Birmingham state herald., 1897-06-08
Over the Disposition of the Lum5,
 eos Der Schedule. s@ ' 2 h ryl
MUST BRING A REVENUE
Was the Decision of the Majority-TObacco 6 Comes Next-Mnority of the House \,
 Victorious Only for Brief Spell. ' :

,Qs disposed Of the lumber paragraph, which .4 has been more stubbornly contested than. ] any feature of the bill thus far. by de- flea ding the motion of Senator Vesis to ; place white pine on the free list-yeas 20, J a nays 3S. The contest was mainly sig @ qnificant in breaking party lines, which @ie have been maintained with few except fions during the early stages of the dex bate. On the final vote seven democratic. voted against MT. Vests prop q osition, namely: Messrs. Bacon and Clay. ? Of Georgia; lMcEnsry, of Louisiana; Me Laurin and Tillman, of South Carolina; Martin, of Virginia, and Rawlings, of 1if Utah. q we On the other hand, MT. Carter republi-r can and Messrs. Cannon and Mantle sn- ,.ver republicans, voted for the Vest mo- ei stion. Following his vote, proposition to subs iItute the Wilson lumber schedule, for the bill was defeated-31 to 27 so1 The debate was very breezy, owing to the break of party lines.
 The consideration of the tariff bill was resumed soon after the session opened, and the discussion proceeded on the para graph placing duty of $2 per l,ooo feet 4Eon lumber. IL Mir Allen, populist of Nebraska, moved to substitute the provisions of the Wilson .sbiIl, which placed lumber on Ihe free lise- 1.-The senator spoke in particular againsf restoring white pine to the dut1aDle FsUs urging that the rates were designed TO be pprohibirory against Canadian pine ". There was nothing, he said, in the clapf tttrap argument of American wages, as the wages of lumbermen in Canada were Ion the whole higher than in ahe Unfted States, a- u Mir Berry democrat, of Arkansas; spoke against restoring the duty on white pine He had been appealed to by the lumber interests of his own state to sup- port the duty but he would not do ID when it laid such heavy tribute on the agricultural people of the weslern states. < ss. MT Bacon, of Georgia, who is suppopt-, ing the lumber duty, reminded MT. Berry that his (Bacon's) support was due to the facs that the duty was a revenue rather than protective rate.
 iMr Berry responded with vehement Arraignment of the bill, framed. he said, in the interest of every trust and combi- na.don in the country.
 MT Caffery, of Louisiana, opposed the duty on white pine and inciden ally crit icised the position of MT. Bacon, of Geor- gia, who, he said, favored a protective duty he. This the senator from Georgia denied.
 MT Caffery announced his opposition Ito all protective duties He favored the im- position of pure revenue duties.
 '"The platform l stand on, interpoSed MT. Bacon 'sthe orthodox of which the senator from Louisiana may not sub- scribe to. fMr. Caffery supported the In- TiianapoIis gold tickeD warrants my po- sition. The Chicago platform said, We favor "a tariff for revenue, with duties so adjusted as f'o operate equally through out the counry and not dfscriminat as to class or section Tt Is that plank con- tained in .he plef5form on which stand
 MT. Caffery said there might be a dis crepancy between the Chicago and In- dfanapols pla tforms, but the essence of democracy was opposed to tariff on r1w materials because such tariff neces- sarily required compensatory 6uties on manufactured articles.
 My position,' said MT. Bacon, 'is that if duties are to be levied on manufactured ardcles for revenue purposes they should be levied on raw materials, that no fla, vors should be shown" = IMr. Caffery sat down but MT Hoar, of. Masya chusetts, brought both him and MT Bacon to their feet.
 .I suggest" said he, "lhat the senators from Louisiana and Georgia could save the time of the senate if they could agree upon terms. The sena tor from Georgia should apply his protedtfon principles to sugar, ard the senator from Louisiana his pror ectdve principles to lumber"
 '.If the senator will substitute revenue principles for protective principles,'" !" ob- served MT. Bacon, good -na'turedly, T will agree."
 "A protective duty on sugar by any other name would be as sweet" replied MT. Hoar, ''and be a protective duty still"
 MT. Camery dIsplayed some temper as he pronounced MT. Hoars statement that he favored a protective duty on sugar erroneous. There was not. he declared, an iota of prolection in his makeup.
 MT. Bacon erh Mir. Caffery had a sharp exchange and seemed bout to sub side, brf Senator Hoar evidently did not desire this.
 Again he made some rather sarcastic references to MT. Cafferyis inconsistency, describing him as free trader who car rfed always sugar" sugar" and who, when the Wilson bill was before uhe sen ate,- was so doubtful of what the bill would do for sugar" that he voted faye. .on nf1e sugar schedule and mo" on the final passage of the bill, and then changed to "aye." The free trade senator from Louisiana. he concluded finds only one exception to the application of his theory'-sugar-andi he free trade sena tor from Georgia another exception-lumber.
 MT. Bacon protested at being termed free trader. He favored a duty on all raw ma terial.
 "All raw materials that compete with the products of Georgian remarked MT Hoar. amid laughter
 After MT. Caffery made the statement tha he had no apologies ro make for his vote on the Wilson bill the debate became desultory.
 Mrts Allen. popuhst. of Nebraska, touclled briefly on the subject of du.y on hides, and then invelghed against the the lumber duties in the bill which he said would be particularly oppressive to Hhe poor of Nebraska, who were the vfc- films of the lumber trust
 MT. fThurston, republican, of Nebraska, defended the proposed duty on lumber In some brief remarks.
 MT. Jones, of Arkansas. characterized as absurd the term thar this country twas lbeing flooded by foreign manufac- lures ,of lumber in the face of the fact that Brt $7,500,000 worth of lumber was imported last year against $540, GOO, ,000 consumed.
 MT. Sponner, of Wisconsin, protested against the general arraignment of the lumber men on that account and paid a high tribute ro their integrity and public spirit. hdr. Spooner called attention to the ren1arka bfe nature of Mir Vests. anemH1ment, which proposed 70 exclude on tinpber. Why sbould t1ie lumber in-