St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-11-23
IRON BAROHS ARE BEATEN.
Tariff c5MMITTEE PLACES IRON GRE
ON The FREE LISE
FIGHT WILL GO ON IN HOUSE.


of the Lake Superior Develop |
ment and Appeal for the Re |
tention Of the Present Duty
Nearly Two Hundred Millions |
Invested in Superior Ores.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 22.-The iron ore |
men have been defeated and the men |
who have eOmbatted SO yaliantly to |
keep this article off the free list were |
today informally notified by members
of the ways and means committeee that
it had been finally decided by the Dem
ocratic members that iron ore would be
placed on the free list. TnIS is the most
important development of the day. as 1t
leaves the iron ore men of Alabama,
Virginia and Michigan no alternative
but 10 carry their fight to the floor OF
the house. This they are now threat
ening TO do, and il is more freely stated
than ever that the new tariff bill cont
tanning this new provision will be Op-
posed in the house by the solid Demo-
Ocratic delegation from Alabama, and in
the senate by Senators Morgan and
Pugh.
AA4C w CSlCIA 4IOA OI0 dSSOCldNlOns
through President George Ely, of
Cleveland, o.. has made vigorous pro-
test to the committee. The Western
iron ore men in their communication
give history of the development of the
Lake Superior iron ore industry, and
make an appeal foI the retention of the
present duty, not only in their own in
! terest, but in the interest of the consum-
er and the laboring men. The letter
concludes thus:
IF, as is supposed, iron ore should
be any cheaper than it has been for the
last two years, it can only come through
materially lower wages. not only in
mining, but on the docks. on the vessels,
and on the railroads that give it transit
to mills and furnaces, and along the line
of interdependent industries. In
LAKE SUPERIOR ORES ALONE,
S1S2, 000.000 are now invested, with all
the labor occupation involved.
Iron ore is 4 product of labor and
capital. To discriminate against 1t be-
cause it is at the bottom, and because
theorists designate it as raw material,
would be an obvious injustice. If fin
! ished products above iron ore are made
| dutiable, there can be no valid reason
! for a different treatment in this prog
| uct."
The committee today concluded the
| wool schedule OF the new tariff bill.
The measure provides for the admis-
| mission free of duty OF all wooIs. hair
| of the camel, goat, alpaca and other like
| animals, and of wool and hair On,the.
| skin, top waste and other wastes and
rags composed wholly or in part of
wool; and also repeals what are known
as compensatory duties on carpets of ali
Kinds, rugs and mats, aud reduces ad
yaiOrem duties thereon from 40 per cent
ad yolorem TO so per cent ad valorem.
1t also reduces the duties upon certain
| qualities of waste which have been ad-
| vanced beyond the condition of secured
wool by the use Of machinery or by the
application OF labor TO % per ceut ad
valorem. The duty on shoddy, mungo
and certain other wastes is Jut at %
per cents valorem.
Over LOCO petitions, kilograms and
memorials have been received by mem-
bers of the committee from temperance
societies throughout the country asking
that the whisky tax be raised.
A telegram from Iowa Falls, To-, says:
1--WE have tried state prohibition and
find that we cannot cope with the evil
Prohibition doesn't always prohibit;
but if the general government places
A HEAVY TAX
on the product it will tend to lessen the
output of the accurSed stuff"
The NnnpU AfaD,S
ton OF Chicago says: 1--WE, as members
of the I. N. Z. 4. of Chicago, earnestly
request the honorable members of the
SAID committee that they use their best
endeavors to place tax or at least 81. so
per gallon on whisky, thereby hoping 10
check the spread OF intoxication and
lessen the evils of drunkenness"
Mrs. Harriet Lane, of the w. c. T.
T., of Wheeler, ILL.,, writes: Whisky is
the most damnaDle curse of this gen
Grafton. We have had one small dis
tillery here, and you may be sure We
don't want another. The drunkenness
even in little country town was some
thing horrible. The way those men
acted when drunk was simply awful,
and enough TO frighten one into hys-
terics with their horrible yelling and
screeching. They made the night
hideous with their ribald songs-the
disappearing WretcheS-and a decent
woman hardly dare step on the streets
for fear of them. We want the commit
tee, or the members, or whoever they
are. to take the matter up and put a
good high tax on the stuff. and we don't
want another dIstillery here. We hope
you will tax 1t 10 the full extent of the
law"
These are samples of many kilograms
being received. In the meantime the
distillerS are singularly silent on the
subject.
Il. W. Riglander, S. Goldenburg and
; others. of New York, today appeared
and urged the passage of the measure
to prevent representatives of foreign
houses from coming to America and
taking orders for foreign goods. They
want license imposed upon such
agents. VINO shall be termed peddlers.
They also urged and received assurance
that a provision should be inserted in
the new tariff bill. providing that the
{ | value of the outside crates. cases. boxes.
{ | sacks and coverings in which merchan-
/ disc is packed for shipment to the
United States shall not be included in
J ! the dutiable value OF the merchandise
contained IN the same, but shall here
) after be free from duty.
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