The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-06-19
HILL KICKS FOR FREE COAL.
Vest Explains That The Mckinley Bill
Duty is Cut in Hall.

The New York Senator Claims That
the Platform Of the Party Promised
That Goal Should Go on the Free
List-Srhe Paper Schedule of the Bill
Disposed Of.
Washington, June 1S.-No business of
general interest was transacted in the
morning half hour. At 1890 o'clock the
tariff bill was taken up, the pending ques-
tion being on the first two paragraphs of
the silk schedule-29S and 299-which had
been reserved on Saturday. AT the re-
quest of Mr.. Platt of Connecticut the
paragraphs went over without action till
tomorrow
Schedule M, ''pulp paper and books"
was then taken up, the first paragraph
| (303) being one putting a duty Of 10 per
cent. ad valorem on wood pulp.
Paragraph S03 was agreed to, also para
graph 3O4, putting duty of 10 per cent.
on sheathing paper and rising felt-the
House rate.
! Paragraph 205, printing paper, unsized,
was struck out, and paragraph 306 was
amended so as to read, printing paper,
unsized, sized or glued, suitable only for
books and newspapers, 10 per cent. ad
| valorem"
| The next paragraph was one placing a
! duty OF D per cent. on copying paper, i'll
! tering paper, silver paper, tissue paper,
etc. The duty in the House bill was 25
per cent. The amendment of the finance
| committee was to make it 80 per cent
| The amendment was agreed to with the
understanding that it might be changed
when the bill comes into the Senate.
Paragraph 300, as to parchment papers,
etc, was, at the request of Mr.. Galliuger,
allowed to stand over for the present
without action.
The duty on paper envelopes, (9O9),
was fixed at 20 per cent. on
paper hangings and paper for screens
or Z boards, writing paper, draw
ing paper, and all other paper not
! specially provided for, at 20 per cent. on
blank books of all kinds Old, 20 per
cent; and on books, pamphlets, engrav
ings, ETC., not specially provided for, %
! per cent. on playing cards (3l2), 10 cents
| per pack and 90 per cent. ad valorem; and
on manufactures Of paper not specially
| provided for 1913, 20 per cent.
This finished schedule M. and schedule
4 N, "sundries, - was taken up.
There was no controversy over any
| item until shoe buttons were passed. At
| this point comes in the amendment of the
| uhdlNG NOlululbbtG " luSGIb d new para
! graph. Goal, bituminous and shale, 40
cents per ton; coal, slack and culm, such
as will pass through halfscreen, Is
cents per ton."
HILL WANTS COAL FREE.
Mr.. Hill moved to strike out the para
graph and to admit coal free of duty. He
said that he presumed, from what had
taken place in the last two weeks, that
| his motion would be defeated by q sub
stantially unanimous republican vote, and
! by those democrats who seemed TO be
voting against that class of amendments.
The country expected he said, that
! democratic congress in framing tariff
reform bill, would put bituminous coal on
the free list. That was required, sub
sequently, by the Chicago demo-
| cratic platform. Every demo-
cratic orator in the land. who
had spoken on the subject, had demanded
free coal. If there was one thing more
than another to which the Democratic
party stood solemnly pledged, it was to
place raw material on the free list. He
observed that since he began mis- remarks
the senators who had charge of the meas
ure had left their seats. He assumed
that they had nothing to say in defense
| of duty on coal. He was waiting to
! hear from them the plea that they had
| been bulldozed into putting coal on the
/
what senators had stated that they would
refuse to vote for the bill if coal should
| be put on the free list. LET them be
named" said Mr.. Hill, ''that we may
know who they are. If we
put this duty on coal, we go back on
all the democratic arguments uttered in
wears past; we virtually repudiate the
! platform adopted in Chicago and we are
brought into ridicule at the hands of the
| American people. OF course it has been
decreed that the motion is to be defeated
but trust that the little band which has
stood together thus far in the Senate for
free raw material will stand together
now, if there be one, two, three, four or
| five. The principle is involved in this
amendment; it is at stake here, and /, for
one, even if am alone, propose TO stand
up for that principle"
VEST TAKES UP THE CHALLENGE.
Mr.. Vest, taking up Mr. Hills chal-
lenge, said that Mr.. Hill sis opposed to
this bill, so far as 1 understand, because
it contains a provision for an income tax;
and who asks for information as to what
| has caused coal to be put on the dutiable
| list We are here" Mr.. Vest continued,
,"to give information, but not to those
who are as well informed as ourselves.
| The senator from New York knows as
much in relation to the matter as we do;
|
not for information, but in order to elicit
| some statement which would antagonize
the passage of this bill in its entirety l
have had occasion to say that there are
great many things in this bill which do
not meet my personal approval But l
deem it my duty to look to the
general result as to what will be for the
| best in the country to the largest degree.
! 1t is impossible for each senator 10 obtain
| all he wants in great measure like this,
| but if obtain the best that can get in
right direction, while l may de.
precate and regret that /
cannot go further, / shall not hesi-
| tate as N how far will go. We are de-
termined, if we can, TO supply the Nc
| Kinley act with better measure, and l
| am compelled to give up my opinion in
! favor of free coal and TO take a duty of
about half Of what is imposed under the
Mckinley act
MIR. Hill took exception to what Mr..
| Vest had said about his (Hill's) intention
TO vote against the bill because Of his OPP
position to the income tax.
"Who," Mr. Hill asked in an angry
| tone 'is his in lant Whence comes