St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-01-17
TIHKERlNG THE TARIFF.
REPUBLICANS MAKE AN EFFORT TO
OFFER AMENDMENTS.
BUT ARE QUIETLY sAT UPON
General Discussion on the Wool
Schedule-Duty on Condensed
Milk and Cigarettes Raised
Senators Hoar, Gray and DAN
iel Talked About Hawaii in the
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Senators Hoar, Gray and DAN
iel Talked About Hawaii in the
Senate.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.-Very little
progress was made with the amend
ments to the tariff bill today. The Re
pubiicans, under the leadership OF MIR.
Burrows, made another struggle to
secure the right to offer amendments
alternately with Mr.. Wilson, but, as on
yesterday, the chairman held, in view
of the precedent of procedure when the
Mckinley bill was under consideration,
that Mr.. Wilson, on behalf of the ma
jority of the committee, was entitled to
perfect the bill before it was thrown
open to miscellaneous amendment
Several minor amendments were
agreed to. the most important being to
increase the duty On condensed milk to
two cents pound. Almost the entire
afternoon was spent in discussing the
date upon which free wool and the cor
responding reduction OH manufactures
OF wool should go into effect. No con-
cluSiOn was reached. At the opening of
the session of the house this morning
Mr.. Springer (Dem., lIl.) asked unani-
nous consent to correct an Illinois
newspaper report attributing some re-
marks made by Mr.. Dolliver (Rep.. 10. J
to him. Mr.. Reed remarked, sarcastic
ally, that this was very painful, but he
would make no objection, on Mr.. Dolli-
ver's account. Laughter.
Mr.. Springer explained that he had
commended the tariff bill highly. in
stead of denouncing it, as had been
reported. The house resumed the cor
sideration of
THE TARIFF BILL.
Mr.. Wilson Immediately began offer
ing committee amendments. The first
was to reduce the duty OH furs for hat
ters' use from 20 to 10 per cent. The
next amendment was one to place On
the free list, i'll addition to the BOOKS.
etc., printed over twenty years, hydro
graphic charts. This also was agree
10.
This was followed by an amendment
changing the ratio on condensed milk
from 20 per cent ad valorem to two
cents per pound, which occaSioned con-
siderable debate.
Mr.. Northway (Rep., o. and Mr.. Cur
It's (Rep., n. H. argued that there was
no sugar Of milk industry before 1890,
and that the proposed reduction would
ruin and result in an increase from
1Oc to 15c per pound. Mr.. Payne (Rep.
N. " protested against bringing mp
our children on foreign sugar of milk.
MIR. Breckenridge defended the COM
mittee's amendment. Mr.. Bowers
(Rep., Cali got recognized, and argued
for the present duty on raisins. He
created much amusement by throwing
an armful of California raisins towards
the Democratic side. There was great
scrambling among the members, and
soon half the house was complacently
munching the fruit. 60 3
The amendment to the tobacco tax
restricting the increase of the tax on
cigarettes, from 80 cents thousand to
Sl.5O, to those wrapped in paper, was
agreed to.
Amendments of Mr.. Wilson to take
hairs, cane or reed, wrought or manu-
featured, from
THE FREE LIST
and restore to the dutiable list at per
cent, and make the lumber schedule on
the free list effective only with such
countries as admit the same articles
from this country free, were adopted.
Mr.. Wilson then offered an amend
ment to put the free wool schedule into
effect Aug. l, 1894. This was vigorously
opposed by Mr.. johnson Dem., o. and
Mr.. Warner Dem, N. ", but on diff
ferent grounds.
The former claimed the amendment
delayed the benefit to come from free
wool too long, and the latter contended
that if the wool manufacturers were not
to have free wool in time to give the
people cheaper wooden goods next
winter he was in favor of allowing the
present duty to stand, in order to give
the farmers a market for their wool
during the coming summer.
Mr.. Bowers (Rep., CALI asked if he
had not claimed that free wool would
not decrease the price of wool.
MI. Warner replied emphatically that
he had if wool went on the free list in
February, but if it could not go into
effect the market should be retained
this year.
This precipitated a general discus
sion on the subject, in which Messrs.
Payne, Springer (Dem., Ill.), Picker
(Rep., N. d., Simpson Pop. Kan.),
johnson Oem., o. and Cannon (Rep.,
lll.) took part. Mr.. Wilson then ex-
planned his amendment at length. The
debate on the date on which
THE WOOL SCHEDULE
would 60 inty effect was taken up by
Messrs. Grout (Rep., Vt.l Moses (Dem.,
Mo-, Bryan (Dem.. Neb.). Bland (Dem.,
Mo-, Breckenridge Dem. Ark.). John
son, of Ohio; Hermann. Of Oregon;
Enloe, of Tennessee; Henderson, Of
Illinois; Montgomery, of Kentucky:
Weadock, of Michigan; Blair, of New
Hampshire; Marsh (Rep., Hid. Loud
(Rep., CALI and Hartman (Rep., MONTY
The latter in denounciug the whole bill
and the predictions of its author called
attention to his prophecy of the uni.
versal revival of business when the
Sherman law was repealed. o.
COuSlueFinR Tue result OF that
prophecy" said he. amid storm OF
Republican applause and laughter, II
don't know whether he is a prophet. a
son of a prophet, or only the mouth
pice of the stuffed prophet of Buzzard's.
bay" -
Mr.. Wilson then tried to obtain vote
on the question. but without success, ~
At $3.50. without action on the pend
ing amendment, the committee rose,
and the house took a recess until to.
night at o'clock. -
At the night session Messrs. Arnold
Oem., Mo-, McDermond Dem. Tenn0
and Ellis (Rep., Orr addressed the
house, and at 10 o'clock the house adj
iourned.