Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1890-08-06
CHAT FROM THE CAPITOL
A Move to Make Steel Ores
Duty Free.
THE KITTERI NAVY YARD AFFAIR.

Congressman Cummings, Of New York.
Siakes Serious Charges Against secro-
tsry rrncy and speaker Reed. who Ftnd
Champion In Representative noutciie.
WASHINGTON. Aug G.-1he senate worked
industrionsly az the tari6 bill all day The
glass and stone wars schedule WIS finished
A number OF amendments proposing TO NJ
duce the committee rates. offered by the
Democrats, were rejected. Tbs metal
schedule was taken up, aud pending dis
cussion Of an amendment offered by Mr.
Morgan 90 admit steel ores free the seuate
adjourned. Senator'S Berry aud Call made
speeches during the afternoon on the gen
eral subject OF tariff legislation, aud ia cp-
position 70 the pending bill. Senator Berry
said ho sympathiaed with the senator from
Kansas (Mr. Plumb and with the people
he represented in'the present contest. and
trusted the people OF that state would see
how disregSrdful OF their interests the
eastern states were, rs that would teach
them 70 have a more kindly feeling for
their brethren Of the south, who we're. like
them, to be sufferers under the pending
bill. Senator Berry closed by eulogizlng
the administration OF Cleveland.
Fnrin Mortgages la Iowa.
Mr- Wilson Qa) replied to Mr. berry.
aud expressed the discomfort which he
always felt at hearing a senator discuss a
subject ia regard 90 which he hadAo small
an amount OF definite information AS bhnt
senator evidently possessed In reference 10
the subject Of protection. He read for Mr.
BeTy's information an article from the
Fort Dodge tla.) Messenger contrasting
the condition Of the farmer and working
man now and ten years ago. and showing
the great reduction that has taken place In
prices Of household and agricultural imple-
ments and of necessary commodities with
IN that decade. Mr.. Wilson said that the
farm mortgages OF Iowa had been pub
lished at s5o1 00o,o whereas Investigation
by lown's governor proved that the out
side limit OF farm mortgages Ia that state
was e5l ,0O0.0o0, 40 that the farming de-
preston was not the result Of nctual facts
but OF the lies told about IL. ARd 10 was
the same IN regard to other states,
He Wants Steel Ores free.
An amendment placing slate pencils on
/ the free list WIS agreed to. Schedule c,
metals and manufactures, was then taken
up. In the iron ore paragraph Mr.. Morgan
moved 70 insert after the words iron orr
the words containing more than one-
tenth OF per t~nt Of phosphorus and
phosphoric aeid.n BIS purpose being IA
have steel ores admitted free Of duty. lie
argued that there was no reason why iron
and steel works should be confined 10 thf
mountain regions q the country, and that
It would ~ very advantageous to have tn,
Hesscmcr ore from Cuba or from this Medi
terranean landed on the Gulf coast or thl
Atlantic coast and there converted into al
sorts Of structural steel, and he recalled
the statement Of John Roach that in h
could have free iron and steel ores he coul,
build steel ships aa chcaply as they coul,
be built on the Clyde.
Ores froin Lake Superior.
Mr. German argued in favor Of the sam'
line Of policy and quoted an expert, Mai
Bent, OF Pennsy ylvania. rs holding the sam,
views as John Roach as to the capabilities
OF American ship building If foreign orc,
were admitted free OF duty. Mr. Gormnr
said that no steel could be produced east o
the Allegheny mountains except from th,
foreiga ores, as the cost of transportation
of steel ores from the Lake Superior regior
amounted practically to prohibition. Mr.
Payne corrected the latter statement, anS
said that last year 4O00OJ tons Of the LAX,
Superior possibly Che best in the world
had been brought enst OF the ALLEGHENY
mountains and used by the furnaces there
Mr. German said that IL was the question
of the cost of assembling the raw materia
that would control and determine thl
points at which steel and iron could b
made. He quoted Mr. Bent as saying tina
with free ore he could sell iron in Liver
pool and steel rails In London.