Omaha daily bee., 1897-03-28
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and Mr.. Cox, democrat of Tennessee asserted
mat the southern iron industry did not want
any protection 1t was selling iron in Pitts
burg and the old iron centcrs and was invad-
ing england without the aid of protection.
Mr.. Dalzell. republican of Pennsylvania
replying, said that convict labor was one of
the main elements in the cheap production
of iron in Ter nessee
Mr.. Underwood, democrat of Alabama, said
1t was absurd to claim that the reason south
ern pig iron manufacturers were able to ship
their product abroad was because of the
low prices paid to labor in the south. He
said the report of the labor commissioner
shows that the average labor cost of a ton
OF pig iron in the north was $1.47 and in
the south S1.52. 1t was true that the wages
paid per day in the south was probably
lower, as negro labor was employed, but the
labor cost was higher. In the rolling mills
of the south the workmen received the
wages fixed by the Amalgamated Association
of Steel Workers, the same wages paid at
the north. The fact that the iron. coal and
lime were found side by side in the south
constituted its advantage.
Mr.. Dalzell asserted that iron and coal
was being mined in Tennessee by convict
labor. The scrip system prevailed also in
Tennessee
Mr.. McMillin denied that the scrip system
prevailed in Tennessee. All the protection
Pennsylvania could pile up, he said, would
not save the Pennsylvania industry 1t was
the south, he said which was driving Penn
sylvanil out of the market. I'VE have only
just begun we propose to make it hot for
you, not only in iron, but in cotton manu-
facture. and we won't ask government aid
either" democratic applause)
SLOW PROGRESS MADE.
Mr. Dalzell declared that the south did
not compete with Pennsylvania. Only forge
or foundry iron was produced in the south
and only bessemer iron was used in the
north
Mr.. Johnson, republican of Indiana, and
Mr.. Dlngley called attention to the slow
progress which was being made with the
bill. Only nine pages were covered yester
day and four hours OF work had advanced
the consideration Of the bill only two pages
up to this time today. The house, Mr.. Ding
ley said was wasting its time in irrelevant
discussion.
Mr.. Dockery in reply said it could not be
expected that the opposition would not as
sail this bill in every feature. He sug
gested that the time be extended so that the
bill could be adequately considered.
The little debate served to expedite mat
ters somewhat and the clerk proceeded with
the reading of the bill A committee amend
ment to place a duty of 3 cents per pound
on chlorate of soda was agreed to.
Mr.. Newlands, silverite of Nevada, after
delivering some remarks in favor of in
creaseS on several articles warned the "alled
forces OF silver, as he termed them, that
they must allow the widest divergence of
views on the tarif and other questions if
they were to live in harmony. "Once we can
organize the friends of silver" said he,
"seven-tenths of the people of the United
States will be with u.s.
Mr.. Mahany, republican of New York and
Mr.. Lentz, democrat of Ohio, got into a
political discussion which aroused cOnsid-
cradle partisan rancor. In the course of his
remarks Mr.. Lentz denounced Mr.. Cleye-
land as the agent and political bedfellow of
the republicans, and when taunted with the
fact that he himself had been "goldbug,"
he said he glOried In the fact that he had
graduated from the class of "gold fools"
into that OF "silyer cranks." He argued that
every high tariff agitation was an invitation
to the hordes of Europe to come here, and
he produced some figures to show that inn
migration had been largely increased after
tho enactment OF the Mckinley law and de-
creased after the enactment OF the Wilson
law
Mr. Mahany, speaking OF Mr.. Lentz's
ayowal that he had once been a gold fool" |
and was not a "silver crank" created a !
laugh by asking what could be expected from |
such miscegenation. He also caused a laugh |
at Mr.. Lentz's expense by charging that he |
had stood shoulder to shoulder with Mr. |
Cleveland until the moment of his nomina- |
tion for congress.
At 4:l5 p m, after completing six pages |
or the bill, the house adjourned until Mon |
day.