The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-10
SPEECHES DELAY TARIFF.
THE RICE PARAGRAPH CONSUMES
A DAP IN THE SENATE.

ana Attacks tho Protection neueorats-prr.
Csunon or Utah Advocates mis- Proposed
Export Duty on Grain, Tebacces ana Cotton.
WASHINGTON, June p.-Praotically the whole
=, to-dAy's session In the Senate was consumed
In tho delivery of three speeches. Tho FIRST was BY
Nj. Mills Of Texas. It wasa general denunciation
=, the Republican principle Of protection, and q
,.mentation ovor the backslidines Of those
nemocrats who have recently gone over to that
policy. Senator Cannon OF Utah tried to show
n n speech which occupied over an hour the adj
vsntasos that would follow the adoption OF his
r,nn to pay export duties ON wheat, cotton.
hons, tobacco, and corn. The point Of his argu-
ment was that 40 those products wero sold and
their prices fixed In q free trade market, II was
unfair and unequal 10 have those who raised
them forced to buy In q highly protected market
This inequality, no commended, would DO COR
reotcd by the payment OF an export bounty
which would require the payment Of about
$50, 900, 900 a year, q sum which might DO adj
yantageously saved by economy In Government
expenditures.
The third speech was made by the Populist
Senator from North Carolina, Mr.. Butler. favor
Ing the export bounty idea, but devoted princi-
pally to the question Of tho FREQ coinage Of
silver.
On account Of the consumption Of time by
these three speeches. no progress was made with
tho Tariff bill. Tho sugar schedule was not
taken up and nothing was said either about IL
ar about the tobacco schedule. The agricultural
section was taken mp at the rice paragraph,
rhero It had been left Off on Tuesday. The
paragraph was made to road as In tho House
bill, two cents a pound for cleaned rico and IL
cents for uncleaned rice, but the rate Of y cent.
epound on rice -four was reduced to Y cent.
Mr.. Mills Dem., Tex.l moved to mako tho
duties on rice 40 per cent. ad valorem. Defeated.
10 to 40. Five Democrats Bacon, Clay. Mo
Emery. McLaurin, and Tllmanh and four Popu-
lists fallen, Butler. Heitfeld. and Stewart),
voted with the Republicans.
Paragraph $50. making the duty on rye ten
cents per bushel. and rye -four half o cent per
pound. was agreed to.
Paragraph 231 ttapioca) was struck out.
Nj. Rawlins Dem, Utah) made o speech re.
viewing the attitude Of the Democratic party on
the Tariff question, and closing with the re.
mark that his vote would be cast in accordance
with the declarations and principles Of his party.
Mr.. Mills made an attack upon the whole bill.
He spoke OF schedules being adjusted and re.
adjusted, and unadjusted and readjustod again. -
lie measure was intended to raise. He had
come TO speak, he said. " for tho forgotten men;
so.. the tS fsisp psss ,Sn fO I. i, the E. m p.,n,d from 1S these ,oS!
councils of the nation when his property was g
and 10 be- distributed among those Who
lad given mo- consideration ,for, It. The
ses; he He s' sna,sd f THs given sal in OF I fSn6sGr,
Industries and Wealth Of Nations" showing
,hat The annual manafectured product Of the
and ffty-two million pounds sterling. and that
that amount was raised 80 per cent. oyer che
Minis asserted, over thirty.two hundred million
dollars taken annually out OF the pockets OF
q s'S iss iisIEs4l'ssa aa Pha" sa b r E essssgpsnd6n' system
Mr.. Mills said there had been q struggle Of late
S Sss,st to n switch hit the 81 Dem0ere.ic party gut os ias
N R'G ls a. PP sssssss't ans o 1sse. T In is 30 a1 es snti tpise
iss'i IN plain Rlihns and n un sss R1sssSiFm Words Ss' S Ss5Issa
rave tWensy,tHo votes for I. and fouI
s ssae ssa II; sO IT. md Sfr CLAN s ssas hen f sMo i Ts anf
isnded BY Mr.. Mills as a rebuke to the Senator
~ niger ae and disdsiin. ' "~s s RET toi "a syo tsi1 So G,1n
Dc imported into The United States, i this
: "a Yesterday md l 1l " T II. FSfR ssaa Of "e asor wss
When he was advocating his amendment g
shsr raw material and said. that ali those
osss." T to Be 10 paid ID By gt the III; asS n man. and %PG se
result In shutting out the foreign market to
i A%s mssert Ise on tie frse l f9o and h sy hiayin Su ~
prodpet in the United states could i DO nanufae.
70 b Manufactured in England.
A guestionh had been asked recently in the Sen.
were In the United States. The answer to that
question was to DO found in an article written
y s,rs ss s%o su si sah'p ns9aons : @SIth fEN sens t4 %El
Ions each. four hundred worth ten millions
and ak thousand worth one million each-alto'
Eether ninety-six hundred persons worth an ag
Ation. he said. was intended to add to this mon
s snOHs " wealth tha g. the expense Of the People, Hs
Wealthy men being shipped to Europe put apoSS
s%cuntesses, marchionesses, and all other cases
sIeyytps, taxes that viii take out Of the pocket.
q ths lsboring people two. three. and four hun
nscessaries Of life. SO as to raise q bounty tc
allow sa these people, to buy titles for their dapEh;
i Ria' Y Do |Ss, M snipk s !fsss. Y I. NO hsrsa 4 q , sSGg,
s.asss tsvos SSSf ,pressotfSsp destrins as ysS
ts ssif gSysrn@ent. But u they hey viii viz not I'D Do M IL" =
Ant. Mills spoke for nearly two hours in . pas
Mr.. Vest Dem. MOI moved to strike out par
S sSusISei on oS wheat Sna 3s az putting Ss = SsnY Of Of 20 2, cent,
ga. bacon, McEnery, McLauren, and Tflman
snd three Populists lAllen, Heitfeld, and Stew
MI voted with the Republicans.
ii INF. Cannon OF Utah moved to insert as q new
pasaGraph his amendment for an export bounty
vhewheet, cotton. corn, hops, and tobacco. Ht
YIELDED TO Mr.. Thnrston OF Nebraska 70 have
NSa some newspaper paragraphs as to building
peeted prosperity has appeared"
Alter they were read Mr.. Berry pem., Arb.
sned MI. Cannon TO allow him TO have read
SUme extracts from q statement recently mad,
aaistinguished citizen OF Philadelphia, Mr.
M: Cannon declined. however, on the ground
acetous!y,' that the reading Of that state
ment In Mr.. Thurston's presence would DO 4
SI S% III. IsEtsSshterl He asked M; TharSteI
~ PRESIDENTIAL election, and Mr.. ThurstoI
SShtessed that IL had declared for all the her
~ 81 the Chicago platform, the first time tina
axe, that position"
al; Cannon suggested. that the evidence o
EUeperlty In Omaha indicated that the peopl,
tha So LOOKING forward to the triumph In 1900
Mia, Nancy are looking now. Mr.. Thurston 70
l@%s;dissStep fs StI ? and development In tn
~ M cannon addressed tho Senate In adyocac,