Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-06-19

perature was swelterlng, the thermo-
meter standing 81 in the chamber.
Some private bills were passed aud
the tariff bill was laid before the
Senate. At the request of Mr.. Platt
the two paragraphs 29S and 299 OF the
silk schedule passed over Saturday
were again passed over to-day and
SC chedule-"pulp papers and books"
was taken up. Mr.. Frye offered pro-
| test against the first paragraph OF
the schedule, placing duty OF
| 10 per cent. on mechanically
ground wood pulp and chemical wood
pulp, beached or unbleached. The
production of wood pulp, said Mr.. Frye,
was an enormous industry employing
10000 men, turning out product
valued at 500, 600, 900. Under the oper-
alton OF the present duty the cost OF
paper has greatly decreased. Wood
pulp had decreased in price from 412c
per pound TO l &c in the last ten years.
Ii was produced in 90 States but princi-
| pally in Maine and New York. He ap-
pealed 10 the other side 10 make the
duty specific instead of ad valorem aud
proposed an amendmen TO the suostl-
tute equivalent specific rates, $3.50 per
ton on wood pulp mechanically ground,
chemical wood pulp unbleached S5 per
ton and bleached Sc. so per ton. The
Democratic memb bers of the Finance
Committee refused TO accept the amend
meat and it was rejected, 20 to %.
The rate on sheathing paper and
roofing paper was fixed at 10 per cent;
on printing paper, unszed, sized, suit
able for book and newspapers, at 10 per
cent; (an increase from the House rate)
on unsized paper from 12 TO Is per cent
per pound; on copying paper, tilterlng
paper, tissue paper, sensitized paper,
etc, 30 per cent, ian increase Of 5 per
cent from the House rate); parchment
paper, card boards, photograph and
autograph albums, wholly or partly
manufactured, 30 pei cent; lithograph
prints, % per cent; photographic
labels, IS per cent; blouse rate 25 per
cent?; paper envelopes 25 per cent;
paper hangings, 90 per cent; blank
books, 20 per cent; books, including
pamphlets and engravings, photo
graphs, etchings, 81 per cent; playing
cards, 10 cents per pack and so per
per not especially provided for, 20 per
cent.
This concluded the pulp and paper
paragraph, and the Senate Immediately
proceeded with Schedule N-"Sun-
dries" The following rates were fixed
without debate: Hair, pencils and
feather busters, 80 per cent; brooms, 30
per cent; button forms, 10 per cent;
agate buttons, % per cent; pearl and
shell buttons, cent per line and Is per
cent; ivory buttons, glass, bone and
horn, 35 per cent; shoe buttons, 25 per
cent.
1t was not until coal was reached that
opposition developed. The House bill
placed coal on the free list. The finance
committee amendment placed q duty Of
40 cents per ton on bituminOus coal and
shale, Is cents on slack and culm and
Is per cent on advalorem on coke. As
soon as the clerk had read this para
graph Mr.. Hill and Mr.. PETER jumped
to their feet. The New York Senator
was recognized and he sent to the.clerk's
desk an amendment 10 relegate bitumi-
nous coal and Shale TO the free list
He supported his amendment with a
speech. 1t was useless for him to en-
ter into lengthy argument. He SIM
ply wanted 10 call the attention Of his
Democratic colleagues 10 the fact
that the country expected a Dem
ocratic Congress in any tariff
reform measure to place coal
on the free list. II had been de-
manded by the Democratic platform
aad by every Democratic Senator who
had spoken during the campaign OF
1892. If there was anything TO which
the party was pledged il was free raw
materials and II there was any raw ma
terial it was coal.
God knows what the bill will be
like when il passes the Senate and
comes out of conference" said he, pas
sionately "God knows how many
more extortions and concessions will be
wrung.from the unwilling hands of the
committee. l reserve the right 10 vote
for it or not when | see what it is as a
fnality."
Mr.. Vest declared that he would not
hesitate to antagoniZe the commands Of
his party on question like this. II
the platform demanded free coal, and
be could get only reduction OF thirty
FIVE cents, he would take it,
Mr.. Hil's amendment was lost.
Messrs. Allen (Nebraska), Kyle South
Dakota), PETER kansas, PopulIsts;
Hill New York;, and Irby Is. c.,
Democrats, aud HansorouEh IN. d.,
and Washburn (MinHssota), Republi-
cans, voting in favor OF the motion.
The Finance Committees amendment
placing duty of 40 cents On bitminouS
coal aud shale and Is cents on coal or
culm that will pass through half-inch
screen was then agreed to.
The rate on corks was fixed at ten
cents per pound, blouse rate 20 per
cent J; on dice, chessmen, pool, billiard
aud bagatelle balls 80 per cent, House
rate so per cent?; on dolls, toys, mar
bles and other toys not composed of
rubber, china, porcelain, 10 per
cent, Ito take effect January l, 1895,
instead of October l, 1894, as
proposed in the House bill; emery grains
and emery manufactured, zone cent per
pound (lhe House rate); irs-crackers so
per cent. The amendment fixing fulmi-
mates, Illuminating powder. etc, 80 per
cent: gunpowder and all high ex-
DlOSives valued at less than 20
cents per pound, cents per
oound; valued al above 20 cents, s
Is; matches, 20 per cent; musical
uments, cases, tuning hammers,