Morning journal and courier., 1890-09-10
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HE FIFTY-F1nsr CONGRESS

THE FIFTY-FIRsT CONGRESS-. The TarfE Bin Almost Disposed of-
 The Bfll Read n Third Time-Adop-
 ton of MT. Aldrfch,s Reciprocity
 Amendment - A New Date for the
 Sugar Schedule-The Question Re.
 fore the Senate Now is: ssShaIl the
 Bin Passa,,
 WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept 9.-The tariff bill was taken up. Mr. Edmunds inquired whether the understanding made as to voting on amendments without debate would prevent senator in offering an amendment from stating (not to occupy more than or minutes) it's object or prohibit the asking and answering of a question.
 The presiding officer (Mr. ,Ingalls)EUn- less the chair be otherwise instructed by the senate he will hold that the under standing is that beginning with the con sideration of the bill this morning the action of the senate will be without de- bate and that the asking or answering an inquiry would be debate, and is, therefore, inhibited
 After voting on number of amend ments Mir. Ald1ich's amendment was agreed to. It reads:
 Sec 1. That with a view to secure reciprocal trade with countries producing the following ar tcles and for this purpose and after the first day 2f gd July lSsl whenever and So often as the Pres any country producing and exporting sugars, molasses, coffee, tea and hides, raw ana uncured, or any Of such articles imposes duties or other exactionS upon the agricultural or other pro- ducts of the United States which. in view of the and hides into the United States, ' he may n deem able, he Shall have the power and it that effect, the provisions of this act relating to the free introduction of such sugar.. molasses, country for such time as he shall deem just, and in such case and during such suspension duties @ moIasses' coffee tea and hdes te prddnct of or exported from such designated country as fol- standard in color shall pay duty on their polariscopic test as follows, namely: All sugars not above No. 1s Dutch standard in color, beet juice, meiada concentrated meiads, con m crete and concentrated molasses, testing by the not I of cent test two hundredths of one cent per pound addi. in color shall be classified by the Dutch standard of color and pay it's duty as follows no M namely All
 
 Ali sugar above No. 16' and not above No 20 Dutch standard of color, one and five-eighths as Dutch standard of color, two cents a pound. Molasses testing above ffty-six degrees, four sweepings shall be subject to duty either as to polariscopic test On coffee three cents per pound. On tea ten cents per pound. Hides, raw or uncured, whether dry, salted or pickled, Angora goat skins raw without the wool un-
 
 ured, and skins except sheep skins, with the wool on, one and a half cents per pound.
 MT. Plumb offered an amendment for the appointment of commission of five disinterested persons to be known as the customs commission, with a permanent office in the city of Washington. Agreed to-yeas 31, nays 30
 On this vote there were no party lines observed.
 The bill was then reported to the senate, and all the amendments that had been adopted in committee of the whole were agreed to in the senate, except those on which separate votes were demanded.
 The first of them was MT. Plumb's amendment for customs commission, on which MT. German demanded a separate vote. The amendment was agreed to- yeas 31, nays go. The commission is to be composed of five disinterssted persons to be appointed by the president by and with the consent of the senate. The commis sioners are to continue in office six years, but any of them may be removed by the president for inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office. No more than three of them are to be appointed from the same political party. They are to have salary of S7, 1000 with travelling expenses They are to be provided with clerk, ste nographer and messenger and such other clerical assistance as they may require. Their permanent office is to be in the city of Washington. Their duties are to be as follows:
 1. To examine into and ascertain the average price of commodities imported into the United States, and both in the United States and in the foreign places of production, sale or shipment, six months following any change in the rate of customs duties imposed upon such commodities riod of twenty five years and more, if deemed advisable by such commission, and shall extend l to all facts relating to demand and supply, do nestle and foreign, which tend to Influence prices of such commodities, foreign and domes- | tic and to aid in determining the true effect of | the import duty or of the change therein in the several cases, upon domestic and foreign prices, and upon productions Of the same, or Of other commodities upon revenue, upon immigration, upon profits of capital, rates of wages and the general welfare
 , To ascertain the amounts in quantity and
  | ities during each of said periods of twelve months preceding and succeeding any such | change in customs duties.
 | g. To ascertain, far as practicable, the | quantity and value of the same or similar com modities produced in the United States during | the same respective periods.
 | 4 To ascertain whether in any and what in | stances the particular rates of customs duties l have operated to increase diminish production | in the United States, and to cause reduction o | the first cost of articles for consumption, ant what other causes, if any, have operated simi larly.
 customs duties existing from time to time oper | ate iniuriously or favorably to the development | and increase of American manufactures an, | productions, operate injurously or favorabl, and productions in respect of causing or con | tributing to the payment Of unreasonabl prices by consumers or the removal or reduction ! of the same.
 l G. To ascertain the effect of the customs dutie upon the price of agricultural productions of tn country and their sale in United States market and their eir.consumption in the United States. | 1 To ascertain the effect of such customs du employment and the payment of remunerativ | wages, both actual and relative to labor in tn
 with the labor and wages in other countries | 6, To consider the effect of customs duties, O
 the absence of them, upon the agricultural con
 merciaL manufacturing mining and other indu,
 trial interests of the people of the United States
 9. To ascertain and compare the actual cos
 tail, of similar manufactures, commodities r, | duced to American weights, measures an | money, m the Onlteu states anu elst@nere. 10. To ascertain the growth and developmer
 of the principal manufacturing industries affec | ed by the tariff schedules in England, France Germany and the United States for the las twenty five years, and to ascertain the relatis
 cost of transportation in those countries and tf } United States. . , Mir. Daniel demanded a separate vote o
 the committee amendment striking out th ,, internal revenue sections in relation to t' bacco.
 The amendment was agreed to and tf sections were struck out-yeas 36, nays 2 ' The next vote was on the reciprocit amendment offered by MT. Aldrich for u 5 finance committee. It was agreed to-ye, T 38, nays %.
 As on the former vote in commit, 2 of the whole, MT. Edmunds and M e !. Evarts were the only two republicans {, the negative.
 The next vote was on the amendment
 paragraph 703, lowering the sugar stan
 ard to be admitted free of duty from N
 16 to No. 13. It was agreed to-yeas 3 - nays 24, as follows:
 ' Yeas-Aldrich, Allen, Blackburn, Blodge
 Butler, Cameron, Carlisle, Casey, Chandler, C Ia lom, Dawes Dixon, Evarts Faulkner, Frye, G
 son, Gray, Hale, Hawley, Hearst, Hiscock, Ho IS Ingalls,, Jones CNevada), McMillan. Manderse D Power, Quay, Reagan, Sanders Stewart, Stos B. bridge, Washburn-39.
 Nays-Bate, Berry, Cockrell, Coke, Coqui tS Daniel, Davis Harris, Jones (Arkansas), Pier ,s Mitchell, Pugh, Ransom, Sherman, Spoon 70 70 Squire, Teller, Vance, Vest, Voorhees,, Walthi