The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-09-09

WASHINGTON, Sept. S.-The Senate this
morning agreed to the conference report
on the river and harbor bill, without divis-
ion. The bill now goes to the President.
The tariff bill was taken up and debate
on the bill and amendments is to be limited
to thirty minutes for any Senator on any
one subject. After a number of verbal
amendments were agreed to, Plumb offered
an amendment imposing sl.35 per ga on
distilled spirits. He said he offered it be-
cause he believed it would be necessary to
have the additional revenue thus provided
| (S24, sos, 000) to meet The requirements of
| the government. The reduction of revenue
which the bill, as it passed the House.
would effect, had been estimated at ST.
| OG0000. BY the restoration of the tobacco
tax in the Senate that reduction had been
diminished to $50 000,000. He qualified
| the somewhat ambiguous statement from
| the finance committee, that il these impor-
tations were kept up on the present scale
| Notwithstanding the Increase of duties the
| reduction of revenue would be only about
twenty thousand dollars. Plumb went on
| to give a resume of the appropriations for
the year and to argue that the appropria-
| lions for future years would not fall short
| of those for this year and would, in regard
| fact, he should be greatly surprised if the
| next three years payment ON account o f
that law would not amount to $50 900 O0O a
! year.
Berry asked Plumb how many applica-
tions had already been received under the
new pension law.
Plumb gave the number at over four
hundred thousand.
Cockrell-There will be between five hun
drpd Thousand and seven hundro6 .tbonco,,d
in all.
Plumb said there would be from seven
hundred thousand to eight hundred thou
sand applications under that lew, and the
appropriations under it would amount
to at least sixty millions a year within the
next three or four years. He estimated the
expenses of the government at $3.50 OOO. 600
its revenues at $4O000O,000, and said def,
cit was just as sure as the rising of the
sun
Wilson, of Iowa, opposed the amendment
| on the ground that it would put $35, 600 900
inIo the pockets of the men who owned
| 100,000,000 gallons of distilled spirits on
hand.
| Dawes opposed the amendment because
the increased tax would not apply to the
whisky on hand, which would thus be ap-
preciated in price to the amount of 35 cents
per gallon and also because he would not
admit by implication that the pending bill
would result in a ditcit
| Plumb modified his amendment by max
ing it apply to all whisky hereafter pro-
duced, or withdrawn from bond. The
amendment was rejected; yeas, 17:nays, 80.
Vance moved to reduce the duty on card
clothings from 90 to % cents per square
foot. Rejected
The sugar section was then taken up, the
| immediate subject under consideration be
ing the finance committees amendment to
the paragraph imposing duties on all sugars
above No l3, Dutch standard.
Sherman argued against the amendment
and in favor of the House proposition.
which would allow all sugars under No. 49,
Dutch standard Gncluding good qualities
of brown sugar largely used by people), to
come in free of duty. The amendment was
agreed to- Yeas 80. nays II.
The next vote was on the Senate amend
ment 10 the same paragraph. increasing the
duty six -tenths of cent per pound, instead
of four-tenths, as in the House bill. The
amendment was agreed to. Yeas 80, nays %.
Quay offered an amendment fixing the
duties between No. - and No 16 at three
tenths of l cent per pound: between No.
16 and No. 20 at siX-tenths and not above
20 at cent.
1.-THE next question was on the finance
committees amendment to include maple
sugar among those for which bounty is to
paid. Agreed to- Yeas, 80; nays, %. All
other amendments referring to maple sugar
were agreed to and the time for filing no.
tees in connection with claims for bounty
was fixed as prior to July Gnstead of Jan
uary) of each year.
Frye offered an amendment to pay a