, 1890-08-28

by Mr.. Plumb. who asked that the mat
ter 20 over until Tomorrow.
The tariff bill was taken up and Mr..
Vance proposed the following amend
ment: That in all cascs where II can be
Fshown to the secretary OF the treasury
that any goods, wares or merchandise
imported have been purchased abroad
by citizens OF the United States,
by the exchange of farm prod
cues grown in the United States
for such goods, or where such
goods have been purchased with the
proceeds of such farm products In for.
eign countries, such goods shall be i'm
ported at tho following rates OF duty;
| One-half OF tho present duty on all
manufactures of iron and steel 40
per cent. of the present duty on nll cot.
ton or woolen goods, or articles of which
wool or cotton may be q component ma
terial of chief value; one-half of tho
present duty on enrthenw ware, china and
glassware; 30 per cent. of the present
rate Of duty on all material used as q
fertilizer, or in tho manufacture thereof;
and 25 per cont. of the prosen /
rate Of duty on jute bagging and farm.
crs' binding twinc.
Tho pending question on the tariff bill
was on imposing duty of ~ cents per
pound oil lead ore and lead dross, pro-
vided that silver ore and all other ores
containing lead shall pay duty of ~
cents per pound on the lead contained
therein, according TO the sainpling and
assay at the port of entry.
MIR. Coke moved to amend by striking
out the proviso. and inserting q proyiso
that ores containing silver and lead, in
which the lead is OF less value than the
silver, shall be admitted free of duty.
lie said that the passage of the bill as
reported would destroy tho smelling
works in Texas, Kansas City, Chicago
and 81. Louis. render useless the refrac.
tory ores In New Mexico, Arizona and
Texas throw large number of men out
OF employ ment, und drive from the
United States trade with Mexico, valu-
able not only for the American manu-.
facturer, but for the American farmer.
Messrs. Reagan and Carlisle followe d
with arguments on the same lines.
Mr.. Plumb moved TO amend the para
graph by reducing the lead ore from !.
cents pound to u of cent. He
thought the senate was coming to tn .
point where the system of protection
would result In the breaking down of
certain home industries for the benefit of
other industries, and where the larger
| Industries were to destroy the smaller
ones. Ii the mine-owners of Colorado,
who had derived so much profit from the
recent silver legislation, desired to get
still more benefit by taxes on these
Mexican ores why did they not propose
n duty on the silver ores OF Mexico2'
MIR. Stewart argued against the amend
ments and in favor of u duty on lead ore
as proposed in the paragraph.
Mr.. Teller also advocated tho adop-
tion of the paragraph as reported, and
asserted that the contest was one be-
tween the lead trust, in com bination
with the snelters, and the miners of the
Rocky mountains. These miners were
50,O0O strong. and they consumed more
OF the agricultural products of Kansas
and Nebraska than the whole Of Mexico
consumed and Kansas was indebted to
the miners of Colorado for whatever
prosperity she enjoyed. He wns not,
therefore, exactly pleased when the sen.
ator from that state insisted that he
wanted to secure the trade of Mexico
and was willing to put the labor of Colo.
RADIO, Montana and Idaho side by side
with the 40 labor of Mexico.
Continuing his argument, Mr.. Teller
from the bill. the only thing in it for the
benefit Of the great Northwest, there
would not be u republican in that region
in favor ofthe bill, and that there should
not be.
Mr.. Jones, of Nevada, said that the
most important feature of the bill for
the mining industries of the country was
the duty on lead and lead ores. Not
only were many thousand persons en-
gagged in lead mining, but rs
per cent. of the silver yield
of the United States came from
mines in which that metal was found in
com mbination with lead. OF these mines
the larger number would not pay tho
expense of operation tor silver alone.
| Without duty on lead and lead ores
those mines would be abandoned. This
would not merely destroy a great in
| dustry, but would seriously affect the
supply of precious metals which formed
the money of tho world. Mr.. Jones paid
q warm tribute to the personal charac-
teristics OF the American miners, and
said that their labors contributed largely
to the prosperity of the country,
The bill was then laid aside Informally
and the house joint resolution in relation
TO oaths in pension cases was reported
administered by any person empowered
to administer oaths.
The house resolution for the appoint
ment of a committee of seven repre-
sentatives and three senators to super
intend the funeral of the late Repre-
sentative Watson was laid before the
senate.
Mr.. Quay offered resolution, which
was agreed to, expressing the deep con.
Germ with which the senate heard OF Mr..
Watson's death, concurring in the ap-
pointment of the committee and pro.
viding AS an additional mark of respect
that the senate adjourn.