The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-01-25
SENATOR MORRILL,.

| MI #z2%zMW#%<//E in relation to its
""@S>| action on the tariff
SENATOR MORRILL,. He criticised the
course of Democratic senator's in opposition to
the BILL who had assaulted it, he said, by a
chorus of vituperative epithets as harsh to the
ear rs the discordant tones of n calithumpian
concert. He was persuaded, however, that
the American people, prosperous as
they would be under the con-
tinuance of a fair and reasonable protective
policy, with reasonable reduction of rev.
enuc, would be able to appreciate the fact
that it was "a condition and not a theory"
that now most troubled his Democratic
friends. He enumerated the various tariff
reductions made by the Republican party as
| sufficient evidence that the Republicans, SO
! long as they held legislative power, were
neither idle nor inattentive to any proper re-
ductions of the war tariff and of the public
revenue. The Mills bill was an abandonment
of protection. The senate substitute would
make reduction of revenue Of about $751;
100000 and would cover tho country and
every part of it with blessings.
Vest moved to put fine clapboards on the
free list, and made an argument in favor
thereof, while Palmer opposed it and said the
duty on lumber had cheapened that pro
duct
! The wood screw trust having been men,
| toned by Vest in his remarks Plumb said it
recalled the fact that the Democratic caucus
on the Mills bill had restored the duty on
wood screws as "a sop to Connecticut Demo
| crat." He understood that a large part of the
profits of the wood screw trust had served to
carry Connecticut at the last election; but
Vest declined to enter into a political discus
| sion.
-t,.,I tl,nt fla ha1
better be allowed to denude their own forests
and so allow the forests of the United States
to be preserved; to which Hiscock replied
that the supply of lumber from Canada was
infinitesimal in comparison with the total
amount used in the United States.
Vests proposition was rejected, Brown and
Call, Democrats, voting against it.
Sherman offered a proviso, which was
agreed to, that the duty on fresh fish shall
not apply to fish caught by citizens of the
United States on the high seas or in the open
waters of the lakes forming a boundary be-
tween the United States and Canada.
Numerous amendments were reported from
the finance committee and agreed to- among
them the following: Amending the proviso to
paragraph 152, so as to make it read THAT all
iron or steel wire valued at more than cents
per pound INSTEAD of 10 centsl shall pay a
duty of u less than IS per cent nd valorem;"
increasing tho rate on sheep and goat skins
from 90 to % per cent. al valorem, and
long paragraph increasing the rate on stock
ings, shirts and drawers, of cotton or other
vegetable fiber.
Just here the vote began to break up a lit
tie, more Republicans voting against their
colleagues and similarly more Democrats vot-
ing against theirs.
Brown moved to make the rate on cleaned
rice 2 cents per pound; on uncleaned rice, IL
cents on paddy, cent and on broken rice,
or rice flour, 20 per ad valorem. This was re.
jected, but on the vote Cameron, Mitchell,
Plumb, and Quay voted with the Democrats,
and Bate, Berry, Blodgett, Cockerell, Coke,
Faulkner, Harris, Jones of Arkansas, Reagan,
Turpie, Vest, and Walthal with the Repub-
licans. The paragraph was finally amended
by making the rates ~, /, =, and X cents.
Plumb offered an additional paragraph to
the silk schedule rs follows: "Silk, raw or as
reeled from the cocoon, but not doubled,
twisted, or advanced in manufacture in any
way, and silk waste, 25 per cent al valorem."
This was also rejected, and the Republican
senator's voting aye were Blair, Dawes,
Dolph, Hoar, Ingalls,, Henderson, MITCHELL
Paddock, Plumb, Quay, Stewart, and Teller.
The Democratic senator's who voted no were
Bate, Blackburn, Blodgett, Brown Cockrell
Cloquitt, Eustis, Faulkner, German, Gray,
Harris, Jones Of Arkansas, Turpie, Vance,
Vest, Walthall, and Wilson of Maryland.
Dawes, who had originally aye, changed
his vote to no; but on his colleague, Hoar
voting aye, Dawes again changed his vote to
aye.
Plumb moved to insert an additional par
agraph creating and establishing in the treas
! ury department commission to be known as
the customs commission. Agreed to without
division. II provides for the appointment
by the president with the advice and consent
of the senate) of five commissioners to hold
Office two, three, four, five and six years, re-
spectively; not more than three of them to be
of the same political party. The salary is to
be 81, 800 per annum. The permanent office
of the commission is to be at Washington
City.
Reagan offered an amendment TO the bill
by adding section imposing an income tax.
The amendment was rejected. Senators Brown,
Payne, and Pugh voting no. The rate on
oranges, lemons, and lines was increased An
amendment offered by Allison was agreed to,
repeating the provision of law requiring a
stamp to bc affixed to every box of imported
cigars to indicate inspection thereof by the
customs officers. An amendment reported
from the finance committee to add to para
graph 5S3 quitting diamonds, etc, on the free
LIST the words land jewels to be used in the
manufacture of Watches" was agreed to-
Plumb moved four amendments, all OF
which were rejected. The two first were to
increase the duty ON castor beans or seeds
from % cents per bushel to 80 and 40 cents;
the third to reduce the duty on railway bars
and punched iron or steel rails from 40
cent to il-.0 cent per pound; and tho fourth
to reduce the rate on beams, girders,
etc, from cent per pound to o-lO OF cent.
The senator's wcaricd of offering amend
ments at last and vote was ordered, being
first taken on agreeing TO the substitute, and