Birmingham state herald., 1897-03-19
STILL 4 LITTLE FRICTION Relative To DingIey's Now Ready
 Tariff Bill. JOE w HELLER Gets In His Oar Though Forced To Withdraw It Because of Too Strong Re-
 publican Majority.

l will be reported to the house tomorrow l by the ways and means committee. So 1 far as Chairman Dingley and his repub- 1 lican associates can influence action, the | final vote on the measure will be taken 1 in the house on the 31st instant. The 1 bill will be called up for consideration
 on Monday next.
 1 The democrats manifested considerable opposition al today's meeting to report | ing the bill before Monday next their
 contention being that in justice to the
 minority it should be retained in com
 mittee until that time.
 l MT. Wheeler democrat, of Alabama,
 urged that if the bill was to pass the 1 house on the 31st instant, it were better l to call it up on Friday
 l As the democrats were not a unit l specting this proposition, it was not l agreed to-
 It was understood, however, that no l night sessions should be held in order 1 that all the members of the house 1 might have an opportunity of express | ing their views.
 number of changes were made to- l day in the bill. Among them were the i following:
 An addition was made to paragraph 1 125 relating to iron or steel anchors. as ] follows: Anti-friction ball forgings of 1 iron or steel or of combined iron or steel, 1 45 per cent ad valorem.
 1 Welded cylindrical furnaces made from | plate metal two and one-half cents per pound was added in the para graph 149 | of the metal schedule It was stated i that the effect of this would be to in- | crease the duty at least one-half cent 1 per pound
 Paragraph POS of the sugar schedule | has been made to read as follows: Su- 1 gars not above IS Dutch standard etc.. o 1HT- 1 pound; and for every additional degree, 1 3-100 of a cent per pound additional and fractions of a degree in proportion. | The provision relating to molasses was | amended so as to read: Molasses test l ing above 40 degrees and not above 56 | degrees, cents per gallon. | Paragraph PIP, relating to leaf tobacco, | was amended so as to read: Provided, | that If any tobacco imported in any bale 1 box or package, or in bulk. shall be the growth of different countries or shall | contain exceeding 15 per centum thereof l of leaves, etc.
 Paragraph PA, the duty on manufac- tured tobacco not otherwise provided for, | is increased from 40 to 65 cents per pound.
 Snuff and snuff flour was increased 1 from 40 to 65 cents per pound, Sausages of all kinds were stricken l from the meat schedule and placed on 1 free list.
 Paragraph 341, relating to plain woven l fahris of single jute yarns was changed SO as to make the weight seven instead of eight ounces per square yard, where the duty was placed at seven-eighths of
 a cent per pound and 15 per cent advalo- rem.
 The duty on bags or sacks made from plain woven fabrics or single jute yarns
 was changed to One and one-eighth cents per pound and 15 per cent ad valorem.
 In paragraph S97 the duty was in creased from 20 to 25 cents per pound on lthogrnphtc prints or other material bound or unbound, on paper or other material not exceeding S-1000 of an inch in thickness. On paper or other material exceeding S-1000 of an inch in thickness and exceeding 35 square inches cutting size, the duty was increased from to 12 cents per pound. On prints exceeding 8-1000 of an inch and not exceeding 20- 1000 of an inch in thickness and not ex- ceeding 35 square inches, cutting size, the duly was increased from to 10 cents per pound. An increase from to cents per pound was made on lithognaphic prints exceeding 20-10G0 of an inch in thickness. The duty on Photographic cigar labels and bands, if printed in ten or more colors including 1abels printed in whole or in part in metal leaf, was reduced from 30 to 25 cents per pound. Printed in whole
 or in part in me-al leaf, the duty was re- duced from 40 to 30 cents per pound. Blank books and others enumerated in paragraph 400 were increa sed from 20 to 25 per cent. ad valorem.
 All the foregoing amendments were offered by the republicans and adopted by strict party vote
 A number of amendments were of fered by the minority members of the committee and promptly rejected MT. Wheeler, democrat, of Alabama, for ex- ample, moved that bagging and cotton ties be placed on the free hst. Later he offered another amendment placing barbed wire on the free list. MT. Swanson, democrat of Virginia, moved to strike out the differential duty in the sugar schedule He explained that in levying tariff duties the rates ought not to be imposed so IS to give a monop- oly of the American market to any com
 bination or trust. He maintained that 1t
 was distinctly understood that the Ameri-
 can Sugar Trust, in combination with
 Claus Spreckels, had the absolute con
 trol of the American market for refined
 sugars. His amendment shared the fate
 of the other minority amendments
 MT. Robertson, democrat, of Louisiana.
 moved an increase in the tariff of un-
 cleaned rice, his argument being that
 the present tariff protects the manaIIfac-
 turer only, which is a discrdmina ton
 against the farmer. The reply to this. as
 the amendment was voted down. was
 that the protection given in this bill was
 greater than that given by the present
 law.
 MT. McIaurin, democrat. of South Car
 olina, moved that duty of 21k cents per
 pound be placed on all importations of
 raw cotton. Rejected
 MT. Wheeler's amendments eo place sul-
 phuric acid and black made from bone
 used in the manufacture of quindne on
 the free list was defeated
 MT. Wheeler then offered another
 amendment to reduce the duty on white
 pine and hemlock from $2 to s1 per 1,0oO
 which was rejected, !as was also his
 amendment to place other woods' in
 the aragraph relating to posts, railroad
 ties and telegraph poles on the free list
 There was also a strict party vote on
 the rejection of MT. McMillin's amend
 ment to suIbstitute the wool schedule of
 the present law for the schedule in the
 bill reported on Monday iasts
 The other arnendmehts offefed were not
 material except that proposed by MT,
 Robertson authorizing the president to
 give notice of the abrogation of the
 Hawaiian treaty. which was promptly
 voted down.