The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-28

Washington, March 27-The peces
sity of the continued presence of ;
quorum of the committee of the whole
was demonstrated AT the beginning o.
today's session of the house.
To the first paragraph that was pro-
duced after the house had gone into
committee on the tariff bill, Mr.. Rich
ardson (Dem., TENN moved an amend
ment reducing the duty on whiting
from one cent to half a cent. On the
division the vote was yeas IA. noes 81
and on the announcement Mr.. Richard
son made the point of no quorum.
COUNTED SLOWLY.
Chairman Sherman counted slowly
and in ten minutes was enabled to
announce 101 members present, and
that Mr.. Richardson's amendment had
been rejected.
The duty on acetate of lead, white
and in colors. was increased half a
cent a pound to 3 to 31s respectively.
Mr.. Richardson called attention to
the increase of rates proposed in the
pending bill on the articles in the
chemical schedules, and in reply to Mr..
Dockery Oem., MOI, said the duties
in the Dingley bill were absolutely
greater than in the Mckinley bill. He
gavo in detail the average percentum
= of duties on the several schedules IA
in number), showing, as he claimed,
an increase all along the line.
Mr. Dingley. responding to Mr.. Rich
ardson, said his speech showed how a
juggling with figures could be made to
show an important increase of duties
when in fact there was an actual de-
crease. Except upon earthenware,
glass, tobacco, sugar and silks the du
ties i'll the pending bill were less than
those in the Mckinley bill. and in
many other schedules the figures were
those of the present law.
Mr.. Docl1ery (Den1., Mo- said that a
oil that increased the taxation upon
the people $113,000,000 and imposed an
average rate of duty Of SOB per cent,
while the Wilson bill was but 1904 per
cent and the Mckinley bill 1888 per
cent, was likely to cause the people to
cali attention to it frequently and
forcibly.
THEY LAUGHED AT HIM.
Mr.. Hopkins (Rep., IIl.)-The bill pro-
poses to increase the revenue of the
government $113, 900, 000-not the taxa
ton of the people-becauSe we believe
that the bulk OF that sum will come
from the foreigner, who pays the tax
Cloud Democratic laughter), and if the
gentleman had taken as long to study
the question as they have to perfect
the guffaw they would know it TO be
true. Replying to question, Mr. Hop
kins said the reason why no duty was
put on hides was because they were a
by-product No enc raised cattle for
the hides, but for the meat products,
and the country could not possibly pro-
duce enough hides, or more than a
small percentage, to meet the demands |
OF trade. They had been on the free |
list since 1873 and the consensus Of |
opinion was that there should not be a |
change.
Mr.. Simpson (Pop., Kan) said that
If a duty was imposed on hides it !
would do the farmer more good than |
the duty on every article in the agri- |
cultural schedule. He discussed briefly |
also the proposition that the foreigner !
pays the tax, and suggested that the
experience of the people would be that
the foreigner would object and refuse
10 do it. In conclusion he said: I'm
my boybood days l read of the labors
Of the early Republicans in behalf of
humanity and human rights. Among
the prominent leaders of the party
then was the venerable ex-speaker of
this house from Pennsylvania (Mr
Crow rejoiced in his labors in de-
tense of human liberty; and il is one |
1f the regrets of my life that. coming
to this house, l find him here, in his
Did and declining days, the defender
II the trusts and combines, whose pur-
pose ii is TO enslave the American peo-
pie. white and black. (Applause). II
shows great decadence in that party
when he stands on the floor of the
house, the defender of every organized Il
'and of plunderers in the United
states. (ARplause).
REGARDING ETnIc y
Mr. Payne CRep., N. V replied to /
ir- SIMPSONS remarks regarding hides.
The whole situation, he said. as to
hides, was this: Nearly all the hides
into the United States came
rom hot countries where nature has ]
provided the animals a defense against
Insects and other pests in the shape of
hick hides and thin hair Thew are I
rought in for tanning into sole leather t
nd DO not come into competition with s
he hides of the cattle in Kansas. In
ne cold climate Of the United States. |
allure protects the cattle with thick
air and thin hides. and they are used
1r the uDpers of boots and shoes.
uty on imported hides would NOT c
rofit the farmers of the United States \
penny's worth.
A general debate on the matter of =
1st of producing pig iron in the north :
40 Soutn ana Inc necessity of cOntin- =
ing the duty of 81 a ton followed 1
Don statements by Messrs. Wheeler s
DEM, Ala.) and Cox Dem. TENN \
lat the duty was not essential to the =
iccessful production of pig iron in :.
ese states. :
Mr.. Daizel (Rep., Pa argued that u
was to the advantage of the southern
ates to maintain the duty. notwith-
anding the advantages they pos
ssed in cheap labor-convict ana Ii
gro-and the close proximity of h
1ne, coal and iron deposits The ship 6,
ents abroad which had been spoken h,
were, he said. from accumulated Ia
ocks. for which the producers We're ii
I'd TO find a market anywhere. ii
y the course Of further debate. Mr.. r
cMiliin Dem, TENN said the south cr
d. driven Pittsburg out of the pig fa
n market, and that ii would make es