The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-01-19


the presidents veto of the bill for the
relief of the purchasers of timber and
stone lands under the act of June, 1878,
was read at the opening of the ses-
sion.
After passing the Senate bill for the
construction of the Chattanooga &c
Western bridge across the Tennessee
river near Chattanooga. the considera-
ton of the tariff bill was resumed.
Johnson, DemocraD of Ohio, offered
an amendment placing on the free list
railway bars made in part Of steel,
rails and girders, street rails and
punched iron or steel and fat rails,
which in the bill are dutiable at %
per cent. Mr.. johnson explained his
anedment by saying that a steel rail
pool existed which paid the steel rail
mills to close their works and gave
them a monopoly of this production.
He said 1t was generally admitted that
no revenue would be produced from
putting a duty of % per cent on them.
The ways and means committee did
not claim it would produce a revenue
and he asked the House to either put
steel rails on the free list or show good
reason for not doing so.
Springer asked Johnson, who him
self is a, steel rail producer, whether
the placing of rails on the free list
would drive the rail manufacturers
out of business, to which the latter
replied it would not Its only effect
would be to induce the profits of mill
owners.
THAT'S what you are here for, sup
pose'' interposed Boutelle sarcastically,
ito reduce your profits?''
81 am not here voting money into
the pockets of my stockholders, re-
plause.
Your patriotism has an element of
improbability about it, retorted Bou-
telle.
In further reply to Springer, Johnson
stated his mill was not more favorably
situated than others; that it is about
the center of the steel rail production.
Dalzell, Republican, Of Pennsyl-
vania, proceeded to attack johnson.
The steel rail production, he said, was
an important industry in all the states.
The proposition was to place steel
rails on the free list and leave billets
and blooms. out of which they are
manufactured, dutiable at % per cent.
Was that Just? The steel rail indus
try was the most splendid monument
of protection. Under its benefcient OPP
GRAFTON, the price of rails had gone
down from $50 to SIS.
T'If the price went down here, what
brought it down abroad?" asked john
son.
THE inventive genius stimulated by
the establishment of the industry here,
replied Dalzell. 1.-The wages paid
abroad" continued Da.lzell, ARE 40 per
ant lower than here. Any argument
uased on the present price of rails is
fallacious, because Of the depressed
condition of business at this time.
Johnson" he continued, sarcastically,
Sought to give strength to his plea
for free rails on the ground that he him
self is a manufacturer. He sought to
give the impression that he was in
competition with the mills of the al
legged trusts; as a matter of fact, he
only manufactured street car rails, and
he had a monopoly of that produc-
ton" daughter and applause)
There are two other firms which
make steel rails" said Johnson.
Two Others retorted Dalzell, con-
temptuously, You are practically a
monopolist, all the same" Dalzell
went on to say that he held in his
hand copies of 102 patents issued to
Moxham, president of the Johnson
company. They gave him a most COM
plete and despotic form of protection,
yet from behind that wall of protection
he assumed the role or phllanthropiSt
and wanted to take protection away
from the producers OF railroad rails,
VINO had no patents. Republican ap-
plause) Dalzell went on to severely
criicise some statements made by
Johnson a few days ago. The scrip
with which he was paying his men,
Dalzell said, was at a heavy discount
When Johnson stated, the other day,
on the floor, amid plaudits on the
Democratic side, that the scrip had
been redeemed at a premium, he stated
what was not true and he knew it,
He went to. stenographer and
changed what he said SO as to make it
read they have been redeemed at par.
The gentleman from Ohio struck out
the words but he did not strike out
the applause which they evoked,
daughter and applause)
At this point the House took a re-
cess until s o'clock tonight
At the night session, Sibley Demo
craft, of Pennsylvania, created some
thing Of a sensation by a bitter speech
against the Wilson BILL He said he
did not believe tariffs made or unmade
prosperity. He would support he de-
clared, the revenue tariff bill such as
demanded by the Chicago platform.
but ne would never vote for this bill.
which was a hybrid half-free-trade
and half-protection. with the vices of
both and virtues Of neither
The other speakers were Mckee
CHAN (Populis0, of Nebraska: De For
est DemocraD, of Connecticut. and