The herald., 1897-06-26
SCHEDULES
| COMPLETED
The Free list Properly
Cut Down
THE TARIFF RILL FINISHED
BARRING THE MANY ITEMS
PASSED ovER
duties on Hides and Gloves, Coal,
Tea and. Beer Still Remain
b Be Fixed
Associated Press Special wire.

!. Associated Press Special wire.
L WASHINGTON. June 25-rhe sena
To-Day completed the wool schedule, Il
SILK schedule and the tobacco schedu
or the tariff bill, and with this accon
pnshed the tariff leaders had the sati
raction of knowing that all the schedul,
OF the bill and the free list had been eor
over once. There now remains to 8
through the bill second time, passin
on the items passed over. These al
very numerous and important, incluc
ing hides, gloves, coal. tea and bee
AFTER that the internal revenue feature
VIII oe all that remains. Progress wa
RAPID today. although every paragrap
leiatlng to carpets was stubbornly con
tested. The consideration of the sill
schedule led to strong contest agains
tne proposed duties on silk fabrics. Sen
ators Teller and Mantle Joined with tn
democrats In opposition. The para
graph was passed by the slight ma jorit,
Oh =. The tobacco schedule went through
with little friction after the committe,
mad advanced the duty slightly or
wrapper and leaf tobacco.
Inc resolution of Hale, Maine. restrict.
ing the privilege of ex-Senators ON th.
ioor OF the Senate to those not interest.
eo IN legislation and claims was read
II was referred without comment to the
Committee on Rules.
ine consideration Of the wool sched-
uie OF the tariff bill was resumed at
paragraph $40, relating to Aubusson.
administer. Moquettes and chenille car
pets.
Senator Vest of Missouri moved 70
strike out the specific rate. The vote
was II to "a. four short of a ouorun, Tbara
was some delay in announcing the re-
SUIT, owing to the anxiety to secure
quorum but Senator Vest insisted on
tine tn SPEEDY announeemaggt g ne ss fsee
his with the country just wallowing
and dying while the bill waits
.oThe senator is out of order" inter-
poeed Chandler jocularly. And SO Is the
country" added Gray of Delaware.
A call of the senate brought 81 sena-
tors to the chamber and Vests amend
ment was then rejected. Il to ~.
Paragraph 81, Saxony, Wilton ana
Tournay velvet carpets was agreed TO
with an increased specific duty from %
to 60 cents per yard, the ad valorem being
left at 40 per cent.
In paragraph 372, Brussels carpets,
figured or plain, the specific duty was In
creased from A to As cents per square
yard, with 40 per cent ad valorem IN
addition.
Vest criticised the rates, saying 1t was
the evident purpose to prohibit the I'M
portation of cheap mattings and cheap
carpets. thus making it Impossible 70!
a poor man to cover his floors excep
with higher priced American carpets.
Allison answered briefly that the du
ties were imposed as a compensation
for the increased duties on raw WOOL
On paragraph 373. velvet and tapestr!
the velvet carpets the specific duty wa
Increased from 40 to Al cents per squar
ward with 40 per cent ad valorem in ad
dition.
Vest again moved to strike out tn
snecific rate. This drew brief but EN-
phatic protest from Tillman of Sout
Carolina. He disliked to differ from tn
distin guished Democratic leader, he SAT-
"but" he continued. "it is perfectly cles
we are beaten on every. one OF the:
items ,and-weN. it is just waste
time, that's all"
Vests amendment was rejected, 10
o.
In paragraph 376, tapestry Brusse
carpet, the specific duty was increas
from 2S to 20 cents per square, yard. WI
forty per cent ad valorem additional.
Allison proposed substitute for par
Graph 3761a,. providing that carpets
every description. woven whole !
rooms. including Oriental, Berlin
: similar rugs, shall pay duty OF 10 Ger
per square foot and forty per cent
valorem. This led to an extended
: bate,
.6 White and Vest criticised the rates
IS escessive. Allison explained that Ori'
l. tai rugs were luxuries, some OF tn
J. costing $4,000. He also fired shot
!, the California senator (White) by 81
- - ing that while the rates might be nj
X they were not as high as the duties
AZ oranges and Zante currants, the pr
I'd ucts of California.
IS Allison secured new amendment
ic paragraph 377. druggets, ETC.. strik
ed out felt carpetings. He also withd
= $50. designating the meaning OF the "
wool
All remaining paragraphs OF the
~, schedule were agreed to as reported
TT at / o'clock the senate entered upon
,e. silk schedule.
nd The consideration Of this schedule
I ceeded rapidly until the paragraph
= woven silk fabrics was reached. "A
70 Allison had perfected the paragrap
m minor paragraphs, Jones spoke In
= position to the rates. saying they
from 70 to 700 per cent, were exces
and prohibitory and most burdens
- on the cheap silks. He exhibited
W. nles of Japanese and Chinese
ON which. he said. would be barred fror
country.
Mantle Of Montana said that Will
believed in good, stih prote
: Y tariff, 75 to 100 per cent II necessary,
l =