph 215) from Is to
20 per cent ad vaIorem. Agreed to.
VOORHEES, submitted some general re-
marks on trusts, principally
IN POLITICAL VEIN.
Sherman offered proviso, which was
agreed to, paragraph 267) in taxing
fresh fish IN cents per pound, that the
duty shall not apply to fresh fish
caught by citizens of the United States
on the high seas or open waters or 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 is
one reducing thu duty on nickle ore. for
nickle therein, from 80 to 20 cents per
pound and nickle in matt from 10 to
cents; reducing the duty on cocoa mat.
ting from 10 to cents per square yard,
and on cocoa mats from to 4 cents
per square foot; amending the proviso
to paragraph 152, so as to make it read
that all iron or steel wire valued at
more than 5 cents per pound, instead
| OF 10 cents, shall pay a duty of not