Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-07-31

AT the close Of Aorfiil's speech the con
s,dersiian of the bill by paragraphs va,
continued. TIE amendment offered yesfer
I day by NcPhssson TO make the duty OF
caronie acid Is per cent, ad vxlorum in
stead of 8 cents per pound vas rejected
I The numerous amendments fsr the redue
/ toa of the proposed rats on sulpharie acid
txneic acid, alcoholic perfunery, carbon
sts ammonia. blackias. and borax we're rs-
/ Jeeted. Where the amendments we're voted
on BY yeas and nays they were divided
strictly by party lines
la TIE course of the discussion CarIisle
said iha, Stewart had omitted to state that
all taxes collected on imports into Grea,
Br.tian went into the public treasury. on
the contrary, u vas the opinion of many
that in the United Stxtes three or four times
as much went into the pockets Of private
individuals IS wsat into public treasury
consequently that did not appear in per
capita statement The policy of Gres,
Britain was tn irs.Hse taxes or articles not
produced IN tea e-aHtry. The result Was
The ,ax did not erhsHce the price to the
consumer of any deul-.ir product.
The policy of the United States on the
contrary still farther carried out BY the
pending bilI) was to put on the free list
articles not produced in this country and
impose taxes on similar articles to those
produced u, home The effect, If not the
object of that policy, was TO increase the
price of the domestic article. In other
words, il imposed on American citizens, in
the form Of enhanced prices, large
smount of taxation that did not appear in
the statistics 81 all.
II there was any means of ascertaining
the amount of taxes imposed on the people
of the United States by the existing law
ine,uding those resulting from enhanced
prices of domestic articles as well as thos E
that went into the treasury he ventured TO
say il would not be less than $40 per capita
He thought no senator would deny that
wherever an article Of certain kind aud
quality was actually imported and sold iu
the American market IN competition with
domestic article Of the same kind and
quality the amount Of duty WAS added to
the price Oh the domestic articles.
This proposition was denied by lliscoek.
who asked if a tax of Is cents a bushel on
twelve million bushels of potatoes imported
from Canada added Is cents a bushel to the
potato crop of the | nited States.
Carlisles answer was it did add Is cents
4 bushel to american potatoes sold in the
imme late market where Canadian pots
toes were sold. The amount of mports
ton, however, was so inconsequential as to
have no effect on the general price Of po.a-
toes in the L Cnited States.
The reading of bill was proceeded with,
and Mcpherson continued to offer AIMED
ments for the reduction rates on articles in
the chemical schedule, but none of them
found any favor on the republican eide.
The only change made in the schedule was
the reduction motion Aldrichl of the
duty on chloroform from 40 to % cents
per pound.
Vest moved to reduce the duty on 10 10
form from 81 so to 81 per ID. lie could
not understand the sense or humanity of in
cressiDg the tax on medicine, particularly
when only 20 pounds of it were imported
The amendment was rejected by a party
vote yeas ls; nays, 20
The tariff bill was laid aside and the con
ference report on the District of Columbia
appropriation bill was presented but no sc
was taken.
After brief executive session, the Sen |
ate at } 80 O'Clock adjourned.