New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-08-14
ONLY TALK ON THE TARIFF BILL
ABSOLUTELY NO PROGRESS MADE SINCE
MONDAY AFTERNOON.
THE DEMOCRATS osTENsIDLY DISCUSSING THE
TEMPLATE PARAGRAPH-BRIEF AND
FoRCIBLE SPEECHES BY MEssRS.
HISCOCK AND DAWES.
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Washington. Aug. lS.-Absolutely no progress has
yeen made upon the Tariff Jill since Monday afternoon
vet few Republican Senators still hesitate about
making an effort to put an end to the nuisance oi
unlimited debate As on yesterday and Monday, the
ever bubbling supply OF Democratic tariff odOry was
kept turned full pressure throughout ue sesSo
and under Mr.. Germans clever manipulation conhec-
ton was not broken any time long enough 10 alio"
the presiding officer TO call for vote. The Demo
cratic senators are ostensibly discussing the I'm fde
naraCraph in the Metal schedule butt as usual, Their
arguments generally wander away into the vague
region of tariff reform" platitudes. MI. Gray OF
Delaware for instance, made an oldfashoned attack
on the miserable system OF protection ana on Deia
Of the Democratic party threatened to rae 10 ue
ground at the first opportunity the chinese wall
which had been built up around American industry
MI German who was listening, gave the Deia"aEe
Senator prompt hint that that wac rather dangerous
hyperbole to indulge in, and Mr. BayaTd successor
0bedently qualified his first statement by saying 'l'a
the Democratic party would, instead, tear down inc
~Chincse wall" gradually, stone by stone
Mr.. Gray and Mr.. German talked out most oil inc
afternoon: and when ii became apparent that no VOe
could be reached to-day, Mr. Hscock TOOK the hoof
Tor brief, but extremely clear and convincing s'a'e
nent on the part of the committee why IL was Oeter
public policy for the United states 10 develop us
n,ru fin mines and make its tin plates than
10 remain dependent upon mOnOpolsuc INDUSTRY ln
Wales Mr. Dawes also spoke to Sood eHect Oh uio
benefits 10 the whole country Of establishing proh'aOIe
Industries at home instead of depending upon manu-
facturers abroad
The committee hopes 10 reach a vote 'o'nho'i'" vi
The tin plate paragraph .,
The pending question was on Mr' vest dHioiu-
ment reducing the duty on TN plates from ~ Genus
IN cent pound the existing rate; ana MI GRAY
continued his argument against the proposed Increase
and I'm support of the amendment ills opening l"
marks turned upon the marked decline in the price OF
FIN nate from the last ten years and he quoted from
David A. Weiss book, Recent Economic Changes
attributing the remarkable steady decline 10 the re-
ducton of the cost of metal tin to the Improvement
in the manufacture of and the substitution OF steel
plates for iron plates, ana 10 new PTooeSso' III 'O
manufacturing Of tin.
Mr. AIdrch in order 10 show the gross mac
curacies" in Mr.. Weiss statement, quoted from laDie
published by Henry Nash 81 Co.. Of Liverpool giving
the prices Of the plates and of tin from leo 10 1901
and showing little variation in prices. THIS contro
versy brought out telegram received by Dir. fIumD
from J. NJ Meloy d. sons, of Philadelphia, denying
statement made in the Senate yesterday, ana giving
the prices OF tin plates yearly from January looo' 10
January, 1890, the decrease being continuous Hoih
6 SIS cents TO 4.07 cents a pound
Mr. Gray went on with his argument against the
proposed increase of duty and pleaded the cause VI
the owners of small canning factories in Delaware
MARYLAND New-Jersey and other States.
Mr. Carlisle cited a statement made before the
House Committee on Ways and Means by Mr.. thle
never that the quantity of tin plate annually imported
into the United states 336,092 tons, costing
$4,000 0oO and that the production of That material
in this country would give employment TO "oo'ooo
worlrnen) and said that he had made calculation OF
tie wages which those worknen would receive uueT
those conditions. If half OF the 9z"OOV'OVo was
spent in wages 0he other half going ior ma'eila anu
expenses) each one of the worknen would receive
S3s SO per year. and if the whole amount was pau Ill
wages each of the workmen would receive 90 w
per year And that he said, the sort OF statement
on which this legislation was asked.
Mr.. Aldrich rose 10 ask question anu was tbs
nized by the ex Speaker the senator from hhooo
Island" which produced general laughter in "hIch
Mr. Carlisle joined, excusing ms Htte SIP oh '"0
ground of force OF habit
The bill was temporarily laid aside and the con
ference report on the Indian Appropriation bill was
presented and agreed TO.
The Tariff bill having been again taken up, MT Cor
man addressed the senate in opposition 10 the proposed
increase Of duty tin plates. In conclusion nc sad
Il know nothing which can say VIII stay me
majority You addressing the Republican side have
entered on the passage of act which lays, throughout
its every page, additional burdens on the people:
Now that You have ms great majority eou9} b a
You wiz impose these heavy burdens on the agricultural
all events we have done the thing which was
right and proper and necessary-that is, We have had
come as I take H. when we arc to upon il.
The decree has gone forth. We will rely upon The
10 be a great wrong against the entire country"
The question Of the prices of tan plate for the last
ten years brought up again by the reading of a
telegram received BY Mr.. Gray from New York firm
of tn.makcrs giving the price Of case OF tin in
January 1850 at 80 and in January 1890, at ~ 80.
MIR. Adrich, partial explanation OF The matter.
stated that the price In 1850 was abnormsly and
pbenomenally high. TIE discussion was varied by
Mr. Dawes reading quotation from The London
Economist" showing that threatened strike amOng
the Welsh tin.plate workers had been averted by
warning that such strike would insure the passage
Of the American Tariff bill. Mr.. Dawes added that
the monopolists IN Wales wiser In their genera
ton than their unconscious allies in tbs country
He expressed his conviction. in closing, that The
American iaborer would rather one half cent more
for tin bearing the stamp Of the American
eagle than One-laK cent less for one bearing The
stamp of the British lion. (sOme applause in the
galleries.
Mr. Gray said that Mr.. Dawes had been yampine
up some OF the stump oratory of 1855. What did
the senator from Massachusetts by "un-
conscious allies OF monOpOlsts7Y 4 monopoly was
privilege given by war, by custom, by prcrOgavc
to few, at the expense OF the many. He would like
to know how the Welsh tin plate industry 10 be
compared to such monopoly that. What law
was the American statute books foIbddng the
Pttsburc syndicate from embarhiDg in the business
and supplying article good the American
ri.