The record-union., 1897-06-26
The Senate Is Almost to the End OF the
Schedules of the Measure.
The Internal Revenue Features About
All to be Debated.
Yesterday the Senate Made uooa
Progress, Going Over and Conn.,
pIeting the Wool, Silk and Tobacco
Schedules Was strong contest
Against the Proposed Duties on
Silk Fabrics.

Against LuC EAOPOo~a 1aAA~o OAA
Silk Fabrics.
WASHINGTON, June 25.-The SEN
ate to-day completed the wool sched-
ule, the silk schedule and the tobacco
schedule of the tariff bill, and with this
accomplished, the tariff leaders had
the satisfaction of knowing that all the
schedules of the bill and the free list
had been gone over once. There now
remains only to go through the bill
second time, passing on the items
passed over. These are very numer-
Gus and important, including hides,
gloves, coal, tea and beer. After that
the internal revenue features will be all
that remains. Progress was rapid to-
day although every paragraph relating
to carpets was stubbornly contested.
The consideration of the silk schedule
led to a strong contest against the pro-
posed duties on silk fabrics. Senators
Teller and Mantle Joined with the
Democrats in opposition. The para
graph was passed by a slight majority
of two. The tobacco schedule went
through Will 1AANiE AAANtADAA eNAN~-
committee had advanced the duty
slightly on wrapper and leaf tobacco
Consideration Of the wool schedule
of the tariff bill was resumed at para
graph $40, relating to Aubusson, AK
minister, Moquette and Chenille car
pets.
Vest of Missouri moved to strike out
the special rate. The vote was sew
enteen to twenty-four, four short OF
quorum. There was some delay in an
nouncing the result, owing to the anx-
iety to secure a quorum, but Vest IN
sisted on a speedy announcement, re
marking that the suffering country
could not wait while Republican Sena-
tors mustered a quorum.
When the want of a quorum was an
nounced Vest derisively said: And
this while the country just walloWlng
and dying while the bill waits.
THE Senator is out of order, inter-
posed Chandler jocularly.
And so is the country" added Gray
of Delaware.
A call of the Senate brought fifty
two Senators to the chamber and
Vests amendment was then rejected
21-26
The silk schedule precipitated quite a
lively debate, the Western and coast
Senators contending that the commit
Tee rates were excessive, prohibitivc
and burdensome.
They claimed the rates ran from 40
to 100 per cent. Messers. Jones, Vest,
Mantle, White, Teller and Platt of Con-
necticut took part in the debate. Platt
held that the Government figures
showed the rates to average 56 per
cent. Efforts to reduce the committee
rates were rejected.
White moved to limit the duties to
200 per cent.
Mantle appealed to his protection
friends" to accept this proviso, but
Platt of Connecticut declined, saying
If was a move to embarrass the whole
bill.
Allison declined, saying that the as
sertion that the rates reached lOO per
cent. was merely a repetition of un-
founded assertions on other schedules.
Morgan of Alabama declared that
the tariff bill marked the entry OF the
United States upon fierce and relent-
loss commercial warfare with the rest
of the world
He regretted it, particularly as to
Janan. lust as she was joining the 9TH
ar commercial nations. We should not
outrage the sense of fairness of the
Japanese nation, when she was mani
Testing her friendship by building her
warships in American yards ana SNOW
ing every evidence of cOrdiality.
Morgan referred incidentally to jap
ans protest against the annexation ol
Hawaii by the United States, on Whlch
subject he said he thought Japan had
no possible ground for complaint. IL
was unfortunate at this particular time
TO have this particular nation TO feel
the ferocitv of this tariff BILL although
Morgan declared there was not a ma
tion from Mexico to Turkey which did
not know that the United States is
about to enter upon a war of commerce
against the world
paragraph 81, Saxony, Wilton and
rTournay velvet carpets, was agreed to,
with an increased specific duty from 90
+o ~ cents per yard, the ad valorem
being left at 40 per cent.
In paragraph 372, Brussels carpets,
figured or plain, the specific duty was
Increased from Al to 40 cents per
square yard. with 40 per cent. ad val
orem in addition.
Vest criticised the rates, saying II
was the evident purpose to prohlolt the
Importation of cheap mattings and
cheap carpets, thus making it lmpossl-
BILE for a poor man to cover ms noors
except with higher priced American
carpets.
Allison answered briefly that the du-
ties were imposed as q compensation
for the increased duties on raw WOOL
In paragraph 3T3, velvet and tapes
try carpets, the specific duty was in
creased from 40 to Al cents per square
yard, with 40 per cent. ad valorem in
addition.
Vest again moved to strike out the
specific rate.
This drew q brief but emphatic pro-
test from Tillman of South Carolina.
He disliked to differ from the distin-
guished Democratic leader, he said,
but" he continued, 1T is perfectly
clear We are beaten on every one of
these items, and, well, it is just a waste
of time, that's all"
Vests amendment was rejected-19
to -.
In paragraph 316. tapestry Brussels
carpet, the specific duty was increased