Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-07-04
Senate Adopts Revised Tariff
Bill, 80 to "a.
The Date Fixed for Going Into 0per-
alton is August |, 1894.
Alter Disposing Of The Bill the Senate
Adjourns Till friday.

was taken up IN the senate. he next re-
served vote was the committee amendment
making the duty on collars and cuffs 80
cents dozen pieces, with 30 per cent ad
valorem; on Shuts and other articles of
wearing apparel so per cent. Remarks of
bitterly, satirical character were INDUCED
in by Chandler and Hale. The former
spoke of tine protective duty on collars and
cuffs being from so to l25 per cent. Hale
thought the senator from New York (Mur-
phy) should be praised for the selfrestrsint
he had shown in not insisting on fair
measure of protection for the hundreds and
thousands of industries in his own state,
and confning himself to the comparatively
small industry of collars and cuffs in his
own city of Troy. That senator knew
that he had the power to exact greater con-
ditions by far than he had done. The COM
mittee amendment was agreed to; yeas, 43 !;
nays, 8.
The next reserved vote was on schedule
"K," wool, and manufactures of wool. The
committee amendment striking out of the
bill paragraph 27S. and putting duty of
Is per cent. ad yalorem on wool, was agreed
to without opposition or division. Sher-
man moved to insert paragraph putting
uuty Ol OO per CCht. du Ndioit".
said there had been no opposition on the
part of wooden manufacturers to a reasona.
BILE duty on wool.
Hoar asked Sherman if he knew of any
thing New England senator could do, or
anything that New England Senator had
failed to do that would have kept
up the duty on wool. Sherman was glad
to say that every representative of a manu-
featuring state on the Republican side of
the chamber and every Republican senator
had from the beginning of the controversy
to this hour, been in favor of giving to the
farmer his share of the protection on wool.
The interests of the wool growers and of
the wool manufacturer were identical.
Harris hoped Sherman's amendment
would be adopted The deadliest blow, he
said, in the power of man to strike at the
manufacturing prosperity of New England,
Xopl1 be. QlaciRgu " oai op. the tSee lss.-.-...
After discussion vote was taken on
Sherman's amendment to place wool on the
dutiable list at 80 per cent. al valorem.
The amendment was rejected: yeas, 32 !;
nays, 81. The Maine senators voted yea.
PETER moved to insert a paragraph fixing
a duty of five cents q pound, six cents u
pound, six cents pound, Is per cent. ad
valorem, and 20 per cent. on
wool, according to classification.
After discussion the amendment was de-
feated; 32 to 81. PETER moved to insert a
paragraph placing on the free list all man
ufacturers of wool. Rejected yeas, > !;
nays 81. Powers moved TO insert para
graph putting wool on the dutiablc list at
25 per cent. ad vaiorem. Defeated, so to
SO. Such of the committee amendments to
wool and silk schedules as not acted on yes
terday, were then agreed to-
When the paragraph putting duty of 40
cents ton on coal was reached, Hill called
for a separate vote on the item, and said he
wanted coal on the free list. The commit
tee amendment was agreed to: yeas, 81
nays, 6. Bituminous and shale coal are on
the dutiable list at 40 cents Il ton, or such
coal slack as will pass through a half inch
screen at Is cents ton.
PETER moved to put leather and all man.
ufactures of leather on the free list. Re-
jected. All the committee amendments to
the leather schedule were sgreed to- also
all amendments under the title of "miscel-
laneous manufactures. The next reserved
amendments were in paragraph 575, as to
paintings on the free list. Committee
amendments were agreed to.
The next reserved amendment was in
paragraph GIG of the free list, as to sawed
boards, etc. agreed to. After discussion
the amendment exempting the salaries of
the President and judges was defeated
yeas, "a ; nays, Sc. The date when the bill
was to go into effect was, on motion of
Jones, fixed at August !, 1894, with the
under standing that if necessary later day
is to be fixed hereafter.
After discussion it was agreed that an
amendment is to come in as five additional
sections at the end of bill, aimed at trusts,
combinations and conspiracies in restraint
of trade and commerce, or increase of the
market price of imported articles. An
amendment was adopted to the income tax
section pro viding that all state, county, mu-
nicipal and town texes paid by corporations
be inclu ded in their operating and business
expenses. At 10 p. M. the bill was read
the third time. Smith addressed the Sen
ate.
The vote on the bill resulted: yeas, 80 !;
nays, "a.
Harris moved that the Senate insist on
its amendments and ask a conference with
the House on the disagreeing vote of the
two houses and the chair appoint seven
man, gers of the conference on the part of
the Senate. Agreed to.
Tie Vice President announced Senate as
conferecs: VOORHEES,, Harris, Vest, Jones
of A kansas, Sherman, Allison and Al