The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-05-17
DEMANDS ACTION.
Senator Dubois is Getting Tired
of Delay,
And Wants Tariff Bill Passed
or Defeated
In VERY SHORT ORDER.
1t is the Only Way to Restore
Business.

WASHINGTON, May 17.-Mr. Aliens
resolution calling on the secre tary of
the treasury for information as to the
number of persons directly affected
by protective duties and by competi-
ton with the foreign laborers in the
United States was discussed in the
senate yesterday until IL o'clock,
when the tariff bill was taken up.
Mr.. Jones having moved to increase
the duty ON linseed, fax seed and
poppy seed oil to twenty cents, Mr..
Gallinger arose with formidable app
pearing array of manuscripts and an
nounced that he was about to give a
history of American legislation on the
tariff since the landing of the Pilgrim
fathers. From this he read until p.
M, when, saying he had brought the
story down to 1876, he gave way to
Mr.. Dubois, who delivered carefully
prepared speech
That portion of Mr.. Dubois speech
demanding immediate action upon the
pending bill, either it's passage or its
defeat, as the quickest means of re-
storing, at least temporarily, COM
mercial prosperity, created something
of sensation, as indicating the atti-
tude of the far Western Republicans.
1t did not precipitate controversy,
however.
The Jones amendment fixing the
rate of duty on faxseed oil at 20 cents
was then agreed to.
The rate on olive oil, reduced in the
original senate bill to 25 per cent, was
restored to 35 cents per gallon, the
house rate, and the house rate on pep
permint oil, 25 per cent, was also re-
stored.
Mr. Perkins, Republican of Cali
fornia, thanked Mr.. Jones for re-
storing the duty on olive OIL
Mr.. Frye's amendment, fixing fish
oil duty at 8 cents per gallon, was
lost, 25 to SO.
In the next paragraph, opium ex-
tracts for medicinal use, the house
rate was 25 per cent. The senate
amendment made it 20 per cent. The
latter was agreed to. The next Jones
opium, not adulterated, containing
per cent or over of morphia, dutiabl
at 81 per pound in the house bill on
the free list.
Mr.. Palmer, Democrat of Illinois
demanded an explanation He said
he would like to see this damnab1e
drug absolutely excluded.
Mr.. J ones replied this was unmanu-
featured opium, designed for manu-
facture for medicinal purposes. The
duty on smoking opium was placed at
So Mr.. Sherman criticised the redue-
ton of the duty on opium prepared
for smoking from $12 to Sc per pound.
He agreed with Mr.. Palmer, this drug
should be prohi bited, and would vote
for any rate.
Mr.. Mitchell of Oregon declared
that to prevent smuggling this duty
should be either reduced or it's i'm
portation should be absolutely pro-
hibited.
Mr.. Vest said the duty had been re-
duced at the suggestion of the treas
ury department. The officials along
the Pacific coast all believed reduc-
ton of the duty reducing the premium
on struggled goods, would tend to
break up that practice and would
furnish the government larger reve-
nue.. With such a long coast line it
was impossible to prevent smuggling
while the duty was at such high
rate.
Mr.. White of California testified to
the truth of the impossi bility of col
lecting the duty on opium as long as
it remained at SIP. Smuggling had
become so common that opium was
offered for sale on the streets of San
Francisco for $40 pound, when the
duty on it was $12. The amendment
to transfer crude opium to the free
list was agreed to.
Mr.. Sherman then moved to increase
the duty on smoking opium from So to
$40 a pound. Lost, 20 to 81.
At Cos the senate went into execu-
tive session and shortly afterward ad-
journed.