Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-06-29
E1FTy-FIFTH CONGRESS.
WASHINGTON, June q
SENATE.

SENATE.
corera, hundred pension bills we" Mr
oor to the Senate To-Day. ,;,taa
Tsp chairman of the ,; GoG to re-
s,atad that it had been d !,G 1'h;c W hat
T BORT fayorably all those Dlils oh mn Of Con
R tormarly passed either brancn non 90
lor aaS a. had been favorably consiaef''
IN T TG aeneral pension bills were .he ,a q,
Of 1890, and another RETIRING ~
in pension cases: mansion bill
- 4 long list of priVate p9n'''
was Mr res Morgan commented on the he . 5 IL
# MI. ~ Sen and women napa ves
thas I Hills must wait forrellfbeeSr1i It" to
y the inaction OF one OF Oh bills. Con.
Congress. At this session, asserted
a, without the oRnawyers of the coun.
ID pass one Ok into thh question, and
D. gress ga great deal Of trouble ahead
ls- Minis question of Congress being in
ession. At first Mr.. Morgan urged the
adoption of resolution postponlng all
action on pension bills until next De-
cember. but he was dissladed from this,
saving his main desire was to call the
attention of pensioners to the manner
in which they were m,cked by having
bills reported to an ipctiye Congress.
The consideration If the tariff bill
was then resumed ard the paragraph
relating to watch movements, clocks,
etc. was taken up. Extended opposl-
ton was made by Mr.. Vest and Mr.
Jones, who protested against the heavy
duties on articles of prime necessity.
Mr.. Lodge answered that the watch
industry had been 'evolutionized by
American machinery. We made watch
es 80 much better anil cheaper that nc
handmade watch could compete with
them. Now the Swiss makers had
bought American machinery, and op
Grated it with comparatively CHEAP
labor. Mr.. Lodge exhibited Swiss
watches which puported to be o
American make, an( as such were In
yading the American market.
Mr.. Gear showed Japanese watch
purporting 10 be o. American make
produced by cheap Japanese labor ant
selling for SIS; willie the American
watch of tho same kind could not b.
produced TO, less tlan SIT.
After further deoste the paragraph
was agreed to.
Pineapples were changed to Z cent
per cubic foot in barrels and packages
and 81 per thousand in bulk.
Mr.. Vest askel what climatic o
sanitary reason justified this heav.
duty. :,
MIR. Allison responded that Florid
produced pineappes, and great pres
sure had been brought to bear for ade
quate protection. -
"Where did the,ressure come from?
asked Mr.. Bacon
81 cannot give specifications" re
sponded Mr.. Allion, but 1 will 50.
3 it comes from boh sides of the cham
ber."
g The Florida Senator's (Mallory an
Q Pasco, democrats) explained the recen
3 development of tie pineapple industr
3 in Florida. whicl led Mr.. Gray (Del
to say in an animated response that
= would have bee. better had Florld
: lands been left inprimeval simplicity
}, their use for raisig pineapples was t
8 he followed by ajax on the bulk of tn
PEOPLE.
q Mr.. Pasco urgd that the Florlo
il fruits should receive the same benefit
d as those of the Moth.
d Mr.. Vest moves to reduce the raj
g on pineapples to % per cent. ad vai'
y rem; rejected.
d Lead ore and I'D in pigs were the
It considered. Mr.. Allen speaking 6
o length against theoommittee rates.
r. Mr.. Carter urge that the commute
a rates were essential to equalize th
= difference between the wages OF lea
d miners in the Unbd States and Mel
/. leo.