The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-06-20

after some routine morning business, to-
day entered upon the twelfth week of
the tariff debate The temperature was
lsweltering. the thermometer standing at
81 degrees in the chamber Some private
bills were passed. and while the senate
was discussing a bill which had been in
ttroduced by Mr.. Peffer, and favorably
reported by the committee on agriculture.
10 pay. $500 fOr an invention that will
utilize electricity or gaseous vapor as a
motor for agricultural machinery, the
tariff bill came UP.
At the request Of Mr.. Platt the two
paragraphs, 29S and 299, of the silk
schedule passed over Saturday. were
again passed over today, and schedule NJ,
pulp, papers and books - was taken up.
MIR. Frye offered a protest against the
drst paragraph of the schedule placing a
suty Of 10 per cent. on mechanically
ground wood-pulp. and chemical wood
pulp bleached or unbleached.
The production or WoOd-pulp, said Mr.
Frye. was an enormous industry, en-
plOying 10000 men, turning out a product
valued at $35, 900, 600 annually, and paying
an annual wage Of S23 0OO. 900. Under the
operation Of the present duty the cost Of
paper had greatly decreased. Wood
pulp had decreased in price from Az per
cent. to 11s in the last ten years. 1t was
produced in twenty-nine states, but prin-
eipally in Maine and New York. He ap-
pealed to the other side TO make the duty
specific instead of ad vaIorem, and pro-
posed an amendment TO substitute
equivalent rates-S2.50 ton on wood
pulp mechanically ground; chemical wood
pulp, unbleached, IS a ton, and bleached
$3.50 a ton. The democratic members Of
the finance committee refused to accept
the amedment and it was rejected, 20 to
es
The rate on sheathing paper and roofing
felt was fixed at 10 per cent; on print
ing paper unsized, sized, suitable for
books and newspapers. at 10 per cent. (an
Increase from the house rate on unsized
paper from u TO Is per cent?: on copy
ing paper, hItering paper. tissue paper,
Iensitized paper, etc, 30 per cent. (an in
Grease Of 5 per cent. from the house rate
parchment papers. card boards, photo
graphs and autograph albums wholly or
partly manufactured. 80 per cent: litho-
graphic prints. p per cent; photographic
labels. As per cent. (hOuse rate, 25 per
rent); paper envelopes. 30 per cent.
paper hangings, 20 per cent; blank books,
10 per cent; books. including pamphlets
and engravings, photographs and etch-
ings, % per cent; playing cards, 10 cents
a pack and so per cent ad valorem
manufactures of paper, not specially pro-
Vided for 20 per cent.
This completed the pulp and paper
paragraphs, and the senate Immediately
proceeded with schedule n, "Sundries." "
The following rates were fixed without
debate: Hair. pencils and feather dust
button forms, 10 per cent; agate but
tons. 25 per cent; pearl and shell but
tons. l cent a line and 10 per cent ;
Ivory buttons, glass, bone and horn, IS
per cent; shoe buttons, 25 per cent.
Hill for Free Coal.
1t was not until coal was reached that
opposition developed. The house bill
placed coal on the free list The finance
committees amendment places a duty
Of 40 cents ton on bituminous coal and
shale. IS cents on slack and culm, and
Is per cent. ad valorem on coke.
As soon as the clerk had read this
paragraph. Mr.. Hill and Mr.. PETER
jumped to their feet The New York
senator was recognized, and he sent 10
the clerks desk an amendment to rele-
gate bituminous coal and shaIe to the
free list. He supported his amendment
with speech. 1t was useless for him
TO enter into lengthy argument He
simply wanted TO call the attention OF
his democratic colleagues to the fact
that the country expected a democratic
congress In any tariff reform measure
70 place coal on the free list 1t had
been demanded by the democratic plat-
form and by every democratic senator
who had spoken during the campaign
Of 1892. If there was anything to which
the party was pledged it was free raw
materials, and If there was anv rau
material IL was coal.
Mr.. PETER followed Mr. Hill i'm sun
port Of free coal. although on a differ-
ent line. He raised a laugh at the ont
set by saying that he had a much
stronger reason for advocating free coal
than the demand Of a democratic plat
form.
II have no more respect" said he.
"for the democratic platform tnan the
democrats themselves have"
Mr.. Vest said he understood Mr. Till
was opposed to this bill on account of
It's income tax feature. Yet he comes
here this morning" said Mr.. Vest, "and
asks who compelled US TO place a tax
on coal. We are to give information.
but not to those who know as much
about this matter as ourselves"
Mr.. HilPs purpose, the speaker
thought, was to elicit some statement
he could use in fighting the bill Mr.
Vest declared that he would not hest
.tata 70 aptaGorize the commapds Of his