The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-21
Mr.. Daniel Reviews the Whole Cues


Mr.. Daniel Reviews the Whole Cues
ton of Protective Tariff.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 20.-When the tariff
bill came up in the Senate this morning the
pending question was on Mr.. McPherson's
amendment to strike out of paragraph 159.
page 80, referring to knives. erasers and
ia zors. classiications and compound duty,
and to substitute a uniform rate Of As per
cent ad valorem The paragraph and
amendment to it gave rise to a long discus
sion, which was carried on by Messrs.
Mcpherson, Vest, Gray. Carlisle and Daniel
on the democratic side. and Messrs. Aldrich.
Platt and Hawley on the republican side.
Mr.. Daniels remarks were not confined
to the subject of cutlery, but took in the
whole question of the protective tariff and
its evil results on agricultural interests.
CONDEMNED BY SECRETARY RUsK.
He told the republican senators that their
own Sec etary of State had written in let
ters of light condemnation of the pending
BILL and that their own secretary of agri-
culture had told them that the cause
Of the agricultural depression was
loss of the foreign markets. These
markets had been lost by the republicans
doing what their retailers bad complained
a hundred years ago against the British
crOwn-that was cutting off trade with all
parts of the world 1t was they who had
built up the labor of India by stimulating
the production of Indian wheat, and it was
that same policy which was building up the
Argentine confederation and making it a
rival of the United States in agricultural
products.
HOW 1T IS DONE.
Mr.. Aldrich asked Mr. Daniel to say how
that was being done.
Mr.. Daniel replied that the republican
policy had done it in these ways: First, by
the characterization of silver; second. by
bogus protective tariff on wool, and third,
by making monopolistic duties SO high that
competition had been cut off, The
American farmer could not now get
the high prices for his products
in foreign markets to which he bad been
accustomed. After replying to some ques-
tons put by MIR. Allison as TO
Argentine wool. Mr.. Daniel said that the
senator had in times past made some
observations in the same line that he
Daniel was making now, and he would
therefore refer the senator of to-day to the
senator of yesterday.
THE AMENDMENT DEFEATED.
Finally a vote was taken and Mr.
McPherson's amendment was rejected by
25 yeas to 30 nays. Mr.. Paddock was the
only republican voting AYE" Messrs. Man
derson and Plumb voted mo" Mr.. Ingalls,
did not vote.
MIR. Plumb moved to reduce the additional
ad valorem rate on pen-knives, pocket
knives and erasers from so per cent. to
per cent. The motion was rejected.
Mr.. Mcpherson offered a substitute for
paragraph 1911, which imposed compound
duties, according TO classification, on table
knives and forks. The substitute was to
impose a uniform tax of "a per cent. ad
valorem. There was a long discussion on
this paragraph. At its conclusion Mr..
McPhersons amendment was rejected
without the yeas and nays. The bill was
then laid aside, only one page having been
disposed of to-day.
PLUMB GIVES NOTICE
Mr.. Plumb gave notice of an amendment,
which he intended to offer TO Mr. Spooner's
amendment offered Yesterday as to tin
plate. 1t provides that after July /, 1891,
| and pending the proclamation of the Presi-
dent Ito place tin plate on the free list in
certain contingencies the duty on tin plate
shall be l cent ger pound, and that bounty
of cent per pound shall be allowed for tin
plate manufactured in the United States.
! The House amendments to the agricult.
ural college I'LL and to tie meat inspection
bill were laid before the Senate and con-
| Cured in. These bills now go to the Presi-
dent for his signature.
| The Senate bill authorizing the construc-
ton Of q bridge over the Tennessee river at
or near Knoxville and the House bill for
the relief of the settlers on the Northern
Pacific railroad, were taken from the calen-
dar and passed, the latter with a substitute
Seven senators ana Speaker Reed were in
the chamber when these bills were passed.
The Senate then adjourned.