Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-06-07

idenf was received transmitting a dis
patch from Minister Willis at Hawaii.
1t contains nothing specially new or i'm
portant. Mr.. Johnson (Rep., Ind.) made
an argument in favor of a substantial
stable currency, and was followed by
Mr.. Black of Georgia in favor of the
state bank bill. Before Mr.. Black fin
ished his speech the committee rose and
the house adjourned.
Washington, June 1.-When the tariff
bill was taken up in the senate several
anne ailments offered to the lumber para
graphs, looking to a duty on rough lum-
Der, We're voted down by a strict party
vote. Senator Allen moved to strike out
paragraph 17S, as follows:
"Lumbe of any sort, planed or fin
ished on each side, 80 cents per thousand
feet, board measure, and if planed on
one side II tongued and grooyed 81 per
thousand, and if planed on two sides and
tOI.gued and grooved, $3.50 per thousand,
and in estim lting board measure under
this schedule no reduction shall be made
on account of planning, growing or tongue
ing"
Senator Vest surprised the Republicans
when he announced that the amendment
would be accepted on the Democratic
side. AS the amendment to the lumber
schedule was being voted on without de-
bate, under an agreement made on
Wednesday, the vote was Immediately
taken and it was agreed to-34 to ~, a
strict party vote. Messrs. PETER and
Allen (i'ops.) voted in favor of it. This
will have the effect of putting all lumber
On the free list.
The sugar schedule of the tariff bill
was reached, and Senator Sherman of
Ohio took the floor. Senator Sherman.
in the course of his remarks. asserted
that if President Harrison had been re-
elected, and there had been no fear of
tariff tinkering, the Mckinley law would
have yielded sufficient revenue. The fall
of silver and increased demand for gold
had something to do with the present
financial depression, which had been add
ed to by fear of tariff tinkering. He
also declared that the South was coming
around from it's doctrine that protection
was unconstitutional.
The senate, Senator Mills alone voting
mo passed a resolution declaring that
the United States will not interfere with
the affairs of the Hawaiian islands, and
that the United States will regard inter-
ference with the affairs of the islands by
any foreign power as an u%nfriendly act.
The state bank tax bill was further
discussed in the house, but no action was
taken.
Washington, June 2.-When the tariff
bill was laid before the senate to-day the
great battle over the sugar schedule be-
gan. The Mckinley law placed raw SUI
a y m tho fran Ect ;ponpSaI 10, lnfu
on refined sugar and gave a bounty of 2
cents to the sugar grower. The house
bill repealed the bounty and placed all
sugars, raw and refined on the free list.
The first bill reported from the finance
committee of the senate gave a specific
duty of from L cent to 1.2SJ cents per
pound, according to polariscopic test.
The compromise amendment, which is
the one before the. senate, made the
sugar schedule go into effect Jan. ], 1895,
the rates being 40 per cent ad valorem
on all sugars, raw and refined, one-eighth
of / cent additional on sugars above 16
Dutch standard, with an additional tenth
of a cent a pound on sugars from coun-
tries paying export bounties. 1t also
continued the sugar treaty with Hawaii !
Addresses were made by Senators Man !
derson, PETER and others, but the senate
adjourned without taking a vote.
The house put in the day discussing the
state bank tax bill. |
Washington, June 4.-The senate to-
cay resumed consideration of the sugar !
schedule, and se"eral speeches were made
for and against the tariff bill. The dis
crssion has already proceeded for the
utmost time that Democratic senator's /,
ould admit before the debate was begun
would be neces sary to reach a verdict
to-day or tomorrow, while others assert
that there are contingencies which may !
PC stIone the disposition of the schedule
rrti. the latter part of the week. Among
lires of policy which have been
among the opponents of the !,
bill is that of allowing the sugar schedule
to be accepted as amended by the com
on finance without taking any
vote OH the schedule in committee of the
whole, the object being that the op-
of the bill shall not be forced to
show their hands at this time, and espe-
that they may refrain from ex-