Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-08-06
NATIONS CAPITAL.
Senate Makes Very Fair
Progress on The Tariff.
Tie Hauss TAKES Up and Considers The
Klttsry EaYy Yard.
BTeyets for Soldiers Who Fought
Bravely Against the Indians

1 So1sN sSS &e1No
| WAsHisGros, Aug. The Senxte re-
-amed consideration of the tariff bill. The
amendment offered by MePherson TO para
graph l05, as 10 the sizes Of window glass
va. accepted by Alirieh and agreed to
| No amendment Was offered 20 para graph
/ l07, fixing the duties on ey Under snd crown
| glss., polished
Paragraph los. refe ripg 10 fiuied, rolled
or rough plate glass, vas, on motion OF
| Allrieh, sgreed % as il came from ihe
| House. except the description in the proviso
/ modified TO make il apply 10 all such glass
xhsa ground, tmooth or otherwise OBJ
seured.
The committee amendment VS. disagree d
4 10
MePher on moved to reduce the duty on
such gisss, not cIceeding I0xl5 inches
| square, from TO u cent per square
foot; on the next SIZE from to 3 cent
on the pext size from | ? TO | cent; on
the next size from : TO / IL cents. Re
ject- i.
| Ih. ne4 paragraph. 100. as 20 east pol
| ished plste 2 ass, unsiiverea, was, on mo-
ton of Aldrieh made to read 'cast polished
plate glass, finished or unfinished, and un-
s,lyered "
Mcpherson offered amendments to recucr
the rates on paragraph l09- All were re-
jected.
Paragraph 10 referred TO .'css, polished
plate g'ass silvered, and loo king glass
Plates"
Vesi moved TO reduce the rate on the
lowest size- from TO l cents pr squsIe
foot. Reis cted-yess II nsys 2s. Plumb
was The only republican voting with the
democrats
Mcpherson moved to reduce the duty on
the other sizes, from TO- So and so Ger
per square foot, TO : 20 ard 10 cents. Il,
jectsd
No amendments we're chered to para
grs phs 81 and lI2
Paragraphs 10, IA and 10. refcrr'n !:
20 spect4eles, the france committee an
amendment to subSi u'e for the mixed rate
fixed by the House sBdi Increasing the ex
isting rates very largely, uniform rate of
80 per cent. al valorem.
McIberscn moved TO reduce the rate to
10 per cent. REJECTED, Yeas, II; nays
%. Plumb voted with his own party asso-
ciates
The committee ame n imeuts were agree
to. Paragraph ll6 imposing duty of -
per ccnt AL vslorem on ali manufacturer.
of glass, amended. on recommendation Of
the fnsnce committee, by striking out the
vord, lenses of glass or pebbles. wholly
or psrle manufactured sni ensmelled."
Vance said as this was the last of the
glass paragraphs he wishe1 to csi' atte len
70 the fact that. with one solitary ercep,isn
ff.ia ,ri. - La a tha, kas
est form Of window glass was taxed at as
high rare az any form of glass
Paragraph III was the first Of msr, L.
aud stone items, fixing the rate at 60 per
cent. scubic foot on marble of all kinds.
block. rough or squsrely. No smeudnt NJ
was offered to this or the three succee ling
paragraphs.
Paragraph l2l, Imposing duty Of II Gu
be foot on frtestone granite, sandstone
limestone, etc, VS. one STONED be Vsuc.
and Mcpherson ard exp!suei all ad, ~
Gated by Sher and Plat.
McPherson quoted from ,tstement
made by G. II Sherwood, New York. to
show hat the proposei duty of - per cent
VA, an increase over the existing duiies on
sandstone. 80 per cent on hue-tuae, is J .
Ter mt on granite ard moved to make the
rate one dollar a ton.
The MISTER was discussed bv Vrst. Hi =
cock. German. Cameron, the latter NOV
ing to make ttc te | cents cubic foot.
sni mech discussion turned on the con-
mittee ame nlment to insert the word 'liuc-
stons
torman ohjecting that it might be 20
constructed IS to appy to Limestone 20.
lime burning purposes. Iliscock and sher,
man holding that it could only Apply to it.
use "a building or monumental stone. Th,
fr't vote taken wes on the committee
smeidment, to insert limestone. agreed
to. yeas -, nays 10 Camerons amend
ment to Increase the rate t, II cents n
cubic iont rcjec'ed without division. Me
PhersOI : ant ndmept TO make the rate 81
a ton rel ct,d veae 20, naos ~
fsragrsIh I22 imposes du Of 80 rer
cent al val rem On free one, grpnltc,
san istone, limestone hewn. dre.srl Gr
polished.
Vest moved to reduce the rate to 20 per
Gel t. Of the kissing rate. Rejected
No amendment WAS cffeTe to paraereph
1913. imposir 9 a tax Of 81 - per ton on
grn istooes,
Vest moved to strike ont the lords 'sste
pencils from the next parsgrsIh, Aldrich
conser,iny ard tbe motion va. sgreed to.
Nclherson moved TO reduce the duty rr
rec fling states tparaersrh i25), from ~
per cent. TO Is Rejected
This finished the ma bic and stone sche,i-
u'e, ard the Senate came to schedule C
NJ ftsls ard Manufacturers of
No amendment wss offered on the first
paragraph in the schedule (I2Gl, putting n
ls..s Of a l.
iron or chromic ore.
Paragraph l27, putting duty Of ~
cents per ton o7 iron ore, was discussed by
MePherscn, particularly on the question Of
labor cost in extracting iron ore and in iron
and stes working.
Morgan moved to irser. after the words
iron ore the woods containing more
than Ito Of per cent of phosphorus and
vhos 9horic acid his purpose being to have
steel eEes admitted free of duty lie ar
gued thai there ~ss ro reason why IRON and
steel works should he eonin.d to the
noun sla regions of the country, and that
I 1t would he very advantageous 10 hsve
/ Bessempr ere from Cuha or the Mediter.
4 ranean landed on he Gulf or Atlantic
/ coast sBd there converted into all sorts OF
: structural sresl
| He recalled the stat sment made by John
| Roach, tist if he could have free iron an.i
I steel ores be could build steel ships $,
/ chesply as they couli be built on the
I Clyde. German argued in favor of ,bs
same line of policy on the quoted export
( Major Bent Of pennsyisaaia hoiiing the
/ same views as John Roach as to ih, caps
biiitles of American shiF building if foreign
ORES were admitted free of duty Gorma,
| said that no steel could be produced es.
/ of the A lieg ghany mountAins except from
| sar' Ign ores ss the cost Of trsnspor;at on
! Of steel ores rom the Lake Superior re
! si0n amounted practically to prohibition.
/ Payne corrected the latter statement
\ He said tbs, last year Ie0 .0a0 tor of LEX
Superior bessemer ore possibly the best II
/ the world was bronEhI sa-t of the Ale.
| ghany Mountains ami was used b. f1rnsc
/ there.
! German said he started Nth the rropos
/ lion ard il sss question of s.ssmbitn.
raw material that would control and de
| ternine the % ilts st which steel sut iror
cauid he made. He quoted Bent as sayias
| that With tree ore he eoaii ,pli ZIG iron ID
/ Liverpool and street rails in London.
| Go-msa bal not coneiaisa 4 bis srgunlen d
vhsn, on motion Of Alsirieh. st ; 40. III.
s. nste, faving reached psg. q Of the bill
asjsurned-
TIE K.iterY Navy Yard Matter Come,
| Up In The House.
MsKiniey (phio) from shs committee o