The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-15
SESSION OF THE SENATE.
THE OKLAHOMA RELIEF REsOLU-
TIOT PASSED.


Resumed eaator Mitchell speaks in
Defense Of the Protective system
Senator Reagan Success fully COntro-
verts lis Position
WASHINGTON, Aug. 14-In the Senate
this morning Mr.. Plumb. from the commit
tee on appropriations, reported the Senate
joint resolution appropriating for the relief
of the destitute in Oklahoma the unexpeldec
balance Of the appropriation made last
April for the relief Of the district overhowed
by the Mississippi river, and it was passed.
The tariff bill was thel taken up. the
pending question being on Mr.. Vests
amendment Offered last Monday to reduce
the duty on tin plate paragraph 49,, page
/ 2s,) from 2-10 cents TO l cent per pouad.
Mr. Mitchell addressed the Senate in de-
| Tense Of the high protective system, as being
! the policy 70 which the Republican party
stands committed.
/ He discussed in detail and generally in
terms of commendatio1 the bill as re-
! ported by the finance committee, qualify
/ ing his Communication, however, on the
| sugar question, and expressing the opinion
that the provisions of the House bill on
that point were preferable to those recon-
mended by the finance committee. The
delivery OF his speech occupied two hours
hours and half.
REAGAN IN OPPOSITION.
He was followed by Mr.. Reagan in an
argument to controvert the position taken
| by Mr. Mitchell to the effect that congress
has power TO levy taxes in order to regulate
| an industry He was subjected on the part
Of Mr. Mitchell to what he called a cate
| chisn, the principal question in which was
on what classes Of imported goods he would
have duties imposed in a tariff for revenue
only-on those not produced in this country
or those produced here. He replied
that he would only have ad valorem rates;
would tax tea, coffee. sugar, iron and steel
| and wooden and cotton goods, and would
have raw materials on the free list, but
with a corresponding reduction of the duty
on the manufactures into which such raw
material entered He characterized Mr.
Mltchells speech as an elaborate aud in-
genious argument for the subverslon of the
constitution to benefit few at the ex pelse
of the many.
PLUMB AND THE DUTY on TIN.
Mr.. Plumb gave notice of an amendment
which he would offer to strike out Of para
graph 137 the provision imposing a duty on
tin plate, and to add to the paragraph a
provision to pay to manufacturers of tin
plate made in the United States bounty Of
l cent per pound. He expressed great
doubt as to the effect of the propoSitio
| OF the finance committee. He doubted that
1t would permanently introduce into this
| country tue manufacture Of tin plates in a
quantity sufficient for domestic use. He
doubted it for various reasons one of them
being that he had observed that American
manufacturers had been swift to avail
| themselves OF duties that gave them large
profits on articles made by them, and had
abandoned the production OF articles that
gave them ouly small profits.
Mr.. Plumb argued at some length
against an increase of the duty on tin plate,
and concluded with a proposition that il the
duty was to be taken off sugar, an agri-
| cultural product of Louisiana and Texas
and if bounty was offered to domestic
sugar growers, why, he asked. should not
the same principle be extended to the tin
| plate industry.
| LABoR'S SHARE IN A TON OF STEEL
| Mr.. Carlisle presented letter which he
| had received from the commission of labor,
showing the labor cost in ton of steel rails
At three points-an establishment in the
north Of the United States, one in Great
Britain and one in Belgium. The cost at
| the first was 81 SO; at the second, 81 81,
and at the third at IS 10. He also read
letter received by him to-day
from Charles w. Potts of Philadelphia, a
large cons imer of tin plate, to the effect
1
in the vicinity of Pittsblrg for a price on
the thickness of steel plats ous of which
| canning tin plates is made, and that all
except one stated that they could no make
steel plates as thin as required, and one firm
shat 1t could make them for 81 cents (un-
timed, while the present price for tin
plate, duty, freight, etc, included is only
22-lOO cents per pound.
HOW ALDRIcH EXPLAINS IT.
Mr.. Aldrich accounted for that on the
| ground that as there was no emand in this
! country for ste ! plates Of sucn thilness
there was no plant for rolling them, but he
predicted that If the duty was increased all
the rolling mills would in short time be
provided with the requisite plant.
! Mr. Bate adiresse the Senate in a gen
eral review and condemnation of the bill.
| He rldIc1lel the idea that the farmers
would derive any benefit from it. The
| bill might be a revision of the tariff, but it
was not reduction of taxation.
| A vote was then taken and Mr.. Vests
amendment was rejected by PC yeas to 80
nays, Mess S. Davis and Plumb being the
only republicans voting in the affir n alive
Mr.. ingalls, did not vote and Mr.. Pad
dock voted nay.
| PLUMB OFFERS AN AMENDMENT.
Mr.. Plumb offered an amendme MT. of
which he had Civ en- notice, to strike on t
the clause imposing duty of ? Is cents on
tin plate, reserving the other part of the
proposition as TO bounty.
Mr.. Higgins said that if Mr.. Plumb's
amendment meant that tin was to be put
on the free list it was the only ground that
could be taken by those who opposed the
proposition Of the finance committee
Mr.. Plumb withdrew his amendment and
offered another, making the duty on tin
plate cent pound, and providing a
bounty of cent per pound on tin plate
manufactured in the United States.
Without proceeding further in the matter
the Senate adjourned.