The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-08-30


committees amendment to strike out
the provision. The proviso was not
struck out, yeas, 10; nays, 81.
The Republican Senators who voted
against the finance committee amendment
were: Allison, Cullom, Edmunds, Haw-
lay, Ingalls,, Jones, Mitchell, Platt, Plumb,
Sherman, Teller Washburn, and Wilson,
of Iowa
Inc conference report on the Joint res
olutlon for the relif of restitution in Okla
homa was presented and agreed to. 1t di-
reefs the application of the unexpended
balance for the relief persons in the re-
glon over flowed by the Mississippi to re-
llevlng the citizens of Oklahoma rendered
destitute by the unexampled drought
there
On motion of Plumb, the duty on brandy
In paragraph 3l4, and ON concordia liquors,
ETC., was increased from 81 to 50 per gallon,
on bay rum, from 81 to 81 and ON cham
payne and other sparkling wines so as to
make the rates on bottles more than
Quart and five dozen instead of So 30 on half
plnts each or less $50 instead of Sl.75, and
Wnere the bottles contain more than a
quart, 1919 per gallon additional. On mo-
lion OF Plumb the following amendments
were also agreed to. The paragraph re-
iatlngt to still wines by making the rate per
gallon on casks rs cents instead of so cents
tWenty-four pint bottles - 80 instead of
Sl.65 extra quantities to be taxed 10 cents
per pint instead of tive cents.
Inc paragraph relating to ale, porter and
peer In bottles or jugs, by making the duty
oo cents per gallon instead of 35 cents, and
waen not in bottles or jugs, IS cents per
gallon, instead of 20 cents
In the paragraph relating to malt ex-
tracts by making the duty in casks 35 cents
per gallon, instead of 90 in Jugs, 90 cents
per gallon, instead of 40, and when solid or
condensed, 90 per cent. ad valorem, instead
of TO-
The paragraph relating to cherry Juice
and prune juice, by making the duty 10
cents per gallon, instead of 10, when con-
tanning not more than Is per cent. of alco-
mol, and s.. per gallon, instead of 81 and %
cent. sd valorem when containing more
than Is per cent. of alcohol.
The paragraph relating to ginger ale,
soda water and other similar waters was
amended on the report of the finance COM
mlttee by reducing the rate from IL cents to
10 cents per dozen bottles, and on motion Of
CarJlsle by inserting the word artificial"
Inc paragraph relating to mineral waters
ana their limitations was struck out on the
of the finance committee.
Sched ule (relating to cotton manufac-
turers) and schedule j (relating to fax and
hemp were passed over informally
Schedule K, relating to wool and manu-
features of wool, was then taken up. All
the paragraphs from 357 to 1863 (relating to
raw wooD having been read, Carlisle
moved to have them all struck out, so as to
have wool put on the free list. He argued
In support of the proposition and the same
reason which was used to justify putting
sugar on the free list applied equally to
putting wool on the free list.
In reply Aldaich pointed to the fact that
while home products had only had slight
increase in series of years, home products
of weol had increased enormously
Sherman stated some facts in relation to
the wool-growing industry of. the United
States as demonstration of the wisdom of
the policy adopted in the tariff of 1861 He
argued that the wool growing interests
hould be encouraged so that the quantity
produced would be sufficient for all wooden
goods manufactured in the United States,
and for all foreign wooden goods that are
used here The pending bill, he said, in
answer to question by Cullom, practically
re enacted the provisions of the law of
1867, which had operated so well. After
further debate the Senate adjourned.