The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1890-09-09
THE NATIONAL CONGRESS.
TILE SENATE HAS THE TARIFF
IP STILL.
p;.cus.ian of Duties on Whiskey and
4 Suonr--Nill sroddics' Come Higher
or lowerI No Quorum in the House.
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or tower No Quorum In Inc House.
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WAsulXGroN, d. c., Sept. S.--The Sen
atc met at ten o'clock this morning, and
after agreeing to the conference report
on the river and harbor bill with
Sout discussion and without yea
and nay vote, resumed considera-
zion of the tarin-the debate on
The bills and amendments be limited to
thrty minutes for any Senator on any
one subject.
Sir. Plumb then offered his amend
ncnt or-0hch te-had given uoFi"e, plac-
ing tax o. 81 25 per gallon or distilled
spirits, aad spoke in support of it. He
weut ON to give a resume Of appropria-
tious for the year and estimating reye-
nue. al $i0O, 600, 600 year predicted a
deficit of fifty millions just as sure as the
risi 4 Of the sun.
~. wilson, of Iowa, opposed the
am Idmcnt on the ground that
it would put $50, 900, 900 in the
pccSets of the men who owned the
hundred million gallons of spirits now
Oh hand, ana also on the ground that II
would make the liqJor business an i'm
portant clement IN the financial SYSTEM
of tho oyernmCnt.
Mr.. German said he would vote
aQaiust tie amendment because he did
moi think il proper not to puta Increased
tax on whiskey, and yet he believed un-
der the operation OF the tariff bill there
would be within two years deficit in
the treasury.
The vote was taken and the amend
ment trciectod--yeas II; nays 80.
The susar section was then taken up,
Tho .mmcaiate subject under consider
alton being the finance committees
amendment imposing duties on all
suegrs above No IL Dutch standard.
Mr. Shcrm 10 argued against HE amend
mept and in favor Of the House propo-
sition which would allow all sugars be-
low No. t6 D1teh standard, including
goo qualities 81 brown sugar, to come
in free Of duty. The amendment was
agrccd yeas 80; nays IL.
TIE next vote was on the Senate
amendment to the same paragraph in
creasiug the duty on sugars above No.
is to SIX teuths OF one cent instead Of
-four tenths as the House bill.
Mr Allison opposed the committee's S
Amendment and favored the House prop
osiion. The amendment was agreed TO
yeas %, nays 23
Mr. Quay offered the amendment
propo ed by him cn August 1st, fixing
dutl,s between Nos. Is and l6 as at
three teGths of cent per pound; be-
tween Is and 20 at siX-tenths aud above
No 20 st one cent a pound.
At the suggestion of Mr.. Manderson,
Mr. Quay modified his amendment so as
to rake the duty on all grades above
No. 20 cight-tenths Of cent per pound
Nj German opposed the amendment
as IL the interest Of sugar refiners, Civ
ing them an absolute monopoly.
Mr.. Vest opposed It,
Mr. Quay's amendment was rejected
The finance committees amendment
to include maple sugar among those
npon which bounty is to be paid wa:
favored by Messrs. Edmunds and Blair
Mr. Carlisle declared himself opposed
to nl sugar bounties.
The amendment was agreed to- yea!
80, nays 25.
NJ. Frye offered an amendment t.
pay 4 bounty Of one cent pound on su
gar from imported molasseS. This wa
largr industry which gave employmen
to four hundred American vessels anC
paid more than $S00,0 year freigh
to them. There was also, he said, al
extensive co operage connected with th(
business, bat without bounty til,
whole industry would be destroyed b,
Io ltn aIs n tal 90 CRY n
by lightning
Mr. Aidrich said the opposition coul,
hardly receive the concurrence of th
Senate. The principle on which bount
was to DC paid on cane, beet or sorghum
sugar, was that encouragement was t
be egiyen to domestic agricultural indus
tries.
NJ. Gibs II and Mr.. Eustis argue
against the whole policy of sugar bour
ties and in favor of maintaining the e,
isting system of duties on sugar.
Finally the vote was taken and Nj
Frye's amendment was rejected withor
the yeas and nays.
Mr. Manderson offered an amendmel
for the admission, free of duty, of nj
chinery for the manufacture of be-
sugar aud for refunding duties collecte
on such machinery since January Is
1890.
Mr. Eustis moved to amend Il
amendment so as to extend it to machi
cry for beet and sorghum sugar
Mr.. Manderson opposed Mr. Eusti
proposition and so did his colleague, NJ
Paddock.
The amendment gave rise to GOO
deal OF discussion, the two Louisial
Senators asserting that the cane sug
and the beet sugar machinery were or
cisely the same; ithe two Nebraska Sen
tors asserting the contrary idea, and NJ
Higgins and Mr. Evarts insisting Tia
there was no necessity for the amen
ment as the great machine shops of t
country were quite competent to pl
duce the machinery.
Mr.. Reagan complained of exhibit
Of sectionalism in the bill illustrated
the pending amendment, and in t
high duties imposed on cotton ties, VIII
binding twine was put on the free Ii
but it was useless he said, to expt
justice.
Mr. Blair reproved Mr. Reagan
imputationS upon the Northern peol