Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-09-10

free list was reJected-yeas, u NAYS,
"a. Mica was then restored in para
graph 1856, at the rate of 80 per cent ad
valorem. Paragraph 625, in the free
list, was modified SO as to read "All
min eral waters not artificial" Mr..
list paragraph 665, ''sulphate of qunia
and all alkaloids or salts of cinchona
bark" The motion was defeated
yeas Is; nays So. Mr.. Aldri cl
moved to strike out paragraph
662, (red earth or raddle, used for
polishing lenses). Agreed to. The
committee amendment placing sponges
on the free list went oyer until to-mor-
row. Paragraph 70o, putting sugars not
above No. Is on the free list, also went
over without action. Paragraph 713,
placing tin ore and tin on the free list,
was amended by adding the words ''un-
til January l, 1892, but not thereafter"
The consideration of the free llst having
been concluded, some OF the preceding
paragraphs we're, on motion OF Mr.. AID
rich, taken up again and modified as
follows: Paragraph Al /, making the duty
on faxseed oil, etc, 81 cents per gallon,
instead of So Paragraph rs, adding to
it the words ''calomel and other mercu
rial medicines or preDaratlons, 30 per
cent. ad valorem." Paragraph 37S, ION
clothing) inserting the words "plushes
and other pile fabrics, and felt and felt
fabrics" Paragraph 1884, inserting after
the words "laces and embroideries" the
word handkerchief" Paragraph 4942,
inserting lin the free LIST "bristles, raw
or unmanufactured." Paragraph 1914,
inserting Gin the free -list)
the words cor painted glass win
dows when pictorial" Paragraph 49S
I<>I ~ i
produced prior to the year 100 (instead
of the seventeenth century, Mr.. Aid
rich gave notice of a committee amend
ment in lieu of section 5. 1t provides
that articles of foreign manufacture,
such as are usually or ordinarily
marked, stamped, branded or labelled,
and all packages containing such or 9TH
er imported articles, shall be plainly
stamped, marked, branded or labelled,
SO as to indicate the country of their
origin, and shall not otherwise be adj
mitted to entry; also Of an amendment
imposing duty latter January l, 1892
of 4 cents a pound on black oxide Of tin,
and on bar, block and pig tin.
SATURDAY, Sept. 6.-During the dis
cussion of the tariff bill in the Senate
ton extending the time for consider
alton of the tariff bill to and including
Monday, when the discussion is to be
limited to thirty minutes, and when the
sugar schedule is to be taken up.
After that the arrangement here
tOfore made is to apply The
proposition was assented to, and the
presiding officer (Mr. Ingalls) asked
whether the understanding was that on
Tuesday the voting should begin and
continue until the stage of third reading
is reached, after which three hours is
to be allowed to each side for a general
summing up. General assent was given
to that understanding. The duty on
cents per 900; the duty on sponges
was fixed at 20 per cent. ad valorem,
and an amendment was adopted
fixing at SOC per gallon the duty on
alizarine assistant or soluble oil con-
tanning more than so per cent. of castor
oil. Then paragraph 545 pertaining to
fish was taken up and Mr.. Spooner gave
it as his view that while the fishermen
on the Eastern coast were protected it
was not proper that the fisheries on the
Great Lakes should be thrown open to
free competition. He thought if there
was anything in the proposition of re-
ciprocity, the United States ought not
now to throw open its markets to Cana
wera concurred in by Messrs, Gibson
and Cullom, and the committee
amendment was agreed to. The
paragraph now reads: 'Fresh fish
Caught by citizens of the United
States in the high seas, or in
the open waters of the lakes forming
boundary between the United States
and the Dominion of Canada" Para
graph 278, relating to fish on the duti
able list, was then taken up, and the
committees amendment, slightly mod
flied, was agreed to. The paragraph
now reads fish smoked, dried, salted,
picked, fresh. frozen. packed in ice. or
otherwise prepared for preservation
for in this act, J of l cent per pound"
Paragraph 1854, placing a duty
hops, which had been passed
over without action, was taken up, and
Mr.. German moved to reduce the rate
to cents a pound. The amendment
was rejected, as was also motion to
put salt on the free list. Sorghum seed
and sugar cane seed were placed on the
free list. An amendment offered,
granting rebate of duties, under GER
tain circumstances, was rejected. Mo-
tons to strike cocoanuts, bananas, and
pineapples from the free list and place
them on the dutiable list were rejected
Mr.. Spooner offered the amendment pro-
posed by him August 20 to the tin para
graph, 1877. 1t provides for the admis-
sion Of tin plates free Of duty, after Oc-
tober /. 1896, in case the American pro-
duction of the article shall not equal, in
any of the intervening years, one-third
of he amount imported and entered
for consumption. Mr.. Plumb moved to
amend the amendment by providing for
a duty of l cent pound on tin plates,
and tor bounty of l cent pound for
the home product. After much discus
sion Mr.. Plumbs amendment was re-
jected and Mr.. Spooner's (having been
accepted by Mr.. Aldrich) was agreed
to, and the duty on tin placed at 4 cents
pound. Mr.. Aldrich offered the COM
mittee amendment OF which he had
given notice yesterday as substitute
for section 5-requiring packages to be
plainly marked, and to show the coun-
try where the goods were manufactured.
Agreed to. Mr.. Evarts offered the
amendment imposing duty of 10 per
cent ad yalOrem on all teas the Growth