The times., 1897-06-30
HEAD TAX ON Immigrants.
Mr. Tillman Advocates a Pr0hibi-
live Duty on Foreign Labor.
ANOTHER TRUST PROTECTED
The White Lead Combination We'll
Cared for by the Tariff Bill
Messrs. Alien and Vest show How
II VIII re Berefited ly he Higher
Duties.

The closing hour of yesterdays session
of the Senate was made lurid with run
ming debate between Senators Tillman
ana Chandler on the amendment to the
tariff proposed by the former, laying
Sfo0 lead tax on immigrants
TIE earlier part OF the session was de-
voted to discussion OF the tariff on
watches and clocks, which, although OPP
posed vigorously by Senators Gray, Vest
and Jones, was adopted in the shape de-
sired by the Finance Committee.
A proposed placing Of pineaples on the
dutlabis list as also rushed through with
the support of the Southern Senators
section II9, imposing a duty of IL
cents a pound on lead, was opposed by
Senator Alien. lie said that il the tax
is placed at 1 1-2 cents it's practical eff
feat would deprive American smelters OF
local advantages and send the smelling
business To Mexico or British Columbia
Mr. ABer wanted 10 know why the rate
had been in creased
Mr. Platt, CT the Finance Committee,
said he didn't know.
Mr.. Lindsay When the leather schedule
was being disposed OF il was stated that
Increased rates were necessary 10 make
the schedule more symmetrical He had
NO doubt that symmetry had good deal
to do with the present raise
Mr.. Garter explained that the increase
was 70 protect the American prod2ct
against that of Mexi can cheap abor. White
lead, he said, Lad been recently declin
ing in value
In the course of the argument it was
iIiiInated that the people Mr. Allen was
talking for Were connected with the Lead
Trust. He denied this warmly during his
remarks saying: Yesterday we were
confronted with the spectacle that this
Government had no remedy against the
moDopolies
"Sir, we nave no laws against trusts.
We can arrest some poor devil for stealing
SICK of flour; we can arrest and punish
SOME sboeless waif for stealing "a loaf off
bread, aud yet when it comes to these
eizaEti. corporations, the legislative, the
Judicial and executive powers of the Gov
ernnient are powerless and iinpoten5 20 en-
force the law. II that he true, the Govern
meat is gone. There is no use talking about
it's going; IL is gone.
Mr. Mantle made an argument in favor
of the home product
suSeiters OF The country were opposed to a
high duty, which operated in favor Of those
who coulo get Me xiean ores by ocean trans-
portasion. which wascheap, and against the
smeiteFs of theinterior who had to get them
by railroad.
Mr.. Vest said that the debate was an
other illustration OF conflicting interests.
He was from State which contained the
lareest load mines in he rnpnrrv He XxaS
not here to represent any such interests
His contention was for the interest Of the
consumers, regardless OF that of the
miners
Mr.. vest read from published statements
of the Lead Trust to show the enormous
dividends declared in recent years. The
Lead Trust manufactured two-thirtis of the
white lead, and it was history that higher
duties meant higher prices for white lead
The Lead Trust admitted that fact. He
woGldn' t vote for higher duties IL it cost
him bis scat in the Senate. Mr.. Vest was
Satisfied with the existing law
During Mr. Vests argument ex-Queen
Ehuokalani and her retinue. as it were,
appeared in the Senators private gallery,
TO which they were shown by Senator Per
kins
Mr. Rewlins. Of Utah, spoke at length
on the amendment, the tenor of his re-
marks being to show that the advantage
OF the duty would be to the manufacturers
OF white lead on the seaboard, where the
ra@ material could be imported in bond
for the export trade.
The vote on the Senate Amendments
raising the duty on lead was agreed TO,
yeas. 80; nays, 90: so the Lead Trust
won.
Mr Chandler introduced a resolution
calling upon the Secretary OF the Treasury
Tor all information rel iating to the Govern
ment buildings at Ellis Island.
Other paragraphs or lead duties We're
takeu up. MI. Vest moved to substitute
the existing rates. Each amendment
was lost.
The Increased duties on mica We're also
adopted, Notwithstanding the protest of
electrical workers and stone manufacturers,
submitted by Mr.. Jones. Of Arkansas.
The committee amendments as to gyp-
sum at 81 a ton crude, 81 so ground or
colored, We're agreed to. Printed protests
were submitted by Mr.. Jones.
Mr.. Vest moved to put tallow and wool
grease on the free list. Lost.
Mr. Ttlln.an asked that ne be allowed
to take up his amendment relating to
immigration and imposing head tax Of
500 on i'm migrants. This measure, he
said, " as, perhaps, startling proposition
AS we have "a large eXpanse of unsettled
country for millions of people, the idea of
limiting Immigration was perhaps an OBJ
noxious one. A bill, he said, had been
passed restricting i'm migration on the lines
OF intelligence as qualification. The
present amendment put value on Ameri-
can citizenship
Mr. andler- You would sell il to some
foreign citizen
hr.TillGan-If you want to get into
eolloquy, | shall accommodate you be-
fore | get through. AT any rate this
araeniin1ent carries the Republican prin-
cirle OF protection. You Republicans
vote TO keep out pauper products, but you
admit pauper Iaborcrs
Mr.. Tllnan said he desired to put
Democrats and Republicans on record as
To standing by their platforms. Would
they let the constant stream of a half
million of men annually come in to COM.
pete with American labor? Mr. TiIlman
sah IT was such immigra ton as This
that ruined the country and debased its
politics. He saw thousands of them stand
Ing on the streets Of Chicago, waiting
to be bought. They had congregated in
pennsylvania, where, in the coal mines,
they Were in worse condition than the
slaves In the South before the war
The miners are, however, to be taxed
3 cents head by recent Penns sylvania