Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-08-16

man, Smith, Stevenson, c. W. Stone,
w. A. Stone, Storer. Strong Tarsney,
Tawney, Updegraff, Van Voorhis, On.
Y),Van Noorhis, CO., Wadsworth, Wag-
ner, Warner, Waugh, Wilson, (O.), Will
son, (Wash.), Woomer, Wright. Pa.
! Total 105.
Those paired were Bynum and Dali
sell; Stockdale and Fay; Abbott and
Thomas; Washington and Aldrich;
Black, Qll.l, and Curtis, q. y; Gresh-
am and Mahon; Whiting and White;
Henderson, QllD; Breckenridge, Ky,
and Belden; Clancy and Chichering:
Magner and Kendall: Fielder and
Sweet; Burns and Adams, Ky:
Moses and Wright, (Mass.); Harter
and Bundy; Sickles and Settle.
Mr.. Wilson then offered the first of
! the separated free-list bills in accord
ance with the resolution adopted by
! the caucus. 1t provided for free adj
mission upon its passage of bituminous
coal, Shale, slack, and coke.
The question required ON the passage
/
showed IS for, and Al against. Mr..
Reed raised the point Of no quorum
and Mr.. Wilson demanded a yea and
nay vote The free coal bill passed
| yeas 160, nays 1O4, answering present
/. Mr.. Haugen, CWiS.), was the only
republican voting for free coal.
TWenty-one democrats voted against
the bill as follows:
Anderson, CIV. Va.), Bankhead, (Ala.)
Boatner, Ua.), Burnes, (Mo), Grain,
Tex), Davey, UaD, Denison, (Ala.)
Edmunds, (Va), Eppes, (Va), Kribbs,
| pa, McKaig, Md, Oates, (Ala.,)
Kelley, Pa.), Robbins, (Ala.), Swan
son, Va), Tucker, Wa.), Tylor, Va.),
Wise, (Va), Weadock, (Mich.), Wheel
er, (Ala.), and Wolverton, (Pa.)
Mr.. Wilson then stated that he was
directed by the democratic caucus to
present bill placing iron ore on the
free list. The bill passed-163 to 102.
The democrats voting against free
! iron ore were: Anderson, Bankhead
Beltzerhover, Boatner, Davey, Deni
son, Edmonds, Meyer, Oates, Price
Kelley, Robbins, Robertson, Swanson
Waedock, Wheeler and Wise.
Mr.. Wilson next presented
the bill for free barbed wire
/ 1t was passed by a vote of 1871 tt
81. The following democrats voted
against it: Graham, Reilly, Sperry
Stevens. Republicans voting for i
were Wilson, (Wash.), Picker, Marsh
Lucas, DOolittle.
Then the free sugar bill was re
ported. 1t passed by a vote Of 276 t
II. Those who voted in the negative
were: Boatner, Davey, Meyer, Og
Gen, Price and Robel tson, dem. (Mass.)
Everett and Stevens, dem, (Mass.)
Harmer and Reyburn, reps, (Pa.l ,an(
Sperry, dem, Conn.
This was the largest affirmative aye
and nay vote ever cast in the house OF
representatives.
Wednesday.
THE BILL.
The bill as passed provides the fol
lowing rates of duty upon the grea
staples which have been the bones Of
contention:
All raw sugars 40 per cent. ad va
loren; sugars above No. 16 (refnedl
Is per cent additional; sugars pro
duced in bounty paying countries, Lit
per cent additional to these rates. Ha
waiian sugar is still free under the rec
iprocity treaty.
1 Iron ore, 40 cents per ton, pig, 81 PEI
ton; iron or steel rails, 100 of l PEI
cent. per pound; lead ore and dross
81 of 1 per cent. per pound; silver
lead bearing ore the same duty on tht
. lead contained therein.
Tobacco for wrappers, $3.50 Pc
pound unStemmed, 1926 Stemmed; CT
CARS and cigarettes, 81 per pound an(
% per cent. ad valorem.
Coal, bitumtnous and large slack, 1;
cents per ton.
Precious stones, cut and unset, ,;
per cent ad valorem; set, 30 per cent.
uncut, 10 per cent; glaciers and min
erS' diamonds, free.
Logs and sawed lumber and timbe
(save tropical woods) and wool arr
free.
Tin plate, is cents per pound afte
Oct. l.
Marble, rough, 80 cents; dressed, s;
cents per foot Cubic.
White and red lead, II cents pc,
pound.
Under the internal revenue sections
Of the bill, playing cards are taxed
cents a pack. An income tax of ? PEI
cent on incomes above $4,000 is pro
vided for; also a tax on corpora tons o.
per cent.
Whisky is taxed at $1.10 per gallo1
and bonded period fixed at eight years