Morning journal and courier., 1890-05-08
FR0M ALL QUARTERS. SILVER AND THE TARIFF. Both Measures Taken Up ~ By Senate and House. |, C. .. ,suF FATAL RAILROAD ACCIDENTS sas
 Eighteen Houses Burned at Scranton, Pa. VESSEL ABANDONED AT SEA. More Details of the LOngue
 POinte Fire.
VESSEL ABANDONED AT SEA.

consent was asked to have tho bill go over i'll Tuesday but MT. Vest objected.
 The consideration of the bill was then pro- ,eeded with.
 MT. Sherman moved to amend the bill by inserting as new section provislon re. pealing all laws that require money deposit- sd in the treasury under section 5,222 of the revised statutes to be held as e special fund for the redemption of national bank notes and covering such money into the treasury; also covering into tho treasury sums de- posited under section of the act of June 20, 1874, "fxing the amount of United States notes" (being section 6 of the Conger bill.)
 MT. Plumb moved to amend the amend. ment by inserting provision that hereafter no funds available for the payment of the public debt, including such as are kept for the redemption of treasury notes, shall be retained in the treasury in excess of $110,- poo, 900, and made statement in explana. tion and advocacy of it.
 MT. Sherman opposed MT. Plumb's amend ment.
 Nr. Reagan criticised the policy of the re- tention of the hundred millions of gold held as special fund for the redemption of green backs.
 MT. Blair asked MT. Reagan what amount of gold 1t would be prudent to hold to meet . possible ''run" on the treasury for payment of the $346, ,000, 900 of greenbacks now in cir. culation.
 MT. Reagan replied that there was always an abundance of gold in tho treasury with. out any special reservation of it.
 A long colloquy ensued between Senators Reagan, Blair, Aldrioh and others.
 MT. Allison suggested that in the absence of MT. Jones the silver bill be allowed to go over till Tuesday next.
 MT. Vest said that if he were the only sen- ator to object he would not stand in the way, but several other senators said that they also objected. Finally the difficulty was got over for the day by the suggestion on the part of Mr. Sherman that the senate proceed on either of the pending amendments, and MT. Vest and Mir. Teller gave notice of sub. stitutes which they would offer for tho whole bill
 The senate proceeded to executive business and at o'clock adjourned till to morrow.
 HousK.
 In the house to-day Mir. Mckinley of Ohio opened the debate on the tariff bill. In the last political campaign the tariff had been the absorbing question before the people. It seemed to him that no extended discussion of this great principle was expected or re- quired, or necessary under existing oondi- tons; for, if any one thing was settled by the political contest of 1888, it was that the protective policy as promulgated by the re- publican party in its platform, ,as maintained by the republican party through long series of years, should be secured in any legislation which was to be had by congress chosen in this last contest and on this mastering is. sue. He interpreted the victory to mean, he interpreted the majority in this house to mean, he interpreted the incumbency of the presidency of the United States by the present chief executive to mean that a, re- vision of the tariff was demanded by the people, and that that revision should be along the line and in full recognition of the principle and purposes of protection. Alp plause.
 The people had spoken, and the asked thil congress to register their will and embody their verdict into rublic law. The bill pre- sented by the comimttee on ways and means to the house was @ thorough answer to the demand. It was in full recognition of the principle and policy of the protective tariff nue tax, as the republican party had pledged itself to do in the event that abolition wa necessary to preserve the protective system because the committee had found the aboli 1 tion of the one was not necessary to the pre- l servation of the other. The bill recommend ed the abolition of all special taxes, and tn reduction of ths tax on tobacco and snuff and 1t removed the restriction upon th | growers of tobacco. With these exception the internal revenue law stood as at present If these recommendations were agreed to, in ! ternal taxation would be reduced little owe $10, 900 900.
 The committee also recommended provi sion requiring all imported articles to bear stamp or mark indicating the country which such articles are manufactured. Th reason that aotuated the committee was tha it had become too common among some ( the countries of the world to copy som of our best known brands and sell them i competition with our own homo made pro duct. The next provision recommended VI one extending and liberalizing the draw back sections of the law. Under the exis ing statute any citizen of the United Stat. could import an article, pay duty upon 1 make it into complete product, export and the government refund 90 per cent.
 the duty paid on the raw material. IT
 committee recommended that hereafter Il government should retain only per cent. i stead of 10 per cent
 What was the complaint against the bill
 MT. Mckinley asked. Was 1t that 1t woul
 stop exportation and interfere with o'
 foreign marketa The foreign markets we ss accessible under the bill as they would
 under absolute free trade. The bill put l
 burden, no taxation, no restriction on Anne
 ican products that went out of the countr | Nor did the oommittee despise the foreil trade. It would encourage and sustain
 but what peculiar sanctity hung abo
 the foreign market that did not alta
 to the domestic market. Why should ,
 pass over the best market of the world
 our own marketi Not otwithstanding all
 these croakings, however, we arc now C
 porting more products than at any time |, our history. Our exports had increased per cent. more than the exports from fl
 trade Great Britain. While Great Brits
 had between 1870 and 1880 lost 13 per ce,
 of her commerce, the United States h
 gained g per cent, and with the same e to shipping that Great Britain gave the shi |. of the United States would plough every {
 under the American fsg in successful ool
 petition with the ships of the world. A
 plause.
 We have enjoyed twenty-nine years
 continuous protection-the longest peri - since the foundation of the governments
 found ourselves in greater prosperity than
 any other time.
 Mr. Mills of Texas following, said that t
 was the first bill that had come before 2 American people with it's mask torn ,
 like highwaynnan, demanding tnelr purs
 TApplause1 To check importation was
 check exportation. Split hairs as you m
 no man could show that we might
 without buying. When we refused k, take the products of other nations t S' refusal was an interdietion against our
 ports, and as we removed the barriers to 1 in exchange we increased our trade. Protect
 boiled down meant more work and less
 suit and carried out to its conclusion
 meant all work and no result. Pig iron
 the base of all our iron and steel manu
 lures. In 1871 prices were rising, afte CT: period of depression and the imports of no iron were increasing. From 2, 2,5000. .000
 in 1870 tho imports of pig iron rose to SIC mt 900 tons in 1875. If the republican, doct {, waa true, then every ton imported ' placed a ton of American iron.s But
 figures showed that our domestic prot
 rose from 52, ,OO0, 900. tons in 1870 to 1 70 COG, 1000 tons in 1872.s That showed con D sivd3y that the derloeratic position was F
 that increased imports increased the ~r nand for Americsn labor. Following out