Evening star., 1894-01-23

was taken up. and Mr.. Oates (Ala) offered
an amendment striking coal from the free
list and putting duty of 10 cents a ton
upon 1t, and - cents per ton on slack.
Mr.. Wise Va) offered an amendment to
this amendment. placing the duty at 80
cents per ton.
Mr.. McKaig CMdJ submitted a substitute
providing for the retention of the present
law-1S cents per ton on coal and 80 cents
per ton on slack.
Mr.. Hit Qll) offered the following
amendment to the substitute: Insert at the
end Of paragraph 439: Provided that IL any
article is imported. the product of any
country which imposes a duty on said ar
ticie exported from the United States, then
there shall be levied. collected and paid
upon said imported article the rate of duty
existing prio- to the passage of this act"
Mr.. Wilson CIV. va) made the point of
order against the amendment that 1t was
not germane to the subject under discussion
and also that 1t was in the nature of re-
taliation. Mr.. Hit spoke briefly against the
point Of order, but II was sustained.
Mr.. Hit then altered his amendment by
pecffying that an article ION the free list
Is imported. &c. but Mr. Burrows CMich)
made the point of order against 1t that it
was not germane, and the chairman sus-
tanned the point of order.
Mr.. McKaig (Md) gave his reasons for
that the occupation of coal mining was
extra hazardous and that the men employed
in It had to pay a tax on the tools they
He was interrupted by Mr.. Dalzell Pa)
who asked II he had not voted the other day
for free rails.
my reasons for it,
II thought So" said Mr. Daizell, In a self
Mr.. McKaig further said that the mines
In the north would come into direct compe-
ution with the mines of Nova Scotia.
II U0 Af0<S NIT
on the conclusion of his remarks.
Mr. Rayner's Plan for Free Coal.
He was followed by Mr.. Rayner CMd),
who delivered an earnest and eloquent plea
for free coal. He said he held a position
antagonistic to his state, which wanted a
protective tarin on coal But he was not a
democrat In everything else and a republi-
can on coal. and he would not see a duty
put on coal and not on other articles in
which he was not interested. Said he: II
nave followed the members of the ways and
means committee far beyond the outposts
and shall never desert them now when
.ne poisoned arrows are flying from the
sery sen.u. citadel d,, Of protection" Democratic
ne said. were competing countries
million tons Of American coal went to
canada last year. he said. and after paying
tne cost OF transportation and Canadian
duty-almost as high as ours-competed
with Canadian coal Canadian coal might
possibly come into Maine and a few states
eiong the Canadian border. A duty on
coal was . great injustice to the western
states. which did not receive a ton of coal
from eastern states, yet were compelled
70 pay Q duty Of s5 cents per ton. 1t iii
became democrats to stand up in the House
ana demand protection on their own pro-
ducts They were reformers In other mems
districts. but not In their own. They ought
to join hands with the other members of
their party and present an unbroken front
lie
wanted protection on coal they would
have to send some other man in his place,
for as long as he was in the House he
would vote for his party and his country
and not for protection. Democratic ap-
plause.)
The democratic party was arrayed against
the protected manufacturers with all their
accumulated wealth. 1t was a struggle be-
tween the highly protected manufacturers
and the Victims Democratic applause) He
predicted that an enlarged season of pros
perity would follow the passage of the Will
son bill and that 1t would result in our COM
msrce going to all the marts of the world
He was greeted with loud applause and was
followed by Mr.. Brosius PaD.
Mr. Wise Wants a Tax.
Mr.. Wise (Va) spoke in favor of his
amendment. putting a tax of 80 cents per
ton on coal. The Secretary Of the Treasury
was compelled to issue bonds for the sup
port Of the government, when the commit
tee on ways and means was putting coal on
the free list. This was to be compensated
for by internal revenue taxation, to which
he was opposed