Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-09-29
THE TARIFF
Coaieresc. Report Adopted BY
The House,
By Vote ol I'LL 10 fs.---x.asu'ss Being
Tiksn
For rinai Aci ,urpmsnt Of Cor sress.
Tuesday, Sept. 80.

1ueeoay, sept ~.
wAsHtssros. d. C. Sept, ss.-on the
opening of Kae House srssion Saturday. Af-
ter .sne discus s,os, ii wss decided to take
vote on the conference report on the tar
in bill st 5 30 O'Clock this afternoon.
McCsaisy made q basinsss Statement. of
the charges between the provisions of the
House bill AID the bill as il passed the SEN
ate. and explained the provisions OF the
conference, practically as they are explain
cd In the statement Of the congerses.
Ia reference TO the sugar schednls, he
ssid that the bill A. ii passed the Hoase,
provided hat sli sugars up t1ani inciuait Z
No iG Datch stan lard shoulDbe admitted
free, ssd that sussr above the color should
psy four tsn,hs of eest pound That
was to compensate for the difference in the
labor cost Of refining in this country And in
competing countries.
The Senate hsd stricken out No l6 as
! the line of demarcation, aud had inserted
No. Is. Above No. Is up to No. l6 it had
placed duty of three-tsllhs of cent
Hound. ona sblye No. l6 SIX teuths of a
cent. THE first struggle had been over the
dividing line. The Senate csnferees hsd
! iVtlfu dtfi ehIr sugar UP W W. ~ lirf+
Over No. l6. the duty was placed 81 five
tsrths Of cent, and an additional one-,enih
of a cent on all sugars coming from coun-
tries where boanties were paid 70 domestic
proiueer
In regard 10 the subject of binding tviae.
he expressed his opinion that the daty was
| to low, but he induigsd the hope ths, some
! future Congress would discover the fact
and apply the remedv-
- Commenting upon the reciprocity pro-
vision, he sail I'VE corseuted to the rsci-
prociiy provision put into our b by the
Senate. provision which is perfectly well
understood bs both sides of the House. IL
is declaration that, whereas, TIE Uni,ed
States hes already made coffee and hides
! free. and n,w proposes TO make sugar free
in the interest Of reciprocal trade arrange
mems y ith other countries, and with the
expectation that we shall secure valuable
concessions from those countries, there
fore. in the evert that these coun,rie, DO
not respond to this generosity on the part
of the American Congress, the President If
| the United States may by proclamation d.
clsre that they have fproished us ro ress-
enable or just reciprocal advantages ia re-
turn for our concessions, and therefore the
duties fixed BIZ this bill shall be impored
upon these articles. We have accept ID the
amendment (known as the Aldrich ameri
meut), and We indulge the hope .hst in
accordance with the expectation and belief
of so mary distir guished men all over the
country. this will enable US to open up
great fields for the products of our farms.
We have accepted this amendment. in the
hope that such result viii be fully resi-
ize1.
| Flower of New York characterized The
measure as a cyclone bill The point of
the hill was so to arrange j! thst 'hsr,
| should be no trade between the Unitsd
States and foreisn courtries. 1t would en-
sble the manufacturer, to combire sod
| A zee the people, while the farmers would
| fail to fird relief.
Referring to the subjsct of binding ,wire,
he saii that. while re2tlempn would cxps
,iste in the West upon the provision as be-
| iug in favor IF the farmers of the West, j.
woull ruin 100000 workingmsn in New
| York and New England.
Ticker OF Georgia arraigned the tiil As
a sectionsl measure, It's benefit bs ins for
| those vho lived in the North and its hsri.
shin for those who lived in the South.
Upon the subject of reciprocity, he
quelieI Whist benefit would come to the
country from the provision Of the bin. Ills
opinion was that the provision was 8 brgt-
um fulmeu. He objected to the provision.
bscsuse i. inaygurated a system th,t wac
| in violsion of the cor s,iiu;ion The hill
proposed TO invest the Presiden. With The
power to cnsct laws and he wss opposed To
| giving the Presideut snch a power.
