The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-05-17

menus AuOBIeu ny the SGbatCs
Washington, May 16.-Allen's resolu-
ton calling upon the secretary of the
| treasury for information as to the
number of persons directly affected by
protective duties and by competition
with foreign laborers in the United
States was discussed until y o'clock,
when the tariff bill was taken up,
Jones having moved to increase the
duty on linseed, flax seed and poppy
seed oil to 20 cents, Gallinger an
nounced he was able to give the his
tory of American legislation on tariff
since the landing of the Pilgrim fathers.
He read from manuscript until p.
M, when, saying he had brought the
story down to 1916, he gave way to
Dubois, who delivered carefully pre-
pared speech in favor Of protection
and bimetallism.
BimetaIIism and Protection.
Mr.. Dubois announced that he had
no great desire to make speech upon
the pending bin, but if there had been
an effort made by the Democratic
lparty to carry out the pledges of the
platform of 1892, there might have
been an opportunity for a fair and in
teresting discussion of the respective
advantages of free trade and protection
as questions of economy and princi-
pies The party had still an oppor-
| tunity to present such bill, and he
would have been glad to discuss such
a bill, and many senators who now
sit silent in their seats would have con-
| trih Tod that useful in q
tariff discussion. He claimed that the
discussion was dwarfed on account of
1.-THE many different bills which had
Ibeen presented. He named the var
lious bills and continued:
eve now have the German bill,
which does not cure the defects of the
Iprevious measures and represents the
individual wishes and interest of the
constituents of the individuals on the
Democratic SIDE All these measures
are protection pure and simple"
! Mr.. Dubois claimed that his state
had been greatly Disseminated against
and, principally, in the matter of wool
and lumber. He returned his thanks
for what had been done for lead ore,
though he thought three-fourths of a
cent per pound was hardly sufficient
to enable his state to compete with
British Columbia and Spain. He dis
cusSed at some length how the govern
ment had been cheated and robbed by
improper sampling at ports of entry.
He did not believe there could be a
permanent prosperity until there was a
change in the financial system, and it
would be equally fruitless to pass this
bill or to defeat it. Until the minis
are opened to the free and unlimited
coinage of silver as well as gold,'' he
said, "the falling prices and stagnation
of business will remain with u.s.
There could be no permanent pros
perity until there was a return to BIZ
netallism. The Republicans would
win the elections this fall and as a
purely political proposition, he advised
the speedy passing of the pending
measure in order that the temporary
prosperity might subside and the coun-
try settle down to the condition of low
wages and contracted business that
relief had expended itself
i BY the time of the presidential cleo
ton, the country would understand it
was the currency question, and not
the tariff, that was the cause of the
trouble.
In conclusion he said: II will close by
repeating that 1 am firm believer and
advocate of a local and consistent svs-
tenn of protection. The highest and
most stable prosperity will come to us.
however, when we unite protection
with bi-metallism, and not before"
Created a Sensation.
That portion of Mr.. Dubois speech
demanding immediate action upon che
pending bill, either its passage or its
defeat, as the quickest means of re-
storing, at least temporarily CONNER
cial prosperity, created some sensa-
ton as indicating the position of the
western senators. 1t did not precini-
tate a controversy, however.
The Jones amendment, making the
rate of duty on fax to 20 cents, was
then agreed to.
The rate on olive oil, reduced on the
original Senate bill to % per cent. was
restored to 35 cents per gallon. the
House rate, and the House rate on nen-
permint oil, 25 per cent, was also re-
stored.
Mr.. Perkins Republican,, of Califor-
MIA, thanked Mr.. Jones for restoring the
duty on olive oil.
In the next paragraph, opium ex-
tracts for medicinal purposes, the
House rate was % per cent The San
ate amendment made it 20 per cent.
The latter was adopted, too.
The next Jones amendment was to
place crude opium, not adulterated.
containing 8 per cent. or over of NOR,
phia, dutiable at 81 per pound in the
House bill, on the free list.
Mr.. Palmer Oemocrat), of Illinois.
demanded an explanation. He said he
would ike 10 see TINS damnable drug
| absolutely excluded.
! Mr.. Jones replied this was unnanu-
: featured opium designed for manufac-
ture for medicinal purposes. The
> duty on smoking opium was placed at
Sc.
Mr.. Sherman criticised the reduce
ton of the duty on opium prepared for
smoking from $12 to Sc per pound. He
agreed with Mr.. Palmer this drug
should be prohibited and would vote
for any rate.
: Mr.. Mitchell. of Oregon, declared that
to prevent smuggling this duty Should
be either reduced or its importation alb
. solutely prohibited.
why It Was Reduced.
Mr.. Vest said the duty had been re-
: duced at the suggestion of the treas
) ury department. The officials along the
Pacific coast all believed a reduction
of the duty reducing the premium on
smuggling would tend to break up that
: practice and would furnish the gov
, eminent a larger revenue. With such
! a coast line it was impossible to pre-
7 vent smuggling Of the stuff
Mr.. White. of California, testified to
the truth of the npossibility of col
llecting the duty on opium, as long as