The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-03-28
They've No More Than Broken The
Seal on the Dinglsy Bill
A FEW PAGES CONSIDERED
The Voice OF the Silver Force Is
Heard at opportune Times
Once In the senate II May
Leave u Late In July.

pIulnpllN AT ~ a. m. this morning to
prevent delays from lack of a quorum.
there Were only Is members present
when the house met to-day. Richard
son, democrat OF Tennessee. promptly
blocked the proceedings. but In IL min
utes quorum appeared The ways
and means committee continued to
offer amendments, which were mostly
adopted without opposition. The rate
on acetate OF white lead was increased
from 5's To 4 cents per pound and on
colors from 3 10 cents In his remarks
on these increases. Richardson de-
olared the rates in II out Of II sched-
ules Of the bill were higher than those
OF the Mckinley law.
Dockery, democrat of Missouri asked
how that statement could he recOnCiled
with Dingley's statement that the rates
in this hill averaged between the rates
OF the present law and the act OF 1884.
Richardson replied that the COM
parativc statement did not support
Dingley's assertion. Richardson went
through the schedules one by one. III
the wrath Of the American people was
visited on the republicans for enacting
the Mckinley law" he concluded.
what will they do to you for the enact
ment Of this bill2 In the language of
the street boy, ii viii he a plenty"
Dingley said Richardson's remarks
only illustrated what could be done by
Juggling with percentages Except
for the increase in rates on tobacco.
sugar and silks. the rates In this bill,
he said, were lower than those In the
Mckinley law.
During a discussion concerning n
m. hiIag llnnlxins Y,lttilli.an n
Illinois. said there was no demand for
such duty.
Walker. republican uf Massachusetts.
explained that .here We're few hides
imported except those used for sole
leather: also that "A duty on hides
would be OF little benefit Ia the farmers.
II the duty ON hides would increase
their production In this country, he
said. the republican side would he
unanimously In favor OF such duty.
with regard To trusts. Walker argued
that great combinations necessarily
reduced the cost OF production and
consequently the price To the people.
Trusts were the natural outcome OF
civilization. He predicted that event
ually all the railroads In the country
would be controlled by a single corpo-
ration.
There was sharp exchange of per-
sonalities between Grow. republican Of
Pennsylvania. and Van Diver. demo-
orat of Missouri. The former was ex-
planning how the duty ON tin plate had
established that industry In this coun-
try and he and MIR. Van Diver became
involved In n personal controversy over
the question OF who paid the tax aris-
ing from tin plate duty"
Thompson. populist Of Kansas, after
remarking on the conspicuous part
played 10y Grow during the stirring
days of the war. said that 1T was sad
to see him now defending the trusts
and combines whose purpose was to
enslave the American people"
simpson. referring To the question Of
free hides. said that n duty on hides
would he of more Importance to the
farmer than all the other duties In the
agricultural schedule. II would mean
an Increase of 81 apiece On every one
of the 5.i22Ooo hides taken from the
cattle slaughtered last year.
Payne. republican of New York, In
sisted that Simpson entirely misunder-
stood the question. The hides imported
did not come into competition with
American hides. The former were used
almost exclusively for sole leather.
The debate branched of to the iron
schedule. Wheeler. democrat of Ala
bama. and Cox, democrat of Tennessee,
asserted that the southern iron indus
try did not want any protection. II
was selling iron In pittshurg and the
old iron Centers and was invading
England without the Idea OF protec-
tion.
Dalzcll republican Of Pennsylvania.
replying, said that convict labor Vas
one of the main elements In the cheap
production OF iron I'm Tennessee. Under
wood democrat OF Alabama, said II
was absurd to claim that the reason
Southern pig iron manufacturers were
able to ship their product abroad was
because of the low prices paid Ia labor
In the South. He said the report of the
labor commissioner showed that theavc-
rage labor cost of a ton of pig iron In
the North was <l.i1, and in the South
M.l2 1t was true that the wage PAID
I,cr day In the South was probably
lower. as negro labor was employed,
hut the labor cost was higher. In roll
ing mills of the south the workmen re-
ceived the wages fixed by the Amalga-
mated Association Of Steel Workers.
the same wages paid at the North. The
fact that the iron coal and lime were
found side 10y side in the South constl-
tuted her advantage.
DaIzell asserted that iron ore was be-
ing made and coal being mined IN Ten
uessac hy convict labor. The script sys-
ten prevailed also in Tennessee. Me
Millin denied thai the script systed pre-
vailed in Tennessee. All the protection
PENNSYLVANIA could pile up. he said.
would not save the PENNSYLVANIA In
dustry. II WAS the South which was
driving Pennsylvania out of the mar
ket I'VE have only just begun" h.
said: I'VE propose to make II hot for
YOU. not only IN iron. but in the cotton
manufacture and We won't run the
government either" democratic ap-
plauseJ
Dalzeu declared the South did not
compete with Pennsylvania. only forge
OF fOundTylron was produced In the
south and only Bessemer iron was used
In the North
johnson. republican, of Indiana. and
Dingley called attention to the slow
progress which was being made with
the bill only nine pages were covered
yesterday and four hours of work hal
advanced tn. consideration Of the bill
only two pages up to this time to-day
THE housp, Dirgley said, was wasting
its time In Irrelevant discussion.
Du,kcry In reply, said Il would be
expected that the opposition would not
lssail this hill IN every feature, He
suggested that the time De extended -
that the h,il could 10. adequately con-
sidered. The little debate served to