Herbert If Alsbsms, said that the reci
vyPFifr n tho hill Yu -
makeshift. in tnst i, was a good enough
Morgan. urtl after election and uttesly
worthl IS for any practical purpose.
| Cummings of New York declared ila'
the doctrine of American prote ,iion vas
the most perniri5us that had ever permest-
ed the American people. Inveirhing
sg4inst the pfotsciv i've system, he said that
that the decay of the agricultural interest
of the country gave the lie N the stat
ment that protection was for the benefit Of
tie farmer. This bill was not protection
t. Industry but wss depriv ton of markets.
1t was sslf-destroying. Fitch and Cover.
of New York. detailed their opposition to
the rneasure in = present shaue; sni it
sas def fsnied by Hit of Illinois Peters
Of Kansss. while criticisng certain porri
of the bill. gave bis adherence 10 its ger
ersi features. He deprecated tariff sgia
tinu ard expressed Ihe wish that law
could be enacted msking it a peritentisry
offence for any members t, introiucs
biil for the revision of the tariff during the
neyt 10 years Sweeney Of Iora, VII ie
objeeti1g 10 certain provisions OF the
measure, believed that In il the veiee of
ths pespie found expre ssio1. Deliver of
/ Iowa, believed that The pending bill was
| tbe most complete and ua,ionai measure
which has ever been presented to CONGRESS
in the hale history OF the couut,y. Wiki
insoT OF Louisiana. srgued sg.irst the su
gar schedule sHl the du'y pissed on bi d.
/ isE twine Cclsmau Of Loui ana, iuqai ei
whether his colleague would have voted
for the | i'll if the tariff scseiule on sugar
hsi not been changed.
Wiikin % renli d that he ~orli not lie
could OF vote for such an iniqnitoas mess-
ure. Coleman ssi' ihst he woul vote ior
the bill. The debate wss contirued By
| II t. os Illinois, Craze Of Texas, Cutche 10
of Michigan and Gambler OF Ma.sschus. its
! The lstser said that in many particulars the
| bill was not in accord with his jadgms NJ,
bat be believed taat every man bad he'd =
fair hearing, ard thst under no eircur-
stances was il possible to have q tarid bill
wi hout msking concessions.
Scar Of Iowa. referring 10 the ariuaus
/ istors of the comriree of wsvs and uissfs ;,
| said that one resn't of the bill was worth
the ten weary m,pths which hal been given
to its consideration. For the first tine in
1 g-nersti n. the American peopls vou d
be able to put upon their tables that wirelf
had before been den ed them. When the
people we're able to pay 81 for t~en'y
pounds of sugar they would recognize the
great work which hsd been done BY the
first session os the slst Congress
Covert Of New York addressed his re-
marks 10 criticism Of the bill ~ far rs il
referred to nipbGric scii snd tn p-insers'
fiaii. The sacslled ccncession Of the
hause eouferrcss in regard ~ the r@er
article onif hsye ire effect Of jgrFng
agricultural inssre't', sn1 the p-etencs that
II wuni I not was only / tsndei tn hefoz the
farmers on printer fluid duty equal 10
the h5ghs st rate imposed uyon manufactures
Of waoiieu gods had been placed This
would prove to be verv severe upon the
rural newspapers, which we're the real edn-
Gators of the reoris.
Il Ncrse of Matss husetts ssi3 that tie
business interests demsnded the pssssg. ef
the bill. The uncertainty hacgrg over IN I,
tariff lez;slztion mgss come TO an end. End
he ~onld vote for the bill, hopirg rhsf q
fssnre Congress would right the grest
wrongs 10 his Constituents contained in the
eoria1e provision Of the measure. This
provision has been forced upon the House
bv democrats IN the Ssnste and by repub
ficans from the new States. each Of whom
Rad one representative on this floor and
two Senators. II Massachusetts, were rep
Yrsfrt1t in the came proportion in tn.
Z other end Of this building il would have "a