The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-08-31
In the Senate.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3O-Morgan pre-
sented the resolutions of a colored mass
meeting in Birmingham, Alabama, against
the passage of the federal election bill.
Several unimportont bills of local charao
ter were passed and the tariff bill was then
taken up, the pending question being Car
isles motion to strike out the wool para
graphs so as to place wool on the free list,
Daniel addressed the Senate in support OF
the amendment. The facts demons trated,
he said, high tariff on wool and
woolens to be complete failure. If that
high tariff had been designed to stimulate
American manufacturing of woolens, it
had failed; II the design had been to in
crease the number of American sheep, the
cultivation of hocks and wool clips, it had
failed; if the design had been to decrease
the price of wool it had succeeded The
high duty had not checked the importation
of foreign woods because these were neces-
sary for utilization of American woods.
After considerable debate vote was
taken and Carlisle's motion to strike out
the wool paragraphs was rejected. Yeas,
II; Nays, 81. A strict party vote.
The finance committee reported an
amendment to the paragraph relating to
wooden and worsted yarns, worth less than
30 cents q pound by Increasing the rate per
pound to 215 times the duty per pound on
unwashed wool of the first class.
Allison believed some of the rates in the
wool schedule too high. The Republican
members of the finance committee, how
ever had been told by their Democratic
associates to go on and make up bill to
suit themselves. and that they (the Demo-
crats) would content themselves with offer
ing amendments to 1T, and therefore the
bill was now treated on both sides of the
chamber as party question.
Plumb said AlliSOnS statement meant
every line, and letter and punctuatiCn in
the wool schedule had become an article of
party faith, and that as a party man he
| (Allison) was obliged to stand by that ALL
He (Plumb) did not believe in bargains
where one side did all the trading
Allison replied to Plumb's structures that
he was in favor of the general principles Of
protection to American industries and
! American interests as he understood them,
| and therefore 1t was when minor details of
the bill were reached that he surrended his
own judgment and stood upon the
enlightened judgment of his associ-
ates. He expected, however, that on
some material points in the bill
he would be found in antagonism with some
of his associates on the committee. He ad-
mitted he never had been satisfied with the
wool schedule. He did not believe It would
/ be wise for American farmers to undertake
to produce low priced woods. but he was
willing to give them chance to test the ex-
pertinent thoroughly.
Plumb informed Allison that whenever
the duties on wool were reduced it wou Id
be found the wool manufacturers would
show an equal readiness to have the duties
on wooden goods reduced.
Allison said he was not prepared to sug-
gest that this great producing industry OF
the country should not he protected as other
industries were projected. When the
country was willing to be put on free
trade basis, he would go with Carlisle in
the motion TO put wool on the free list, but
until that point was reached he was in
favor of caring for the wool grow
ers as he was in favor of caring fol
other industries. As to the needs of
the government in regard to revenue he
would speak on that point when the sugar
question came up for consideration, and he
thought he should be able to show conclu-
sively that sugar could be put on the free
list, and consumers relieved of 2 cents g
pound on the price Flo action on the para
graph was reached. Adjourned.