The herald., 1897-06-22
GIGANTIC
STRETCHES
Made by Suddenly Earnest
Senators
DUTIABLE LIST DISPOSED or
THREE HOURS GIVEN TO THE
FREE LIST
DUTIABLE LIST DISPOSED or
THREE HOURS GIVEN TO THE
FREE LIST
Most Of the Boosted Progress Results
From Skipping the Schedules
Strongly Objected to q


Strongly Objected to q
Associated Press Special Wire.
WASHINGTON. June 21.-The senate
made giant stretches on the tariff biz
today, covering 56 pages, and establish
ing record for progress during the tar
iff debate. The last two schedules on
the dutiable list, covering paper and
manufactured sundries, We're complet-
ed, with the exception of the paragraph
on hides, gloves, coal and some lesser
vances the senate to the free list, which
was taken up at 2 p M, and completed
in three hours. Early in the day the
wool and silk schedules went over with
an agreement that wool would be taken
up tomorrow. After that the tobacco
schedule, the reciprocity provisions and
the internal revenue portions Of the bill.
as we'll as the many isolated paragraphs
passed over, remain to be considered.
The progress today was so marked, how
ever, that for the first time there was
feeling that the end was not far off.
topic of discussion being matches and
fuses. On the latter item an amendment
| by Pettigrew reducing the rate to 10
per cent came within one vote of pass
ing, against the protest Of the finance
committee, the vote being tie, "a to "a.
While the free list was under considera-
ton Bacon of Georgia gave notice Of an
amendment placing cotton ties on the
froo 1ict NToT.o Of
lima gave notice of another amendment
taking raw cotton from the free list, thus
completing the action heretofore taken
of placing a duty of 20 per cent on cot
| ton.
The following changes were made in
the bill as reported to the senate on mo-
| ton of Allison:
| Paragraph 392 was amended so as to
read: Printing paper, unsized or glued,
suitable only for books and newspapers,
Is per cent ad valorem, provided that no
such paper shall pay less rate of duty
than $40 of a cent per pound.
| In paragraph 393, relating to papers
known as copying papers, etc., a new
committee amendment was inserted, in
cludirg "bibulous paper" The rate Of
the committee amendment on these pa
pers weighing over six pounds and not
over ten pounds to the ream and letter
copying books, whether wholly or part
| ly manufactured, was changed from 4
cents per pound and Is per cent ad valo-
rem to cents per pound and Is per cent
ad valorem.
| Surface coated papers went over
In paragraph 1896. relating to envel-
opes, a new committee provision was
added, as follows: eff made from tissue
parchment paper 80 per cent ad va
| lorem."
| A new committee paragraph was
adopted providing: Photograph, au-
tograph and scrap albums, 35 per cent
ad valorem."
In schedule NJ, (sundried) a new
paragraph was agreed to providing du-
ties on trousers buckles, varying from
S cents to Is cents per one hundred, ac-
cording to grade and uniform ad valo-
rem duty of Is per cent.
| In the paragraph on buttons of va
rious kinds the clause referring to but
| tons of bone was made to include steel
trousers buttons at one-fourth cent per
line per gross.
| The paragraph on corks was amended.
making manufactured corks over q Of
an inch in diameter Is cents per pound.
| Il Of an inch and less in diameter rs
cents per pound.
| Matches caused something of con-
test. Mr.. Allison moved to disagree to
the committee amendment of 20 per
cent ad valorem, and to agree to the
house rates, with changes making the
rate cents per gross boxes, in place of 10
cents, and u of cent per 1000 when i'm
ported i'll bulk in place of cent.
| Vest and Gray opposed the rates, the
latter stating that the business was
enormously profitable.
| Allison explained that the change
from ad valorem to specific was made ON
the recommendation of treasury ex-
perts, and in part offset the duties ON
raw materials, including lumber.
Allison's proposals We're agreed to.
Pettigrew moved to add clause fix
ing the rate on safety fuse at 10 per cent.
He said these fuses were used in mining
operations and the article was con-
trolled by trust. He submitted let
ters and statements showing the extent
of the alleged fuse trust and it's divisions
Of territory and purpose, he said, of
plundering the country.
Wilson of Washington remarked that
the mining company and not the miner
paid for the fuse.
Pettigrew answered that thousands Of
miners in the mountains were compelled
to buy their own fuses
Teller of Colorado supported Petit
crews contention, saying that a largs
amount of the mining, particularly in
silver and gold, was done by individual
miners He felt that the committee had
not heard from the individuals, but only
from the trust, If any evidence had been
presented. Teller said the mining in
dustry was willing to bear their just
share as a means of protecting Ameri-
can industry and equalizing the differ
ences in labor standards here and
abroad, but it wasnot willing to contrib
ute to the profits of trust.
Platt of Connecticut, who, with Alli-
son, is in charge of the bill, said this was
"the most remarkable tempest In tea
pot he had ever witnessed. All that
seemed necessary to get duty lowered
was to present some newspaper clipping