The San Francisco call., 1897-06-24

one-eighth OF every fleece of a common
sheep, he said, is classed as coarse carpet
wool.
Mills said it was always Incompetent
slble 10 nim why the wool-growers should
so persistently demand a tariff on wool
while the records of two generations
showed that the prices of wool were con-
stantly falling under high tariffs and went
up when wool was on the free list.
Carter said that during the last two
years, under free wool, the wool-growers
of Montana had been receiving only 8
cents a pound for wool, whereas under the
N uch- berated Mckinley law they had re-
ceived from ii TO 20 cents. 1.-The differ
ence between and IA. ;" said Carter, "is
the difference between destruction and
prosperity"
Gray commented upon the fact that the
two great controlling powers in the wool
industry had been unable to reconcile
their differences, and that they were as
much at outs now as at the beginning.
He argued that it was better to leave the
whole subject 10 the commercial activity
of The community and not put tha ''inter-
fering hand of the Government into BUSH
ness"
In some remarks on the subject of Bry-
an's candidacy Stewart said: 1T is very
well known that Bryan is going to be the
next President"
Quay moved to lay on the table the
Finance Committees amendment to para
graph 357. The motion was defeated.
Ayes 10. noes Al. Quay and Penrose
(R.) voted with the Democrats in the
affirmative. Heitfeld, McEnerney, Raw
Inns, Roach, Tiilman, Turner and White
CD, Allen and Butler (Pop.), and Man
tie, Stewart and Teller (Sil.l voted with
the Repu ublicans.
The committees amendment to para
graph 357 were agreed to, as were also its
20 rhnx
make the duty on wool OF the third class,
valued at over 10 cents a pound, cents
pound, instead of so per cent.
a substitute was agreed to for paragraph
$50. reading, 1.-THE duty on woods on the
SKIN shall be 1 cent less per pound than is
imposed on other woods of the same class
and condition"
Paragraph 500 was changed so as to read
top waste, stub bing waste, rowing waste,
ring waste and garnetted waste, 30 cents
pound, and an additional paragraph
was in serted reading: "Shoddy. % cents
pound. noils, yarn waste, thread waste,
and all other wastes not specially pro-
vided for, % cents q pound"
Vest moved TO strike out all raw-wool
paragraphs. He said that In a certain
year after wool had been put on the free
list the price of wool had not only re-
mained steady, but had increased; that
year was one of unexampled prosperity to
AuGIl lCdn WOOl6n lbCIOTleS, WHICH lus
creased in number from forty-five to
sixty-oue, and to-day, he added, Ohio
doubled WOO. brought 21 and % cents
pound. while il was only Is and 10 cents
when the Wilson bill vas passed.
Warren challenged Vests statement
and figures, asserting that under high
tariff secured wool had been 60 cents and
over, while ii had been 40 cents and below
when wool was on the free list.
Vests motion was defeated.
Mantle moved to amend paragraph $50
by making skirted woods pay cents a
pound additional. Negatived.
Mantle then offered substitute for all
raw-wool paragraphs OF the bill, one pre-
pared by the National Wool-growers' As
location. Substitute rejected.
Committee amendments to all para
graphs down to 1853 were agreed to.
Jones OF Arkansas moved to amend
paragraph 36S putting duty on yarns,
by providing that rates shall not be opera
tive until twelve months after the passage
of the act. He SAID these yarns would be
made for the next year out of wool on
which n duty had been paid, and that
compensatory duty would be unfair The
amendment was defeated and the COM
mittee's substitute for the paragraph
agreed TO.
This disposed of all the raw wool para
graphs, and brought the bill down TO
paragraph 374, relating to cloths and knit
fabrics, when the bill was laid aside and
the Senate adjourned.