New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-04-10
A SECTIONAL TARIFF BILL.
A VOTE TO PUT COTTON TIES AND BAGGING
ON THE FREE LIST.
THE HOUSE PASSES Mr.. TURNER'S BILL by A
VOTE OF l57 TO 80.
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Washington. April 9.-By a vote Of lj1 10 IS, the
House o Representatives to-day passed the Bill offered
by Mr.. Turner OF Georgia, and reported by tim iTom
tho Committee d. Ways and Means. to repeal all duties
or bagcng for cotton eunnycloth and al similar
material for covering cotton composed in whole Or |"
part OF fax. !ute ue butts cards rowing frames,
winding frames soneners and other machinery pG''
chased abroad AID used in tie manufacture 4 ne
sto esaid articles; on cotton gins and parts thereof
AID also ho0p band iron. or hoop or band steel
ct to length wholly or partially Manufactured mo
hoop. 81 ties for bal.ng purposes. win OF w!thont
buckles or fastenngs.
TIL. bill As Mr. Daze forced Mr. Turner flankly
- admit today purely sectional measure II p:o-
noses arr legislation Oh parallel oil atltude' Cet-
tain manufacturers OF iron and steel and certain teAues
and the hlnesy for manufacturing The same are -
hs admitted free Of duty for the benefit Of producers
o, a certain staple which e produced wholly below
certain parallel of latitude. and only IN the
solid SOUTH 90 far It's production IN
ina United states is concerned. Tic same manu-
featured articles imported Tor use north Of that
parallel are 70 be subject the payment OF duties rang
ing from $40 cents pound on hoop aAd bdhd iron
or steel to cent pound on baggang ana guhhycoth'
ard Is per cent dd valOrcm on machinery 4.
In other words bounty equal 20 the amount 81
the duties according 10 the fTec''Iade theory mat
the tariff Is a taxr-is 70 be paid TO the cotton
0. the North and West.
such IS the avowed purpose OF this measure, as
admitted by the Georgia member OF the Ways ana
Means Committee, who advocated and forced II through
the Democratic House OF Representatives today Is
q bill which every Intelligent Free-Irader IN the
country knows " be In violation OF every principe
Of tard reform a, advocated by Cleveland Carlisle,
Morrison Mills and every other tarih reform leader
Moreover It is an act Of sheer dcmagCgy. Fit should
become law it would seriously iniurc II not destroy,
important domestic industries, and 1t would not
permanently benefit the cotton producers OF the oolh
who would be Immediately placed nj the mercy OF
foreign producers ard manufacturers as well as OF the
great iute tIust' Of Calcutta.
only three Democrats-Messrs. Coburn, Of Wiscon-
sin; English, OF New-Jerscy. aud o'Nc, Of Missouri
voted against the bill No Republican voted for IT. OF
the lj7 votes for the bill less than 100 were cast by
Democrats who find it necessary 10 court the Farmers
Alliance in their respective districts. Considerably more
thnn one half OF the affirmative votes were from the
solid south, which furnishes less than one half OF the
total Democratic membership OF the House There
was more or less lodging among the |"rthern ana
Eastern Democrats For example Ncw-lork gave
ony ten votes for the bitten OF the t"cnty-three
Democrats from that state being recorded rs absent or
not voting The ten who voted McsSrs. Bentley.
Bunting Clancy, Cummings. Grcenleaf. LOCKWOOD
Rockwell, Van Horn. Tracey and Warner
Mr. Dalzcn OF Pennsylvania, made blei
speech in opposition to the bill. one OF the
grounds for his opposition was that tho language
o, the bill was 50 broad that it would admit free Of
duty many iron and steel products other than COTTON
ties. II would affect number Of articles and WOMB
Introduce complication into the administration oil the
Tariff law the extent OF which could not even b.
guessed ut. This was sectional bill and one wh'h
no man could justify any sound principle 81 tanh
legislation 1t kept duty iron ore, on coal and on
mig iron but proposed make free the finished prod
uct The raw material loaded with dnty; the
finished product made frcc. The bill was direct
hlow at existing American industries. IL was prop
c,tlon 10 close the hoop and band mills OF cs country
Mr. Turner. Of Georgia closed the debate. speak
Ing in favor of the bill and In general dcnnnclaon
Of the Mckinley act. lie WIS Informed that a' lar
nc thc operation of that act concerned. the wages
OF not single laborcr in I1ttburg had been Increased
Yet the price OF cotton ties was maintained Was
Il light FOR the Government under the pretcNt Of
protecting the American aborcr 10 rob the "borcrs oil
the south In order TO support tue lofdly MIL
owners