The herald., 1897-05-28

Clarke, Clay. Davis, Foraker, Frye
Harrie OF Kansas, Keitfeld. Jones o
Arkansas, Jones of Nevada. Kyle, Nc
MILAN, Mallory. Mantle, Pettigrew
RawIins, Roach, Shoup, Stewart. Till
man, White, Wilson. Total 25.
The tariff bill was taken up at 2 o'clocl
ana formal consideration of the meas
ure by paragraphs proceeded.
Senator Vest moved an amendment
to paragraph 10, so as to fix the rate or
crude borax at 11s cents, refined borax
cents pound. After brief debate, the
amendment was disagreed to. without
division. The committee substitute wat
then agreed to, fixing borax at cent;
a pound borates of lime or soda, cents
and cents, according to strength.
The cimmittee amendments on re-
fined camphor, ground chalk, manu-
factured chalk and chloroform were
agreed to.
Mr.. Vest remarl,e d that the chalk item
showed another raise above Mckinley
rates.
When paragraph 49, relating to barks,
beans and like drugs, was reached. Mr..
Aldrich moved an amendment of a cent
per pound in addition to the 10 per cent
ad valorem provided by the bill. Mr..
Aldrich said the foreigners were secur-
ing the trade on these pooorer classes
OF drugs under the present arrange
ment.
Mr.. Vest questioned this, saying the
Americans controlled the market and
exported 100000 last year He de-
manded a roll call, on which the AID
rich amendment was agreed to, 32 to 81.
o,,r . +I,,.
Jones and Stewart Of Nevada and Petit
grew of South Dakota voted in the
affirmative.
Committee amendments were agreed
to on licorice extracts, chicole, mag
nesia, alizarine assistant. cottonseed
oil, poppy seed oil, fusel oil and pepper
mint oil.
Mr.. Aldrich withdrew the committee
amendment on opium prepared for
smoking, leaving it st s6 per pound.
Mr.. Jones of Arkansas resisted the
OF her features of the opium paragraph,
Saying great increases had been made
ON drug of universal use. He moved
to amend the rate on morphia from 81 to
so cents per ounce, and said he would
la ter move to place crude and manu-
ia. ,tured opium on the free list.
MI. Jones' amendment was disagreed
to, yeas "a, nays, So
w hen the varnishes were reached, Mr..
Vest protested against the increase in
the d, zty, but said it was useless to take
a vote against it.
Mr.. West again made protest on the.
white lead paragraph, saying the in
creased duties would accrue to the pro-
fits of the lead trust. He moved to re-
duce the rate from 2% to 11a cents per
pound, a1,d demanded a yea and nay
vote.
The anne ndment was reje cted. yeas 81,
nays 35, the vote being on party lines
except that Mr.. Pettigresw voted with
the Democr ats and Messrs. Cannon,
Heitfeld, Jones of Nevada and Stewart
with the Republicans.
The paint paragraph led to some de-
bate. Mr.. ATdrich stated that the in
protection to the American paint
makers.
Mr.. Vest answered that the export of
$SS0.oOO of paint refuted the claim that
the producers needed more protection.
The paragraph was az greed to, however
without vote.
On lead litharge NJ r. Vest moved an
amendment to reduce. the duty from 21.
to IL cents, which was disagreed to
without division.
Mr.. Aldrich offered committee
amendment to incre ase chlorate of pot
ash from to 21s. This was resisted by
Mr.. Vest, who said the article was re-
quired in manufaca uring cotton goode.
He made a general plea against taxing
raw materials.
Mr. Platt Of Connecticut said the
change was designed to free the United
States from depend ence upon the United
Alkali Trust of Err gland and to encour-
age the American company which pro.
poses to utilize the power of Niagara
Falls. Mr.. GalN.nger says this has
started a new American industry, just
as the tin plate duty had started a new
industry.
you can bui,G up anything if you
only give subsidy enough" declared Mr..
Gray. You can grow oranges under
glaes in New HAMPSHIRE
When Mr.. Caffery offered an increase
on potash, Mr.. Ga llinger remarked that
it was justified on the same grounds as
the bounty to Louisiana sugar produ-
GERS.
Mr. Caffery responded that a duty on
sugar was the keynote of the Demo-
cratic arch Of a tariff for revenue. and
he declared that the sugar bounty of
1890 had been "demoralizing and de-
bauching gift"
THE senator and his people were the
beneficiaries of that gift" interposed
Mr.. Gear.
There was proverb," Mr. Cafferey
said, mot to look gift horses in the
mouth" But he insisted that a duty on
sugar rather than a bounty was the real
measure of protection.
Mr. Aldrich'e amendment increasing
the rate on chlorate of potassium to 21s
cents was agreed to-yeas 33, nays. 81.
Messrs. Jones, Stewart and Cannon
voted with the Republicans and Harris
of Kansas, Heitfield and Kyle with the
Democrats.
The committee amendments were
agreed to on ochre, orange mineral. red
lead, varnishes, vermillion red, white
lead, oxide of zinc paints, acetate of
lead, caustic potash and prussiate of
potash.
The following paragraphs went over:
Fourteen, coal tar dyes; 16, collodion;
%, gelatine glue; 3S, olive oil; 43. blue;
80, ultramarne blue; IS, phosphorus.
AT p. m. Mr.. Aldrich said that in
view of the good progress made he
would ask to have the bill laid aside.
Up to that time paragraph 63. relating