New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-08-03
TALKING ON THE TARIFF.
0CRATIC SENATOR'S SUCCEED IN PRE-
VENTING ANY PROGRESS ON THE BILL.
MR. GEORGES LoNG-wINDED ESSAY USING UP
STATING THE POSITION OF THE
FINANCE COMMITTEE.



debate IN the senate within proper and reaSoAabio
limits having been temporarily disposed OF tiN morn
Ing the Democratic leaders renewed Their heht against
time on the Tariff bill with rcdoubcd spirit ana per
tnaclty Every days delay on this measure means
OF course so much additional profit TO the foreign
Manufacturers and the opposition have marked ont
policy which will retain that advantage for the Euro
pean producer TO the last possible moment lcs'cr
DAYS proposition TO ahate peremptorly the nuisance
OF a dlatoTy discussion threw the trade minority
into state of panic for hour or two; ana almost
no obstacles put in the of the last paragraphs
Of the chemical schedule and the first Of those nndcT
earth,nwarc and glassware VT. Plnmbs speech
however late in the afternoon revived the sinking
courage Of the Democratic side. and today. WIN the
prospect of an application of the previous question
vanishing in the distance again, what was practically
general debate on the whole subject OF ta1t re
vision, dcfantly reopencd
Mr.. Vest made characerisucally violent ana
abusive assault the manufacturers OF pottery ana
glassware intimating that no man VINO was so III
moral a. to engage protected industry couid posi-
bly, be depended upon, even under OATH MT NC
Pherson and Mr. German followed him in mildcr
speeches on the need Of reduction in pottery rates,
and finally Mr.. George was put forward with an es-
say, prepared apparently for delivery before some
Mississippi tariff reform debating society on the re-
lation between the tariff and wages. This paper MI
George announced. the result Of an investigation
he had made some years ago. and il was plain that
the Mississippi Senator's researches must have been
original He showed convhcingy, at any rate. inst
how the tariff affects the butchers. say of Indiana the
bakers of Minnesota, the shoemakers of Texas or the
biicklayers Of Tennessee. From the vast tumble OF
figures which he had collected all sorts of contentious
could be proved with charming impartality
The speech lasted two three hours and emptied
the senate Chamber after the first fifteen minutes.
Mr. Jones' Of Arkansas tried 10 supplement and sup
port Mr.. Georges statements but their ridiculous
character easily exposed BY senators Ha"iey'
Phtt and Edmunds. No quorum was obtainable when
the discussion ended and the Senate adjourned Alb
souely progress on the text OF the bill can tere
fore be recorded.
The pending question upon Mr.. Vests amend
ment TO reduce the duty decorated china TO so per
cent ad vaorem, and plain white undecoratcd china
to 40 per cent instead Of 60 and So per cent in tie
House BILL and So and so proposed by the Finance
Committee.
Mr.. Vest argued in support Of his amendment. and,
having had occasion in the Of his remarks to
question statement made by Mr. Brewer.
pottery manufacturer of Trenton, " j. he
spoke of Mr.. Brewer having when
member OF the House Of Representatives at the tune
the Tariff bill Of 1888 before that BODY, ex-
hibited piece of known as "belleek,' and
said that that represented in its cost 90 per cent OF
Tabor, conveying the impression that that ware
was generally manufactured in this country While
the fact was that the article exhibited was the only
one made at the timeso that the assertion that It
represented 90 per cent OF labor was prODoOy uuc'
He therefore did not chose take Mr.. Brewers state
ment.
Mr.. IIiscock replying TO Mr.. Vest. said that he
imagined there was not member OF the House at that
time who did not know that the article exhibited by
MIR. Brewer not then made in the United states.
except experiment. lie referred sarcasucaly
TO Mr.. Mcpherson senator who. Tcsoluteiy aud
with such Roman hmneSs proposed TO strange the
pottery industry in his own state. as 70 show his
patriotism aud devotion 10 party
Mr. Allison entered the discussion. and declared
his understanding OF the intention of the Finance Com
mittee to he neither to diminish nor 70 increase the
duties on chnaware: and he went 10 argue that
that intent carried ont in the amendments recon-
mcnded by that committee lie expressed the belief that
the pottery industry required reasonably high duty in
order make il successful in tn United states He
wished 10 make the duties that. and all other In
dus;rie reasonable and Just to give the American
producer share Of advantage over the foreign pro
Queer
Mr. German congratulated and thanked Mr. Allison
for his frank statement.
After further discussion Of the china ware paragraph
Mr.. George took the noor, and made long speech on
the general subject OF the arf, cOnendng that pro
lection had nothing do with wages, but that they were
governed by the various surrounding circumstances.
Referring 10 statement made by Mr. Teller that half
tie wealth Of the country owned by 100000 per
sons, he said that if the system Of paNntallsm
which assumed the regulation, by the Gov
eminent Of the business, the lives and the
fortunes Of men was continued as the pending
BIZ proposed 10 continue IL, sentiment would be
produced which wouiI not be, he feared, helpful to
the country. IL saw that they we're robbed or
piaged taxed for the benefit of others. while they
themselves were kept poverty, they would inquire
WHY tho same Government agencies that robbed them
OF their daily toll for the benefit OF the Ovcrrich
should not be employed take from the spoIer that
which he had unIustly got lie did not wish to see
that day
Mr. Platt rcpelled and denounced an assertion made
by Mr. George to the effect that while the duty on
steel rails was SlI ton the labor in producing the
article cost only 81 "a. He supposed that the sena-
tor believed what he said though sChoolbOy would
believe 1t; but the fact was that II the production OF
ton Of steel rails cost ga, the labor
portion of that cost only 81 "a. but ten times
that amount Mr.. Hewitt had put his foot on that
misrepresentation In the House Of Representatives
in a Way that ought 10 be remembered BY Democratic
senators.
Sir. Hawlcy also commented upon Mr. Georges
say much tie thing before aud tnat his remarks
lad then been quite concluSively contradcted MS
they had Just now been by his colleague OR. Platt
had intimatd that the people at the North were living
speech in New En- gland he would be considered sup
plemeDting negro minstrel company for the amuse
Mr. Jones, Of Arkansas undertook 70, confirm NJ.
port q CARROLL B. Wright Wright in pursuance Of duty i'm
posed upon Mr. Wright by Congress. The raw ma
ter1al OF me Stcci
got ard Mr. Wright had given the cost Of making the
rail from the ngOt 81 "a pei ton. The Senator
from Mississippi had said, Mr.. Jones argued, nothing
10 the contrary
Mr.. Edmunds attempted to convince Mr.. Jones that
the latter entirely mistaken in the matter but he
was not successful n the effort, Mr. Edmunds,s ex-
Steel inCot and the steel rail 81 OF, Of which
amount labor got 81 "a but Mr.. Jones could not or
would not IL In that light. on the contrary, he
held that Mr.. Wright understood his business, and
knew what lie was saying. Mr.. Jones, however, left
that point. and back 10 the chnaware matter.
lie read from tO-dsy's New York Herald" report
from Fndhy. Ohio A. 20 the purchase by English
syndicate Of various kics works in Fndlay. Bellac.
Columbus, and Other Owps and he said that
trusts and syndiCates.
Mr. Reagan. in discussing the general question ~
prOecon spoke Of the organization OF farmers al
iences and workingmen's associations that pro
testing against class legislation and pundering laws.
Ito warned Senators that such movement was not 10