Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-09-03
RECIPROCITY DEBATE,
The Views Of Mr.. Edmunds and Other
Senators.
MURDER OF GEN. BARRUNDEA
Senator Calls Resolution Fol-
Prompt Government Action.
CONTEST IN THE HOUSE.
SENATE.

SENATE.
A written communication from the Oswego
board Of trade, contradicting q statement Of
the Secretary Of Agriculture on the subject of
the production Of ofbarley, was presented by Mr..
Evarts, who asked that it be printed in the
Congressional Record. t.
Objection to that was made, but five num-
dred copies were ordered to be printed for I'M
mediate distribution. MIR. Rusk's statement
was that barley is the only cereal Of which
there is not raised suficiency for home con-
sumption. The denial is to the effect that the
annual product Of the United States is about
60,OO0.O .OOO bushels. and that the Quantity used
last year for mating purposes Was less than
$4,000, 900. Ten million bushels had been inn
ported from Canada-the quantity being su-
perior for mating purposes to that Of the
United States barley.
THE MURDER OF GEN. BARRuNDIA.
Mr.. Call offered resolution (Which was re-
ferred to the committee ON foreign 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 insult to the
prompt action by the government OF the United
states for the redress of that injury and for Sc
curity against the recurrence Of such cases.
THE TARIFF BILL
was taken up-the sugar schedule being under
consideration.
Mr.. Edmunds addressed the Senate. He re-
ferred to an assertion in Mr.. Vance's speech
last evening that the farmer bore all the bur-
den OF custom duties, while he had no benefit
from them. That Senator had named a variety
OF articles that were the free list, but he had
not named the article Of mica, found in North
Carolina, on which there is a duty.
MIR. Vance-There is no duty on mica in this
bill,
Mr.. Edmunds-Then there ought to be.
Mr.. Vance-Put it there.
WHAT NORTH CAROLINA FARMERS RAISE.
Mr.. Edmunds-He did not speak of the duty
on tobacco, nor of the duty on rice, which the
farmers Of North Carolina raise. He forgot
the lumber interest OF North Carolina He shut
his eyes to the importance of the pitch and tar
and turpentine that have given such whole
some and odor0us name to the people of that
state.
Mr.. Vance-They are put on the free list also
and the duty on rice is reduced
Mr.. Edmunds-Well let us unite to put them
where they belong. The fact is that the farmer
of North Carolina is. in respect to every mate
rial interest precisely in the condition OF the
farmer OF Vermont, and il tariff is bad for
the farmer Of North Carolina il is bad for the
farmer Of Vermont
COMING TO THE QUESTION OF RRcIPRocIrY
Mr.. Edmunds recalled the history and the
practical operation Qnjurious to tho United
Statssl4 OF the Canadian reciprocity srsasy Of
1854. He spoke of the reduction Of the duty
on coffee cents pounds in 1872, and stated,
on the authority OF the American minister to
Brazil, that as soon as that reduction was
known at Rio Janeiro the price of coffee there
was put up cents pound The same thing
occurred he said, two years afterward when
coffee was put on the frGe list. Experience
had shown from that day to this that the
American consumer had profited nothing what
ever from the taking of Of that duty.
WHAT WE HAD LOST.
But, on the other hand, the United States
had lost nearly $3.50, 900 900 which it would have
received from the duty ON Brazilian coffee
alone. As a practical farmer and farmers son.
he thought that the farmers in the region where
he lived understood that sort OF business and
we're not extremely hungry that he, as one of
their representatives. should 60 into anything
Of that kind now. II the duty Of two cents
pound were now taken of sugar he did not be-
leve that the price of sugar would fall two cents
. pound. It would be apt to turn out as coffee
had turned out. He did not want to be led into
putting sugar on the free list on what he be-
lieved to be
THE FALLACIoUs AND DELusrvR IDEA
that because sugar was now two cents pound
cheaper in London than in New York it
would then be the same price In both places
But even il the Wholesale price Of sugar did
fall by means Of the removal of the duty, the
price at the grOcers would not fall Somebody
else than the consumer would make the money
As to reciprocity with Central and South
America, he said that the demand OF country
for commodities did not depend as much upon
numbers as upon the state OF il society, its
wealth and its civilization. When he looked 1t
any Central American or South American state
ho thOnOht vQ I'd
servatism) that any ono hundred average peo-
pie in North America had, during tho last year,
consumed more Of the products. merchandise,
food and clothing that 20 to make up the CONF
fort and luxury and happiness Of mankind than
any one thousand average people In the Central
or South American states.
Therefore the expectation Of. the United
States being able to dispose Of a largo increase
Of its products there, was, IN his opinion, one
Of the greatest illusions that brilliant men or
sober statesmen had lately fallen into. He did
not mean by that, however, that he was not
willing and glad to try it or the plan Of receiv-
ing any OF the products Of those countries
which the United States do not produce and
giving for them products which those countries
did not produce.
On motion Of Mr.. Aldrich It was ordered that
. recess be taken from $50 until p,m., the
evening session to be for the consideration of
the tariff bill.
Mr.. MORGAN ADDREssKD THE SENATE
In support Of the amendment heretofore pro-
posed by him as o substitute for Mr.. Aldrich's .
reciprocity amendment II provides for
duty Of per cent ad valorem on corn, wheat,
rye, barley, oats, hay, straw, pota.
toes, cotton, live domestic animals, and
on asses. mules aud horses, and
that when any Of such articles are
exported a premium Of per cent shall b paid
on their value TO the owner. He opposed
the reciprocity amendments and add that the
eject Of them would be surrender to Great
Britain because they would apply TO sugar,
molasses, hides and coffee, all 81 which were
largely produced in British colonies.
NR vooRKEKs' vIIwa
Mr.. Voorhees, addressed the Senate. He COM
pared the Senator who supported the
ponding bill, but who withdrew from the
senate chamber when its iniouitieu
were being exposed, 70 the rapacious crow
who stole his corn. but got away without listen
ing TO the argument OF the farmers shotgun.
The bill, he said. was full Of
nuggets OF gold for the manufacturers, but
was a. barren Of fruit for the poor man as the
tree that was cursed by the Saviour.
NOMINATIONS TODAY.
Postmaster Ross for District Commis-
sioner-A Customs COLLECTOR.
The President today sent to the Senate the
following nominations: John W. Boss, Commis-
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