Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-06-06
ABOUT TOBACCO
The Committees Amendments to the
Schedules Passed.
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS DISCUSSED
Mr. Dolph Resumes His Speech
Commenced Days Ago.
THE STATE BANK TAX BILL

At the opening OF the session of the Sem
ate today MIR. Blackburn QkyD reported
favorably a resolution from the committee
on rules fer the appointment of special
committee Of five Senators on the existing
public distress. TO whom should be referred
! the petitions of Morrison /. Swift and
others bearing upon this subject. 1t was
adopted without division.
The Tobacco Schedule.
Several bills of minor importance were
rassed, and at 1890 the Senate resumed the
consideration of the tariff bill The to-
| bacco schedule was taken up. The House
bIll MADE leaf wrapper tobacco Opara,.rapa
lsD dutiable at 81 per pound. IL un-
stemmed, and sl.25 per pound Al stemmed.
The compromise" amendment increased
these rates 10 80 and 81 - respectively
but today Mr.. Jones withdrew the COM
promise amendment so as TO leave the
rates as they stood in the House bill. Nil.
Pl2tt tConnD expressed his amazement ami
| astonishment at this unexpected action of
the finance committee. Ii savored Of what
was called 'inJun giving" in New England
1 that was give and take back" Tobacco,
he argued, was a legitimate article of reve-
| rre. Under existing rates on tobacco over
s",vp.ooo was annually raised in revenue
from tobacco IL the rates proposed stood
half that amount of revenue would be
thrown away without doing any human be-
ing any good, except, perhaps, the import
ers OF Havana cigars. The only opposition
| ne ever had heard to the present rates on
leaf tobacco came from the smaller manu-
facturers Of cigars. who had been persuaded
that In some way it operated 10 their dis
advantage.
Certainly the increase in the rates he
said, had not increased the price of domestic
cigars, although il had unquestionably in
| cigars
He thought the change proposed would
meet with opposition from the Florida SEN
ators as well as himself
Mr.. Vest said that 81 per pound on leaf
tobacco was equivalent TO a rate of 23S per
cent ad Valorem. one dollar therefore was
equivalent TO lls per cent He thought the
former rate entirely too high In 1913 there
was imported Sl.979657 worth Of tobacco
while there was exported So a=l2 7O4
Mr.. Piatt called the Missouri senator's at
tention 10 the fact that but a very infnites-
imal portion of the export product of the
United States was leaf tobacco.
PASSED Pro Forma.
Mr.. Vest said that in view OF the fact
that the change proposed today had come
suddenly and Unexpectedly TO Senators in
terested on both sides Of the chamber he
would suggest that Mr. Jones withdraw his
last amendment and allow the "compro-
mise" amendment TO be agreed 10 in a pro
forma way, with the understanding that
the subject should come up later IN the
Senate. This suggestion was well received
and adopted. Mr. voorhees, stating, how
10 20 back TO the House rates on leaf to-
bacco. the compromise" amendment was
then adopted pro forma and the fight over
Z this paragraph postponed until the bill
should be reported from the committee OF
the whole.
The other Jones amendments 10 the to-
hacco schedule were adopted. They fixed
/ the rates On filler tobacco. unstemmed. at
I thirtN-rVe cents per pound; stemmed. at
my cents per pound. tobacco. manufac-
tGred o. unmanufacturod. not specially pro-
IsAf1 Faf=fR- a
Z fifty cents per pound: cigars. cigarettes and
l cheroots. s. per pound. and - per cent ad
Nalorem; paper cigars or cigarettes, TO be
I subject 10 the rates imposed on cigars.
Agricultural Products.
The next schedule was agricultural pro-
ducts and provisions" All live animals. not
specially provided for. were made dutiable
. by the bin at ~ per cent ad valorem. Mr.
Hale Me) proposed 70 restore the Mo
l\inley rates. horses and mules. $50 per
head; cattle. Slo per head: hogs. 81 20;
sheep. N-Jo, other animals. - per cent ad
Valorem.
MIR. Frye NieD said he lived in a state
which gave him peculiar Opportunity for
I observing the effects Of the existing duties
and he asserted. from the result Of his own
experience. that they had worked admir-
ably. Canada could not afford under exist
ing rates, To send a cheap horse into the
| United States. Under them the class u
| horses in Maine had improved ~ per cent
! Mr.. Vest declared that protection 10 ae-
ricultural products was a pretcnse. He
took up the statistics Of the imports and
exports OF horses, cattle. mules. etc, to
show that the exports exceeded the imports
an hundred fold. II was like the pretense
| of protecting wheat and rye ana corn. OF
which the United States exported a million
bushels for every bushel they imported
The farmers had resented the humbug at
! the election IN lSt2.
How about the election in oregon yes
terday? asked Mr.. Aldrich.
''Oh, Mr.. President" replied Mr. Vest
sarcastically the Dutch have carried Hol-
land The republicans are prepared TO
cackle ove- this esg that has been in their
nest all the time" Q.aughterD
Predictions as 10 Protection
Mr.. Vest went on passionately TO declare
that he was firmly of the opinion that pro-
lection, as advocated by the republican
SIDE, was doomed. Pressure might retard
tariff reform, but protection was marked
for destruction.
Mr.. Hale replied that the utter and de-
plorable failure OF the whole program OF
tariff reform so loudly heralded when the
democracy ascended to power Was so firm
ly fixed in the mind OF the American peopl.
that protection had become the permanent
ana enduring policy Of the United States
Mr.. Coke tTeNb said that the Mckinley
law had destroyed all commerce I'm live
stock along the Rio Grande He argued
that the Mexican ponies. cheap. hardy and
ureless~ We're as necessary to the sheep and
cattle herders OF Texas. Arizona. New
MCAico and Colorado a was the collie dog
10 the sheep herder of Scotland
Mr. PETER agreed with Mr. Coke and he
proposed an amendment TO Mr. Hale's
amendment TO exempt from the operation
OF the duty ponies chiefly imported from
| Mexico.
Messrs. Carey CWyoD and Dubois idaho,
protested against the proposed reduction OF
the duties on live stock prejudicial 10
the interests OF the northwest
| Oregon Has spoken.
Mr.. Dolph iOrcD, in the course Of a
speech against the agricultural schedule OF
the bin. said Oregon spoke for herself She
had set the seal Of her condemnation on
the free trade tariff bill From advices he
had received Oregon had elected repubIi-
can governor by from 1U.uoO TO l5.uo0 plural
lty. two republican Congressman by about
lo,Np plurality. and the entire opposition
10 the republicans I'm the legislature was
less than twenty out OF a total of ninety.
Mr. Dolph then proceeded TO deliver the
last installment Of his prepared speech, be-
gun some two months ago. He finished az
80. after speaking about two hours.
, THE HOI SE.
There was a srnall attendance or re floor
and in the galleries when the House met