The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-03-22
TARIFF AND TRUSTS.
Their Connection Discussed in
the Senate.
THE QUESTION OF PENSIONS.
An Interesting Debate in the House-Charges
and Counter Charges-Who is the
Soldiers Friend?

WASHINGTON, March 21-Numerous pc
titions and memorials were presented for a
law against the employment of aliens on
government works; some for free and I'M
limited coinage of silver; one against an
extension of the Pacific railroad debts, and
one from California for the removal of the
duty on iute and iute bagging.
The motion of Sherman to declare unlaW-
full trusts, was taken up and Sherman ad-
dressed the Senate. AT the close of Sher-
mans speech, ingalls, gave notice of an
amendment which he would offer. The
amendment was aimed against dealings in
futures and options. Read and ordered
printed.
On motion of Sherman, it was ordered
that the substitute report from the finance
committee be treated as the original text
of the bill, and so the amendments proposed
by Reagan and ingalls, are to be treated as
amendments in the first and second degree.
Vest argued against the constitutionality
of the original bill as well as to the substi-
tute, declaring his belief that the supreme
court would Immediately Ethrowss it out of
court. The Senate had been told last ses-
sion by Sherman that when ever he was
satisfied that combinations were protected
by high protective tariff, he would be in
favor of reducing that duty, land that,n
Vest said, twas the real remedy Those
trusts were protected by high tariff and
were enabled to work their Ubiquitous pur-
poses under the buttress afforded by the
tariff law.
Hiscock said no attempt should be made
to give the federal government jurisdiction
of subject over which the states had full
and ample control.
Blair renewed his motion to reconsider
the vole yesterday by which the educational
bill was rejected and ingalls, moved 10 lay
that motion on the table. No action was
taken.
A motion to adjourn over till Monday
was opposed by Sherman who wished to
have action on the antitrust bill to- morrow,
and the motion was defeated.
Allison replied to Vests argument as to
the connection between high duties and
trusts, taking the ground that all great
combinations were practically outside of the
tariff and independent Of it. He would not
admit that even the Sugar trust was de-
pendent on the tariff. He was not sure
but that if sugar were on the free list
among sugar refineries. In the great
staples, wo.len and cotton goods, leather,
boots and shoes and iron and steal on which
the duties are high, there was no trust, ex-
cept, perhaps as to steel rails and nails.
So also with the silk industry Of this coun-
try, which produced probably half the
silk consumed and which was protected
by heavy duty. There was
trust or combination for raising the price
of beef and lowering the cost of cattle on
the hoOf, and no one could say that that
trust was the result of high duties. There
was also an oatmeal trust and whisky
trust, which had nothing to do with duties.
Although he agreed with the gentlemen
who were in favor of remodeling and re-
vising the tariff, still Senators, if they
wished to correct the great evils of trusts
and combinations, would fall far short of
their purpose if they confined themselves
to the modification of tariff rates. 1t was
the duty Of Congress to put on the statute
books such legislation as would inhibit
trusts and combinations.
Coke offered a substitute for the bill and
Forge offered an amendment, both of
which were ordered printed The bill
then went over till Monday, when it is to
| be unfinished business, as it was ordered
that the session tomorrow belconfined to
business on the calendar.
On announcing pairs on the Blair bill
yesterday the relative positions of four
Senators were misstated. On the floor
| Quay and Ransam, who were for the bill
were paired with Butler and Casey, who
we're against it. 1t was the reverse of this
that was stated. After executive session
adjourned.