New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-08-23

lisIes desk and examined the bill OF sale WHICH o "
produced and then Mr. Platt said that the case was
not made out until it was shown that inc saio s''''
were sold at n higher price at home
Mr. Carlisle said that If Mr. Plat would deny the
fact he lr CARLISLE would undertake to furnish proo
of il. And these were statements he sau' ho. W
Mr. saxtOn or any other importer, but by mailuiaN
urers and their authorized agents They shoWea ha''
even when a drawback not allowed American
manufacturers were able sell their goods abroad at
cno.ner rates than at home Yet they were demand
ing not that the present rate Of duty be maintained
Int should be increased enormously so as 10 pre'e
them being driven out Of business.
Mr.. Platt argued that the papers presented by MT.
Carlisle did not make out his case; and he eApsesseu
tho belief that no senator on the other side believed IN
his heart that any American manufacturer SUN "'o
same goods for expectation so per cent-as some Ok
Them had said-lowcr than he sold them for home con-
sumption.
MIR. Stewart said that the assumption that there was
ANYTHING wrong in this rate of American @
goods In foreign countries cheaper tilah at ho"' ~
nom want Of information. "a, -, ,,or. &,
Mr. Carlisle admitted he had not bills oil sanders 81
CO. showing the price at which their knives vert sOa
Cor consumption al home. In order tn compare tnaU
price with It's export prices the would nave ve ,s
rowevcrl but he had such bills in the case Oh tno
Torthampton Cutlery Company. lie produced them'
quoted their figures. and asserted that tey PIgs eu &
usively that the price; TO tne mn ~ tc foreign deal
crs lie Informed Mr.. Allison, theieSro' UNI d,,nan
point had been reached Tc .G nGe some Weeks ago
Tbst senator had said substantially that If the cyl
dencc could be produced IN any cast Slim his goods
abroad at less prices than at home' the uuVc' "e'
well be reduced H. ,oone,s+cncv ~
Democratic senators In arguing on the one manu- osO
brh protective duties had destroyed ocean
and on the other hand that 1t was great en1rI n
Hoccan mannfarturers TO seek share of the foreign
market I'm competition with the MANUFACTURES vi e
'' NM Carlisle replied that his complaint was nov
ncainSt Abe American manufacturers VINO sou1a% 6
foreign markets but aast td .a' c po than at home
1ncstion that was asked by Mr. higgins a, ~ ~
wages started Mr. Carlisle on an argument tho Question
wages OF labor did not depend upon dc or
whether a country was living under p ., mn and
trade policy his arEnmcnn O was a.s ert that in
cotton and wooIen goods there could be no reino,4
in the cost of production without Corresponding
The discussion took general turn and was PaTfcii
patcd In the one side by Nc,rs nu''Tn Iov and
Stcihrdre and ON the other side by Mcssrs. Cdrl'o'
GRAY and Vest Mr stockbrdge made an expialt
lion as 10 the statement made by Mr. Vest on several
"ccasons I'm regard TO American agricultural I'M.
PIGMENT, being sold In Central and south AiIcr a.
lion was that the prices In the American adVetUss
sheet from which Mr. Vest had read were pre- t t
mLich ~ discount Of 20 pcr cent allowed TO
wholesale dealers whereas the prices In the spanish
ourna were the actual wholesale prices: Il,.' ac-
sount@d for the difference in figures lie had tee
rr-,phed 10 the Ann ArbOr Manufacturing company
OF Ann Arbor, Mich; sudebaker Bro,hers' vi
Il
Of south Bend, asking them whether Their pre- VIZ
Tho same 10 American and TO foreign WhohfaIc
customers: and had received replies that inc prlcVs
were the same that distinctions were mace anu
that ALI reports the contrary were absolutely idiS
The explanation not satisfactory I'd 'lr' 'c'''
who reiterated some OF his previous statements -,
Mr. (ir.~>lrmmcnted upon the explanation as slo"
ing The remarkable fact that the manufacturers Va
Agricultural implements could AFFORD TO sen uY i
Goods 10 the Wholesale dealer 80 80 per cent below INC
rrce which the consumer had TO pay ana SIN max d
profit uiemarls Of Oh. no. from Republican scn"
tOrs0 -, ,,., ,-htoh had bcen
carried ON without any amendment having been Olse
10 the wood-scrcw para graph Mr. MctherSoh uv' 't
In reduce the duties fixed In II t. 40 per cent "a
valnrcr Rclecied-Icas 10, nays @9-a party V'c'
Mr. Mcpherson moved 10 amend Paragraph l'D w
atIuc To wheels OF iron seeb by reducing tc rAu
Of , . cents and "a cents pound 70 cents anu
ia c1,nts Rejected. No amendments were oHe.tu
a. ror,rr,phs from 40. lao to No. io9 lundef inc
healing OF miscellaneous metals and metal manu-,
f,rrurcs-l Some committee amendments III III,
! paragraphs were agreed to. Mt McPhcrs0n ouer.u
| Two amendments ~ Paragraph leD rclauus 70 10
ir,zicrs copncr, ctcD. Rejected Paragraph lFv
vs on, motion 0f Mr. Aldrich. amended 50 A' 10 'u
~ll,illor OF gold. silver other metal not sI"eEtS
| urnyIdcd for - per cent adj val0rem.' 30 auehu'
inouts were Offered 20 Paragraphs lHl or W. A.,
| Ua,ing reached the paragraph a. ~ lead orc Mr.
vi Suggested that he desired TO discuss that ducS-
! ton and that # time To stop fol the oay'