Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-07-22
THE TALL SYCAMORE.
He Gives the Senate a Few Opinions on
the Tariff Bill.

He Gives the Senate Few Opinions on
the Tariff Bill.
WASHINGTON CITY, July 22.-Voorhees
began in the senate yesterday what will
probably be an interminable debate on
that everlastingly irrepressible issue, the
tariff He characterized the Mckinley
| bill not as protective bill, but as pro-
hibitive bill Twelve out of the fourteen
schedules showed an increase in the duty
| and in one of the others, the sugar and
molasses schedule, the decrease was q
fraud and delusion, owing to the bounty
required. The bill developed Chinese
wall of prohibition.
Quotations from Witnesses.
He quoted freely from the importers
who appeared before the senate finance
committee, one of whom-Mr. McKeever, of
New York-said that the increase of duty
on certain fabric of cheap cloth was ito
make the poor consumer pay twice as
much for his goods as the wealthy" An
other witness, the treasurer of the Airing
ton mills, manufacturers of cotton war ps,
Inohair and mems dress goods, said that
| for the last twenty years the average divi-
sion of dividends had been little over 20
per cent, and that the profits of the last
year were three times as great as those of
the preceding year.
Took a Whaek ct Carnegie.
Voorhees, spoke of the magnificent dia-
mond presented by Andrew Carnegie to
SANKEY'S bride. The farmers of the
United States, he said, had paid for that
diamond 10000 times over in the last
twenty years by paying an average duty
of over 38 per cent. on every article of
| iron and steel that they used, and by pay
| ing increased rates of railroad freight
made necessary by the high duties on
steel and iron rails and rolling stock. For
| the farmer, at last. paid for all. If the
| pending bill become law they would have
| an increase of duty to pay on iron and
steel.
Tin Plate and Sugar.
He attacked the duty on tin plate, and
| said it had the first right to be on the free
| list, and then, turning his attention to
| sugar, he figured that If the bounty had
| the effect of enabling home producers to
raise all that was needed or home con-
sumption it would be at the cost of an an
nual tax of s81, 00O, 600.
Opening Free silver Campaign.
WASHINGTON CITY, July 29-The ma
tional silver committee, which has main
tanned several active representatives here
| during the wiEter, is preparing to open 8
| vigorous canvass for the control of the
next house of representatives in the inter
est of free and unlimited coinage of silver.
During the past week 1t has purchased
thousands of free coinage speeches which
1t is sending into every western congress
ional district.
Congress holds Short Session.
| WASHINGTON CRY, July 22-The SEN
ate yesterday took up the marine revenue
bill, debated it until Q p. m. and then
commenced the tariff debate, Voorhees,
delivering carefully prepared speech
against the bill. When he had concluded
resolutions of regret at the death Of Rep
resentative Walker, AZ AIis=s&-:, re,
<sreea 90 ana the senate adjourned.
Payson offered a resolution in the house
asking he interior office by what author
ity patents for land had been issued to the
Union Pacific railway, and to report the
total amount of land patented to that
company up to date Dockery then an
nounced the death of his colleague
Walker and appropriate resolutions hav-
ing been agreed to, the house adjourned as
! a further mark of respect. 1t was agreed
by unanimous consent to postpone the