Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-03-22

some for the free and unlimited coinag,
OF silver; one against the extension o
the Pacific railroads debts, and one from
California for the removal of the duty OF
jute and jute bagging.
! Mandersen introduced bill to extenc
the laws of the United States which pro
vide for the acquiring of title to Goa
! lands, to the District of Alaska.
Paddock introduced bill to make the
Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries ar
officer of the Department of Agriculture
On motion of Sherman the bill to de.
clare unlawful trusts, was taken up and
Sherman addressed the Senate.
At the close of Sherman's speech,
Ingalls, gave notice of an amendment
which he would offer. The amendment
is aimed against dealing in futures or
options. 1t was read and ordered
printed.
On motion of Sherman it was ordered
that the substitute reported from the
finance committee be treated as the
original text of the bill, and 80 the
amendments proposed by Reagan and
Ingalls, are to be treated as amendments
in the first and second degree.
Vest argued against the constitutional
substitute, declaring his belief that the
Supreme Court would Immediately throw
it ont of court The Senate had been
told at the last session by Sherman, that
whenever he was satisfied that com bina-
tions were protected by the high pro-
tective duty, he would be in favor of re.
ducing that duty, and that West said
was the real remedy. Those trusts were
f0d 10 l. IL,
enabled to work their iniquitous purposes
under the buttress. afforded by the tariff
law.
Hisccck said no attempt should be
made to give the Federal Government
Jurisdiction of subject over which the
States bad full and ample control.
Blair renewed his motion to reconsider
the vote of yesterday by which his edu-
cational bill was rejected, and Ingalls,
moved to lay that motion on the table.
No action was taken.
A motion to adjourn over till Monday
was opposed by Sherman, who wished to
have action on the Antitrust bill tomor.
row, and the motion was defeated.
Allison replied to Vests argument as
to the connection between high duties
and trusts, taking the ground that all
great combinations were practically out
side of the tariff and independent of it.
He would not admit that even the sugar
trust was dependent on the tariff He
WAS not cure but that if sugar were on
the tree list there would not be still
combination among the sugar refneries.
In the great staples, wooden and cotton
goods, leather, boots and shoes and iron
and steel, on which the duties we're high,
there was no trust, except perhaps as to
steel rails and nails. Also with the silk
industry, of which in this country is pro.
duced probably half the silk consuBed
here, and which is protected by heavy
duty, there was no trust. Taere was q
combination for raising the price OF beef
and lowering the cost of cattle on the
hoof, and no one could say that
that trust was the result of high
duties. There we're also an oatmeal
trust and Thiskey trust, which had
nothing to do with duties. Although he
agreed with the gentlemen who were in
favor of remodeling and revising the
tariff, still the Senators if they wished to
correct the great evils of trusts and COM
binations, would fall far short of their
purpose if they confined themselves to
the modification of tariff rates. It was
the duty of Congress to put on the
statute books such legislation as would
prohibit trusts and com binstions.
Coke offered substitute for the bill,
and George offered an amendment, both
Of which were ordered printed.
The bill then went over till Monday.
when it is to be unfinished business, and
it was ordered that the session tomorrow
be confined exclusively to business on
the calendar.
In announcing pairs on the Blair bill
yesterday the relative positions of four
Senators were mis.stated on the floor.
Quay and Ransom, who were for the
bill, were paired with Butler and Casey,
who we're against it. 1t was the reverse
of this that was stated.
After executive session the Senate ad-
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