Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-09-07
THE FIFTY-FlRST CONGRESS.
Voting on the Tariff Bill to Begin Next
Tuesday.
IBy telegraph TO the Dispatchl

Senate.
WASHINGTON. d. c.. September 6.-After
the transaction of routine morning ousl;
ness the Senate resumed consideration OF
the tariff bill.
was agreed to fixing the duty on whlte-pine
shingles at twenty cents thousand.
sposGFs NOT MADE FREE.
The committee amendment placing
spopges on the free list was lost-yeas, IL;
nays, SO. The rate of upper cent. al ud1ore'n
was restored. MI,
At the suggestion OF Mr.. PUMP an
amendment was adopted h1ing at ~ cents
per gallon the duty on soluble OIL contain
ing more than 80 per cent. of castor-on.
IIsHY.
In speaking in regard to the proper rate
of duty to be placed on fish Mr.. Spooner
gave il as his view that while the fisher
men ON the eastern coast were protected
II was not proper that the fisheries on the
Great Lakes should be thrown open to
free competition. Ii there was anything
IN the proposition of reciprocity the
United States ought not now to throw Its
markets open to Canadian fisheries.
Mr.. Gibson concurred in this view. IL
was well that when the question OF reel
procitv was treated of the United States
shonld have the advantage of position,
which was as important in diplomacy as
in war.
INCONSISTENCY OF THE PBoTEcrIoNIsTs.
Mr.. Reagan commented upon tho fact
that while the protectionist senators were
| in favor of admitting fish free they i'm
posed duty of I05 per cent. on cotton
| ties. In other words, they were high pro-
| tectionists when protection was necessary
| for their interests and free traders when
| free trade was in their interest.
vote was taken on the committee
amendment to paragraph 545, and 1t was
agreed to, without the yeas and nays. IL
now reads: Fresh fish caught by clti-
| zens of the United States in the high seas
or in the open water OF the lakes forming
| the boundary between the United States
| and the Dominion of Canada"
| Paragraph 27s, relating TO fish on the
| dutiable list, was then taken up. As finally
agreed to it reads Fish smoked, dried.
| sailed, picked, fresh. frozen, packed III
| ice, or otherwise prepared for preservstlon
l not specially enumerated or provided for
in this act, one half OF one cent per
| pound" -.
Mr.. German moved to reduce the duty
| on hops to eight cents per pound.
| AsExTENsIoN OF TINE.
Before discussion on this amendment
1
! time for the consideration of the tariff bill
was started by proposition fol, an eve,
| ming session. After ON interchange oil
views on both sides Mr.. Aldrich withdrew
the proposition for an evening session and
submitted another, extending the time for
| consideration of the tariff bill to and in.
| GLIDING Monday. when the discussion Is 70
| be limited to thirty minutes and when the
| sugar schedule Is TO be taken up aiter
1 IN
apply.
VOTING TO BEGIN TUESDAY.
The proposition was assented to, and the
presiding officer (Mr. Ingalls) asked whe-
Their the understanding was that on Tues
day voting should begin and should con,
| tinue until the stage of third reading Is
reached. after which three hours is to be
allowAd TO each side for q general sum
ming up. General assent was given tc
that understanding.
Mr.. Vest moved to put salt on the free
list Relected-26 to 34-a party vote, ex.
cept that Mr.. Paddock voted yea.
| vANcE's fARM-PRoDUcr AMENDMENT.
Mr.. Vance offered the amendment OF
which he had given notice on the lst Of
September for q reduction of duties Oh
foreign products purchased by an ex
change of American farm products. Re
jected-yeas IS, nays 90-a party vote.
On motion of MI. Gibson sorghum-seed
and sugar-cane seed were placed on the
free list.
In paragraph SIS Mr.. Aldrich, for the Fl
nance Committee, offered an amendment
imposing q duty of four cents pound on
tin. Agreed to without the yeas and nays
Mr.. Call moved to strike cocoanuts out
of the free list SO as to have them put OF
the dutiable list. Rejected.
Mr.. Call also moved TO put pineapple:
and bananas on the dutiable list at ~ pei
cent. Rejected.
sPooNER's TEMPLATE PROPOSITIONS.
Mr.. Spooner offered the amendment pro
posed by him on the goth OF August to the
tin.plste paragraph 81. II provides FOL
the admission of tin plates free OF duty
after October, 1896. in case the American
production Of the article shall not equa
in any OF the intervening years one thirt
OF the amount imported and entered FOL
consumption.
Mr.. Plumb moved to amend the amend
ment by providing for duty of one cen
pound on tin plates and for bounty Of
one cent pound for the homo product.
Mr.. Plumb's amendment was rejected
and Mr.. bpooner's was agreed to.
Nh. EvAxTs's TEA AMENDMENT.
i Mr.. Evarts offered the amendment pro
posed by him yesterday imposing duty o
10 per cent. ad u0iorem on all teas tn
growth OF product of other countries eos
Of the Cape OF Good Hope when imported
from places west OF the Cape OF Goo(
Hope. He made statement In explanA
sipu and Advocaoy Of the amendment
| Which y lntends3 to pat : stop TO the i'm