The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-09-05
CONGRESS.
THE SENATE.
A Humber of Amer dments to the Cotton
Manufactures Schedule

Manufactures Schedule.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 4.-Ths morning in
the Senate the Tariff Bill was taken up un-
der the agreement limiting discussion on
each subject to FIVE minutes for each SEN
at0r.
Gibson withdrew the amendment offered
by him Tuesday to the sugar schedule,
mistake having been made in it, and offered
another amendment. striking out that sched-
ule and substituting for it the sugar proyis-
ions of the Mills bill.
Butler presented communication from
the State Department showing the relative
expectations of cotton goods by Great Brit
ain and the United States. He thought the
information might be valuable in view of
the reciprocal propositions. 1t showed how
absolutely Great Britain had control OF the
market in South and Central America,
Asia and Africa, the value Of cotton goods
exported into those countries by Great Brit
ain last year being S177,000, ,000, against S20-
000,000 from the United States. He there
fore asked 10 have the paper printed In the
Record. 1t was so ordered
The presiding officer, ingalls,, announced
that general debate on the Tariff Bill was
closed. with the exception of the reserva-
ti0n on the day when the final vote Will be
taken; and when three hours time Is to be
allowed to each SIDE
The sugar schedule was laid aside infor-
mally, and the schedule of cotton manufac-
lures was taken up.
Amendments TO reduce the rates in the
various paragraphs of the schedule were
offered by Mcpherson, Carlisle and Vance,
and uniformly rejected, without aye and
no vote. The committee amendments we're
agreed to.
mittee to reduce the duty on hacked flax
from cents per pound to $40 per ton was
agreed to-ayes 33, noes IL.
The Democrats all voted for the amend
ment The following Republicans were
against 1t: Allen, Cameron, Casey, Davis,
Moody, Mitchell, Paddock, Pierce. Quay,
Sherman. Stockbridge and Washburn.
Mcpherson moved to strike out the para
graph relating 10 stockings and hose and SUBJ
Stltute one making the rate Of duty 30 per
cent ad valorem. Rejected-ayes 20, noes q.
Paddock and Plumb voted with the Demo-
crats in the affirmative. Neither Ingalls, nor
ManderSOn voted,
All the laragra.hs in the schedule having
been disposed of, Schedule was taken up,
relating to flax. hemp. jute and their manu-
factures.
The Finance Committee had reported an
amendment reducing the rate on fax not
dressed from Y cents pound to $40 ton.
On this amendment Washbum demanded the
ayes and noes. The amendment was agreed
t0-52 TO IA. All the Democrats voted aye.
The negative votes were given by Allen,
Cameron, Casey, Davis, Doiph. Higgins. Mic
MILAN, Moody, Paddock, Pierce, Sherman,
StOckbridge, Washburn and Wilson Of Iowa.
The committee amendment to reduce the
duty on flax or hemp-tow from &25 to $40 a
ton was agreed to.
The committee amendment increasing the
duty on yarn made of jute from 80 to 50 per
cent, and striking out the words "sisal or
MANILA" was lost and the rate was reduced
to % per cent, on motion OF Carlisle.
in the next paragraph, imposing duty OF
12 cents round on cables, c0rdage and
twine, the Finance Committee proposed to
insert the words .'binding twine," and
strike out the words, binding twtne IL
cents per pouuG."
Aldrich withdrew the amendment, so as
to leave the paragraph as it came from the
House.
Davis moved an amendment to strike
binding twine out of the paragraph, IN Or