The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1894-02-03
Wilson Had the Floor and Shut Out
Many Amendments.
MAKE METAL REDUCTIONS
A Good Deal of Excitement Attend the
windup and Representative Were
Disappointed.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 2I.-Ihe tariff de-
bate in the house was concluded tonight,
SO far as 1t relates TO the customs SEIZED
ules. The time for offering amendments
ceased at $50, when the house took
recess. There was a good deal of de-
mand from both sides of the house for
recognition for the purpose Of offering
amendments, but Wilson had the floor
and not one got in. AT least one hun
dred amendments were shut out. A
series of amendments on the metal
schedule, all making reductions, were
agreed to, and the committee fixed the
time for free wool to 90 into effect
August ?, and wooden goods December 2.
Mr.. Doolittle of Washington state
made strong plea for the substitution
of the lumber schedule of the present
law. He said free lumber under the
Wilson bill would force laborers in his
state into competition with cheap Chi
nese and Japanese labor employed
across the Canadian line Mr.. Hayes,
democrat, said he represented one of
the largest lumber districts of the coun-
try, and had no fear of Canadian com
petition among lumber men. He had
investigated the whole question thor.
oughly and it was merely a question
of stumpage.
faIr he I,r La,-
schedule, first on Mr.. Oates amend
ment, cutting the existing rates in half,
and it was lost, and then on Mr.. Bou-
telle's amendment, to substitute the
Mckinley law rates, also lost, 70 to 81.
Then the lead and zinc schedule was
taken up. Mr.. Morgan of Missouri
offered the main amendment, to reduce
the duty on white lead from a to /
cent per pound; on lead piping and
shot IA to /, and to put / cent per
pound duty on lead ore, instead of Is
per cent in the bill, and silver lead ore
to be dutiable on its lead contents at
cent. Mr.. Sweet of Idaho offered an
amendment defining the method of APP
praising silver lead ores.
Mr.. Wilson of Washington also spoke
vigorously against the proposition to
place lead ore on the free list. Mr.
Childs, republican, of Illinois, proposed
an amendment to the zinc schedule
Mr.. Hartman of Montana offered as a
substitute the Morgan and Sweet
amendments, and spoke in the interest
of the lead miners of Montana.
Mr.. Sweets amendment was lost
without division. Mr.. Morgan's amend
ment was also lost, as was also Mr..
Hartman's.
Mr.. Wilson brought forward a series
of amendments comprehending the en-
tire metal schedule. Mr.. Bynum of In
diana opposed a reduction TO the metal
schedule, especially steel rails. Mr.
Simpson offered an amendment placing
fence wire on the free list Mr.. Robert
son of Louisiana offered an amendment
to place cotton bagging on the free list.
Mr.. Washington of Tennessee offered
an amendment fixing pig iron at SO per
ton-all lost. The committee amend
ments were adopted-123 to 90.
Mr.. Johnson's proposition to reduce
the duty on steel rails to per cent was
lost, also his amendment fixing a duty
of 10 and Is per cent. The committees
amendment, placing the duty at 20 per
cent was adopted. The fence wire
amendments were lost. The amend
ments making free wool go into effect
August ?, and wooden goods December
l were adopted. Mr.. Wilson offered an
amendment to increase barley 20 to IS
and barley malt 80 to IS per cent. Mr..
Lockwood of New York denounced the
proposition as unjust.
At 30 Mr. Wilson moved to close the
debate. Carried, 125 to 20. Mr.. War
ner raised a point of no quorum. The
republicans failed to answer to their
names and the democrats could not
muster quorum.