The herald., 1897-06-08
IN THE SENATE
Lots Of Debate and Some Little
Business

WASHINGTON. June I'm the Sem
ate today Quay, of Pennsylvania pre-
sented several proposed amendments to
the tariff bill. One proposes to strike out
the duty on tea and substitute duty Of
10 per cent. ad valorem on all articles
proposed by the bill to be placed on the
free list, these duties to continue until
July 1, 1901, after which the articles
| shall be exempt from duty. Another
amendment proposes a proviso to the
paragraph fixing a duty on iron ore SO
that all iron ore from foreign mines
owned by American citizens and ini-
ported for their own use and not for
sale, shall be exempt from duty.
Another amendment proposes a duty
of 10 per cent on all articles on the free
list until 1901, and the fourth strikes out
sections four, five, six and seven. They
relate to the internal revenue features
of the bill, including beer tobacco,
cigars, etc. The effect Of the adoption
of the last amendment would be to leave
the present internal revenue law in
effect.
Consideration of the tariff bill was re.
sumed soon after the session opened and
discussion proceeded on the paragraph
placing duty of 50 per 1000 feet on l,1m-
ber. Allen, Populist, of Nebraska moved
to substitute the provisions Of the viii.
son bill, which placed lumber on the free
list The senator spoke in particular
against restoring white pine to the
dutiable list, urging that the rates de-
signed would be prohibitory against
Canadian pine.
Caffery of Louisiana opposed the duty
on white pine and incidentally criticised
the position of Bacon of Georgia. who.
he said, favorded a protective duty,
This the senator from Georgia denied.
Caffery announced his opposition to
all protective duties, but favors the
imposition of duties for purely revenue
purposes. He said the supply of pine
in this country was inexhaustible and
repudiated "the reputed" representa-
tives of lumber of his state and every
state who were before the ways and
means committee and asked a duty
of So. He could not, he said find sim
gle basis for this duty on lumber so far
as the southern timber interests were
concerned.
'The platform stand on interposed
Bacon, "the orthodoxy of which the sen.
ator from Louisiana may not subscribe
to (Caffery supported the Indianapolis
gold ticket) warrants my position. The
Chicago platform said, We favor a tar.
iff for revenue, with duties so adjustea
as to operate equally throughout he
country and not discriminate as to class
or section That is the plank in the
platform upon which stand" said Rs.
con.
Caffery with some display of temper.
announced that there was not an iota
of protection in his makeup.
II favor duty on sugar" said he,
emphatically, because the duty goes
into the treasury Of the United States.
You favor protection on articles whcih
enables the manufacturers OF those ar
ticles to put the equivalent of the duty
in their own pockets
Bacon and Caffery had sharp ex-
change and seemed about to subside,
when Senator Hoard again made some
rather sarcastic references to Caffery's
inconsistency, describing him as free-
trader who cried always Sugar. sugar.
sugar." and who, when the Wilson bill
was before the senate was 50 doubtful
of what the bill would do for sugar that
he voted aye on the sugar schedule and
no on the final passage OF the bill, and
then changed to aye.
Bacon protested against being termed
a free trader. He favored additional
duty on raw materials.
All raw materials that compete with
products of Georgia." remarked Hoay.
amid laughter. IF we couldicommft thu
framing Of tariff billto the free trade