The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-08-26
In the Senate.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25.--In the Senate
this morning Aldrich asked unanimous con-
sent that general debate on the tariff bill
shall close and that debate on the amend
ments shall continue under the five minute
rule until September B, and that final vot-
ing shall then begin. He also proposed that
the last six hours be devoted to debate. At
the request of Plumb the matter went over
until tomorrow.
Aldrich's order was modified on the sug-
gestion of German, OF Delaware, so as to
continue the general discussion of the tariff
bill Up to and including Wednesday. Sep
TENDER B; TO have five minutes debate on
Thursday, the 4th, Friday, the 5th and Sat
urday, the 9th, and TO fix Monday, Septem-
Der 5, and thereafter for consideration of
the bill and amendments without debate
Then three hours to be allowed each side
for general debate, and then final vote to
be taken on the passage of the bill. This
order would probably have been entered
but for the objection of Plumb who asked
that the matter go over until Tomorrow
The tariff bill was taken up and Vance
proposed the following amendment:
That in all cases where it can be shown
to the secretary of the treasury that any
goods, wares or merchandise imported have
been purchased by citizen of the United
States by exchange of farm products grown
IN the United States for such goods. or
where such goods have been purchased
with the proceeds of such farm products,
in foreign countries, such goods shall be
imported at the following rates of duty:
One-half of the present rate of duty on all
manufactures of iron and steel: 40 per cent.
OF the present duty on all wooden or cotton
goods, or articles of which wool or cotton
may be component material of chief value
one-haf the present duty on earthenware.
china and glassware; 80 per cent of the
present rate of duty on all material used as
fertilizers, or il the manufacture thereof.
and % per cent. of the present rate of duty
on lute bagging and farm binding Irvine.
The pending question on the tariff bill
was the paragraph imposing a duty of IL
cents per pound on lead are and lead dross.
provided that silver ore and all other ores
containing lead shall pay a duty of IL
cents per pound on the lead contained
therein according to the sample and ASSAY
at the port of entry.
Coke moved to amend by striking out
the proviso and inserting a proyiso that
ores containing silver and lead in which
the lead is of less value than silver, shall
be admitted free of duty He said the
passage of the bill as reported would
destroy the smelling works in Texas.
Kansas City, Chicago and ST. Louis; render
useless refractory ores of New Mexico,
Arizona, and Texas; throw a large number
Of men out of employment and drive from
the United States trade with Mexico,
valuable, not only for American manu-
features, but for American farmers
Reagan and Carlisle followed with argu-
ments on the same lines.
Plumb moved to amend the paragraph
by reducing the duty on lead ore from X
cents per pound TO % of cent. He
thought the Senate was coming to a point
1rrlar hn Nf
result in breaking down certain home
industries Tor the benefit of other indus
tries, and where larger industries desire
TO destroy smaller ones. The mine
owners of Colorado, who had derived so
much profit from the recent silver legisla-
ton, desired to get still more benefit by
the tax on these Mexican ores. Why did
they not propose duty on the silver ores
of Mexicos
Stewart argued against the amendment
and IN favor of the duty on lead ore az
proposed in the paragraph.
Teller also advocated the adoption of the
paragraph as reported, and asserted that
the contest was one between the Lead
trust lin combination with the smelters)
and the miners of the Rocky mountains.
These miners were $4,000 strong and they
consumed more of the agricultural products
of Kansas and Nebraska than the whole of
debted TO the miners of Colorado for what
ever prosperity she enjoyed. He was not
therefore exactly pleased when the Senator
from that state insisted that he wanted to
secure the trade of Mexico and was willing
to put the labor of Colorado, Montana and
Idaho side by side with the forty cent labor
of Mexico. Continuing his argument. Tel
Ter said if the lead duty was shorn from
the bill, the only thing in it for the benefit
OF the great northwest, there would not be
3 Republican in that region in favor of the
bill, and that there should not be ell.
Jones, OF Nevada. said the most import
ant feature of the bill for the mining indus
tries of the company was the duty on lead
and lead ores. Not only were many thou.
sands OF persons engaged in lead mining,
but "A per cent. of the silver yield of the
United States came from mines in which
that metal was found in combination with
lead. OF those mines large numbers would
not pay the expenses of operation for silver
Rlone without duty on lead and the lead
pres OF those mines would be abandoned.
This would not merely destroy great in
dustry, but would seriously affect the sup
ply of precious metals which formed the
money of the world. Jones paid a warm
tribute to the personal characteristics of
the American miners, and said their iabors
contributed largely to the prosperity of the
! country.
The bill was laid aside informally and the
House joint resolution in relation to oaths
10 pension cases was reported and passed