The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-07-22
A FINANCIAL MONSTER.
That's What Voorhees, Prociaims the Tariff
bill To Be.

That's What Voorhees, Proclaims the Tariff
Bili to lie.
WASHINGTON, July 2l.-On motion of
Hoar the select committee on relations
with Canada was authorized TO continue
its investigation during the coming recess
and the next session.
The house bill to amend the act Of June
%, 1874, for the relief of settlers on rail-
road lands, reported bill, placed OH the
calendar.
Dawes moved to proceed to the consid-
Grafton of the Indian appropriation bill.
Grey asked him to yield to permit the
bill to transmit the revenue marine to the
naval establishment to be taken up in the
morning hour.
Morril Informed Dawes that IL he did
not proceed with the Indian appropria-
ton, he (MorrilD would move to proceed
with the tariff bill.
Gray remarked that the senator from
Vermont could hardly expect 10 exclude
all other matters that might not have the
magnitude and extent of the tariff bill.
There was no legislation that could be
considered during the remainder of the
session that would not take some of the
time needed for the consideration of the
tariff bill, and he did not think the sena-
tor should proclaim at the outset that
nothing else should be considered.
Morrill, said it was not his purpose to
antagonize particularly the bill OF the sem
ator from Delaware. but he did propose to
ask the consideration of the tariff bill in
opposition to any other measure except
the appropriation bill.
Gray made motion To proceed to the
consideration of the house bill to transfer
the revenue marine service from the
tran To ha lam arts,
to; yeas 80, nays 23.
Republicans who voted yea were: Cam
eron, Casey, Cullom, Farwell, Frier, In
gals, Mitchell, Sawyer, Spooner, Teller
and Washburn.
The democrats who voted nay were
Bates, Cockrell, German and Pugh.
The senate proceeded to the considera-
| ton of the house bill to transfer the reve-
nue. marine service, and the bill having
been read and the date for the appoint
ment OF the revenue marine officers to be
officers OF the navy was fixed for January
| I, 1891.
At2 O'Clock the revenue marine bill was
| laid aside without action and the senate
proceeded to the consideration Of the tar
| iff bill and was addressed by Voorhees, i'm
| opposition to il.
| Voorhees, criticised the tariff bill IN de-
| tail. He characterized II as q financial
monster. The reduction i'm sugar and
molasses was no reduction at all i'm the
light of the proposed bounty TO planters.
The increase in woolen goods amounted
to Sl5,0OO,OO a year. This was simply
protection run mad. Voorhees, referred
TO the recent Stanley wedding in London
and the wedding presents OF fabulous
| price. Among these, he said, was gift of
Carnegie, a gift richer and rarer and far
more costly than any that could be af-
forde1 by the queen of England or king
| of Belgium. The gift was an uncut dia-
| mond of such size and quality that
neither the richest of the crown jewels of
| England nor the moonstone of India
could surpass IL in value. How came this
/ American king of steel and iron to have
such a diamond? The farmers of the
| United States paid for that diamond 10000
times over in the last - years by paying
an average duty of over 30 per cent on
| every article of iron and steel they used.
and by paying the increased rates of
| freight made necessary 10y the high duties
on steel and iron rails and rolling stock.
| IL the pending bill became law the farmers
| would have TO pay on iron and steel an in
| crease OF duty from 3s.4 TO Bib per cent.
| Voorhees, passed on TO the discussion of
the proposed increase OF I'D per cent. on
| tin plate. In order To protect that infant
industry yet unborn and 10 give employ
ment TO H.OU working men now idle il
would be far cheaper for the country to
pay the 4U0 idle men average wages
| than To tax every square of tin roof, every
dinner pail, teapot and milk can. simply
to build a dozen rpiliionaires and enable
| them 20 give coaching parties To protec'
| tion leaders aud to found libraries from
their savings of a 10 per cent. reduction
of the wages of their workingmen. TIN
plate had the first right To be on the free
| list, and lie would at the proper time
move 10 put il there. There was no man
ufacturer of il in the country and there is
nothing 10 protect even IL protection were