The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-03
FINISHING UP THE BILL.
,HE RETiLIATORY AND REOIPRoCI-
TY SECTIONS AGREED to.

s.p.tor Allison says That All the racmatnlnE
Amendments or Importance VIII ne Ready
To.Da,, and re Hopes TO Get the Vote on
the FInni PsssaEe or tho Bli This week.
WASHINGTON. July 1.-THE two most i'm
.o,,ant provisions of tho Tariff bill outside the
so.stion OF rates Of duty came up in the Senate
sod.y, and were disposed Of without protracted
.,cuments. They were what are known as tho
,.tAliatory and the reciprocity sections OF tho
mi. The first provides for an additional duty
an Foods from foreign countries on which ex.
,ort bounties are paid, and the second authorizes
.r.atios for reciprocal trade with foreign coun-
,r,es and tho reduction of the duties on the
roods embraced In tho treaties to the extent Of
o. per cent. The retaliatory section was agreed
N BY a vote OF SO to 10. and the reciprocity SEQ
tIon by q vote OF 80 to IL.
II was suggested by Mr.. Allison just before
adjournment that q time DO fixed for final &C
ton on the bill; but as the Finance Committee
rtll ~withholds the important provision by which
an increased revenue ia to DO provided. Demo-
cratic Senators declined to fix any time for q
Anal vote before knowing what that provision
a to DO.
The bill was taken up ct half past IL. Mr..
Anison, replying to Mr.. Teller, said that It
vould DO unwise at this time to undertake to
,eyise tho necessary amendments to 30 impor-
t,nt a matter as tho collection of the tax on dis.
Allied spirits, and added that 1t was the belief Of
he Republican members Of tho Finance Com
nittee that that subject ought to be taken up
Immediately on the reassembling OF Congress In
december. and that the whole question of the
Nations for It's collection should be gone into
'n he consideration Of tho Tariff bill was pro-
ceeded with; The nickel paragraph QsS was
made to read:
nickel ore three cents apound on the nickel con-
she nickel contained therein; nickel oxide, alloy OF
sry kind in which nickel Is the component material
Sfchief value. eight cents Q pound.
Paragraph sos tree list was mado to corre-
,pond with the nickel paragraph.
Section 8, for additional duties on articles on
which an export bounty is paid. was then taken
sSGr. Gray argued against It as being in viola
ton OF the treaties with Prussia and Austria
He said that the treaty of 1923 with Prussia
could not honorably be eyaded., 1t was not the
nere" favored nation" clause, but was specific
that no higher or other duty should DO imposed
upon importations nom Prussia to the United
States or from the United States to Prussia than
eOuntry. In this case an additional duty Of three
tenths cent a pound was to DO imposed on Ger
man sugar, and that was clearly in violation Of
After further discussion tho section was
agreed t4-yeas, sS; nays, -. Senators Allen.
ran. and Stewart voted aye. and Senators
Mantle and Teller no.
The reciprocity amendment of which Mr..
Allison gave notice on Wednesday was then
offered as an additional section, modified so as
TO require the advice and consent of the Sem
ate TO commercial treaties.
Nj. Mills suggested that the President and
eenate could not contract away the revenue of
e. hsus s0 Of Represe masaEqs the Mr. so 9ssn to Of The ths
same grounds.
Nj. Morgan declared himself in favor Of tho
reciprocity provision as an improvement upon q
hl which contained enough TO astonish and
open declaration Of war against the
Of the world"
III. Gray of Delaware also favored the reel.
procity section as breaking down somewhat the
bill and letting in . little free trade and free
sunshine.
The reciprocity provision was agreed to-yeas,
20; nays, IS. Four Democratic Senators, Gray,
Harris OF Kansas. Heitfeld, and Morgan, voted
for the amendment, and Senators Stewart and
Teller against it.
Nj. Allison expressed q desire to have a time
fixed for the tnal disposition of the bill. He said
that all the important amendments which were
to Be offered would be ready early tomorrow
and would be in print on the desks of Senators.
Mr.. Lindsay offered an amendment to be
added to the reciprocity provision. 1t author
lies and requests the President to investigate
and elicit all the facts as to the e strictions put
tries and to enter into negotiations for the modi-
fcaton or removal OF such restrictions He e1-
planned that 1t was intended to reach certain
regulations in France and Spain by which the
prohibited except on Government account.
Mr.. Allison intimated that there would be no
objection to the amendment. Ii the President
had not that authority now. he was willing to
morrow. and the Senate at 8:15. after an execu-
tive session. adjourned.