Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-08-20
NATIONS CAPITAL.
Senate Still At Work on Iron
and Steel Tariff.
Senator CuIlOm Speaks in General On
The Tariff Question.
House Decides on Order Of fs king Up
Important Matters.

WASHINGTON, Aug. l9.-The Qasy RS
olution went over till tomorrow with his
consent. with the understanding tba, il will
then be taken up.
The resolution offered Yesterday by
Plumb, instruc'ins the committee on rules
to issue orders that will prevent the ale or
drinking of liquors in the Senate wing o:
Capitol went over t II tomorrow.
The Senate resumed confederation of the
tarit bill. Paragraph l42. taxing wire
made of iron or steel was reached.
Mcpherson moved to reduce the rates
fixed in the bill. on four sizes, a quarter Of
a cent per pound. The smendmt Mt was
rejected, yeas II, nays2l.
Mcpherson offers,hsevera other anne nj
men,s. reducing the rates, TO the paragraph.
but all were rejected without the yeas and
nays. The lAst amen iment he offered was
TO the closing proviso, that iron or steel
wire valued al more than four cents pound
shall pay duty of not less than IS per
cent adj valorem. He moved to reduce that
to % cent. 1t was rejected; yeas 10. nays
%
Vance moved to strike out arsgrsph
li3, which provides no allowance or reduc
ton of duties be made for partial loss or
damage to iron or steel. The effect of such
a provision was, he said, to discourage IN
portstion. Ii wss repulsion Of uaie, its
spirit that of the dark ages. The motion
was rejected without yeas and nays. No
amendments were offered TO paragraphs
lt4 or l45. The committee amendment to
paragraph LAG was agreed to-
Mcpherson called attention TO paragraph
1914, taxing cast iron pipe of every descrlp-
ton, $40 cents pound. He said that rate
was equal TO si4 10 ton on large water
pipes. He moved 10 reduce it TO I 10 cts
Vance moved to reduce the duty OF
chains, paragraph 1851 from $40 cents
a pound, TO cent. Ssii paragraph appi
ed to trace chaius. Rejected
When paragraph l59, as TO cutlery. was
reached. Mcpherson called attention to the
table prepared for him which showed on it
the che apest grades of pocket koives the
proposed duty on which would be ll6 per
cent ad raiorent, ard on more expersi e
grades, the duty was only 20 per cent ad
vaiorem. He showed the same proport ems
as to tie lower and higher ella. sas OF razols,
He movedla amendmt nj to str Ike out TIE
c assiticstion by value and specific rat, :,
Uuhks Tue uutN hiu EoSh-
ct knives As per cent aa ratorem.
V.s. argued aud stated facts in support
of the amendment.
Cullom addressed the Senate upon the
general subject of the tariff There is M
idea, he said, that the tariff is robbery
based on the idea that tariff on any par
tcular article benefits no one except the
person making it, and that our mannfa
turers would proceed prosperously and a.
well without protective tariff We Y
they would not. There is scarcely a NIL
or factory running today fha. does
not benefit the whole country. The founda-
ton of every democratic or free trade
argument based upon the ASSUMPTION con
tanned in Prs sident Cleyelards famous
ne SAFE, that the tariff laws raise d the
price to consumers of all articles imported
by precisely the sum paid for duty tlcFeoa.
II that declaration is not tue, the whole
free trade structure falls 10 the ground
The history of the country shows conclu-
siyely the effect protection has been TO re-
ducs the prices. He cited the figures Of
cotton manufacture to demonstrate the
fal acy of the argument that if the United
States abolish It's protective tar n its exports
would be largely increased. The charge
that the protective system destroys foreign
t.ade. be said, was not b rae out by fact. >.
Upon the subject of agricultural proiuc s.
the prices were largc'y fxei by the suppl,
and demand. An important fact
for the farmer is to know that he
can find market TO. his p-odu /
somewhere nesr.r home the better.
Plenty of work and good wages cant he
secured if our mills and factories are not
protected, thereby making the home MAJ
ket which the farmer nee Is Cullom re ID
a ,ttemeIt showing the reductions aud in
creascs by the committee bill, AMI afssrt
ing that on the whole it's tendency WAS
largely TO reduces rat of duty ard il
crease the free list.
l-y contrast the free trade system
CT Great Britain with the protec;io rs s,s-
tenn of the United States to the al vantage
of the latter AMI said that if the United
States were shut out from the rest of Il"
world for 90 years it would come out of
the test fat and happy We would not
have silk or tea but would have every
thirg essential for human happiness
Whereas, if Great Brtsi1 was .hut out
from the reit of the world six months,
half her population would starve to death
lie WAS tlitl OF IN" 1Ot OF Inc 'NIOFlUut
ness of commerce" The famous drum
of Great Britain heard round the globe
was the dunn of the c )mmercial drummer
Vest asked Hawley if he had not woe !
fo- The steamship subsidy bills.
ll.wiey said he believed he ha !, and said
he hsd done so win great Ileasure. The
United State hal some trace yet, and be.
side il was something which the United
States wanted ard did not produce; some
American wanted TO go travelling, and he
wished the m to g in American ships. The
amendment went over without action, ard
ih- Il was laid al lie.
The Senate bill to provide American
registers for steamers Stroma ard Marteo
Aureiis passed
H0ar gave notice Of two ame ndmeuts he
would offer tomorrow to the Quay resolu-
tion. One wss resolution to charge I, e
rates which he offered on the 9th int ,
PROVIDING that when a bill or resolutio n
shall have been considered Reasonable
time, it shall be in order for any Senator 10
demand that the debate thereon be closed
The other, to include in leg .Iitive bus e
ness taken up this ses sion the federal cleo
ton bill. and provide that imme diatelv af.
ter the tsr.ff bill is disposed of the election
iii be taken up for consideration and re-
main before the Senate every day for three
day after he reading of the journal, to
the exclusion Of all other business, AMI
tnat Tn the 4ih of September at 2 O'Clock
voti1g thereon and on the PENDING amend
menis begun shall cont nue. from day TO
day, to the exclusion of all ether busne ..
until disposed Of. Sena.e at 6.lO ad
journei.