The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-07-02
RECIPROCITY AMENDMENT
TO TARIFF BILL AS DRAFTED BY
FINANCE COMMITTEE.
The Senate Makes No Change in the Ha.
waiian Reciprocity Treaty-The Coal
Schedule and Many Minor Ones That
Were in Dispute settled-An Inheritance
Tax Advocated by Senator Turpie in a
Set SpeeCh.

Tax Advocated by Senator Turpie in a
Set Speech.
Washington, June 30.-As a result Of
the rapid work on the tariff bill to-
day the close of the long bate in the
senate and the final vote on the bill is
felt to be very near at hand. Two of
the mos important prOvisiOns-those
relating to the Hawaiian treaty Of
reciprocity and the duty on coaI-were
perfected today, while another source
of much confict-the reciprocity sec
fion-was matured by the nance COM
mittee and presented to the senate.
Aside from these larger items, a great
many minor ones which have caused
more or less conflict were disposed Of.
The Hawaiian provision Of the house
bill was restored after brief debate
and without the Formally Of a vote.
This has the effect Of leaving the Ha-
Waiian treaty Of reciprocity in full
force and effect.
Senator Perkins, Of California, pre-
scented a telegraph memorial in favor
of the annexation Of
The tariff bill was taken up and Sen
atOr Quay gave notice Of recOnsidera-
tiOn Of paragraph 118, iron ore, his pur-
pose being to secure further action on
the clause inserting manganese ore at
81 per ton. He said he would not urge
the subject until he had consulted the
finance committee.
Senator Allison then proceeded with
the detached paragraphs, heretofore
passed over. ON bleaching powder the
duty was changed from "a cent to Is
cent per pound.
Senator Vest moved to place the ar
ticle on the free list, and an extended
debate cnsued on the usesof bleach in
paper pulp factories.
At this stage Senator Turple, of In
diana, took the floor for a speech in
support of the amendment proposed by
the minority Of the finance committee,
for a tax Of 2 per cent. on Inheritance
over s., 900, the tax to be in operation
for the next five years, with exemption
to charitable, religious and like inherit
ances.
In sarcastic tones, Senator Turpie de-
clared that the tariff bill was the joint
product Of the two parties-One the
party that had come into owe last
December; the other party in office.
One was a m~ercen6ry organizations; the
other political, and both had entered
into a compact for a tariff bill. Neither
branch had any anxiety as to the
treasury, the amount of deficit, except
as it served political end Hawaii
must wait, Cuba must wait, pensions
must wait, every interest of legisla-
ton must wait while these two parties
executed their plans.
Senator Turpie spoke for about two
hours and devoted most of his time to
a bitter arraiGnment of the bill, char
acterizing the rates as akin to bribery
and rapine, dictated by a banditti of
syndicates." He received close atten-
ton, owing to the p~ictureSQueneSS of
his u~tterances. He closed with a refer
ence to the silver question, asserting
that there was no more right to aban-
don the free coinage of silver than to
abandon the free coinage of gold.
The debate then came back to the
amendment on bleaching powder, and
after further debate the compromise
making the duty on bleaching powder
1-5 cent per pound was agreed tO-30
to Ex-senator McEnery, democrat. vot-
ing with the republicans in the affirm
alive, and Senators Teller and Mantle
with the democrats in the negative.
Senator Butler, of North Carolina,
moved to place Gypsum on the free list
-rejected-24 to so. The paragraph
was then agreed to with the changes
proposed by the committee.
a change was made on fullers' earth,
the clause which had led to the con-
troversy between Senators Plat and
PettigreW last Saturday. Senator Platt
said an understanding had been reach
ed, making fullers' earth, unwrought.
81 per ton, wrought or manufactured,
"a per ton. In this paragraph the rate
of asphaltum, etc. crude. was changed
from $50 to $1.25 per tor. Senator
Vest opposed the changes, but they
were agreed tO-36 to %.
In paragraph 125 (hOOp, and or scroll
iron or steel, etc. a clause was added.
Steel bands or strips, untempered,
suitable for making bands. 3 cents per
pound and 20 per cent. ad valorem, if
tempered or polished, 6 cents and 20
per cent. ad valorem. The
went over without final action, in Or
der to consider Senator Bacon's mo-
tlOn TO put cotton ties On the free list.
Beans We're made 40 cents per BUSH
ell, and seeds, not otherwise provided
for, was changed from 40 per cent to
20 per cent. ad valOrem.
The Hawaiian treaty provision was
then taken up, Senator Allison stating
that 1T had been determined to retain
the house proviso to paragraph 206, re-
latlng to sugar, as fOllows provided,
that nothing herein contained shall be
so construed as to abrogate or in any
impair or affect the provisions
of the treaty of commercial reciprocity
III olllltu states
and the king of the Hawaiian islands.
January 80. 1875, or the provision of any
act of congress heretofore passed for
the execution of the same
Senator Allison briefly explained that
IN View of the treaty of annexation
winch had been made, it seemed best
10 retain those provisions, leaving the
reciprocity treaty in statu quo.
The proposal to concur in those pro- |
visions was agreed to without the for
mality of a vote.
Coal 405) was then taken up, Senator |
Allison submitting changes making the !
duties on bituminous coal and all coal |
containing less than 90 per cent of fixed |
carpon and shale 81 cents per ton of % |
bushels, so pounds to the bushel: coal !
slack or culm, such as will pass through |
half-lnch screen, Is cents per t1n: |
20 per cent. ad %vaIOren1. The !
senate prOviso was omitted relating I, |
certain reciprocal trade on zeal.
Senator Allison denounced the 9utv
On coal, declaring that it served to
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