The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-08
NEGROES AND TARIFF.
THE MKINLEY BILL a BURDEN
ON THE BLACKS.

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Against in the Measure Now Being
Put Through by the Republicans.
The Conference Report on the Sun
dry Civil Appropriation Bill Pre-
scented and Laid over.
| WASHINGTON, Aug. I'm the Senate this
morning the call showed only thirty-two
senator's, eleven less than quorum. in at
tendance. After a short wait, while the
sergeantat-arm was supposed to be invit-
ing the attendance Of the absent senators,
quorum was obtained and the Journal Of
yesterdays proceedings was read by the
secretary.
After some preliminary morning business
the tariff bill was taken up, the pending
question being on Mr.. Vance's amendment
to reduce the duty on pig iron paragraph
l2S, page 25,l from three-tenths of cent per
pound to s. per ton.
| Mr.. Edmunds presented letter received
| by him from Mr.. Weaver, ecting commits
| soner of the department of labor, giving
| the figures Of the cost of direct labor in
several processes of converting natural
elements into pig iron, steel ingots and steel
rails, the total being 81 50 for a ton of steel
rails out of a total cost of S25 n, or at the
rate of 45 per cent. for the direct labor from
beginning to end.
ONLY HALF OF HEwITT's ESTIMATE.
Mr. Reagan remarked that the estimate
| was only one-half of Mr.. Hewitt's estim ate
which was 30 per cent.
Mr.. Edmunds explained that Mr.. Hewitt's
| statement included all the labor cost, while
that now presented only applied to the
| direct labor cost.
The question was taken, and Mr. Vance's
/ 81 ~, 1f
yeas to u nays There were no deviations
from the party lines on this vote.
The next paragraph Q2g taxes bar iron,
round iron, fats and square iron from
eight-tenths of a cent to cent per pound,
according to classification.
Here again Mr.. Mcpherson failed to
secure reduction of rates by a strict party
vote.
AN UNCHANGED PARAGRAPH.
No change was made in paragraph 100
| round iron in rods or coils.
Mr. Vance moved to reduce the rate in
| paragraph 13l beams, girders and other
| structural shapes of iron or steel from 9-10
| to Clio OF cent per pound.
Mr.. Paddock appealed to Mr.. Aldrich in
the interest of agriculture to agree to a re-
duction of at least lilo cent per pound en-
structural iron.
Mr.. Aldrich hearkened to the appeal, and
On his motion the rate was reduced to $40
| cent per pound, Mr.. Vances amendment to
make it Clio having been rejected.
On the next paragraph boiler IRON, Mr..
Vest moved for a reduction of the various
specific rates to so per cent. His motion
was rejected
Mr.. Mcpherson failed again on para
graph 1873.
COTTON TIES.
The next paragraph Q34) applies to hoop,
anrNn Of
taxing it according to skies, with proviso
that cotton ties shall pay two-tenths of a
cent per pound additional.
Mr. Coke moved to make the duty on
cotton ties 50 per cent dd udLoren,, the
present rate, ard addressed the Senate in
support of the amendment. He said that
the rate contained in the bill was equal to
a per cent, an advance that there was no
proper policy in adding to the burdens Of
the cotton growers. The whole labor cost in
the production of cotton ties was only 20 per
cent, 80 that the present rate gave bonus
of Is per cent. to the manufacturer.
BAD BILL FOR THE NEGROES.
Mr.. Vest alluded to the fact that in re-
| gard to the three products in which the
negroes Of the country had most interest
sugar, rice and cotton-theY were legis-
| lated against in the bill. But that, he said,
| was easily accounted for. The negroes con
tributed nothing but their votes to the Re-
publican party. The cotton tie manufact-
urers of Pittsburg had not asked for
| any increase of duty, aud yet
the bill increased it 800 per cent.
That was one of the most sectional aud
| Ubiquitous wrongs In the whole measure.
SUNDRY CIVIL APPROPRIATIONS.
The discussion was continued by Messrs.
| Berry, Reagan and Jones of Arkansas Tn @
latter yielded to Mr.. Allison, who presented
the conference report on the sundry civil
| appropriation bill, and asked that the
Senate should act upon it. The bill
he said, as it passed the House had carried
| $2S ,000, 600 and had been increased by the
| Senate about S5,000.000 The net redu c.
lions agreed to in conference amounted to
So, FOG, 900, so that the bill carried under the
conference report s29, S52, 900. Among the
changes made in conference which he
mentioned we're the striking out
! of $333,500 for new treasury
vaults and the appropriation for several
lighthouses. among them being those at
| Chincoteague. Va, Portsmouth, Va, and
Cape Hatteras, N. c. The provisions in
relation to irrigation to surveys had been
postponed for further conferences. He
could not tell what would be done in the
| matter. The report was ordered printed
and went over till tomorrow without
| action.
| MONEY FOR FoRTIFICATIoNs.
Mr.. Dawes presented and explained the
conference report on the fertilization bill
He said that that bill as it came from the
House had appropriated S4,52l ,67S, and
that the Senate had increased that
amount S3,074,257, making the total
as it passed the Senate S7,59
1885, The conference committee had
reduced the amount 80, 1858 900 OF its face,
but had changed in no respect the features
of the bill as it passed the Senate.
A long discussion ensued between Messrs.
Dawes, Edmunds, Dolph and Plumb, and
the conference report went over without
action.
After a brief executive session the Senate
at o'clock adjourned.