The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-04-10
FREE COTTON BAGGING.
THE HOUSE ENDS TIE DEBATE
AND PASSES THE BILL.

The Vote Stood 1877 Yeas to 40 Nays.
Machinery for Manufacturing Cover
ing for the Bales and Iron Ties In
cluded in the Provisions OF the
Measure.
WASHINGTON, April 9.-In the House
this morning, after routine business, the
river and harbor appropriation bill was re-
ported by Mr.. Blanchard Of Louisiana and
placed upon the calendar. Consideration
of the cotton bagging bill was then re-
sumed, and Mr.. Dalzell Of Pennsylvania
made brief speech in opposition to its pas
sage.
One of the grounds for his opposition
was that the language Of the bill was SO
broad that it would admit free of duty
many iron and steel products other taan
cotton ties This was a sectional bill
and one which no man could justify
on any sound principle Of tariff leRislatlon.
1t kept the duty on iron ore. on coal aud on
pig iron, but proposed to make free the fin
is6ed product. The raw material was
loaded with duty; the finished product was
made free. The bill was a direct blow at
existing American industries 1t was
proposition to close the hoop and band mills
of this country.
TURNER SUPPORTS THE BILL.
Mr.. Turner of Georgia closed the debate.
He spoke forcibly in favor of the bill and
in general denunciation OF the Mckinley
act. He was informed that as far as the
operation Of that act was concerned, the
wages of not a single labOrer in Plttsburg
had been increased. Yet the prices Of cot
ton ties were maintained. The money raised
by the taxation on ties was not put into the
pockets of the laborers, but into the pockets
of the owners of the mills. The money went
not to the maker Of the ties, but to those
who spent their summers abroad.
Was it right for the government under the
pretext Of protecting the American Iaborer
TO rob the laborers of the south in order to
support the lordly mill ownersl The right
TO resort to imported bagging and ties
would he confidently believed, protect the
farmers and laborers engaged In the pro-
duction Of cotton against corners and COM
binations. The gentleman from Ohio (E.
B. Taylor had spoken about the evils Of
slavery and about slave driverA A man
who took what he did not earn from a man
who had earned it was worse than a
slave driver: and man who did not re-
ceive the full reward Of his labor-a man
who, under compulsion, must labor for the
support Of auother-was a slave. For
slavery had been substituted a system by
which letters were put upon every man Of
every race and condition. Under the 2 800
items of the Mckinley act every citizen of
the country paid tribute TO the few at the
expense of all his best interests. The mod
ern republican feudal system was worse
than the ancient system of feudalism and
worse than even the old system of slavery.
The bill was then passed: yeas 1877, nays
As. This was a strictly party vote, ex-
cept that Messrs. Coburn Of Wisconsin
Eng ish Of New Jersey, and O'Neill OK Mis-
souri, (democrats) voted in the negative.
TEXT OF THE BILL.
The following is the text Of the bill as
passed:
That the.following articles, when imported,
shall be exempt from duty, namely Bagging
for cotton, gunny cloth, and all similar material
suitable for covering cotton. composed in whole
in part OF fax, jute or Jute butts; cards, row
ing frames, winding frames, softeners and
other machinery purchased abroad and used
in the manufacture OF baRging for cotton,
gunny cloth, and all similar materials suitable
for covering cotton, cotton gins and parts
thereof; aud also hoop or band iron or hoop or
band steel cut to the length. or wholly or par
TALLY manufactured into hoops or ties for
baling purposes, with or without buckles or
fastenings.
she TIN PLATE BILL.
MIR. Shively of Indiana, from the com
mittee on ways and means, reported the
bill to reduce the duty on tin plate, and it
was referred to the committee of the
whole
Public business was then suspended and
the House paid due tribute to the late Rep
resentative NJ. II. Ford CT Michigan. Eu-
logies were delivered by Messrs. O'DonnelI,
Youmans, McMillin, Hayes, Chapman,
Weadock and Belknap, and then, as a mark
OF respect to the me nory Of the deceased
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