Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-06-22

On the opening of the Senate. today.
Allison, in charge of the tanff bill,
stated that it had been expected to go
on today with the wood schedule, but
he asked consent that this go ovar
until tomorrow. and that the Senate
proceed today. with schedule relating
to pulp, paper and BOOKS. There was
no objection.
On the first paragraph (39O Vest
moved to strike out the committee
amendment providing a retaliatory
duty on wood pulp coming from coun-
tries imposing an export duty on wood
pulp. Vests motion was then rejected
and the paragraph agreed to as re-
ported.
On motion of Allison, paragraph 800
was amended so as to read: Printing
paper. unsized or glued, suitable only
for books and newspapers, 10 per cent.
ad valorem. provided that no such pa
per shall pay less rate of duty than $40
of cent per pound" The proviso is a
new feature.
The committee amendment striking
out paragraph 395, envelopes, was
agreed to; also the several paragraphs
substituted by the committee on var-
Gus classes of manufactured paper.
On paragraph 395 f. relating to en-
velopes, plain, 25 per cent; if bordered.
etc, so per cent, new committee pro-
vision was added, as follows:
IF made from tissue. parchment pa
per So per cent. ad valorem.'
A new committee paragraph was
added to he known as 395 +, providing:
Photo. autograph and scrap albums, 30
per cent. ad valorem.
Playing cards (-9S) 20 cents per pack
and 20 per cent. ad valorem was agreed
to as reported; also 399. manufactured
paper not otherwise provided for at 30
per cent. ad valorem.
This concluded the paper schedule
which had been covered within 81
minutes.
In schedule N, sundries, paragraphs
400. beads Of all kinds: 401. ioraids etc,
402, hair brushes; and 402la, bristles.
etc, were agreed to as reported.
Matches caused something of con
test. Allison moved to disagree to the
committee amendment of 20 per cent.
ad valorem and to agree to the House
rates, with changes making the rate 81
cents per gross boxes, in place of 10
cents, and "a cents per thousand when
imported in bulk, in place of l cent.
Vest and Gray opposed the rates, the
latter stating that the business was
enormously profitable but the changes
proposed by Allison We're agreed to.
PettigreW moved to add a clause TO
paragraph Ala. fixing the rate on safety
fuses at 10 per cent. He said these
fuses were used in mining operations
and that the article was controlled by
a trust. Pettigrew contended that
thousands of miners in the mountains
were compelled to buy their own fuses
Teller supported Pettgrew's conten-
ton, saying that a large amount of the
mining. particularly in silver and gold. |
was done by individual miners. He
felt that the committee had not heard |
from the individuals, but only from the |
trust, if any evidence had been pre-
scented.
Platt, CT. who with Allison is in charge |
of the bill said this was "the most re- |
markabe tempest in IL teapot" he had |
ever witnessed. All that seemed neces- |
sary to get duty lowered was 10 pre- |
sent some newspaper clipping declaring |
that a trust existed He did not know |
there was a trust or not but he |
urged that the rate fuses which |
would come under the basket clause of |
50 to IS pei cent, was just one
In the course of the discussion Teller |
remarked that he would have some other |
the bill was completed.
The vote on the Pettigrew amendment +
was: Yeas, "a; nays, "a a tie and the |
Vice President declared the amendment
lost.
The first paragraph of the leather para
graph referring to hides went over at the
request of Allison. The next paragraph
on manufactured leather, was entered
upon. but Vest said it would all hinge on
the treatment of hides and Smith N j.
asked that it go over. This was agreed to- /
In this connection Allen Pop, Neb