The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-31

the southern planter had free cottol
and the New England manufacturer
hlgh duty on his manufactured cotton
! The answer was stated with bruta
frankness by the gentleman from In
diana (Mr. Steele), who stated that tn,
people or the west and south must frs
} vote the Republican ticket, or what il
the same thing, for a high tariff be
fore they would be permitted to par
tlclpate in the benefits of the protective
system"
In conclusion, Mr. Clark said that the
people of the south and west might BIZ
Tools, as the gentleman from Massa
chusetts (Mr. Walker) dencminateC
lnem, but they knew enough to know
when they were being sandbagged and
10 say to the highwayman of New Eng
land that they had some rights that he
ought to respect. (Applause.)
little later Mr.. Mahoney (Rep., N
~ took occasion to say that he was
tired of the continued unloading of
Grover Cleveland upon their party and
that for one member of the party he
repudiated him.
Mr.. Carmack (Dem., Temp inquired
moment later, if there was anything
IN the bill which proposed an increase
OF duty on Grover Cleveland If there
was. it must have been passed when
tailow was under consideration. Demo
cratic applause.)
Mr. Bland proposed an amendment
| authorizing the free admission of arti-
cles purchased with the proceeds of
agricultural products raised in the
United States and exported Support
| ing the amendment Mr. Bland said the
bill was framed in the interests of the
east. He appealed from a decision of
the chair, Mr.. Sherman CRep, n. W.
that the amendment was not in order
and the decision was sustained-127 to
81.
Referring to the suggestion by Mr.
Bland that the bill was framed in the
interest of the east, Hr. Henderson
! (Rep., Ia.) called attention to the fact
that the west controlled the Repub-
lican majority of the committee seven
to four. He said that no man, dead or
alive, ever saw a tariff bill pass
through the house which met his an
prevail in every respect. Under a pro-
tective tariff the west enjoyed the best
prosperity and greatest happiness it
ever enjoyed in the history of the re-
public. (Applause)
At intervals during the progress of
the debate, tariff amendments proposed
by the committee on ways and means
were agreed to:
Providing that no gloves above num-
Der should be classed as children's
gloves.
Making metal strings for musical in
struments dutiable at As per cent ad
valorem.
Reducing the tariff on cocoa mating
from II to cents yard and on cocoa
mats from to cents a square foot
Making slate pencils dutiable at 4
cents 100 instead of gross.
Making silk boiling cloth for milling
purposes only dutiable at % per cent
ad valorem
Permitting the free entry of 500
worth of household utensils belonging
to emigrants to the United States: of
glass discs for scientific instruments;
Of dried fish sounds; of dyes produced
from coal tar and not made in this
country; of crude salts evaporated
from mineral waters; of carbonate of
potash; of sheep dip, of shrimps and
other shell fish
Mr. Smith Dem. Ariz) and Cowhered
CDem-. Mo- opposed the proposed in
crease in the duty on cattle.
Mr.. Dlngley offered an amendment pro-
Vldlng for the free entry of scientific ap-
paratus, inStrun ents, chemicals. books |
maps and charts, such as are not made
or published in the United States. when !
expressly imported in good faith by and
or Incorporated institution of learning or
scientific society, or public library and |
not intended for sale.
Pending this an animated debate oc-
Mr.. Arnold CRep., n. V and Brucker
(Dem., Mich) the latter denouncing the
duty as absurd and wicked
TOLL to 81.
Mr. Tawney (Rep., Mimi moved to
change the duty on horses and mules to
$50 on animals valued at less than $3.50 a
head; per cent ad valorem on animals
at over that sum.
On this, Mr.. Hill Rep Comm made
vigorous speech on the lumber duty. He
a tod nd 81. hot |
all the tariff changes had never added a
dollar to or taken from the price of lum-
Der paid by the consumer.
A motion by Mr.. Tawney Rep., Mimi
was agreed to, putting duty on leather
shoe laceS less than a yard long of %
cents dozen pairs and % per cent ad
and on laces over a yard long
60 cents dozen pairs and % per cent ad
An amendment. offered by Mr.. Gros-
venor (Rep., Ohio was agreed TO reduc-
or aluminium in leaf from s to cents
a package of 100 leaves; also an amend
ment increasing the duty on high class
labels of 10 or more coiors.
printed in white or in part in metal leaf,
from 80 to 40 cents pound.
In lieu of the paragraph in the bill re-
ating to mica, Mr.. Grosvenor (Rep., Ohio)
offered the following:
Mica-2 cents per pound on dimensions ;
two inches square or less, and 2 cents {
per pound additional for each additional !
oNudIS lilCUs pIONlueQ lIdI the maximum
1uty shall in no case exceed so cents per ,
pound.
This, he explained. on the higher grades !
IF mica was less than the present ad :
1alorerp duty of % per cent. The amend
nent was agreed to.
A motion by Mr. Evans (Rep. KY was 7
agreed TO, amending the paragraph pro-
libiting the Importation of convict labor !
made goods so as to require the secretary :
# the treasury to make regulations nee
ssary to carry the provisions into
fleet. I
On motion of Mr.. Dingley, powdered I
ist at cents a pound considerable 7
he said. This completed the +
ist of committee amendments and the
eading of the bill at the point reached
asst Saturday was resumed. 6
Proceedings of the committee Were in o
errupted to permit Speaker Reed to an [
ounce his signature to the joint -eso- a
1tion appropriating S250.000 for the relief ! Z
f the Mississippi valley flood sufferers Y
nd making appropriation to meet de-
ciencies.
Mr. Lentz Oem Ohio made a speech a
pom the coal duty. He said that under L
he operation of the present duty 40
entS a bushel, the mines of Ohio and a
Their western states had exported nearly h
million and half bushels of coal into u
anada, while Nova Scotia had sent to
ne eastern market of the United States
,sS than 100000 bushels. He asked why
General Grosvenor. representing great 7
tate joining his own. had not protested
gainst this surrender by the four east
m members of the committee on ways
nd means to the anthracite pool with
s millions of surplus. and denounced the c.
lfernal outrage of the increase of duty "