The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-06-19
Pulp and Paper and Sundries
Are Ont of the Road.
MR.. HILL DEMANDS FREE COAL,
And Insists on the Democratic Party
Keeping Promises. .
Nothing Remains Except the Free List,
the Administrative Features and the
Internal Revenue Schedule The
House Takes Up Anti Option.

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the tariff bull was taken up. FRYE offered
a protest against the first paragraph,
placing duty of 10 per cent. on mechan-
icaliy ground wood pulp and chemical
wood pulp, bleached or unbleached. The
production Of wood pulp. said Frye, en-
played 7000o men. who turn out product
valued at S35.0oo0oo annually, and paid
annually in wages So. coz. 600 Under the
operation of the present duty the cost of
paper had greatly decreased, and the price
of wood pulp had decreased from AZ cents
per pound 10 IL cents. He appealed to
the other side 10 make the duty specific in
stead of sd valorem, and proposed an
amendment to substitute specific rates of
$3.50 ton on wood pulp mechanically
ground: chemical wood pulp. unbieached.
s. ton: bieached IS 50 The amendment
was rejected, 20 to 3.
The rate of shipping paper and roofing
felt was fixed at 10 per cent; printing
paper. unsized or sized, suitable for books
and newspapers. Is per cent. copy. filter
ing. tissue, sensitized paper. etc., 30 per
cent, al increase of 5 per cent. over the
house rate: parchment paper. card board.
photograph and autograph albums, wholly
or partly manufactured, 30 per cent. litho-
graphic prints, IL per cent; lithographic
labels. 45 per cent, house rate IS per cent.
paper envelopes. 70 per cent. paper hang
ings. 20 per cent; blank books. 20 per
cent; books, engravings, photographs,
eichings. . per cent playing cards. 10
cents per pack and 80 per cent. ad valorem;
manufactures of paper not especially pro-
yided for. 20 per cent. This completed the
pulp and paper paragraphs.
The senate Immediately procesded with
schedule n, sundries. The following rates
were fixed without debate: Hair and
feather busters, 30 per cent brooms, 20;
button forms, 10; agate buttons, 25; pearl
and shell buttons, 10 per cent; ivory but
tons. glass, cone and horn. IS per cent;
shoe buttons. 25.
When coal was reached. opposition de-
yeloped. The house bill placed coal on
the free list. The finance committees
amendments placed duty of 40 cents per
ton on bituminous coal and slack. Is per
cent. on slack and eulm. and Is 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 recognized. and he sent 20 the
clerks desk an amendment to relegate
bituminous coal and shale to the free list.
Hill supported his amendment with a
speech. Ii was useless for him to enter
into a lengthy argument. He simply
wanted to call the attention of his Demo-
cratic colleagues 10 the tact that the coun-
try expected a Democratic congress in q
tariff measure to place coal on the free
list
During the course of his remarks
Chandler interrupted Hull. expressing the
opinion that coal would be on the free list
before the bill became q Law, basing his
opinion on the serene confidence" felt by
the Nova Scotia syndicate with which Mr..
Whitney was connected.
Mr.. Hill declared that he was opposed
TO certain features of the bill, the socialist
and Populist income tax in particular. but
no one, he declared, had right to say he
was opposed to the bill and was seeking
to compass It's defeat. '.God knows what
the bill will be like when 1t passes the SEN
ate and comes out of conference" said he
"God knows how many more extortions
and concessions viii be wrung from the
unwilling hands of the committee. / re-
serve the right to vote for it or not when
see what it is as a final"
Squire, on behalf Of the Washington
coal interests, thought il was unfair to adj
nit Canadian coal st 40 per cent, when
Canada charges 90 per cent. on coal im-
ports.
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 amend
ment at 30 and il was lost. 10 ST. Kyle,
Alien, PETER, Populists; Hull and Irby,
Democrats. and Hansbrough and WASH
burn, Republicans. voted in favor of the
motion.
The finance committee amendment plac-
ing duty of 40 cents on bituminous coal
and shaie and Is cents on coal or culm
that will pass through half inch screen
was then agreed TO.
Vest proposed series of increases of
the duties on gloves. which were agreed to
without objection.
The miscellaneous schedule was COM
pleted without obstruction. and at 6:i5 the
senate adjourned.