Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-05-21
FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS.
House..

l1On Oh MT. hChlHlcy lIldU general u0DdJ0
on the tariff bill be limited to one min
ute was agreed to, and the House went
into committee of the whole. No one
desiring to occupy the one minute, the
clerk proceeded to read the bill, by par
agraph for amendments. Mr.. Ander-
son (Kas.) offered an amendment pro-
viding that the President may suspend
the rate of duty on any imported article
when, in his Judgment, the production,
manufacture or sale Of such article is
monopolized or controlled by any trust
or combination. The amendment
brought on a lively debate in regard to
trusts. On vote by tellers the amend
ment was rejected-ayes, 81; noes, ITO.
Mr.. Covert, n. Y. moved to strike out
the clause imposing a duty of a quarter
of cent a pound Oh murlatlc acid.
The debate became desultory, some
times amusing, sometimes political, and
sometimes bordering on the personal;
after which Mr.. Covert's motion was
lost. A motion made by Mr.. Covert to
strike out the duty on sulphuric acid
then rose and the House adjourned.
TUESDAY, May 13.-The House, in com
mittee of the whole, took up the tariff
bill again to-day A motion of Mr.. Nc
Millin (Tenn.) to reduce the duty on
ammonia brought out q long argument,
Mr.. Buttersworth co. making the prin-
cipal speech in opposition. The
amendment was finally rejected. Mr..
O'Ferrall (Va.) read list of what he
singled out as excessive duties, laying
stress on the duty on ready-made cloth
ing, which he held was in the interest
of Postmaster General Wanamaker.
IL r IL IL
you legislate in my favor and | will put
up campaign funds-that was the eXpla-
nation of many of these high duties. Mr..
Biggs (Cal) offered an amendment in
creasing the duty on olive oil 80 to 90 cents
gallon. He advocated the protection
of the olive oil industry in the interest
of pure olive oil. He was a good Demo-
crat, but he was not hide-bCund. His
party was opposed to his amendment,
but he, as an independent American
citizen, advocated the proposition. The
amendment was rejected. Various 9TH
er amendments were offered, but were
rejected; and after considering thirteen
of the loo pages of the bill, the commit
tee rose and the House adjourned.
WEDNESDAY, May 1.-THE tariff bill
was taken up in committee OF the whole,
Mr. McMillin Tenn. moved to reduce
the duty on decorated chinaware from
90 to IS per cent, stating that the 60 per
cent. duty proposed taken in connec-
ton with the package clause of the adj
ministration customs bill, amounted to
q considerable increase from existing
rates After long debate Mr.. McMil-
Inns motion was defeated. Various
other amendments looking to reduc
ton of the duty on earthen and glass
ware were made on the Democratic
side, but met no success. Having con-
sidered sixteen of the 156 pages of the
bill, the committee rose and the House
adjourned.
THURSDAY, May 15.-Mr. Mckinley, CO.,
from the committee on rules, reported a
resolution providing that hereafter the
House shall meet at II o'clock; and af-
ter the reading of the journal and the
disposal of conference reports the
House shall 90 into committee Of the
whole on the tariff bill; that the bill
shall be read through commencing with
paragraph Ill, and shall be open to
amendment On any part of the bill fol-
lowing paragraph ITO, and that on
Wednesday next, at Il noon, the bill,
with pending amendments, shall be re-
ported to the House. After spicy de-
bate on the resolution the previous
question was ordered-yeas, 1873; nays,
W. elhb tiIC ICCOlutIOlt WOO etNtO PNSb
yeas, 1919; nays 80. Messrs. Morrill,,
Sawyer and Yoder were appointed con-
ferees on the Senate dependent pen
sion bill. The House then went into
committee of the whole on the tariff
bill. The reading of the bill consumed
the remainder of the day, and at its con-
clusion the committee rose, and the
House took a recess, the evening session
to be for consideration of private pen
sion bills.
FRIDAY, May 16.-The House, in COM
mittee of the whole, took further action
on the tariff bill Mr. Mckinley offered
an amendment specifically including
glass chimneys in the clause relative to
thin blown glass at a duty of 10 cents a
dozen and 40 per cent. ad valorem. The
amendment was adopted. Mr.. Mckin-
ley then offered a series of amendments,
many of them unimportant which
were all adopted. The duty on sugar
Of milk was reduced from 10 to
s cents pound, A rebate was pro-
vided Of duties on imported salt used in
curing meat for expectation. The duty
on yard .jute was increased from 80 to
35 per cent. adj valorem. Binding
twine composed of MANILA, jute or sisal
grass was taken from the clause impos-
ing duty of J cents pound and trans
clause relative to carpets was amended
so as to provide that carpets made of
jute or other vegetable material shall
pay 6 cents per square yard; and mats,
rugs and screens, cents The duty on
burlaps not exceeding sixty inches in
width, was changed from Il to Il cents
per pound. The duty on bags for
grain made of burlaps was fixed at 2
cents pound. Russian cancels hair
was brought under the head of woods of
class 8. The duty Of 80 per cent. adj
valorem was placed on the woods of the
third class and on Russian cancels hair
of the third class, the value of which
shall be IL cents or less a pound, includ
ing charges. A duty Of so per cent. is
imposed upon woods of the third class
exceeding in value u cents pound. It
is provided that onswoolen and worsted
yarns, valued at not more than 30 cents
per pound, the duty shall be two and
one-half times the duty i'm
posed on washed wool of the
irst-class, and in addition thereto 35
per cent. ad valorem. A long debate
ensued, principally devoted to a consid-
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