The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-06-22
FREE LIST REACHED YESTERDAY.
All Of the Customs schedules. Ex-
ceptinE = Few which Have Been
Passed for Future Consideration,
Have Now Been Acted pom by the
Work Accomplished With hut Lit
tie Debate and No Obstructive
Tactics by the DE M ocrats.

itsti2HS G record Tor progress during tais
| tarin debate. The last two schedules Of
the duiiAble list. covering paper and man
ufactured sundries. were completed. with
1 tha exception OF the paragraphs on hides.
gloves. coal ana some lesser articles.
| which wen, over. This advances the SEN
7 are 10 the free list. which was taken up AT
! =. m. and completed in three hours,
! Early in the day the wool and SILK sched-
! ules went over with an agreement that
wool would be taken up tomorrow. After
/ that the tobacco schedule. the reciprocity
/ provisions and the internal revenue por-
/ ts0ns of the BILL as well rs the many iso
! lated paragraphs passed over. remain 10
be considered. The progress today WAS so
! marked however. that for the first time
! there was feeling that the end was not
/ far off
There was little debate Today. the main
| topic of discussion being matches and
fuses. On the latter item an amendment
hy Pettisrew reducing the rate 10 10 per
cent. came within one vote OF passing,
! against the protest OF the nnance commit
tee the vote being a tie, "a 10 a. While
+ the free list Was under discussion Bacon
t OF Georgia gave notice of an amendment
I placing cotton ties the free list, and
| McLaurin of South Carolina gave notice
| OF another amendment taxing raw cotton
! from the free list, thus completing the ac-
ton heretofore taken of placing duty
! OF 20 per cent. on cotton
| The following changes We're made In the
f, bill as repofted TO the senate, on motion
| of Allison:
Paragraph $50 was amended so as to
F! read; Printing paper. unsized. sized or
| glued suitable only for books and news
| papers. l5 per cent. al valorem. provided
that no such paper shall pay less rate
| of duty than $40 Of / cent per pound
In paragraph $685. relating TO papers
known as copying paper. etc, new COM
mttee amendment was inserted. including
sbihllous paper" The Of the COIN
| mittee amendment on these papers weigh
Ing over six pounds and not over ten
hounds to the ream. ana letter copying
| books, whether wholly or partly manu-
| featured, was changed from cents per
I pound and l. per cent ad valorem to
| fents per pound and Is per cent. ad val
| 4rem. Surface coated papers went over.
| In paragraph 3as. relating To envelopes,
| . new committee provision was added, as
| follows: IF made from tissue parchment
| paper, 80 per cent al vaiorem.' A new
| fommittee paragraph was adopted provid-
I! Ing: Photograph. autograph and scrap
|. .A1tArSSy "a pen cent. al saiorer
| In schedule tsundries) new para
| graph was agreed 10 providing duties on
! trousers buckles. varying from ; cents to
| Is cents per 100. according 10 grade. and
/ uniform ad valorem duty of 10 per cent.
| In the paragraph on buttons OF various
| kinds the clause referring 10 buttons OF
bone was made 10 include steel trouscr
! buttons at one-quarter cent per line per
1 gross.
/ The paragraph on eorks was amended.
making manufactured corks over three
| quarters of an inch in diameter Is cents
| per pound quarters OF an inch and
1 less In diameter, ea cents per pound
Matches caused something OF contest.
! Allison moved to disagree 20 the commit
tee amendment or ~ per cent. ad vaiorem
| and to agree TO the house rates, with
| changes making the rate cents per gross
of boxes in place OF 10 cents, and three
quarters of a cent per Loco when Imported
in bulk. In place of cent.
Vest and Gray opposed the rates, the
| latter stating that the business was enor-
rnously profitable.
Allison explained that the change from
sd valorem To specific was made on the
recon- mmendation of treasury experts. and
with rates which. in part. Offset the ad-'
vance on the raw materials, including
| lumber.
AiiisOns proposal was agreed 10.
Pettigrew moved TO add clause fixing
/ the rate on safety fuses a 10 per cent.
/ He s4tf these fuses were used in mining
5 operations and that the article Was con-
/ sroiled by a trust. He submitted letters
I and statements. showing the extent OF thc
1 alleged fuse trust and its division OF terri
tory for the purpose. he said, of plumber
/ ing the country.
( Wilson OF Washington remarked that
! ,l.e rrlnine company, and not the miner.
stid for he fuse.
Tettierew answered that thousands of
! ninerv in the mountains were compelled
/ 10 buy their own fuses.
| TelIe. of Colorado supported Ps'tigrew's
| ~ Ia 81
! mining particularly in silver and gold.
/ was done ny indfstdual miners. lie felt
that trn committee had not heard from
/ the individuals bat only from the trust,
! Il any evidence rad been presented. Teller
said the y inins industry was willing TO
bear their just share as means of pro-
7 teeting American industry and eduaiizing
/ "a, 6iNcrerces in labor standards hvre and
/ abroad but IL was not willing to contrib
/ ugy. % tn, PROFITS Of a trust.
Platf of Connecticut. who with Allison.
/ IS In charge OF the bill. said this was the
! most remarkable tempest IN teapot he
had ever witnessed. All that seemed ne<es-
7 Sary 10 get duty lowered WAS 10 present
( Some ne7rspa per chipping that trust eS-
4 iptn,i he did not know whether there
was trust o. not. hut he urged that the
| rste on fuses which would CnFne under = e
/ general basket clause OF $ 20 q per
! cent vas a good one.
: The. vote on PertierewS : amendment VAS
yeas -, nays -. tie. and The vice pres
F ldent declared the amendment iosi. Man
tie Pettlcrer- Stewart ard Teller. Silver
: Republicans voted IN the Affirmative WIKI
+ tie democrats.
Feathers and dowGs went over
paragrap3 a. was changed. making
hair ior beds and hair drawn or cleaned
+ l9 per cent.
The paragraph on diamonds and ctaer
{ precious stones Tsut oves.
I Pearls In their natural state was chan sed
I 70 include "han pearls.
This oroughs the senate % tbe leather
. r.ara&raphs Efiaes srr manufactured
( leather went over Az THE par graz 5t5s
: down 70 thls including $ss were agre@& -
I zs reuors Isl. except those oD gloves. paint
i,ses. peus3ls of wood ar pape- wfsich wfsn'
{ ever
4 Thc paragraph On plows aod ether aA;ft-
( cultural implements - Peg rert-. bT9.saf
4 On a brief contest FFs1 Sn3 " hlte c-tf4-ts-
! srx tsf committees scitoa. In tSi< ron-
nacsseu A3lsson stafasi gssat ne ASSERTION ef
Z %-e.f sfssTfae tae previous debates 8haf TIE
American factories we're ssilsHS EoefiS
/ abroad cheaper ihaa AZ home had s~7en
afes.Ye Tct a. whtch staten ri Vet Or
injured saying his position ~ss imply @p-
} held
ITrsxrsec fs-5lv the senate was brosshj 70
,he free 5lst. All of tae customs features
! of the hsu. haEsns either b~ca coTs4s1eFsf1
os passed oyer-