St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-01-27
Springer, Dingley. Williams (Miss.l,

DOChcIy dUQ OlucES.
Mr.. Holman withdrew his amendment,
and Mr.. Anderson modified his amend
ment and offered it as substitute for
Mr.. Wilson's amendment to reduce the
duty to 10 per cent. The substitute as
modified places the duty On precious
stones. cut but not set, at 80 per cent ad
valOrem. If set and not specially pro-
vided for, including jewels set or strung
25 per cent; and on all other uncu
precious stones 10 per cent. Italst
struck out from the o
FREE LIST DIAMONDS,
rough or uncut, including GLACIERS and
engraverS' diamonds. The substitute
was carried-96 to IS. AS amended by
the substitute, the amendment was
adopted ITO to 81.
The next amendment was to reduce
the duty on tin plates, terne plates and
tagger'S tin from one and one-fifth cents
to 1 cent, ana TO abolish the drawback
or rebate provision so that the whole
duty paid on tin plate shall be retained
by the United States.
In support of the amendment Mr..
Outhwaite (Dem.. o. SAID that tin plate
was all article which affected directly
every household i'll the land. 1t was
etc., for market. His amendment pro-,
posed to cut the dNty down to one cent,
and also to repeatthe rebate provision,
which permitted those who imported
tin plate and used it for the export OF
American products Qike the Standard
Oil company to receive drawback Of
80 per cent OF the duty paid.
Mr.. Dalzell (Rep., Pa.), i'll reply to MIR.
Outhwalte, said that the price of every
article manufactured from plate was
lower in every city in this country than
when the Mckinley law was passed. In
the establishment of an industry there
was no more magnificent monument to
protective tariff than this. Republican
applause.
Mr.. Tucker Oem., Va). also spoke in
favor of Mr.. Outhwaite's amendment.
Mr. Breckinridge (Dem.. Ny.) offered
an amendment to the amendment to
transfer TIN plate from the dutiable to
THE FREE LIST.
Tin plate, he said, was of more benefit
to the people and industries of the coun-
try than any other raw material, except
cotton and wool.
MIR. Coombs QDem., N.Y.). in opposing
Mr.. Breckinridge'S amendment, de-
clared that the Democrats could not
afford to throw away the revenue to he
derived from tin plate. Tin plate was
not a raw material.
Mr.. DalZell Rep., Pa.) offered asa
substitute the provision of the McKin-
ley law imposing a duty of 2 1-5 CENTS
per pound.
The debate was continued by MeSsrs
Dolllyer, Simpson. WaGger of Pennsyl-
Vanin, and McEttrick of Massachusetts,.
Mr.. McAleer Dem, Pa.) sent to the
clerks desk and had read petition
from the carpet manufacturers of Phil
adelphla protesting against the pro-
nncnH rpHnnfJnn nf dntU Mr.
Cultivate made another strong appeal
to the Democratic side Of the house to
adopt his amendment. After some fur
ther debate, thevote was taken, first upon
Mr.. Breckinridge's amendment to place
til plate OH the free list. Its author
attempted to withdraw it, but Mr.. John
son (Dem., o. objected. 1t was lost-30
to 194. Mr.. Bynum, one of the Demo-
cratic members of the ways and means
COMMITTEES, urged the retention of =. the
duty OF II cents per pound on tin plate
as revenue duty. Voting with the
conservative Democrats against it, Mr..
DalZelPs substitute to insert the pft-;
visions of the present law was also lost.
Mr.. Outhwaite's amendment was di-
yided, the votes being taken separately
on the propositions TO reduce the duty
to one cent and abolish the rebate pro-
vision. Both were defeated.
Mr.. BOutelle was recognized and Of
fered an amendment 10 substitute the
lumber schedule of the Mckinley law
for that in
THE PROP osED BILL.
He sketched tile great extent and I'M
portance Of the lumber industry. Over
S496.000,000 of capital was invested,
2S6, 600 men were employed and $751;
100000 was paid in wages. The great
strides made in the last decade were con-
fined to no section. The lum Der inter-
estS had never been adequately pro-
tected. He denied that he was making
local plea, although he represented a
great numbering district.
Mr. Oates, of Alabama, offered in lien
fO the lumber schedule the following
substitute:
Sawed boards, plank, deals and other
lumber, hemlock, whitewood, syca-
more, white pine and Eastwood, so
cents per 1000 feet; sawed lumber not
when lumber of any sort is planed or
finished. in addition to the rates i'm
posed there shall be levied for each side
planed 25cents per 1000: if planed Oil
one side and tOngued and grOOved, so
cents per 1000; on both sides. tOngued
and grooved, rs cents.
To this Mr.. Stockdale, of Mississippi,
offered another amendment, to amend
lumber. dressed, classed as all heart,
81 per 1,0O0."
Mr.. Shaw (Rep., Wis., made strong
speech in behalf of the great lumber in
dustry Of his section, and the retention
of the present rate of duty on lumber.
At the conclusion of his speech, at
$50 p. m, the committee rose. AT the
request of Mr.. Morgan Den., Mo J, an
hour was set aside tomorrow for the
consideration of the lead and zinc
schedules. This was agreed to, and the
house then took recess until O'Clock
The speakers at the night session
were Messrs. Martin Dem. Ind.) Nc
Call Rep., Mass.). Dunn Dem., n. 81,
Adams (Rep., Pa.), Hainer (Rep., Pa.l,
Terry Dem., Ark.), Hartman (Rep.,
Mont.), Phillips Rep., Pa:), Haugen
(Rep., Wis.,, and Funston (Rep., Kan.