The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-08-30
STILL THE TARlEF.
Endless Amendments Made Ia the Me-
Kinley BiIl in the senate.

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WASHINGTON, Aug. % Blair presented
a memorial from the Womcn's National
Industrial league for the suppression aud
punishment of EARNED assassins known
as Pmkcrton detectives" Referred To-
the Judiciary committee.
Edmunds offered "A concurrent rcsolu-
tion which went over, that when congress
adjourns OH the 18th of September, II bc
To meet on the 10Th Of November.
The tariff bill was then taken up, the
pending question being on the finance
committee amendment To paragraph 30
(which taxes salt in bags and packages
II cents per 100 pounds, and salt in bulk
eight cents, the amendment being To
strike out the prOviso allowing draw
backs on salt used in exported meats,
Mcpherson moved Ia strike nut the en-
tire paragraph, the effect Of which would
be Ia place salt on the free list.
Colquitl advocated McPhcrson's amend
ment and read All extract from "a speech
made 10y Benton in the senate half cen
tury ago against the salt tax.
iluar asked whether Benton had not
made that speech about the same time
that he made another speech declaring
Oregon and the Who'll" of the Pacific coast
territories were utterly worthless for agri.
cultural purposes.
Reagan remarked that Webster said
substantially the same thing.
McphcrsOn's amendment was rel ctcd,
yeas l5. nays %; party vote.
Vest made point that 10 strike out the
provision for drawback as proposed would
discriminate against meats, as the salt
used in preserving them could not bc
identified for rcimportation under the
general provision Of the act. There was
n special provision in the case Of salt
used in preserving fish.
Vest argued ia favor Of free salt, the
natural product which was found IN mex,
haustihle quantities IN every country oi
the world and IN almost every state of the
union. H. had seen deposit Of rock salt
In Louisiana which would supply thi.
world and five worlds like il for an unlim
tied time. Why then should English salt
be taxed when dairymeu and pork pack
crs aud hrf packers would usc IT, no mat
ter what the duty on il was?
NIs ' Nll'hl hiEN'A dkhlllnh hAllhlllE wa
the pruvI-o IN the paragraph. lie had
written to pork packers Ia his state ia
quiriug whether the general provision
Jscction ~ would allow a drawback M
that business. and the reply was that Il
would not. The export trade, he said
demanded foreign salt. He had brcr
always iu favor uf protection, even in III,
matter ~ salt, but this was not question
/ of protection to American salt. Ii wai
| rather q question Of protection to th,
/ American export meat business.
After further discussion on th" salt par
agraph "A vote WAS taken on thrCommitt",
amendment to strike out the provision
| The proyt~u was not struck out, yeas u
nays a. The republican senators VIII,
voted against the finance commitic,
/ amendment are Allison, Cullom, I'd
| muuds, Ntwlcy, Ingalls,. Jones of Nevada
Mitchell, Platt, Plumb, sherman, Teller
I WashhurI aud Wilson.
The conference report ON the Joint rr7p
| luton iur the relief of dcstIulIuu iu OK
/ lahpml was presented aud agreed Co, /
/ direct, tbr application 81 the uuoNpondrt
| balance fDr the relief II persons iu tia
| region nUarilowed boy the Mississippi tu rr
| lieylug thr citizens Of oklahoma rcndgry,
| destitute 10y the uneNamplcd drough
| there.
ON motion Of Plumb the duty on brand!
in paragraph 3li aud on cordials, liquors