The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-08-06
Without disposing of the bill: the COM
mittee rose and the House adjourned
In the Senate.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5.-The Senate met
at 10, and Immediately proceeded to the
consideration of the tariff bill, the pending
item being the paragraph relating to
cylinder and crown glass polished %
Berry addressed the Senate on the gem
eral subject of tariff legislation He denied
the correctness of Hiscock's assertion that
the question had been finally settled at the
last presidential election. The majority of
the American people, Berry asserted, do not
declare in favor of the protective theory,
but rather in favor OF the party that
advocated tariff for revenue only Sooner
or later the right would prevail. and then,
Ut not until then, could it be said that the
question was finally settled Under the
wise. prudent and patriotic administration
OF Grover Cleveland, the surplus in the
treasury had accumulated, but now at the
close of one session Of Congress under the
Republican administration, the question
was how to guard against deficiency, and
yet instead Of meeting that deficiency in a
way somewhat just, instead of imposing an
income tax on the weather. classes, it was
proposed to add to the burdens that were
borne by the poor.
! Wilson, of Iowa. replied to Berry. He
read for that gentleman's information an
article from the Fort Dodge, Ia, Messenger,
contrasting the condition of the farmers
and worhlngmen now and ten years ago,
and showing the great reduction that has
taken place in the prices of household and
agricultural implements and necessary
commodities within that decade. The dis
cussion continued for a long time, and at
its close the amendment offered by Nc
Pherson to paragraph 1G6 as to the sizes of
window glass, were accepted by Aldrich
and agreee to.
The paragraph referring to plated, rolled
or rough plate glass was, on motion of AL
drlch, agreed to as 1t came from the House,
except the description in the proviso was
modified so as to make it apply to all such
glass when ground or otherwise obscurcd,
and the committees amendment was
agreed to.
The next paragraph, as to cast polished
plate glass, unsilvered, was, on motion of
Aldrich, made to read: Cast polished
glass, finished or unfinished, and I'M
silvered.'
The next paragraph referred to ''cast
polished plate glass, silver and looking
glass plates" Vest moved to reduce the
rate on the lowest Size from &c. to &c. per
square foot OF the ground that this Ger
man looking glass was used in cheap furni-
ture and was not produced in this country.
Rejected.
In the paragraph referring to spectacles
substitute for mixed rates by the House
land increasing the existing rates very
largely uniform rate of 80 per cent ad
valorem was agreed to. The next para
graph, imposing duty of 45 per cent ad
valorem on all manufactures of glass, was
amended on recommendation of the finance
committee by striking out the words
LENSES of glass, or pebbles, wholly OF
partly manufactured and fusible enamel
The marble and stone items were passed
over without any material change being
made in them
Schedule CO. metals and manufacture.
thereof, was then taken up. The para
graph putting a duty of IS cents per ton or
iron ore was discussed at some length.
Morgan moved to insert after the word
''iron ore,n the words, containing NOR
than one-tenth of per cent of phosphori
acid" Without voting on the motion tn
Senate adjourned.