The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1894-06-19
AT THE NATIONS CAPITAL
The Paper and Pulp Tariff
Schedule.
Coal Not to Go on the Free
List.
Senator Hill Reserves the Right to
Vote Against the Bill.
Tho Comm roiaI TraveIers' Biil Passes
tho House-The Aati-Option Bin
Now Has tn, Right
Of Way.
By the Associated Press.


WASHINGTON, June 18 Hill moved to
place coal on the free list and spoke in
favor of the rede M ption of Democratic
pledges.
Before the tariff bill came up the
senate passed the joint resolution direct
ing the secretary Of the navy to appoint
a commission OF engineers to examine
the report upon the cost of deepening
the harbors OF Superior and Duluth.
"rhe pulp, paper and book schedule"
was coneidersd first.
Frye offered protest against the 10
per cent on mechanically ground wood
pulp and chemical wood pulp. bleached
or uu ublsaohed. The production of wood
pulp, aaid Frye, employed 10000 men,
turning out q product valued at $35, ,00O,-
0O0 annually and paying annually in
wages $23. 100000. Under the operation
OF the present duty the cost OF paper
has greatly decreased. Wood pulp de-
creased IN price from AZ cents pound
to q cents. He appealed to the other
side to make the duty specific instead OF
ad vaiorom, and proposed as an amend
ment to substitute 2.50 per ton on wood
pulp, mechanically ground; chemical
wood pulp, unbleached, 50 per ton;
bleached. $3.50 per ton. The amend
ment was rejected, 20 to %.
The rate OF shipping paper and roof
ing felt was fixed at 10 per cent; print
ing paper, unaized, sized, suitable for
books and newspapers, l5 per cent !;
copy, tiltering, tissue. sensitIzsd paper,
etc, 30 per cent, an increase OF B per
cent from the house rate; parchment
paper, cardboard, photograph and au-
tograph albums, wholly or partly manu-.
fsctured. 80 per cent: lithographic
print, IL per cent; lithographic labels,
45 per cent-house rate, 25; paper en-
velopes, ~ per cent; paper hangings,
20 per cent; blank books, 20 per cent !;
books. engravinge, photographs, etch-
ings, 20 per cent; playing cards, 10
cents per pack and so per cent ad val
orem; manufactures of paper not spe-
cially provided for, 70 per cent.
This completed the pulp and paper
paragraphs.
The senate Immediately proceeded
with schedule N, sundries. The follow
ing rates were fixed without debate /:
Hair and feather busters, 80 per cent
brooms, 20; button forms, 10; agate
buttons. 20; pearl aud shell buttons,
cent per line and Is per cent; ivory
buttons, glass. bone and horn, 80 per
cent; shoe buttons, 25.
When coal was reached opposition de-
veloped. The house bill placed coal on
the free list. Tue finance committee
amendment placed duty of 40 cents a
ton on bituminous coal and slack, 10
cents on elack and culm and Is per cent
ad valorem ON coke.
As soon as the clerk had read this
paragraph Hill and peffer jumped to
their feet. The New York senator was
recogn zsd, and he sent to the clerks
desk an amendment to relegate bitumin-
GUS coal and shale to the free list.
He supported his amendment with 6
speech. It was useless for him 10 enter
into lengthy argument. He empty
wanted to call the attention of his Dem
ocratic colleagues to the fact that the
country expected a Democratic congress
in e tariff measure to place coal on the
free liet.
During the course of his remarks
Senator Chandler interrupted Senator
Hill, expressing the opinion that coal
would be on the free liHt before the bill
became law, basing his opinion on the
serene confidence felt by the Nova
Scotia syndicate, with which Mr.. Whit
ney was connected.
Mr.. Hill declared he was opposed to
certain features OF the bill, the socialis-
tic and populistic income tax in partic-
ular, bat no one, he declared, had a
right to cav he was opposed to the bill
and was seeking to compass its defeat.
God knows what the bill will be
l.I 4 4 4, A.. \
out of Conference" said be. "God
knows how many more extortions and
concessions will be wrung from the un.
willing hands OF the committee. re-
serve the right to vote for it or not.
when see what it is as final"
Mr.. Squire, on behalf of Washington
coal interests, thought it was unfair to
admit Canadian coal at 40 per cent
when Canada charges go per cent on
coal imports.
Mr.. Perkins explained that he should
refrain from voting on this paragraph
because he had a peraonal interest in
coal mines on the Pacific coast.
vote was taken on Mr.. Hill's amend
ment at 8 40 and 1t was lost, to l5.
Messrs. Kyle, Allen, PETER, (Popu-
lists), Hull and Irby (Democrats) and
Hansbrough and Washburn (Republi-
oane) voted in favor OF the motion. The
finance committee amendment placing
8 duty of 40 cents on bituminous coal
and shals and'l5 cents on coal or culm
that will pass through half inch
screen. was then agreed to.
Mr.. Vest proposed sseries OF increases
of the duties on gloves which were
agreed to without objection.
The miscellaneous schedule was COM
pleted without obstruction and at 6:l5
the senate adjourned.