The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1894-01-24
NO DUTY GOES ON COAL
Like Sugar II Il Placed o. the Free
List Absolutely.
THE IRON SCHEDULES NEXT
n the Iron Men are Knocked Out,
Too. There May Be a combi-
nation to Recommit the
Whole Bill.


duty upon refined sugar. Tho way out of
the confusion which existed upon the cf.
feet OF the amendment adopted last night
was found after two hours discussion Of
the parliamentary situation by submitting
the question TO the house as TO whether
the Warner amendment placing refined
sugar on the free list should be considered
as a substitute for the Robertson amend
mcnt. This was decided aihrmatively and
then by an overwhelming vote, in which
the republicans joined with the radical
democrats against the sugar men and sey.
eral members of the ways and means
committee. the substitute was adopted.
The committee of the whole has abolished
the bounty and placed all sugar, both raw
and refined, upon tue free list.
When 1t came to consider the coal
schedule to-day, however, the commiIIee
Jared much better and all four amend
ments designed To place duty OF from 40
TO - cents per ton upon coal were beaten.
The debate upon the coal schedule devel-
| oped great deal Of feeling among the
southern members, especially those from
Virginia, West Virginia, Tennessee and
Alabama. whose states are Interested
either IN coal or iron ore.
The general impression Is that the de-
| feat of the sugar men and those inter
ested in retaining the duty upon coal viii
result in strengthening the mo, cment de-
Neloped on the democratic side 10 recon.
mil the bill. II the iron mon are defeated
tomorrow, and especially If the income
tax should be placed upon the bill as a
- -. al. fI..,., -
faction on tho democratic side will be
added 10 this movement. the republI-
cans will all vote for motion TO recon-
init and with the democrats who do not
care 10 vote agalrst the bill outright, but
who are not satisfied with il in its present
form, they may be able to muster ma
/ joriiy TO send Il back 10 the committee.
This is now admitted on all hands 10 be
the chief danger of the bill. IL II could be
brought to direct vote there is no ques-
ton about its passing.
The house this morning resumed con-
sideration of the sugar schedule OF the
tariff bill. The pending amendment was
Robertson's, imposing q duty on raw
sugar and increasln: the duty Oh refined,
amended by Warner, placing both raw
!
entailed by these two incongruous amend.
ments had first TO be Strengthened out.
Dingley claimed that Warmers amend.
ment was utterly inconsistent with Rob.
ertson's amendment and should be con.
sidered as a substitute.
Robertson took ISSUE with him, main.
tanning that the effect OF Warmers amend
ment was simply to place refined sugar
on the free list, leaving SO much OF his
amendment as imposed duty on sugar
below l6 Dutch standard unaffected. A
vote was finally taken on Warner s
amendment as a substitute. and II was
carried by a vote OF l6l 10 3S. The effect
is TO place all raw aud refined sugar on
the free list. The great mass OF demo
Gratis and practically all the republicans
voted for tho proposition. only handful
Of democratic. including Wilson and scy-
eral democrats of the ways and means
committee. voting against.
The coal schedule was then taken up.
The first amendment, by Oates of Ala.
bama, was US follows. "To sFike out
from the last coal, etc., and insert coal
btuminous aud shale, 40 cents per ton oi
IS bushels. 20 pounds TO the hushel, coal
slack or culls, such as will pass through
half an inch screen, ~ cents per ton OF =
bushels.'
Wise OF Virginia followed with an
amendment striking out 10 cents and in
serting 80 cents.
McKaiy of North Dakota offered sub
stitute providing for duty Of IS cents PCT
ton on bitumiuous coal, ~ cents on coal
slack or culls. and striking bitumlnoui
coal from the free list. Hit OF Illinois of
fered an amendment TO the substitute as
follows: Insert at the end OF the Goa
paragraph: Provided that on any article
on the free list OF imports, the products oi
any country which imposes duty on said
article exported from the United States
then there shall be levied, collected and
paid upon said imported articles the rate
OF duty existing prior TO the passage oI
this act.
Wilson made tho point OF order tha
Hits reciprocity nmendment was no
germauc. and therefore not in order. i
was proposition for general reciprocii,
on tue whole tariff bill, or rather retail
atipc upon ourselves for the follies Of
other people. The chair sustained the
point OF order and Hit modified hii
amendment.
McKaig. democrat. OF Maryland, op
posed aud Rayncr, democrat, OF Mary
land, favored placing coal on the free list
Tucker. democrat, OF Virginia, advocated
a duty OF 20 cents. Oates and Washing
ton, democrats, advocated duty
Wheeler, democrat, of Alabama. criti
cised the free trade character Of the bill
but snid he would vote for II. daughter
OH republican sidel. Turpin, democrat
of Alabama, said h.s state did not eApec
to have coal and iron put OH tho free list
Hicks aud DalIcll, republicans, OF Penn
sylyauin. antagonized free coal as de
structiye of a gigantic industry IN Penn
sylyana.
The amen dment fixing duty OF 5
cents was Lost without DIVISION. Ib'
amendment to reduce the duty ~, cent
year uutil il is wiped out was defeated
A proposition TO restore the present dur,
of IS cents was lost. Oates amcndmcn
fixing tho duty ~ 40 ccdts was supporie,
bya!l the republicans aud mtny demo
Gratis, but Was defeated Al to lSl.
The iron schedule was taken up. oatc
offered au amendment taking iron or,
from tho free list aud h2ing the duty a