The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-05-21
The Tariff Bill.

WASHINGTON, May 20.-The House went
into committee of the whole on the tariff
bill. Cowles, of North Carolina, offered
an amendment repeating the tobacco tax.
Rejected
Sayres, of Texas, offered an amendment
providing that iron and steel, cotton ties or
hoops for bailing or other purposes not
thinner than No 20 wire gauge be admitted
Tree. After an extended discussion the
amendment was rejected, 96 to l24.
Breckinrdge, of Arkansas, moved to fix
the duty at IS per cent. ad valorem. Lost.
Mchenna, (Republican), of California.
moved an amendment to the sugar schedule
reducing the existing schedule 80 per cent.
retaining the CIV idlng line at ID instead of
10 as in the present bill. Re attacked the
sugar schedule in the Mckinney bill amid
great applause on the Democratic side.
Mchenua moved to amend the sugar
schedule as follows: All sugars not above
No. IL Dutch standard in color. all tauni
bottom syrups of cane or beet Juice
melada, concentrating melada, concrete and
concentrated molasses testing by the
polariscope not above 90 degrees. shall nav
duty "a cent. per pound, and for every
additional degree or fraction of a degree.
-03 OF a cent per pound additional. All sugar
ABOVE No. ID and not above No. 16 ID. s.
az cents per pound. All sugar above No 16
and not above No. 20 ID. S. so per pound.
All sugars above 90 d. S, . Is cents Der
pound; molasses testing not above 90 de-
grees by the polariscope, cents a gallon:
molasses testing above So degrees. 4 cents
gallon. McKenna said his amendment
made the reduction on the existing duty On
sugar about 80 per cent 1t retained the
dividing line at ID instead of 16. and Sc
cured to the refinerS of this country the
refining OF sugar between Ii and 10, which
fh.an NOV 2i,,cr Kill
elgn re1nerles. AS contrasted with Mills
amendment, it was reduction AS con-
trasted with the present bill, it was not a
case of lowering or increasing rates. but
OF change of policy. The pending bill in
all particulars except the sugar schedule
was brave, and strong because it was
brave. In the sugar schedule it was tinid,
time-serving and weak Weak because it
was time serving and timid. In the other
schedules the bill carried out Republican
principles. 1t might be well for the Re
publlcans 20 pause and consider what they
were doing, Is to its practical and political
effect, If not to its moral effect. The
Chicago platform enumerated the ways
and means Of reducing the revenue
ana declared the internal revenue system
should be destroyed rather any part OF the
protective system be surrendered The
sugar industry was part OF the protective
system. IL was surrendered by this bill
The sugar schedule pointed as directly as
ever the free trader pointed to the benefit
OF buying in the cheapest market Demo
cratic applause. Wool was not produced
TO the extent Of our wants and no one could
predict when it would be- democratic
applause. 1t was to-day decling industry,
democratic applausel and had been given
increased protection in this bill because it
was declining industry and yet it was
called the keystone of the arch of protec-
ton If the committee was right in the
position taken by it in its report the duty
on wool was charged on the consumer
democratic applause. The Republican
party could not make sugar the scapegoat
of the surplus without involving the pro
tective system itself.
The bill made sugar contraband in the
protective system. If the bounty princi-
pie is correct, why not apply it to other
things Why not apply it TO tin plate
llaughter and save at once Of the com-
mituee was right he was only repeating its
reasons, not endorsing them) 100000 in
revenue and taxation Why not apply it
to linen goods, which we did not produce
and give the people cheap linen to go with
cheap tin and cheap sugar Laughter.
Why not apply it to wool until that article
was produced in this country to the extent
of the peoples wants Democratic laugh
ter. Think of the splendid political effect
unon the Republican party when it was
enabled TO point with pride to the working
man and farmer sitting down to cheap
breakfast in a cheap suit of clothes
Laughter.
Cannon, of Illinois, opposed the amend
ment What was the position of the Re-
publican party touching the protective sys-
tenn To relieve from duty those articles
of foreign production, except luxuries, the
like of which could not be produced at
home. Less sugar was produced in this
country now tnan thirty years ago. The
gentleman from California was not happy
when he said wool stood on all tours with
sugar The production of wool last year,
under the present insufficient tariff, was
250,0O0,O pounds, and imports, 10000, 900
pounds. Twice as much was produced at
home as imported, and the home product was
sufficient to control the price at home and
regulate the worlds price of wool. Be
cause he was Republican he was in favor
of removing the revenue leech from the
protertivr syHtem and placing sugar on the
free list. he denounced the reciprocity