St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-09-10
FALSE IN PROMISE,
Senator's Complete the Tasl
Of Patching the Un-Amer-
lean Mckinley Bill.
They Tack on an Amendment
Providing for a Customs
Commission.
To-Day the Vote Will b
Taken Upon It's Final
Passage.
Tanners Wide-Open Pension
Tanners Wide-Open Pension
Policy Eclipsed by Assist
ant Secretary Bussey.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9.-In the senate to-da,
the Aldrich reciprocity amendment to tn,
tariff bill was adopted, 80 to %, and th
amendment of Mr.. Plumb for the appoint
ment of a customs commission of five to in
vestigate the tariff question was also agreed
to, 81 to %. The bill was ordered to 81
engrossment and third reading, 3S to %,
strict party vote, and the senate. after briei
executive session, adjourned. The duties OF
the customs commission are to be: To ex
anime into and ascertain the average price
of commodities imported into the United
States, both at wholesale and retail and both IL
the United States and in the foreign places oi
production, sale or shipment for the period oi
twelve months preceding ana twelve month";
following any change in the rate of customi
duties imposed upon such commodities and
this inquiry shall be carried back for
period of twenty-five years, and more, Il
deemed advisable by such commission, and
shall extend to all facts relating to such de,
mand and supply domestic and foreign, and
to aid in determining the true effect of tbs
import duty or of the change IN the several
cases, upon
Domestic and Foreign Prices,
and upon productions of the same, or conA
modities upon revenue, upon immigration
upon profits Of capital, rates cf wages and
the general welfare To ascertain ths
amounts in quantity and value of the impor
tation of the principal commodities during
-
and succeeding any such change in custom
duties. To ascertain. as far as practicable,
the quantity and value of the same or simi
lar commodities produced i'll the United
Sta teS during the same respective periOdai
To ascertain whether in any and what in.
stance the particular rates of customs duties
have operated to increase or diminish pro-
duction in the United States, and to cause
reduction of the first cost of articles pR6duced
for consumption, and what other causes, il
any, have operated similarly. To ascertain
in what particulars rates OF customs drtieT
existing from time to time, operate iniuri-a
ously or fayorably to the Development and
increase of American manufactures aud pro-
ductions, or operate injurionsly or faThrahiY
to the consumers of such manufactured afti-
cles and productions in respect of cansing or
prices by consumers, or the removal or re-
duction of the same. To ascertain the effect
of the customs duties upon the price of ~
Agricultural Productions
Of the country. and their sale in the United
States marketsand their consumption in the
United States TO ascertain the effect OF
such customs duty. both actual and relative,
i'll respect of Unemployment and the pay
ment of remunerative wages, both actual and
relative, to the labor in the United Stafess
and a comparison of the same with the fabeE
and wages in other countries. To consider
the effect of customs duties. or the aDsenee
or them upon the agricultural, commercial,
manufacturing, mining and other industrial
interests of the people of the United States.
To ascertain and compare the actual costs
and the selling price, both at wholesale and
retail, of similar manufactured commodities
reduced to American weights, meas sures and
money i'll the United States and elsewhere.
To ascertain the growth and development OF
the principal manufacturing industries af-
tected by the tariff schedules in England
France, Germany Belgium and the United
States for the last twenty-five years, and to
ascertain the relative cost of the transporta-
ton in these countries and the United States,