The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-07-31
BURDENS OF THE TARIFF.
TT COSTS EVERY AMERICAN $40
PER YEAR.


Made Articles.
w,sHrNGros. July 3O-In the Senate
+bis noon the tariff bill was taken up, anu
NJ Morrill, addressed the Senate. farIy
discipline, he said, appeared to eolnpei .no
fraa trade democratic senator's TO assam 'ne
.orifF hill with all the ancient stoch oi
.-;+,,nerative epithets. His CAIN anu
exca1Iant friend Mr. McPherson)' whose
80 ,vas so rnucb indebted TO tarlH pro
sootior for its prosperity, after giving tne
hiII a death blow in set speech, cdIne ~
fresh every day to add anotner DioM .ns as
,7unishment after death. be (lhr. hhol I'M
honed not to contribute TO any .,'
Side scanned to be provoked at the silence on
+biS side of the chamber, he would claim
sbort time and would try not to thresh any
of the old straw of the tariff debate.
ANSWERING THE DEMOCRATS.
IA then proceeded in a set speech to take
~ q ranlv To some of the arguments that
have been presented in the pending debate
~ the democratic members against the
fJsnaral policy of the bill, and against its
distinctive features. In conclusion, Mr
Morrill, said that any amendment oHered IN
GOOD faith that would improve the bill
would be cordially received, but that all
attempts 10 eng IdLt LAAJA upOh ~
ba boped. be rejected. He was persuaded
that when the bill became a law 1T would
Give stability and new life to all the busl-
Sass interests Of the American people,
courage and hope to American workmen,
and cover the republic with countless bless
ings .,,,
sideration of the bill by paragraphs was
continued.
THE DUTY ON CHRONIC ACID.
The amendment offered yesterday by Mr..
Mcpherson TO make the duty on chronic
acid 10 per cent. ad valOrem instead of 8
cents per pound, was rejected.
Numerous amendments for reduction of
the proposed rates on sulphuric acid, tannic
acid, alcoholic perfumery, carbonate OF
ammonia, blacking and borax were offered,
discussed pro and con, and rejected. Where
amendments were voted on by yeas and
nays the votes were divided strictly by
party lines.
THE PER CAPITA TAX SO.
In the course Of the discussion on borax
Mr. Stewart asked Mr.. Aldrich what would
be the per capita revenue that would be
collected under the pending bill, and Mr..
Aldrich stated the amount at about So, and,
on further inquiry by Mr. Butler, said that
that estimate was based on the importa-
tiOns of 1889.
Mr.. Butler said that he had been informed
by Mr. Carlisle that the per capita revenue
would be So 40.
Mr. Carlisle said that Mr.. Butler had
misunderstood him. His statement had
been that the revenue collected from i'm
ports in 1889 amounted to about So 40 per
capita.
GREAT BRITAIN's SYSTEM.
He went on to say in reference to the
statement made by Mr.. Stewart that that
Senator had omitted to state that all taxes
onimports in Great Britain went into the
public treasury; that on the contrary it was
the opinion Of many that in the United
States three or four times as much went
into the pockets of private individuals as
went INTO public treasury. Consequently
tnat dld not appear in the per capita state
ment The policy of Great Britain was to
impose taxes (maInly if not entirely on ar
ticles not produced in that country. The
result was that the tax did not
enhance the price to the consumer of any
domestic product The policy of the United
o'aLes, on the contrary (and it was still
farther carried out by the pending bilD, was
20 put on the free list articles not produced
IN this country, and to impose taxes on arti-
cies similar to those produced at home
THE EFFECT.
Inc effect, if not the object, of that policy
was % increase the price of the domestic
aI1cle' III other words. il imposed
On American citizens in the form of en-
nauced prices large amount of taxation
VI way uld not appear in the statistics at all.
!, ~ Nlere were any means of ascertaining
I9e amount of taxes imposed on the people
VI the United States by the existing law
gncIuGlng those resulting from the en-
Hanceu prices of domestic articles, as we'll
~ 1nese that went into the treasury he ven-
tuIeu TO say that it would not be less than $40
per capita He thought that no senator
"ouiu uehy That whenever an article of
oiLalh Kind and quality was actually i'm
pol'tu ana sold In the American market in
U'ulpeIltlon with domestic article of the
same klnd and quality, the amount of duty
/ Gle. 'N0 u'A1AoSS4' arUl-
A DENIAL BY HIsCoCK.
MI 1as proposition was challenged and de-
nc. n1cu ny Mr. Hiscock, who asked whether a
i - VI 10 cents bushel on 1900 600
ojSnes odSid El Oh potatoes imported from Canada
~ ueu :. 10 cents bushel to the potato crop
ons ~ rne United States, and Mr.. Carlisle
~ tl'"ere1 that 1t did add Is cents a bushel
Tnoan NJ l,lerlcan potatoes sold in the immediate
Tba Aev eere "here Canadian potatoes were sold.
Inc amount of importation. however woe
A. oauoouseqoentlal as to have no effect on
States "a po'a'0eS III Cne United
cbon.. o,a, Aldrlch put other questions of like
~ nai acter, and the discussion WAS carried
a. considerable length between the three
foro; fstvoIS IN regard to the effect of duty on
uCts Ono ~ lces Vi nome prod
1yjtht A.er this discussion came to a chsa
thut tHiInout either side Convincing the other
'ne reading of the bill was nroceadad viii
VI McPhersOn continnad to ofra,- ,oaJ
h'. hlenS on articles in the chemical scbednIa
n hcan siI5 VI ehem found favor on the repub-
Il all ~, VI Tue chamber, and they were
4 Tba lnr,11lcliessly rejected by a party vote.
ra6,ayy ciange made IN the schedule was
the d,,tt+oh ton motion of Mr.. Aldrich) of
per ,'a,y Ta.y on chloroform from 40 to 25 cents
NJ THE DUTY ON IoDIFoRM.
iodif:se sest moved to reduce the duty on
4 conIj ',', IN. M from So 80 to So per pound He
\ of inotpt uot understand the sense or humanity
larI,. J1asihg the tax on medicine. particn-
was irDreI nuen only twenty-nine pounds of it
vote of fSIIloendment IN was rejected by partv
4 ~ VI VI 10 Yeas to 26 navs r'
N encs .o va III was laid aside and the confar-
apnro,'1Port on the District of Columbia
ton iiiaOlon bill was presented the onas-
street nE on the amendment in regard 10
n power 'aHtoads changing their motive
A Went o,o. yer some discussion the renort
4 in ordar =. ~lthout action until to-morrow
After ~ nave the report printed.
at 5.3O ,1atl ~ leI executive Session tho Sanata
Il ''O clock adjourned '''' SeuiVe