Evening star., 1897-03-30
STILL THE TARIFF
Debate on the Bill Continued in the
House.
COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS ADOPTED
Quite Discussion Over Hides and
Cattle.
NJ ALTERS IN THE SEN

| Inc delay occasioned yesterday by the
| absence OF a quorum had a salutary errec,
Va 'he attendance when the House met to-
| DAY. over l'o members We're in theIr saa,s
| Mr.. Richardson called attention To the fact
| that theie was not quorum present b,,,
| said ne would not make the point Accord
insly the House went into committee of Tho
whole. and resumed consideration of The
tariff bill
| MI Dockery tMoD asked unanimous com
sent thit the free list be taken llp for the
| purpose oI allowing him to offer an amend
| Hieht suspending the duties on a -ticles con-
! uoAed pg trusts, but Mr. Payne tN W OBJ
| Jected- The ways and means committee
| llssIlediately s took charge, and continued TO
| onei amendments agreed on in commit,ee
| ,Nost OF these Were adopted without de-
| pate Among the amendments inns adoU,
| ed Were the following. Paper. not specially,
| provided for, - per cent ad yalorarn. hats
| pcnnets, etc, unbleached l., p.r cant.
| nieached, - per cent; making III, duty on
| niushes uniform at ~ per cent. safety
| lusss' s' 81 per cent; qualifying the duty on
- uue tartar dutlahe at l cent per pound.
| so as 10 provide that such tartar MUST ro+
| contain mere than ~ per cent of h,ar
| uate OF potash; striking out paragranb
o. hklng duties on oriental Berlin and
| similar rugs tMr. Dingl.y exnl,in.a m.
| the effect of this amendment Was Ia raS,a-a
| the duties of the act of lSpl on carpetsl.
| 10 chanSe the phraseology of IN. em
| pfolnered glove schedule TO meet a rac,.n,
| ueeisioh oi the board of general appraisers
The Case of Hides.
Mr.. Sayers CTexD precfpitated some pap-
| efal debate on the subject of hides NV pro
occing some treasury figures to disproye
the statements of Mr.. Payne IN. Yl tha.
| the hides imported did not come in CONNIE
| tttloh with our hides. This drew from Mr.
| cannon uiiD a general statement. He
preiaced ms remarks with the declaration
| that he was for the pending bill He was
| not pleased with all its features He never
| had been pleased with any revenue bill
| he appreciated that there must be a spirit
| OF give and take. and h. was frank to say
! he thought there could well he a duty on
| hdes' as the impression WAS deeply ground
| ed in the west that duty on hides woulf
| raise the price of cattle 81 a head
| Mr.. Slayien Crex.) expressed qualification
| mat the dormant republican conscience
| mao been awakened in spots. He proceeded
| 10 argue mat duty on hides would be of
| practical benefit to the cattle raisera of th,.
| plains OF Texas, Kansas and tho Dakotas
An amendment was adopted which pro-
| Vided that no gloves should be classified as
| cEldrens gloves which Were larger than
| size q.
Mr.. Bell ColD warned the republicans
| tnat II they passed this bill. containing
| high duties without imposing at least q
| revenue duty on hides, distinctly a product
| OF the farfn, they would regret ii. Why
| should the wool men of a .ev, states he 81
| generously dealt with an6 the cattle raiser
| denied anything? If duty was not placed
on hides he declared the republicans would
| be justly chargeable with hypocrisy ami
| they would hear from it in ;iie next cam
| paign.
| Action.
Mr.. Dngley defended the action of the
| committee. saying that when the act of
1880 was being prepared the present occu-
| pant of the White House made a very ex-
| haustive Investigation of thu subject and
found. first. that the great body OF hides
| produced In this country were a biprCduct
| from the slaughter of cattle, and that their
price was made here: second, that goat and
| other skins tanned i'm this country were
| not produced here. and third that the
| hides imported, except I'm a few instances
| We're dry hides used in making sole lea her
| large proportion of which was exported.
| We could tan hides with our cheap ma
| terial for the foreign market. Weighing
| the balance of advantages. the committee
| decided against a duty on hides. Our tan
| ming Industry, he said. was adjusted to free
| hides, and II was decided hat duty on
! hides would not be of advantage TO the
| farmer and would be a distinct disadvan-
tage to our export trade
Were err. any farmers or producers of hides
| oh, certainly" replied Mr.. Dingley.
We had an exhaustive hearing"
How about 1s96?'
No one asked TO he heard" responded
Mr. Dingley. but We made an independent
Investigation
| Mr. Hepburn dow0 then came forward
with a vehement speech in favor of a duty
on hides. Mr.. Hepburn declared that the
wool interests dwarfed in contrast with
the vast cattle interests of the country.
Iowa was more interested in hides than
wool. She marketed annually S3.ooo.ooJ
worth of hides, and not To- per cent of that
| amount of wool. He demanded that the
ways and means committee allow the
House he Ia ken pr
question, and affirmed with great positive
| ness that every republican from the west
favored duty on hides. We insist he
shouted, that the tanning and leather in
| dustries of New York. Pennsylvania and
New England should not be allowed to
Stiie the demands of the west" lDemo-
cratic applause.)
Debate at this point was forced TO a close
by Mr.. Dngley's amendment to limit de-
bate on the pending amendment. The
amendment was adopted. 1T reduced the
cuty cocoa fiber and rattan mating
from to cents a square yard, and
mats of similar material from to cents.
Mr.. Dockery contributed to the contro-
versy over hides the statement that the
additional information obtained by the
&C mmittee in 1880 which induced them to
transfer hides from The dutiahe to the free
list was the protest of Massachusetts
you were notified said he. "hy men,
her OF the Senate then a representative on
this floor CMr. Lodge, that If hides were
not left on the free list Massachusetts,
would defeat the bill
Mr.. Norton's Assault.
Mr.. Norton (Oho) made a vicious assault
en- the majority. Instead of denouncing
Mr.. Cleveland on every occasion, he said,
the other side ought to be down on their
knees at the feet of his .'perspiring obesity
and ponderous ponderosity" thanking him
for the opportunity he had given them to
again rob the people,
An amendment rating steel strings for
musical instruments at 45 per cent and
one putting boiling cloths for milling pur-
poses at % per cent Gree under Mckinley
biD were adopted.
Mr.. Perkins Qowa) made a humorous
speech Of Ave minutes. deriding the democ-
racy and its panaceas for the peoples ills
Mr.. Mahany (N. " entered a protest
against the continued effort OF the de-
mocracy to unload Grover Cleveland on the
republican party. 1t was q favorite ac-
cusation Of the silver forces.
There is no amendment pending to plaee
q tariff on Grover Cleveland" remarked
Mr. Carmack CrennD
mo: but there should be q section In
n fhe dern tfc ina