Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-08-05
DUTY ON WARES.
DISCUSSION ON CHINA AND GLASS IN TIE
SENATE.
What Mr. Riscock Has TO Say About tue Matter.
A Reply that is Full Of Statistics-Raes
Of Duty as Seen by Various
Speakers.

WAsHlNGToN, August 4.-In the Senate
to-day, the pending question being on Mr..
Vests amendment 10 the chinaware para
graph. reducing the duty on decorated
ware TO 20 per cent. advalorem and on
plain. undecorated ware TO 40 per cent. in
stead OF % and 30, as recommended by the
Finance Committee, and instead Of 81 and
- in the House bill
Mr.. MandersOn said that he had voted
on Saturday evening against Mr. Vests
amendment and would do 50 again. because
he thought the rates proposed in il We're
too low. He favored, however. the rates
recommended by the Finance Committee
| He was protectionlst in principle. but he
did not believe in unnecessarily high rates
oSduty. He believed, as had been said by
Mr.. Hiscock the other day. in giving
manufacturers no greater rates Of duty
than were absolutely necessary for them
to carry on their business successfully.
Mr.. Plumb read from a letter published
in tho New York Timcs, as TO a conference
! between china manufacturers and import
ers in which lower rates Of duty than those
recommended by the Finance Committee
had been accepted as mutually satisfactory.
He thought il would be an outrage 10 give
them more.
Mr.. Mcpherson replied sharply to Mr.
Hiscock's remarks that he Mcpherson
was willing to strangle the pottery inter
ests Of New Jersey He went on with an
argument in support of Mr.. Vests amend
ment ascertaning that there was no sense
in the high rates proposed by the finance
committee.
Mr.. Vest modified his amendment slight
ly and the amendment was then voted and
was rejected yeas ~, nays -.
The amendment Of the finance committee
! making the rate - and ~ per cent was
agreed TO without division. The next
question was on committee amendment
substituting 4 rate Of ~ per cent on "all
other china
The committee amendment was agreed
TO.
The next question was on paragraph
| l02i&-glass and glassware. The Commit
/ tee amendment was 10 strike out the para
graph in the House bill fixing four rates on
bottles according 10 sizes, and 10 substi-
tute for il a different classification with
TWO rates cent per pound on bottles
holding not less than a pint. and on demi-
johns and carbOys. aud .c pound on bot
ties holding less than pint. Agreed 70.
The next question was on an amendment
Of the Finance Committee, 10 strike out
paragraphs l09, 40, Ill. III. ll3, and lli. of
the House bill, and to substitute for them
bAt hli4 ilN'Is tsAAAh- FA"'' anu ~ tta''
ware, cut, ornamented, - per cent ad
valorem.
Mr. Mcpherson moved 10 reduce rate in
the Senate amendment 10 - percent Re
iected. Yeas, 10; nays, ..
Mr. Plumb was the only Republican
Senator voting with the Democrats IN the
affirmative, Mcssrs. MandersOn and Pad
dock voting in the negative and Mr. In
gals not voting
Mr. Plumb moved 30 amend the commit
tee amendment by reducing the rate on dec
GRATED glass and glassware from - 10 go
percent Rejected. Yeas. 20, nays 33.
| The Republicans voting aye were Messrs.
| Ingalls, Paddock and Plumb. The COM
mittee amendment was agreed TO-
The next question was on paragraph iOj,
fixing duties on unpublished cylinder,
crown and common window glass. the
committee amendment being 10 reduce
! from / cents per pound, cents.
cents and cents, according 10 sizes,
! to ~. -, 2a- and 2iL cents. Mr. Vance
moved TO amend by fixing uniform rate
Of 80 per cent ad yalorem. \ long discus
sion ensued, after which Mr.. Nancc's
amendment was defeated Various amend
ments TO reduce the rates on unpOlishcd
cylinder, crown and common window
glass were made by Mr. Plumb. and were
rejected by yea and nay votes, although ia
the last Of them, four Republicans, ingalls,.
Manderson, Paddock and Plumb voted
with the Democrats.