The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-06
The Proceedings.

Of the senate today a communication
rom the secretary of state was re-
ceived. transmitting a letter from the
minister of Austro-Hungary, Baron
Won Hengelmueller, protesting in be-
half of his government against the dis
ordinations of the sugar schedule IN
the pending tariff bill against bountied
sugar The minister's letter was read
in full at the request of Mr.. Vest. 1t
urges that the discrimination against
sugar receiving bounties denies to
Austro-Hungary the most favored ma
ton treatment and also threatens to
damage heavily the exports of the
country The communication was re-
ferred to the finance commission.
TARIFF BILL.
At 12:15 the consideration of the
tariff bill was resumed.
The first paragraph of the wood
schedule relating to hewn timbers, etc,
was agreed to at 11ac. per cubic foot,
the new rate proposed by the commit
tee.
when the next paragraph-sawed
boards, planks. etc.-was reached Mr..
Vest said he would later move TO place
the articles of this paragraph and
those of the previous one on the free
list.
Mr.. Allison then perfected the pro-
viso relating to the addition of the
export duty upon saw logs coming from
countries paying export duty, so that
the proviso viii apply also TO boom
sticks used in towing logs" This
amendment was agreed to.
Mr.. Jones, (Ark), referring to the
heavy burden it imposed on the people
of the west. He said the rates of the
bill were the result of a determined
any systematic effort by the lumber
men and in this connection he read a
letter from the national lumber con-
vention that issud efrom an Office in
Washington urging that petitions TO
senators and members be prepared,
bearing the names of working men.
This Mr.. Jones declared it was means
by which the high rates were being
urged.
Mr.. Vest said there was not single
item in the bill so utterly indefensible
as that taking white pine from the free
list and placing a rate of 81 per 1000
feet upon it. White pine was justly
called the king of coniferous woods
and vet the clear intent of the trainers
of this bill was to make the rates alb
solutely prohibitory on this wood.
1t was due to some extent to a COM
bination between the lumber interests
of the west and the south and he had
been confronted by this combination
during his last canvass. The senator
referred to the manner in which the
Maine delesation-the ablest one in the
congress-had succeeded for years in
keeping spruce on the dutiable list. 1t
was a credit to their capacity, which
they displayed in all directions, secur-
ing among other things more public
buildings than any other state.
FOR LUMBER BARoNS.
Mr. Vest declared that the proposed
rate on white pine was in the interest
of the lumber barons. who have accu-
INFLATED millions upon millions" at the
expense of the people AS evidence of
this the senator read a letter from
Michigan giving the names of Michigan
pine kings. In fervid tones Mr.. Vest
referred to this added burden on the
poor to whoia every penny was almost
dollar and every dollar almost a drop
of blood. 1t was. he said. the most
justification or palliation.
Mr.. Jones. (Ark-), warned his south
ern associates against the argument
that the lumber interests of the south
would be benefited by the exclusion of
Canadian lumber. He read letter from
an American lumberman on the Dor
der saying the result of the rates would
be to compel the Canadians to reduce
the price of their lumber and it even
tually would come into the United
States cheaper than at present.
recently entered the senate. made his
initial speech criticising the rates OF
the wood schedule, saying they were
not designed TO benefit any southern
industry and that If there was any
thing OF the kind it was merely in
cidental
Mr. Vest moved an amendment ex-
cepting white pine from the operation
of the paragraph.
differences with Mr.. Vest The latter,
he said, had advocated rates increased
100 per cent, while in this schedule.
the average ad valorem was below 20
per cent. That being the case, Mr..
Racof. asserted that Mr.. Vests state
ment that this was the most unjusti-
fable feature of the bill was not war
ranted-
7 regard it as the most reasonable /
feature of the whole bill' declared Mr. !
Bacon. Il regard the schedule as a |
prorer one irrespective of tile party
from which it comes"
REVENUES ARE NEEDED.
Mr. Bacon went on to state that he /
was NOT a protectionist. But the stern /
necessities of the government required /
! tariff and q high tariff. He was not /
-neaixing for a protective tariff. but .
he believed that when il became neces-
=srv to impose revenue duties then /
/, was essential to make the rates +
uniform as far as practicable. II the
southern lumber interests asked him