The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-01-17
WHEELING, W. VA WEDNESDAY. JANUARYl7 1894
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densed milk from 20 per cent ad val
orem to two cents per pound, which oc-
casioned considerable debate.
Mr.. Northway (Rep. Ohio) and A1r.
Curtis (Rep. N. Y argued that there
was no sugar of milk industry before
1890 and that the proposed reduc-
ton would ruin it and result in the in
crease of the price from 10 to fifteen
cents pound.
Mr.. Payne (Rep. N. " protested
against bringing up our children
on foreign sugar OF milk. Mr.
Breckenridge defended the committee
amendments.
Mr.. Bowers (Rep. Cal) got recogni-
ton and argued for the present duty on
raisins. He created much amusement
by throwing an armful of California
raisins toward the Democratic side.
There was great scrambling among the
members and soon half the house was
com mplacently munching the fruit.
The amendment to the tobacco tax
restricting the increase of the tax on
cigarettes from so cents thousand to
81 so to those wrapped in paper was
agreed to.
Amendments of Mr.. Wilson to take
chairs, cane or reed, wrought or man
ufactured, from the free list and re-
store to the dutiable list at per cent,
and make the lumber schedule on the
free list effective only against such
countries as admit the same articles
from this country free, were adopted.
Mr.. Wilson then offered an amend
ment to make the free wool schedule go
into effect August 1894. This was Wig
orously opposed by Mr.. Johnson, Dem.
Ohio,) and Mr.. Warner, Dem. New
York, but on different grounds.
The former claimed the amendment
delayed the benefit to come from FREQ
wool too long and the latter contended
that if the woolen manufacturers were
not to have free wool in time to give
the people cheaper wooden goods next
winter he was in favor of allowing the
present duty to stand in order to give
the farmers market for their wool
during the coming season.
Mr. Bowers (Rep. Cal.) asked if he
had not claimed that free wool would
increase the price of wool.
Mr.. Warner replied emphatically
that he did if wool went on the free list
in February, but if it could not go into
effect the market should be retained
this year.
This precipitated general discussion
on the subject in which Messrs. Payne,
Springer. (Dem. Ill.,) Pickler, (Rep.
N. D., Simpson, (Pop. Kansas John
son. lDem. Ohio,) and Cannon, (Rep.
ILL., took part.
Mr. Wilson then explained his
amendment at length.
The debate on the date on which the
wool schedule would go into effect was
taken up by Messrs. Grout, (Rep., Vt.);
Moses, (Dem.. Ga.); Bowers, (Rep.,
CALI Blair, (Rep.. N. H Hall, [Dem;,
Dem. Mol. Breckinridpe. (Dem..
Ark. Johnson, Oregon; Enloe, Tenn. !;
Henderson, Illinois; Montgomery, Ken
lucky; Weadock. Michigan; Marsh,
(Rep., 1ll.); Loud, (Rep., CALI, and
Hartman, (Rep., Montana.)
The latter, in denouncing the whole
bill and the predictions of its author,
called attention to his prophecy of the
universal revival of business when the
Sherman law was repealed. Consider
ing the result of that prophecy" said
he, amid storm of Republican ap-
plause and laughter, "I do not know
whether he is a prophet, a son of a
prophet. or only the mouth-piece of
the stuffed prophet of Buzzard's Bay"
Mr.. Wilson then tried to obtain
vote on the question, but without sue
cess.
At5:3O, without action on the amend
ment, the committee arose and the
house took recess until tonight at s
O'Clock.
At the night session NIessrs. Arnold,
Dem. Mo-, )McDearmond, (Dem. Tenn
and Ellis, (Rep. Oregon, addressed the
house and at ten o'clock, the house ad-
iourpad