The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-07-22

have an increase Of duty TO pay
on iron and steel from IS "a per cent. to
81. 81 per cent Mr.. VOORHEES, passed on to
discussion of the proposed increased of 120
per cent. on tin plate in order to protect an
infant industry as yet unborn, and in order
to give employment to $4,000 working men
now idle. 1t would g far cheaper, he said,
for the country to pay the $4,000 idle
men their average wages than to tax every
square Of tin roof, every dinner pail, tea pot
and milk can, simply to build up half
dozen millionaires, and to enable them to
give coaching parties to protection leaders
and to found libraries from the savings of a
Is per cent. reduction of the wages of their
workmen.
NO ONE TO PROTECT.
Tin plate, he said, had first right to be
on the free list, and he would at the proper
time move to put it there There was not
a manufacturer of it in this country and,
therefore, nothing to protect, even if pro-
universal use, common want with the
laboring people, and it, therefore,
ought to pay no duty. Might
he not with propriety in leaving
the tin plate schedule call on all the men
and women who use tin pans, pals,
strainers, tea pots, coffee pots, wash basins,
cooking pans, pie plates, cans for fruits and
JILL lOI LOOlltlk buclE uOuSSo, W IOlu III pro-
nouncing an anathema maranatha against
the bills The title of the bill was. IAN act
to reduce the revenue and equalize duties
on imports and for other purposes" The
only truth In the title was ''for other pur-
poses"-than those declared
THE SUGAR SCHEDULE.
With sugar on the free list an annual rev.
enue of SIS, 600, 0O0 was abolished, but
other schedules increased the duties to $685.
100000 But if the bounty on the sugar pro-
duced in the United States should result, as
its friends urged it would, in the production
of all the sugar consumed here, then,
according to the latest statistics, the
American people would find themselves
paying a sugar tax of SOL sos, 900 under the
masquerading, fraudulent purposes of So
called free sugar in alliance with high pro-
lection and gross subsidy. He went on to
say that all tax on internal revenue manu-
facturers, brokers and dealers, bank checks
| and incomes had been swept away, while
the duties on traces, tin buckets, flannel
shirts and the like had had manifold
growth. According to the present rate of
TIA xaton on the farms and in the work
shops, the war was still raging and costing
more than ever before Who, he asked,
would dare stand before the country and
| say that the party so long in control Of the
government had dealt fairly with the people
on UnhU buDJecLS IN CONCLUSION ne declared
that the battle for liberty, justice and
equality would be fought out in every part
of the field, but that at no point was victory
more essential than where fioated the ban
| ner of tariff reform.
Mr.. Voorhees, spoke about two hours
Marked attention was paid to his speech by
| the democratic senator's most of whom re-
mained in the chamber during its delivery.
On the other hand there were very few,
hardly dozen, republican senators in their
| seats and these seemed to take very little
| interest in the speech. There was a fair
attendance in the galleries. and one or two
efforts at applause proceeded from them.
At the close of the speech Mr.. Cockrell
offered resolutions, which were agreed to-
expressing The Senate's regret at the an
nouncement of the death of Representative
| Walker of Missouri, and for the appoint
ment of a committee Of three senators tc
attend the funeral Messrs. Vest, Plumt
and Berry were appointed. and the Senate,
as further mark of respect, adjourned till
| tomorrow.