Morning journal and courier., 1890-05-14
FROM ALL QUARTERS. TALKS ON THE TARIFF BILL, Several Amendments Of- fered But Rejected. A FATAL RAILROAD ACCIDENT. Further Debate on Ger many's African Policy. COWBOYS KILLED IN THE WEST. A Notable Reception Rendered
 MT. Stanley.
THE FlFTY-FlRsr CONGRESS.

THE FlRTY.FlRST CONGRESS. The Tariff Debate Resumed in the
 HOuse-Democrats Jubilant at What
 Mr. Butterworsh Said-A Number of
 Amendments offered and Rejected
 Senator Jenes Concludes His Speech
 on the Silver Question.
 WASHINGTON, May 13.-The house to-day after the transaction of some routine business went into committee of the wkole on the tau;ff bill.
 Mir. McNillin of Tennessee moved to re- dnos the duty on ammonia. He could see no reason why this article of necessity to the farmer should be so heavily taxed.
 Mr. Mckinley of Ohio opposed the amend ment and stated that sincs the tariff had en- couraged competition in this country the price of ammonia has been reduced from 20 to 7h cents per pound.
 Mir. Butterworth of Ohio suggested that while he knew nothing of the case under con- sideration the price of an article was not re- duced on account of competition alone. It was reduced on account of improved meth ods of manufacture. So far as he was capa- ble of doing he tried to understand the tariff question, and he never doubted that the pro- tCCbASO bynt0un W06 W1bC, nuuhu0 huu U6U6us cent and had scattered blessings on the land from shore to shore. The republican policy was that the tariff, whether high or low, should be so adjusted as to establish, cherish and protect American interests and in- dustries in competition with the rest of the world. Did that policy mean to remove the inequalities which existed between industries on this side of tho water and industries on the other, or did 1t mean to shut out all ina- vknklN 1n kn1 AI,aA lA -nk create any inequalities here. He insisted that the protective system dealt with con. ditions and not with national boundary lines except when the presence of those national boundary lines indicated the presence of those conditions against the influence of which 1t was necessary to interpose the barrier of @ protective tariff.
 Mir. Niedringhaus of Missouri moved to amend by reducing the duty on refined borax from five to three cents per pound, and argued that borax syndicate in this country was protected to tho extent of 400 per cent. Rejected-yeas 61, nays 61. MT. Tracy of New York moved to amend l the section relating to coal tar preparations so as to reduce the duty from 20 to 10 pc, | cent. Lost.
 MT. McMillan of Tennessee attacked the paragraph relating to ethers and asked for ar 1 explanation of the fact that in the case ot ethsrs not imported the committee had gra-
 ciously made reduction of 20 per cent, bu, 1 had increased the tax on those ethers that were imported.
 MT. Dinglsy of Maine replied that as the l gentlemen had assisted in tho preparation oi | the Mills bill, which contained the same lan- guarge and figures, perhaps he could explain l himself
 MT. Payne of New York explained atthe | reduction was made in the case of sulphurit
 ether used for legitimate purposes and the l increase made in the case of those ethers used | as food adulterants.
 Mr. McNillan made an unsuccessful effort | to reduce the duty on gelatine, glue and isiu glass, which was followed by an equally l futile effort on the part of MT. McAdoo ol New Jersey to have poppysesd oil placed on the free list.
 Mr. Riggs of California offered an amend msnt increasing the duty on olive oil from 8
 to 50 cents gallon. He advocated the pro
 lection of the olive oil industry in the inter
 est of pure olive oil.
 The amendment was rejected. Various amendments were offered bu
 were rejected, and after considering thirteel of the 156 pages of the bill they rose and tn
 house at 5:45 p. m. adjourned until to-mor
 row morning.