The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-09-04
ON THE M'KINLEY BILL AND
CUSTOMS DUTIES.
MR.. SAVERS MAKES A SPEECH
On the Revenues and Expenditures of the
Government - Cablegram from
Gen. Barrundia's Widow
in Central America.
FIFTY FIRST CONG REss.
SENATE.

SENATE.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 2.-The house bill in
relation to lotteries, reported from the post
office committee, was placed on the cal
endar with notification by Senator Sawyer
that he would ask for its consideration soon
as the tariff bill is disposed of. The tariff
bill was then taken up and the sugar
schedule considered.
Senator Carlisle gave notice he would
move to strike out all paragraphs relating
to sugar bounties.
Senator Hall offered reciprocity amend
ment of which he had given notice on June
10, and addressed the senate upon it. The
disirability of such an interchange of
products as the amendment proposed, he
said, had been subject which had given
rise to the closest attention and had re-
suited in grave and pertinent suggestions
from eminent public men of the United
States during the last Thirty years.
During his speech Senator Hale assured
senators who represented sorghum and
beet sugal districts that ne was not in an
tagoniSm with them. If those senators
objected to the policy of trying to secure
SOME benefits from those countries for a
repeal OF duties on sugar, he asked them
how much more they ought to object to an
unreserved repeal of those duties To him
one thing was as sure as tides and sun rise,
and that was the policy suggested by the
president end secretary of State, and which
had secured the attention and approval
of the wisest statesman in the last thirty
years, was the policy that had come to stay
with the American people. Whatever
might be done now; whatever might be
incorporated in the pending bill, every
was going sooner or later to be adopted Ly
the American people. There never ne said
was time more fitting to try the expert
ment than now and in his mind the amend
ment which he had offered to be corrected
in its phraseology so as to remove all
doubt as TO its construction the most fit
ting solution to the question.
attitude on the great question of
protection to American labor might be
said that he would make no application Of
a provision that would not in its results,
tend to the upholding and advancing OF
American labor.
Senator Allison made long statement of
the receipts and expenditures of the gov
ernment and the probable effect of the tariff
bill on the finances. Ile said the total of
would be about $4l1, 600, and that the
revenues for the year Cincluding postal
receipts and everything) would be
$46O,O00,000. Therefore if there were no
tariff bill to be passed, and if the situation
remained unchanged there would be a
surplus of revenue over expenditures for
he current fiscal year of $49,000,OO.
Mr.. Gibson asked hin: whether he had
included in the expenditures the amount
that would be paid Tor silver.
Mr.. Allison-No.
Mr. Glbson-Only those which have
passed congress?
Senator Allison figured out an increase of
$27 ,000, 0O0 of revenue under the pt nding
bill as against decrea of $60, 800 900 from
putting sugar and other articles on the fee
list, so that $33, 100000 had TO be taken off
from the surplus, of $4OOO0,0Oj, leaving
some $500 ,OrO of surplus at the end of
the year
Senator Carlisle-Paying nothing on the
sinking fund.
Senator Allison-paying nothing on the
sinking fund. Taking into account the
balance now in the treasury of $1O7, 900
and this surplus Mr.. Allison calculated
that the secretary of the treasury would
have SIS, 100000 on July /, 1891, unless in
cent bonds, as he (Alison) hoped the sec
retary would proceed to do without delay.
He declared that in his judgment it was a
wise thing to take off the sugar duties. He
bad not the slightest fear that there
would be any danger from 1t to
the treasury. Certainly not within
several years to come. He was also in favor
of the further extension of reciprocal trade,
but he hoped that in any such arrangement
its just share of the bargain.
Senator Gibson offered an amendment IN
the sugar schedule by adding the words,
syrup of beet, sorghum or sugar cane"
lie made an argument against the sugar
bounty proposition and said it was miser-
able dwindling away from Mr.. Blames
broad and generous purpose for full recip-
rocity.
Senator Sherman expressed his views OH
the subject of reciprocity ana spoke of the
difficulties i'll the way of reciprJ Jcity by a
treaty. The first proposition of Senator
Hales amendment was a most startling
one. 1t authorized the president of the
United States, without furth r legislation,
to declare the ports of the United States
free and open to all products of any nation
Of the American hemisphere, upon
Cuba, he asked, nation? He
knew that the senator (Hale) had
said today that he meant to include Cuba,
but was Canada embraced in the list of
He asked the senator the question
and the senator replied: No" Now that
is quite different thing, and yet Canada !.
was an independent government to all
practical purposes except to the tie which |
bound her to the mother country; but if |
any reciprocal trade arrangements were
made with any country, they ought
to be made with Canada. The amendment |
would authorize the importation of all |
products including the mescal or whisky of |
Mexico. He wenL on to criticize unfavor- !
ably the Hale amendment as one that |
would allow the free in portation of wool, |
copper, zinc, iron, gold, siiver, lead ores, |
etc, but was informed by Senator Hale that |
mis- amendment had not been carefully