Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-05-24
IN THE SENATE.
Fight Over Iron and Steel NTH Their Various
Manufactures Continued.

WASHINGTON, May 23.-In the Senate,
the tariff bill was taken up. the pending
question being paragraph III, relating to
railway iron or steel. Explaining the pro-
posed amendment to make duty of 7-20 of
cent per pouni, Jones said: The rate
under the present law is clio of a cent a
pound, or sl3 "A ton, and the rate now
proposed is a little over half of the existing
rate" Gorman address. d the Senate gu tL.
ami was tt p.lrd 10 by AldIich. Teller
agreed that the Country should know as
Soon as possible what it was to expect as d
test que stion. and moved to lay the bill on
the table. The vote resulted Yeas, 2S ;
nays, 3S. The Maine senators voted yea
Manderson congratulated German on the
proof his statement Of solid Democratic
vote given by the solid vote Just taken. He
could not help calling attention to the ac-
ton of the various Jefferson and jackson
Democratic clubs, all over the country, pro-
testing against the protection of the rubber
barOns and against q violation of Demo
cratic pledges,
Lodge read the resolutions adopted by
the Young Mems Democratic Club of Mas
sachusetts, expressing indignation at its re.
monstrants against the Senate bill not being
needed, and demanding the restoration OF
the House bill. Allison said that German S
speech proved that the responsibility for
the delay 10 acting on the bill rested With
.he Democratic side. He intimated that
the rates proposed on sugar would be a
practical advantage to the sugar trust.
After further discussion protest against
waste of public time was made Harris
This interference was resented by Chand-
Ter. A vote was taken and the duty on
railway bars, etc, (tem ll7) fixed at 7-20
of cent pound. Jones' amendment i'm
posing specific duties of 40 to l-lO cents
pound on sheet iron steel, was substituted
for the provision Citem llS) in the House
bill.
Paragraphs ll9 and l20 were amended to
make duties on iron or steel sheets or plate s
excepting tin plates and taggers TIM at q
quarter of cent more a pound than the
duties fixed in paragraph lis; TO make the
duty on sheet iron or sheet steel, polished,
planned or glanced at l 3-4 cents a
pound. In paragraph l2l Jones
withdrew the finance committees amend
ment Ito make the duty on taggers' iron or
| steel, coated with tin or lead, l cent .
pound) to leave the paragraph just as it
came from the House, with duty at l l-5
cents pound. Aldrich moved to increase
the rate to l 12 cents.
In the course of the discussion the
question of the tin plate manufacture in
the United States was treated at length.
Dolph asserted that since the Mckinley act
went into effect 506 factories were estab-
lished in the United States, with capital
of So 100000, producing a fifth of all the
| tin consumed in the United States, and that
tin plate was cheaper, today, than ever be.
| fore.
Said Dolph, at is proposed to strike
down this industry by reducing the protec.
tive duty and placing the consumers of tin
at the mercy of foreign producers" Fur
ther arguments against the reduction of the
| duty on tin places from 1-2 cents pound
to l-5 cents were made by Hale, Lodge,
Chandler and Plat. Plat yielded and the
Senate went into executive session and af-
terwards adjourned.