The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-06-19

washington, June 1S.-Hill moved
lin the Senate today to place coal on the
free list and spoke in favor of the re-
demption of the Democratic pledges.
Before the tariff bill came up, the
Senate passed a joint resolution direct
ling the secretary of war to appoint a
commission of engineers to examine
and report upon the cost Of deepening
the harbors of Superior and Duluth.
The pulp paper and books sched-
ule Of the tariff was considered first.
Mr.. Frye offered a protest against the
first paragraph placing duty OF 10
pei. cent. on mechanically ground wood
pulp and chemical wood pulp, bleached
or unbleached. The production of wood
pulp. said Frye, employed 10000 men,
turning out a product valued at $780,
100000 annually, and paying annual
wages of s., 900, 900. Under the opera
ton Of the present duty the cost OF
paper was greatly decreased. Wood
pulp has decreased in price form Az
cents a pound to IA. He appealed to
the other side to make the duty specific
instead of ad valorem and proposed an
amendment to substitute equivalent
specific rates. say $3.50 a ton on wood
pulp mechanically ground and on
| chemical wood pulp, unbleached, 30 a
ton: bleached, $3.50. The amendment
was reiected-20 to Is.
The rate on shipping paper and roof
ing felt was fixed at 10 per cent; print
ing paper, unsiZed, sized, suitable for
books and newspapers, 10 per cent;
copying, filtering, tissue, sensitized pa
per, etc, 80 per cent. ian increase OF o
per cent from the House rate; parch-
ment paper, cardboard, photograph anu
autograph albums, wholly or partly
manufactured. 80 per cent; photographic
labels As per cent; (the House rate is
| 25); paper envelopes, 20 per cent; paper
hangings, 20 per cent; blank books, 20
per cent; books, engravings, photo
graphs, etchings, % per cent; playing
cards 10 cents a pack, and 90 per cent.
| ad yalorenl, manufactures of paper not
specially provided for, 20 per cent, THIS
completed the pulp and paper para
graphs.
The Senate Immediately proceeded
with schedule "N''-''sun1ries. The
following rates were fixed without de-
bate: Hair, pencils and feather dust
ers, 80 per cent; brooms 20; button
forms. 25; agate buttons %; pearl and
shell buttons, / cent line and l. per
cent; ivory buttons, glass, bone and
horn, So per cent; shoe buttons, To-
Coal.
| When coal was reached opposition
developed. The House bill placed coal
on the free list. The france committee
amendment placed duty of 10 cents
ton on bituminous coal md slack; 10 on
slack and clum, and 10 per cent ad
valorem on coke.
As soon as the clerk had read this
paragraph, Hill and PETER jumped to
/ their feet.
The New York senator was recogniz-
ed and he sent to the clerks desk an
amendment to relegate bitum1nous coal
and shale to the free list.
He supported his Amendment WITH
sneech. 1t was useless for him to enter
into a lengthy argument. He simply
wanted to call the attention OF ms
! Democratic colleagues to the fact the
country expected a Democratic Con
gress in any tariff measure TO pface
coal on the free list.
! During the course OF ms REMARKS,
Senator Chandler interrupted senator
Hill. expressing the opinion that coal
would be on the free list before the Dill
became law, basing his opinion on me
| "serene confidence felt by the Nova
! Scotia syndicate with which MI. WHIT
ney was connected.
! Mr. Hill declared he was opposed 10
certain feature of the bill, the socialist
and populistic income tax III particular !,
| but no one, he declared, had the rlgnt
| TO saw he was opposed to the bill ana
was seeking to compass its defeat
"God knows what the bill will be like
when it passes the Senate and comes
out of conference" said he passion
/ ately. "God knows how many more eX-
| tortions and concessions will be wrung
! n
! mittee. [ reserve the right to vote TOR
| it or not when 1 see what it is as a
Mr.. Squire, on behalf OF the Washing
! ton coal interests, thought it was I'M
I fair to admit Canadian coal at 40 per
cent when Canada charges 60 per cent.
on coal imports.
Mr.. Perkins explained that he should
refrain from voting on this paragraph
because he had personal interest in
coal mines on the Pacific coast.
/ A vote was taken on Mr.. Hills
/ amendment at $50 and it was LOST to
! Messrs. Kyle, Allen, PETER, Popu-
/, lists; Hnl and Irby, Oemocrats), and
cans) voted in favor of the motion.
The finance committee amendment
placing a duty of 40 cents on bitumi-
nous coal and shale and 10 cents on
local or culm that will pass through a
/ half-inch screen was then agreed to.
/ Mr.. Vest proposed a series of in
creases of the duties on gloves which
was agreed to, without objection.
4 The miscellaneous schedule was com
lpleted without obstruction and at 6:15
4 the Senate adjourned.
In the House.
i Washington, June 1S.-The Senate
bill granting right of way to the East
ern Nebraska & Gulf railroad through
the Omaha and Winnabago Indian
reservations in the state of Nebraska
was passed.
/ The anti-option bill was then
| launched upon it's congressional voy-
age. Mr.. Hatch opened the debate
with speech in favor of the bill.
When Mr.. Hateh's time expired, Mr.
! Warner Democrat, Of New York, de-
Ihvered a vigorous speech against the
measure.
Mr.. Bryan, of Nebraska, considered
it a bill to prevnt gambling in farm
products, and it was unjust to his con-
Istituents who were mainly farmers
that other men should have the rig.n;
to affect the price of their product, il
they had taken the risk of rain and