Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1890-08-08
THE FIFTY.FIRsTr' CoNGREss.

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THE FIFTY.FIRsT CONGRESS.
Amending the Iron Schedules of the
Tariff BiIl-Explanation of the Cor.
ference Report on the Sundry Civil
Appropriation Bill-Work Of the
House,
WASHINGTON, d. c., Aug. THE SEN
ate at 1890 a. m. resumed consideration of
the tariff bill:
After some preliminary morning bust
ness the tariff bill was taken up; the pend
ing question being on Mr.. vance's amend
ment- to reduce the duty on pig iron (par-
agraph 1923, page 25) from $40 of cent
per pound to 50 per ton. Rejected-yeas
II, nays "a.
There was no deviation from party lines
on this vote.
The next paragraph Q29) taxes bar iron,
round iron; flats and square iron, from
$40 of cent to one cent per pound (ac-
cording to classification.
The amendment was rejected-yeas Is,
nays %. Another strict party vote.
The next paragraph Q3O taxes round
iron in coils or rods (of certain shapes and
sizes) ITO cents per pound, with the
proviso that all charcoal iron shall be sub
ject to less than $22 per ton.
Mr.. Mcpherson moved to reduce the va
rious rates in the paragraph. Rejected.
Mr. Vance moved to reduce the rate in
paragraph 131 Deans, girders and other
structural shapes of iron or steeD from
$40 cent to 40 of one cent per pound.
Mr.. Paddock appealed to Mr.. Aldrich in
the interest of agriculture, to agree to a
| reduction of at least ITO cent per pound
on structural iron
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| and on his motion the rate was reduced to
$40 cent per pound.
Mr. Vance's amendment to make it 6-10
having been rejected.
The next paragraph Q32) applies to boil
| er iron or steel and imposes duties varying
according to classification from / cent per
| pound to ITO cents per pound-the duty
| one the highest class to be 40 per cent. ad
| valorem.
Mr.. Vest moved to -,1uce the various
specific rates in the agraphs to 80 per
| cent. ad valorem. p -jted-yeas 20, nays
| ga strict party vote.
The next paragraph Q33 proposes a duty
of 2 $40 cents per pound on forgings of
iron or steel.
Mr.. Mcpherson moved to make the rate
40 per cent. ad valorem. Rejected-yeas
| Is, nays %.
The next paragraph Q39 applies to hoop
or band or scroll or other iron or steel tax
| ing it according to sizes, with proviso
that cotton ties shall pay 2-10 of cent per
| pound additional.
Mr.. Coke moved to make the duty on
| cotton ties 30 per cent. ad valorem the
present duty and addressed the senate in
| support of that amendment.
Mr.. Vest alluded to the fact that in re-
| gard to the three products in which the
| naUroac of tho country had the most
| interest-sugar, rice and cotton-they were
| legislated against in the bin.
The cotton tie manufacturers of Pitts
burg had not asked for any increase of
duty and yet the bill increased it 200 per
| cent.
The discussion was continued by
Messrs. Berry, Reagan and Jones of
| Arkansas.
The latter yielded to Mr. Allison, who
sundry civil appropriation bill and asked
that the senate should act upon it.
| Mr.. Cockrell preferred to wait until the
report was printed.
| Mr.. Allison said that he would give a
| general explanation of the report The
bill, he said, as it passed the house, had
carried 500, 600, 900 and had been increased
by the senate about S5,000,0 900. The net
reductions agreed to in the conference
committee amounted to SO, zoe, 900, so that
| the bill carried under the conference re-
port S29, S52, 900. The changes made in
conference related first to public buildings.
The appropriation for that at Alexandria,
La, has been reduced $1,000; for Bea-
yer Falls, Pa, $1,000; New London,
Conn, $1,000; Salina, Kan, $1,000, and
New Haven, Conn, 50, 800. The appro
| priation for repairs of the Chicago custom
house had been cut down from 500, 00(
to $4,000. The house conferees had
also insisted on striking out the provision
of $685., $50 for the treasury vaults, al
though the house had in March or April
passed a bill for the purpose. Since the
| passage of that BILL Mr.. Allison said, tn,
house had received new light on the sub
ject of the necessity of reconstruction o.
those vaults, and now thought it unneces
s0y.
At the close of this discussion Mr. DAVE.
presented and explained the conference re
port on the Notifications bill. He said tina
the bill as it came from the house had ap
propriated 81, 521 ,67S, and that the senat.
had increased that amount s., 074, 257 max
ing total of $685., 535.- The conference,
committee had reduced the amount to SO,
365, 900 on its face, but had changed in N,
respect the features of the bill.
A long discussion ensued between Messrs
Dawes, Edmunds, Dolph and Plumb, ant
the report went over without action.
After n brief executive session the sen
ate at p. m. adjourned till tomorrow. -.
HOUSE.
eOn motion of Mr.. Bingham, of Penn
sylvania a resolution was adopted callinJ
on the postmaster general for copies of tn
agreements for the transportation of mail
between the United States and foreigl
| countries the condition upon which tn