The San Francisco call., 1897-06-20
The Finance Committee
Meets With Three
ReVerSeS.
Paragraphs Rejected by the
Votes of the Silver
Senators.
Wool and WooIen Manufactures
of the Tariff Schedule Next
In Order.

WASHINGTON, d. c., June 19.-Ten
pages of the tariff bill, comprising the
whole of the fax, hemp and jute sched-
ule, were disposed of in the Senate to-day.
The next schedule is wool and wooden
manufactures consideration of which will
begin on Monday. The most interesting
feature of to-day's proceedings was the
fact that for the first time since the bill
has been before the Senate the Finance
Committee was voted down, not once
only but three times. A motion by Vest
to strike out paragraph 330 relating to
floor mattings, was carried by % TO %. A
like motion ty P'ttus to strike out para
graphs 341 and 342, relating to jute bags
and Dagging for cotton, was carried by 81
to % and one by Jones OF Arkansas to
strike out paragraph 339, relating to iute
ia brics, was carried by % TO %,
On most every rollcaIl the four silveri;e
Senators-Mantle, Pettig-ew, Stewart and
Teller-voted with the Democrats, as did
also Butler (Pop.) and Kyle Und.).
The tariff bill was taken up i'm me ediately
after the Senate met, the pending ques
tion Icing on the amendment offered yes
| terday by Allison to paragraph 327, IN
creasIng the duty on threads, twines or
cords OF fax or hemp from II to IA cents
per pound. Adopted.
House paragraph 32S was struck out and
a paragraph su bstituted making the duty
on single yarns in gray cents a pound,
| and on finer qualities 40 and I5per cent
al valorem.
Paragraph $50, placing compound rates
on floor mating, was criticized by Petit
grew as being prohibitive for the sole
| benefit CT the linoleum trust, which was
not an infant industry, having been run
ming seventy years.
Vest moved to strike out the mating
paragraph, and it was agreed to-25 to %.
This was the first defeat the Finance
Committee has encountered. The Repub-
licans who voted with the Democrats to
strike out were Carter, Hansbrough, Pet
tigrew and Mantle, and Teller (Silver Re-
publican) also voted aye.
The Finance Committees amendments
to paragraphs 331, 332 and 333 were agreed
to.
Jones moved TO strike out pars graph
334, as to hoorcloths, and to insert a cor
responding paragraph of the present law
Pettigrew favored the motion and COM
mented with much bitterness on the
"enormOus protection given all articles
controlled by the trusts He did not
know whether this was in recognition of
contributions made by trusts in the last
campaign or in expectancy OF future con-
tributions.
There could be no Defense" he said,
''for such excessive, outrageous plundering
| rates on articles controlled absolutely by
| trusts and it was only under the pres
sure of an ''ironclad caucus agreement"
that Repu blicans were induced to vote
for them.
Jones motion was defeated by % to q
and the paragraph was agreed to.
Pettus moved to strike out paragraphs
BAL and 342, relating to iute bags, which
are now on the free list.
! White favored the motion and argued
that the putting of such articles on the
| free list was the only way in which the
| tariff bill could benefit the farmers. the
| duty on agricultural products being abso-
lutely absurd.
| Perkins opposed the motion on the
ground that if American manufacture of
! jute bags were discontin ued farmers would
| be entirely at the mercy of the great bag
manufacturing companies of Calcutta and
Bombay. The jute bags used by the farm
ers of California were made, he said, by
convicts.
Pettus appealed TO the Republican side
for that one "modicum of justice TO farm
| ers."
TIllman inquired whether convicts were
| the American workmen who were to be
protected by the tariff bill, and Stewart
of Nevada indulged in some reminis-
cences of the "crime of 1873, declaring
that while he lived he would protest
against the record then made by the Re-
| publican party.
A vote was then taken and the motion
to strike out the two paragraphs agreed
to-ayes 81. noes %.
This was the second defeat for the
Finance Committee. Mantle, Peitigrew
Stewart Teller (Silverite), Butler (Popl.
and Kyle Qnd.) voted with the Demo
| Gratis.
| Jones of Arkansas moved to strike ont
| paragraph 800 (plain woven fabrics of
single iute yarns) and the motion was
| agreed to-ayes %, noes %. This third
defeat of the Finance Committee seemed
| TO produce depressing influence on the
| Republican side.
The committee substitute for paragranb
344 and committee amendments 10 345
were agreed TO. That closed schedule 7
and brought the Lii to schedule k
woolens. Allison agreed that this was
good place 10 stop. and after a short execu-
tive session the Senate adjourned.