, 1890-09-04

WASHINGTON, Sept, 3.-Call offered a
resolution, which was referred to the COM
mittee on federal relations, declaring that
the murder of Gen. Barrundia, on the
steamer Acapulco by the authorities of
Guatemala, while under the protection of
the flag of the United States, was an in
suit to the people of the United States,
and demanded prompt action for redress.
The tariff bill was taken up. the sugar
schedule being under consideration.
Edmunds addressed the senate. He
referred to the assertion in Yance's
speech last evening that the farmers bore
all the burden Of custom duties while he
had no benefit Of them. Edmunds went
on to mention mica. tobacco, rice, pitch,
tar and turpentine, the tax on which bon
Gifted the farmers of North Carolina.
Vance declared that everything was on
the free list except rice, on which the
duty had been reduced.
Coming to the question OF reciprocity.
Edmunds recalled history and practical
operation, which had been injurious to
the United States. of the Canadian reel
procitY treaty of 1854.
He opposed placing sugar on the free
list, and AS to reciprocity with Central aud
South America said the demand of those
countries for our commodities did not de-
pend as much upon the members as upon
the state of its society, its wealth and its
civilization. When he looked at any
Central American or South American
state he thought speaking with reserve
and conservatism that any 100 average
people in North America had, during the
last year. consumed more of the products
of merchandise, food and clothing hat 20
to make up the comfort and luxury and
happiness of mankind, than any 1000
average people In the Central or South
taIion of the United States being able to
dispose OF a la.ge increase of its products
there was, in his opinion, one of the greatest
illusions that brilliant men or sober states
men had lately fallen into. He do nS.
mean, however, that he was not willing
and glad to try it on the plan of receiving
any of the products of those countries
which the United States did not produce,
u giving to them products which they
did not produce.
Morgan addressed the senate in sup.
port OF the amendment heretofore pro-
posed by him as a substitute for Aldrich' s
reciprocity amendment. It provides for
a duty of 8 per cent ad valorem on corn.
wheat, rye, barley, oats, hay, straw, po-
tatoes, cotton, live domestic animals and
on asses, mules and horses, and that
when any such articles arc exported a
premium Of 3 per cent be paid on their
value to the owner.
Voorhees, then addressed the senate.
The most'of his speech was devoted to a
vivid and picturesque denunciation of the
Mckinley bill as the anti-Christ OF all
preceding legislation.
Evsrts SPOKE Of the various reciprocity
amendments and criticised them as being
Objectionable. He concluded by saying:
Make your tariff as you think right. Let
others make theirs as they think right,
and when you reach, as England has
reached, the position where you can de-
vour the substance OF other nations better
by free trade than you can preserve your
own substance by protection, then change
your laws.
Gray complimented Hale on his amend
ment, which meant nothing less than alb
solute free trade throughout the western
hemisphere.
Hale corrected the statement as to
Canada and sad be never had any inten-
ton of including that country.