The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1893-03-24
WHO WERE RESPONSIBLE.

| The Leader thinks ''the actual tariff leg
islation of the last two years is highly
amusing, as latter all the bowling and
mouthing of professional reformera, the
changes are all compressed into two little
bills, the first postponing the time when
the provisions of the Mckinley law increas.
ing the duties on fine linens from 35 TO so
per cent shall go into effect from January /,
1894, to Jan +, 1896. and the other repeal :
ing TIE paragraph by which duty Of 4
cents pound was to have been levied upon
block and pig tin after July /, 1893.
Unfortunately ii is sum Of the tariff leg
islation Of the fifty-second congress must Be
cut in half The bill continuing on the
free list 'cassiterite or black oxide Of tin,
bar, block and pig tin, failed to become
law, the senate not passing it. The Asso-
ciated Press statement erred in incIudin
it in the hist Of enacted laws, The official
report in the Congressional Record shows
that the linen bill tH r 1851 was report
ed to the house by the committee On ways
and means Feb q and passed the same day;
was read in the senate the same day and
referred; was passed in the senate March 8
and the house was notified on the same day
that the president had signed the bill. II
r l0567 repealing paragraph 2c9-the pig
tin proyisions-of the Mckinley law was
reported to the house by the committee on
ways and means Feb q passed Feb %,
read in the senate and referred March
and no further notice taken Of it. For
every pound Of block tin imported after
J uly The American consumer will have 10
pay cents. The annual tax upon the
American people 10 protect American tin
mines which have been abandoned as
worthless will not be less than q. 900, 900.
The sneers from he Leader at the small
amount oftaTif legislation effected bY tie
ffty-sccond congress comes with bad grAcs
from a republican organ. The resp3nsi-
Lility for the highly amusing failure
rests wholly with the republican senate.
When that congress net the republicans
gave notice that no tariff reform measure
passed by tie house would he permitted to
pass the senate. Thus warned in advance
that no general tariff Legislation was posi-
bic the democratic majority Of the house
confined itself to passing bills correcting
notorious wrongs in individual paragraphs
ofthe Mckinley bill, On the chance that
enough republicans in the senate might
join the democrats In passing some Of them.
Six such bill were passed By the house in
the FIRST session and in the senate were rs
ferred to The committee On finance. Not
one Of these bills vas ever reported hack
that the senate might have chance to
vote upon them. These bills weEs as fol
lows:
To admit free Of duty tagging fer cotton
machinery for manufacturing bagging
cotton ties and cotton gins. Passed the
hO1ss and referred 10 senae COMMITTEES on
finance in a AsriI
To place binding twine On the free I;st.
Passed the house and referred 10 same sen-
ate to vote upon. was that postponing-
To pace WOOL oa the fres LIST and reduce
duties on woolea goods Passed house and
referred TO senate COMMITTEES in June
To amend dusies On lead Passed house
and referred 10 senate committee in July
To rspesI duties On personal wearing ar
parel. Passed house and referred TO senate
committee in July.
To reduce duties On tin plate and terms
plate and con;inae pig tin on free list.
Passed. house and referred 10 senate CON-
nittee In July.
During the pgesen: session the house
passed separate bill continuing pig TIN
On the free list and the senate committee
oa finance buried it with the others. The
only tariff reform bin this republican com
mittee.. permitted the senate to vote upon
was that postpouing another year the date
on which tie higher duty on fine linen
takes esrect-Cleyelznd Pf ltaIer.