The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-22
PROGRESS ON THE TARIFF.
rupEE SCHEDULES DISPOSED OF
ny THE SENATE YESTERDAY.

wspt over for Failure Action-The Wool ana
woo,Ien schedule to be Taken Up To-Day.
WARRINGTON, Juno 21.-The progress made
\, the senate to-day in the consideration Of tho
T.riG hill vap such as to nstonish the friends
md opponents of the measure. No less than
ery.nyc pages were disposed of, comprising two
complete schedules, pulp, papers, and books "
and "sundries." and the whole OF the FREQ list
when the bill was taken mp, within q few
minutes after the session opened, tho wool
,chedu!o was FIRST in order. hut for reasons
satisfactory to both sides Of the chamber IL
"a, allowed to go over TIL tomorrow. It
ros the same in regard to the silk schedule,
uhich camo next in order. The next two sched- |
r,es. NJ and N, were disposed OF in quick time,
The Democrats Offering little. II any, opposition,
and no lengthy arguments being INDUCED In.
MANY paragraphs in those two schedules won't |
aver without action. That was the case In re-
i,,ion TO coal for vessels, diamonds, hides.
cloves. paintings, pencils, and other articles. A
,tIll larger number Of articles on tho free
lat wcre left Enacted upon. There was but
one yea and nay vote taken, and that
vas on q motion to reduce tho duty on safety
fuses used In mining to 10 per sent. ad valorem.
The motion was made by Mr.. Pettigrew Of South
Dakota. and he called for the yeas and nays in
order, as he said. to have Senators from the
mining States 60 on the record and show whether
they would stand BY the interests Of the miners
Ar obey the orders OF tho caucus. Most Of the
Senators from the mining S.atea voted for Mr..
pettigtew's amendment, but not all Of them.
when the Tariff bill was taken up Mr.. Allison
dep. Ia) asked that the wool schedule be
n,ssed over till tomorrow morning, and that
he paper and rulp schedule CMl be proceeded
With to-day. He asked his Democratic friends
whether that would be satisfactory to them
Assent was given, and the paper schedule was
taken up.
The committee amendment to the FIRST three
paragraphs in the schedule were agreed to.
Paragraph 800 printing paper for books and
psuspapers) was amended SO as to make the
auty IS per cent. ad vslorem. provided that the
nate shall not be less than three-tenths Of Q cent.
mar mound. The committee substitute for par
,rraph S93 was agreed to, the rate on paper
vstshing over six pounds to the ream being
raised from 4 to 8 cents per pound. Paragraph
se4 (surfacecoated papersl went over. A new
paragraph, putting a duty OF IS per cent. ad
yalorem on photograph and autograph albums,
was inserted.
Paragraphs 800 and 1877 paper hangings and
blank books) were struck out, and q substitute
for paragraph 39s Cplaying cards. was agreed to.
l,makes the duty 20 cents per pack and 90 per
cent. ad valorem.
Schedule y tsundries, was then taken up. The
committee amendments to paragraphs 400, 4ol.
t2, 403. and 404 were agreed to. and a new
paragraph was inserted t4O2ia). making tho
duties on bristles flor brushesb ia cents per
pound.
Paragraph 4o5 tcoal) was passed over.
Paragraph 4o6 tcork bark was amended by
changing "one-half inch" in diameter to three
tourths of an inch applying to manufactured
ccrks.
The duty on firecrackers was fixed at 6 cents
. :. -,,nou5o- a, ,nd q ,ar,.
pei pouhu anu On suhpo"ue' '.en'''
according to value. the clause as to smokeless
powder, =. cents pc, poun n ss st =, o M. -
gross; when not in boxes. three-fourths OF q
os,, nor I 900 matchss
n. w. H., Ca, ,or.d - -.t. ~.
Nr. "hite 'pem.' Cal, moved 10 make inc
TO es,
" pu~.-r 81, q D..,, NJ .u,,.,
what mt. the fe.t dSty ON ss safety t, use would nHi be- b. and ", was
.n .nas.o e.A an.e3.. . go. ao.e :.
Mr.. Pettisrew moved to make the duty 10 per
cent, and said that the fuse In question was
,.d in mining operations. Two years AGO
tie price was $3.50 per thousand feet. 1t was
row $495. and with the increased duty pro-
,o.ad tho nr;ca would he * sO conh;nat;o,
Of tour safety fuse makers had been formed on
ne plan OF the sugar trust ana Otner trusts,
and mot o,Iv axed nrocaeds hrt div;dsd
~ " ont' pveo'' ~. ut'"
ue territory between theH'' 30 that one
PORTION Of the country should be plundered by
nm. comnanv and anotber norton n,undered Inv
smother Company. He proposed to nut on
rcord The senator's from mining States and IN
ne whether a caucus combinaI2on was strong
,non1b IN romneI them 10 vote tn make mjners
nav honrs IN The fuse combinstion
Mr. Teller OF Colorado aareed with the views
Of MI, Pettigrew. He aid NOT know exactly on
what urincipIe the bill was framed. whether
for Protection or for revenue. or for both. If for
| revenue, then the revenue 10 he derived from
Sfety fuse was too trifin9 to Justify II. III for
protection, he challenged The Finance Commit.
on fuse. except that the bill might assist and
upport this trust.
tie vote was taken on Mr.. Pettiercw's mo-
ton, and il was LOST, % TO "a. Although IL was
lie IL was unnecessary for the Vice-President
10 vote, as the affirmative had not q majority.
and Therefore the motion was declared Iosi. The
senAtors from the mining States who voted ave
were KYLE. Mantle. Petti0rew. stewart. and
Teller. Those who voted no were Carter. Nc
Bid. Perkins. Shoup, Warren, and Wilson.
The several paragraphs down 10 the sub-hcad-
Ing "Jcwelry and Precious stones were agreed
70. In paragraph 424 Gewelryl the duty was
fixed at go per cent ad yalorem. Parapraph
4.5 diamonds and other precious stonesj went
Oyer In t,rouro,h ION ~ drtr n n n a rla Nos