The record-union., 1897-06-08

Which Was Most Stubbornly Contested
by Vest of Missouri.
The Contest Mainly Significant in
Breaking Party Lines, Which Have
Been Maintained, With Exceptions,
During the Debate on the Tariff
Question.

Question.
WASHINGTON, June THE Senate
to-day disposed of the lumber para
graph, which has been more stubbornly
contested than any feature of the tar
if bill thus far, by defeating the mo-
ton Of Vest to place white pine on the
free list-yeas 20, noes SO. The con-
test was mainly significant in break
ing party lines, which have been main
tanned with few exceptions during the
early stages of the debate On the
final vote eight Democrats voted
against Vests proposition, namely:
Messrs. Bacon and Clay of Georgia,
McEnery of Louisiana, McLaurin and
Tillman of South Carolina, Martin Of
Virginia, Rawlins of Utah and White
of California. On the other hand Car
ter (R) and Messrs. Cannon and Man
tie (Silver Reps.) voted for the Vest
motion. Following this vote a sub
stitute, the Wilson lumber schedule,
was defeated-17 to Bland the sched-
ule was agreed to as reported.
The debate preceding the vote was
at times very breezy, owing to the
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discussion of the future programme on
the bill occurred before the Senate adj
journed. 1t led to statement by AL
lison, in charge of the bill, that the
committee probably would submit
amendments to the sugar schedule. For
this reason he announced that the
sugar schedule would be passed over
Tomorrow, and that the tobacco sched-
ule would be taken up
The consideration of the tariff bill
was resumed soon after the session
opened and the discussion proceeded on
the paragraph placing a duty of 50 per
1000 feet on lumber.
Allen (Pop.) of Nebraska moved to
substitute the provisions of the Will
son bill which placed lumber on the
free list. The Senator spoke in par
ticular against restoring white pine to
the dutiable list, urging that the rates
were designed to be prohibitory against
Canadian pine.
There was nothing, he said, in the
"claptrap argument Of American high
wages" as the wages of lumbermen in
Canada were on the whole higher. This
was simply an attempt to pay back to
the lumber syndicate the advance
which it had possibly made less than a
year ago, and in the eyes of every hon
est man was nothing short of absolute
larceny-legalized larceny
Berry of Arkansas spoke against re-
storing the duty on white pine. He
had been appealed to by the lumber in
terests of his own State to support the
duty but he could not do it when it laid
such heavy frihlltp ha
people of the Western States. Berry
expressed his establishment that any
Democratic Senator would support this
restoration of duty on labor.
Bacon of Georgia, who is supporting
the lumber duty, reminded Berry that
MS (Bacon's) support was due to the
fact that the duty was a revenue
rather than protective rate.
Berry responded with vehement ar
ralgnment of the bill, framed. he said
in the interest of every trust and COM
bination in the country. When he saw
that the bill gave large increase of dutv
10 the sugar trust and to every other
combination of capital this satisfied
him that the measure was framed dis
tinctly on the lines of protection and
not of revenue.
CaHery OF Louisiana opposed the duty
on white pine and incidentally criti-
cised the position of Bacon of Geor-
gla, who, he said, favored protect
i've duty. This the Senator from Geor-
gia denied
CaHery announced his opposition TO
all protective duties, but favored the
imposition OF duty for purely revenue
purposes He said the supply of pine
in this country was inexhaustible. and
repudiated the "reputed" representa-
tiyes of lumber interests of his State
and every State who went before the
Ways and Means Committee and asked
DUTY OF - He could not, he said,
ma single basis for this duty on lurn-
Der, SO lar as the Southern timber inter-
ests We're concerned
THE platform stand on" internosed
Bacon, the orthodoxy of which tbe
Senator from Louisiana may not sub
scribe to (Caffery supported the Indian
apolis gold tickeD, warrants nv nosi-
ton. The Chicago platform said. we
favor tariff for revenue duty. with
duties so adjusted as to operate equally
throughout the country, and not dis
criminate as to class or section. That
L
is the plank in the platform upon which
/ stand" said Bacon.
Caffery. with some display of tenn
per, announced that there was not an
iota of protection in his make up. 81
favor duty on sugar." said he. en-
phatically, because the duty goes into
the treasury of the United States. You
favor protection on articles which en-
ables manufacturers of those articles
to put the equivalent of the DUTY in
their own pockets
Bacon and Caffery had a sharp ex
change. and seemed about to subside.
when Senator Hoar again made some
rather sarcastic references to Cafferv's
inconsistency, describing him as a free
trader who cried always Sugar. sugar.
sugar" and who, when the Wilson bill
was before the Senate. was so doubtful
of what trouble would do for sugar that
he voted AYE" on the sugar schedule
and mo" on the final passage of the
bill, and then changed to yea
Bacon protested at being termed
free trader. He favored additional duty
on raw materials.
"All raw materials that compete with
products of Georgia." remarked Hoar
amid laughter. IF we could commit
the framing of a tariff bill to the free