Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-17
CONGRESSIONAL.
The Antitrust and Silver Bills. with
Amendments, Discussed IN the Senate.
The Tariff Bill Discussed in the HOuss-DemO-
cratic Victory in lows Brings Prosperity
to the Farmer.
SENATE.

WASHINGTON, May 16.-Mr. Edmunds, from
the judiciary committee. reported back The house
amendment to the antitrust bill, with an
amendment thereto striking out certain words
and inserting the words $50 that the rates OF
such transportation may not be raised above
what is Just and reasonable The amendment
was agreed to and the following conferses were
appointed: Messrs. Edmunds, Hoar and Vest
The silver bill was then taken up, and Mr..
Sherman offered substitute for the amendment
thereto offered by Mr.. Hale las to converting
into the treasury the funds now held for redemp-
ton Of national bank notes., stating that the
substitute was to the same effect but In better
form, having been prepared in the treasury de-
partmeut.
Mr.. Plumb's amendment to Ar. shermsn's
amendment was then read. 1t is to insert the
following: And hereafter no funds available
for the payment of the public debt, including
such as are kept for the redemption of treasury
notes, shall be retained in the treasury IN ex-
cess Of slIC, 9oo, OCS," Long debate p,I then
Cockrell, Aldrich, Ingalls,, Farwell, Harris
and Edmunds participated, after which the PHI
went over without action, and after the evening
session the senate adjourned.
HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, May lion motion of Mr..
DunneIl of Minnesota the senate bill was passed
authorizing the registration Of census mail
matter.
The house then went into committee OF the
whole on the tariff bill. number of verbal
amendments were, on motion OF Mr.. Mckinley,
Mr.. Mckinley offered an amendment specif-
cally including glass chimneys in the clause
relative to thin-6iown glass az auty OF ten
Mr.. Raines of New York told OF the growth OF
the glass industry in his district, and main
tainee that workmen received the benefit of tariff
in increased wages.
Mr.. Henderson of Iowa offered as a substitute
for the pending amendment provision that
obi rr1n
ent duty Of fUrty-fve per cent. He did not want
to break down the domestic industry, but he
would not vote for an increase OF duty.
After further debate Mr.. Henderson's amend
ment retaining the present duty on lamp Chin
neys was defeated. lO3 to lO1. The following
Republicans voted with Henderson: Adams of
Illinois, Butterworth of Ohio, DolIiver of Iowa,
Sweeney of Iowa, Lacey Of Iowa. NcComas Of
Maryland, Kerr Of Iowa, Laws Of Nebraska and
Mr.. Nc Kinley's amendment was adopted.
Mr.. Nc Kinley then offered amendments (many
OF them unimportanD, which were all adopted:
The duty on sugar OF milk was reduced
from ten to eight cents a pound. A rebate
was provided on duties imported salt,
in cut meat for importation. The duty on yarn
cent. ad valorem. Binding Irvine composed of
MANILA, jute or sisal grass was taken
from the clause imposing duty of IL cents
pound and transferred to "a cents. The
clause relative to carpets was amended so as to
provide that carpets made Of jute or other vege-
table material shall pay cents per square yard,
and mats, rugs and screens cents. The duty
on burlaps mot exceeding ixty inches in
width) was changed from 124 to ia cents
per pound, Duty on bags for grain made of bur
| laps was fixed at two cents pound. Russian
camel hair was brought under the head of woods
of class three, duty of 80 per cent. ad valorem.
and placed on the third class the value Of
which shall be thirteen cents or less a pound,
| including charges. A duty of so per cent. is
| imposed on woods OF the third class. exceeding
| in value thirteen cents per pound. 1t is pro-
| vided that on wooden and worsted yarns, valued
| at not more than thirty cents per pound, the
| duty shall be two and one-half times the duty
| imposed on a pound of uuwashed wool of the
first class, and in addition thereto 50 per cent.
! ad valorem.
Mr.. Dolliver of Iowa, made a strong speech,
| in which in the name of the people he repre-
scented he repudiated the declaration that they
were poor and unpEosperous; He had be-
| come weary of their talk of the de-
! pressed condition of the Iowa farmer.
Clarke of Alabama suggested that the Demo-
| cratic party had carried the state of Iowa on
platform denouncing tariff taxation. He
prophesied that when the bill went to the senate
it would be so amended that it would be called
the Allison bill.
Mr.. Mansur OF Missouri secured the floor and
aroused the Indignation of the Iowa Republicans
by the statement that they had been repudiated
by their people.