The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1890-08-09
IN THE SENATE.
Dawes. Ingalls,, Paddock and Plumb Vote
With the Dems.


WASHINGTON, Aug. 6.-After some rou-
tine business of little Importance, the
senate proceeded to consideration of the
tariff, the pending question being on
MI. Morgan's amendment to paragraph
1877, page "a, in regard to iron ore. Mr..
German resumed his argument. The
metal schedule, he said, was perhaps the
most important one in the bill, and the
paragraphs under discussion was prac-
tically a key to the whole schedule. The
rate of duty on iron ore to a great extent
controls the cost of production OF all
iron and steel east of the Alleghenies;
therefore it was proper that it should
have a full, thorough and complete con-
sideration by the senate. He spoke at
great length IN favor of a reduction of
the duty on bessemer ore, having in
the course of his remarks
colloquies with Messrs. Sherman, Spoon
OF, Blair, Dawes and other senator's. MI.
German said that with a reduction of
duty on foreign bessemer ores the re-
suit would be that steel ships would be
built as cheaply in Baltimore as on the
Clyde. With that advantage, he said,
the prediction of the great republican
secretary of state would be verified.
Mr.. Blaine had said, and said truthfully,
that within the confines of the bill, there
was not a single item or line that would
open a market to the agricultural pro-
ducts of the United States.
Mr.. Frye-The secretary of state has
49, -a--.ol so,~ s~ tho ~0~0ko
as arguing that the Mckinley bill now
did not, in any of it's features. open up
markets. Now the secretary. of state
was dealing, in that letter, entirely with
foreign and not with homo markets. And
read the letter that he intended to have
said, and expected to have been under
stood, that in the Mckinley bill there
was nothing to open up foreign markets.
L do not understand that in the protec-
tive tariff there is an especial purpose to
open up foreign markets; it is the pur-
pose of the protective tariff to create a
home market, which is worth infinitely
more than any foreign market, and
which is, undoubtedly, the understand
ing of the secretary of state, and not the
purpose to rehect-at all on the Mckinley
bill, except 80 far as that there was moth
ing in it to open up foreign markets, and
he desired to have something put in it,
in the way of reciprocity, by which for
eign markets might be opened up:
Mr.. Butler-Then I understand that
the secretary of state was in favor of
opening foreign markets to American
manufacturers?
Mr.. Frye said that Mr.. Blaine wanted
especially to extend the market for
American provisions and breadstuffs.
MI. Morgan withdrew his amendment
in order to allow MI. German to offer
one, and Mr.. German thereupon moved
to amend by reducing the duty on iron
ore from rs cents to so cents per ton.
Mr.. German accepted the amendment.
The amendment was rejected-yeas, 81;
nays, 10. Messrs. Dawes, Ingalls,. Pad
dock and Plumb voted aye with the
democrats. The rest Of paragraph 127
was agreed to, as reported by the finance
committee. Mr.. Vance moved to reduce
the duty on pig iron paragraph 1879
from S. to IS per ton. Without dispos-
ing Of the amendment the senate adj
journed.