Los Angeles herald., 1890-09-07
The Tariff Debate Nearly
Ended.
Important Amendments Made
Yesterday.
The Sugar Schedule Alone Remains
in Allegiance.
The House Adopts the Conference Report
On the River and Harbor Bill
Washington Notes.
Associated Press Dispatches. |


sumed.
The committee amendment placing
sponges on the free list was lost-yeas,
is; nays, 36-and the rate of duty, 20
per cent. ad valorem, restored.
After some discussion the paragraph
regarding the duty on fish was amended
to read as follows: ''Fresh fish, caught
by citizens of the United States in the
high seas, or in the open waters OF the
lakes forming the boundary between
the United States and the Dominion of
Canada" This puts them on the free
list.
The paragraph relating to fish on the
dutiable list was then taken up, the
question being on the finance commit
tees substitute for the house paragraph,
which fixed the duty at one cent pound
on fish, fresh or salted. The committee
amendment fixes the duty at half a cent
q pound.
Gray offered an amendment providing
that such fish shall be admitted free OF
duty from any country that admits
American fishing vessels into its ports
for the purpose of procuring supplies,
including bait.
the committee substitute, slightly mod
flied, was agreed to. The paragraph
now reads: "Fish, smoked, dried,
salted, picked, fresh, frozen, packed in
ice, or otherwise prepared for preserva
ton, not especially enumerated or pro-
yided for in this act, one-half cent per
pound"
The paragraph placing a duty of Is
cents pound on hops, was then taken
up.
German moved to reduce the rate to
s cents.
Pending discussion, the question as to
the extension of the time for considera-
ton of the tariff bill was started.
Aldrich submitted proposition ex-
tending the time for consideration of the
tariff bill to and including Monday,
when the discussion will be limired to
thirty minutes, and when the sugar
schedule wilt be taken up. After that the
arrangement heretofore made, to apply.
This proposition was assented to.
Then Gorman's amendment to reduce
the duty on hogs to s cents pound was
rejected.
Vest moved to place salt on the
free list. egatived-yeas 26, nays 81
"a party vote, except that Paddock
voted yea).
Vance offered an amendment for the
reduction OF the duties on foreign pro-
ducts purchased with the proceeds de-
rived from the sale of American farm
products. Rejected-yeas %, nays 80;
"a party vote).
On motion of Gibson, sorghum seed
and sugar cane seed were placed on the
free list.
of
amendment imposing a duty of cents
pound on tin. Agreed to.
Call moved to put cocoanuts, pine
apples and bananas on the dutiable list.
Rejected.
Spooner offered an amendment for the
admission of tin plate free of duty after
the LIST of October, 1886, in case Amer
lean production of the article shall not
equal in any OF the intervening years
one-third of the amount imported.
Plumb moved to amend by providing
for duty of one cent pound on tin
plates, and bounty of one centa pound
for the home product.
After much discussion Plumb s.
amendment was rejected, and Spooner's
was agreed to.
Aldrich offered the committee amend
ment as substitute for Section 5, re-
quiring packages to be plainly marked
and showing the country where the
goods were manufactured. Agreed to.
Evarts offered an amendment impos-
ing duty of 10 per cent. ad valorem on
all teas, the growth or product OF
countries east of the cape of Good Hope,
when imported from places west
of the cape of Good Hope.
He made statement in explanation OF
the amendment, which is intended to
put stop to the importation of tea by
way of Canada, and Of the cape Of Good
Hope, instead OF direct from China.
Sherman disapproved of the amend
ment as retaliatory, the only effect Of
which would be to add to the cost OF tea
He had no excuse to offer for the course
on tea and coffee imported from the
as perfectly ridiculous.
German stated, as an objection to
Evarts' amendment, that although a
large amount of tea was imported to the
United States from Ceylon, there was nc
direct communication between the
United States and Ceylon.
Spooner moved to amend Evarts'
amendment, by adding the following
ssThere shall be levied and collected upon
all coffee, green, from the Dominion ol
Canada, 10 per cent ad valorem, and
upon all coffee, roasted or ground from
the Dominion of Canada, three cents a
pound. and 10 per cent ad valorem.
Discussion on the amendment was
continued at great length.
German moved to add to Evarts' 8
amendment a proviso that teas imported
directly into the United States on
through bills of lading from countries
east of the cape of Good Hope, and
trans-shipped to any foreign port OF
place, shall not be subject to the duty
therein provided.
Evarts accepted the modification.
The question waa taken on Spooner's
amendment, and it was rejected.
Evarts's amendment, as modified, was
agree d to.
On motion of Sherman, section "a
(allowing drawbacks OF duties on i'm
ported materials used in exported man.
nfactures) was amended by provision
that no drawbacks shall be allowed in
any case where the duties paid on the
imported material are less than 10 per
cent of the value of the manufactured
goods, or where the claim shall be for
less than $40.
Sections 25 and 26 of the bill (relating
to dealers in leaf tobacco) were. on the