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for the importation of single pound of sugar
into the United States. He would treat

for the importation of single pound of sugar
into the United States. He would treat
THE PROPOSED TEMPLATE INDUSTRY
in the same way. He would not vote for the
proposed increase of duty on tin plates, but ne
would cheerfully vote for a bounty to the tin
plate industry. He felt certain that it would
be the part Of wisdom and OF justice to adopt
the bounty policy rather than to increase
duties The rest of MIR. Paddock's speech
was mainly devoted to a refutation of the state
ments made by democratic Senators as TO the
impoverished condition of the farming class
and he showed that in the state of Nebraska
particularly there was no such agricultural
depression, but that, on the contrary, the farm
ers were prosperous and the state rich and
growing.
IN FAVOR OF THE PROTECTIVE POLICY.
Mr. Platt said that Mr.. Paddock's statement
IN that respect was an unreasonable argument
In favor OF the protective policy. Under that
policy the state OF Nebraska had, within the
last thirty years, grown from prairie into a
great fourishinG rich. prosperous
the protective policy that had stimu-
lated the agriculture of that state
and had made Nebraska possible. If the
manufactures of the east had reaped some
benefits from the protective tariff, the agricul-
turist of Nebraska had reaped benefits more
Platt) regretted in Mr.. Paddock's speech was
that the agricultural classes of the west had.
IN some way, not had fair share OF
tue dement's OF protection. He yentured to
suggest to that Senator that the people OF Ne
braska were richer than the people of Con-
necticut. and that no such rich men we're to be
found IN Connecticut as were TO be found in
Nebraska, state only thirty years old.
Mr.. CARLISLE SAID
that Mr.. Platt's argument attributing the
prosperity of Nebraska to the high protective
tariff was a repetition of the old argument
which had been once wittily illustrated in the
House OF Representatives by Mr.. s. S. Cox.
There are no snakes in Ireland-Mr Cox
sald-and Ireland has free trade; therefore
there can be no snakes in any
country that has free trade" There
said) between Mr.. Cox's premises and
his conclusion as there was between Mr.. Piatt's
premises and conclusion from the speech of the
Senator from Nebraska. The American people
had been reasonably prosperous. not only
farmers but all other classes, but they had been
so in spite of high tariff taxation, not on ac-
count of it.
Mr.. Carlisle then proceeded to argue di-
recty against the pending amendment.
HOW MUCH WOOL To A FOUND OF CLoTH2
The discussion turned largely upon the ques-
ton OF the number of pounds of wool required
to produce pound of cioth--Mr Carlisle and
MIR. Mcpherson asserting on the authority Of q
gentleman, whose name was not made public,
that it did not take four pounds of unwashed
wool or anything like it to make apound of
cloth; and Mr.. Aldrich asserting on other au-
thority that it did
Mr.. Sherman-Docs the Senator from Ken
tucky dispute the fact that il requires four or
in the ncighborhood of four pounds Of un-
washed wool to make pound of cloth?
Mr.. Carlsle-I do.
Mr.. Sherman-Have you furnished any evil
dence in support OF your position?
Mr.. Carlisle have
Mr.. Sherman-If tho Senator can demon
strate that fact it upsets the whole OF the
schedule. At one time wondered about that
enigma and l examined il. If the Sena-
tor can show me that two pounds of
unwashed wool will mako pound
Of clothes l will agree that the
whole schedule will have to be revised. /
examined the testimony OF experts ont hat
point and the uniform statement was that as q
rule, 1T required four pounds of unwashed wool,
or two pounds of washed WOOL or a pound and
half OF secured wool to make q pound of
cloth. ..-a'
PLENTY OF TALK, BUT NO HEADwAY.
After some two hours had been occupied in
the discussion Mr.. Hale asked Mr. Aldrich
what his expectation was as to making any
progress with the bill He did not
suPpose tnat the senator from hh0Oe Island
would convert the Senator from Kentucky or
that the Senntor from Kentucky would convert
the Senator from Rhode Island. The discus
sion was both interesting and Illuminating but
still Senators ought to bear in mind that
many important parts Of the bill had not yet
been reached that the time for general
debate was nearing an end and that the time
for the five-minute debate was limited Under
those conditions he should be glad to have
the Senator from Rhode Island state
whether he had any program in his mind as to
when the wool schedule would probably be
finished
Mr.. Aldrich replied that be vas in hopes that
tine wool schedule would be concluded this
afternoon.
Mr.. Hale-That only leaves two days for
general discussion on the rest of the bill
Mr.. Aldrich-I think that all the rest Of the
bill, except the sugar schedule and the reci-
procity scheme. has been pretty well discussed
already. and think there il no disposition on
either side to protract the discussion.
Mr. Haie-If this wool schedule takes up all
the rest Of the day it will leave only two DAYS
for the remainder Of the bill
Mr.. Aldrich-I shall be well content if we
can dispose of the wool schedule today. 1t il
u very important one.
Mr. Hale-That is giving four hours more
to it.
Mr.. Cockrell-Let us go right ON and not
consume time in talking about it.
After some more discussion the committee
amendment was agreed to-yeas, &c; nays, Ia.
Mr.. Mcpherson moved to reduce the addi-
tional ad valorem rates on paragraph 1873 from
30 per cent to 20 per cent. Rejected-yeas II,
nays q.