The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-09-06
excess OF appropriations over revenues
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Senate,

| Senate.
| WEDNESDAY, Aug 27-The Senate re-
| sumed consideration of the tariff bill,
! to-day, the question being on a substi-
| tute offered by Mr.. Mcpherson yester-
day for schedule D, wood and manu-
substitute for the wood schedule, and
some amendments offered by Mr..
| Plumb to some of its paragraphs,
went over without action, leaving
the whole schedule still open. The
| sugar schedule was also passed over in
| formally, and the tobacco schedule (F)
was taken up. Mr.. Vance offered an
amendment TO reduce the duty on leaf
| tobacco over one-half. Rejected with
out The yeas and nays. Mr.. Pasco Of
! fered an amendment as TO classification
| of packages of tobacco, which was re-
| lected by strict party vote. No amend
| ment was offered to any of the four 9TH
Ell paragraphs of the tobacco schedule.
| Then schedule q agricultural pro-
ducts and provisions was reached. Par
agraph 235 in that schedule WAS. on mo-
| ton of Mr.. Aldrich, made to read
''sheep, year old or more, $50 per
| head; less than year old. - cents per
| head" =" Mr.. Reagan moved an amend
ment making the tax on all live animals
20 per cent. ad valorem. Re-
| jected. Paragraph 237 (relating to bar
| ley), having been reached, Mr.. Aldrich
| withdrew the amendment of the finance
committee to reduce the duty from 80
to % cents a bushel, leaving it at the
| House rate of 80 cents. The duty
on barley malt was left at 40 cents.
| The rice paragraph was reached, and
| then the Senate went into executive
session.
THURSDAY, Aug 2s.-When the tariff
| bill was taken up Mr. Aldrich, from the
| amendments he would offer. One is
reciprocity amendment. The second
| subjects fish TO a duty of only |! cents
| pound when exported from any country
only SO long as American fishing YES
sells shall be admitted into all
! the ports of such country to
purchase supplies Including balt)
and to land fish for shipment, in bond,
! to the United States without restraint.
| The paragraph relating to rice was
amended by making the duty on
cleaned rice cents pound; on I'M
cleaned rice, cents; on paddy, cents;
and on rice -four, rice meal and broken
rice, / cent per pound this being
| committees amendment. Paragraph
| l35 (Which was passed over
| in the regular ORDER was taken up. 1t
relates to railway bars, and the commit
| tee amendment, which reduces the rate
from $40 TO $40 cents per pound. was
| agreed to. Paragraph l6i, relating to
| shotguns, which had also been passed
over, was then taken up, the question
| being on the amendment of the com
rnittee to substitute for the ad valorem
rate of 80 per cent. specific duties ac-
| cordlng to values, with % per cent. ad
yalorem in addition. The amendment
modified by reducing the duty on shot
guns valued at not more than So
| from 81 to $3.50 was agreed to. Mr..
| Plumb moved to increase the duty
on castor beans or seeds, paragraph
| 269) from 81 to 10 cents per bushel.
| Agreed TO. The substitute reported
| from the finance committee as
| to duty on the cans containing
| shell-hsh was agreed to, leaving
| the paragraph Just as it came
| from the House. The substitute as to
/ oranges, lemons and lines was agreed
! to-ycas, 2S; nays, is. No amend
ments, except those of the committee,
/ were offered to any of the paragraphs
| from 2S7 to 297 In paragraph
29S, relating, to extract of meat,
the clause that the dutiabc weight
| or jars was struck out. Paragraphs 303
| and :}04 We're amended Ton the report of
the committed by reducing the duty
on chocolate and prepared cocoa from
; to , cents a pound. Paragraph 21l
was amended by reducing the duty
on garden seeds from 40 to 20 per
cent. A vote on paragraph 301 relating
to salt, showed no quorum, and the bill
was laid aside-siXty paragraphs, be-
! tween ten and eleven pages, having
| been disposed Of to-day. The House
| lard bill was presented to the Senate,
and referred to the committee on agri-
culture. The conference report on the
railroad land bill was also preseIkcd,
and the resolution for the suspension of
the work in erecting the La Favette sta
| tue on the site selected in La Fayctte
! Square, and for the selection Of another
| site, was adopted.
FRIDAY, Aug. 29.-Mr. Edmunds' res
olution, introduced in the Senate this
morning, providing for a recess from
| September J9 to November 10, created
! something of sensation at both ends
| of the Capitol. The Senate made CON
| siderable progress with the tariff bill
| to-day. The pending question was on
the finance committees amendment to
paragraph 301, page 66, which taxes
| salt in bags and packages - cents
| per 100 pounds, and salt in bulk ;
| cents, the amendment being to strike
| out the proviso allowing drawbacks on
salt used in exported meats. Mr.. Nc
| Pherson moved to strike out the entire
| paragraph. the effect of which would he
| TO place salt on the free list. This was
| rejected-veas Il, nays %, party vote.
| The committee amended to strike out
| the proviso resulted yeas -, NAYS 81
| retaining the proviso. No amendment
was offered TO anv the paragraphs
| from sos to 3l3. On motion OF Mr..
| Plumb the duty on brandy, in para
! graph 3l4, and cordials, liquors, etc, in
| paragraph 81, was increased from - TO
| 81 a gallon; on bay rum, IN paragraph
| 80. from 81 TO 81; and on champagne
| and other sparkling wines, so a. to
make the rates on bottles no more than
| quart SO dozen linstead OF 81: not
more than pint and more than a half
| pint, s. a dozen tlnstead OF
| j.. so; one-half pint each OF
| less, $50 finsteaG of sl.15), and
| where bottles contain more than q
| quart So per gallon additional. The
| following amendments were also agreed
| TO: Paragraph sol, relating to still
| wines, bv II :, king the rate per gallon in
| casks - cents instead of % cents, and
per case of y quart bottles or 2l pint
| bottles. $50 instead of SI.65-extra
| quantities to he taxed 10 cents per pint
| instead of cents. Paragraph 322, re-
| lating TO ale, porter and beer in bottles
or Jugs, by making the duty 80 cents pei
| gallon instead of - cents, and when not
| in bottles or jugs, 81 cents per gallon IN
stead of - cents. Paragraph 3-23, re-
lating to malt extracts, by making
the duty, in casks - cents per gallon
instead Of ~. in jugs 80 cents a gal
lon instead of 40, and when solid OF
condensed ~ per cent. ad vaIorem IN
stead Of ~ per cent. Paragraph 324,
relating 10 cherry Juice and prune Juice
by making the duty - cents gallon IN
stead of 90. when containing not more
than Is per cent. Of alcohol, and - pei