Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-08-30

NATIONS CAPITAL.
Omnibus Southern War Claims
Bill Before House.
Salt, Liquors. Wool and Sugar Sehed-
ulss In Senate.
Edmuud's Resolution for Congress to
Reassembls Nov. 10th.

WASHINGTON, Aug. % -Edmunds Of
fered the foilowing concurrent resolution,
which went over Tor The present:
Resolved ia. when the two houses
adjourn on the la'h Of September. 1880. il
be TO meet on the I0.h - November, l,ao
the tariff bill vas then laken up. the pend
ing question being on the finance commit
tees amendment to paragraph 507 page &C.
which taxes salt in bags and packages
II cents per one hundred pounds. and salt
10 bulk eight cents. the amendment being
TO strike out the proviso. sllo~iag draw
backs on sal, used in exported meats.
Mcpherson moved 10 strike out the en-.
tire I Paragraph, the effect of which would
be TO place salt en- the free list.
The amendment was rejected by Is yeas,
29 nays, party vote.
Alter the d discussion q vote was taken on
the committee smendment 10 strike out the
proyiso. The proviso was not struck out.
The vote was yeas, Is; nays, 81.
The republican senators who y0ted
against the finance committee on the amend
meat we're Allison, Cullom, Ejmund.
Hawley. Ingalls,. Jones of Nevada. Miiche !,
Pla,t, Plumb. Sherman, Tiller, Washbarn,
and Wilson of Iowa.
Ga motion Of Plumb the duty on brsnly
cordiais. liquors, etc was increased
from So to s. gallon; on bay rum from
81 to 81, on champagne and other spark
ing wires so as TO make rates on bottles
not more than quart and more than 4
eint $40 dozen. instead of 81, not moce
than pint. sni more than half pint, S5 a
dozen instead of s3 so, one half pint each
or l'ss, S250 instead of 81 75, and when
the bottles contain more than a quart s. %
per gallon additional.
Paragraph 1855 {relating u mireral
waters and their imitstion.l was struck cut
ON recommendation of the finance commit
tee.
Schedule j. Relate to fax and hemp,
was pass ii over informally.
Paragraphs 357 TO 369 relating 10 raw
wool, having been read, Carlisle moved TO
have them al struck out and TO have wool
put on the free list lie urged that the
same rea.on used 10 justify the putting of
sugar on the free list, applied equally to
putt ng wool on the free list That was.
under all the stimulus of tariff dn,ie,. its
prtductiou had not kept pace with the home
densnl for wool, and foreign wool was
necessary to supply the demani.
Aldrieh p0intc to the fact that while the
home product of sugar had only slightly
Increased in series of years, the home
product of wool had increased enormously.
Gibson characterized Aldrichs statement
as misleading and unfair. inasmuch as it
took no account OF destruction of the sugar
IN iustry during the war.
Sherman stated some facts in relation to
the wool growing industry in the United
States as demonstration of the wisdom OF
the policy adopted in the tariff of 1867. lie
argued that the wool growing interpet
should be encouraged SO that the quantity
ard quality produced would be more than
sutic eut for all the wooden goods manu-
featured in the United States and for all
the foreign wooden goods used here. The
pen ling bill, he sail, practically re cn'c'-
cd the provisions Of the lsw of 1867 which
hal operated so we'll. The duties proposed
in il were little less thsn those imposed
in The act cf 1867 and were al advance of
about cent a pound on the 6u'ics under
the exciting law.
In The discussion Carlisle c1nterdcl. the
admission tree OF foreign wool would 50
assist the ,ollen manufacture as 10
stInulaie and latgr'y increase the growth
cf American wool, SO even uaily. the cou1
try would become Independent of foreign
grown wool. He was asked by Dawes if
he could fix upon the time when tha. con
Summation would take place.
Carlisle declined to hazard any prophe-
sy in view of the failure of the protection
st prophecies ~ II the tfTtc, that system
would have OIL prices. Dari iels obtsined
the Il or and yielded for the suggestion to
adjourn.
The Senate a, > so adjourned.