The San Francisco call., 1897-03-30
Duties That Will Protect
the Woolen and Cotton
Industry.
Democrats Buster aud Make
Sarcastic Remarks About
Prosperity.
Silverites Can Only S,e the Money
Issue, but tn, Dinglsy Bill VIII
Become a Law.

the House this morning hlcudTusOI W
OF Tennessee objected 10 the approval OF
the journal because there were only fifty
mem bers present, and demanded the ayes
and noes. The roll was then called and
resulted: Ayes 16l, noes 3, present =.
Total l65-not quorum.
Pending the call of the House, kleberg
CD of Texas and Jones CD of Virginia,
appeared at the bar and were sworn in.
The second rolcalI showed the presence
of quorum, and at IL 10 the journal was
approved and the reading of the journal
resumed. Several amendments proposed
by the Committee on Ways and Means
were agreed 20 as follows: Increasing
from 10 214 cents a pound the duty on
geatine, glue, isinglass or fish glue, pre-
pared fish badders, or sounds, valued at
not above 10 cents a pound; bauxite,
crude, 81 ton.
In answer to questions by Mcmillan CD
of Tennessee and Wheeler (D.) of Ala
bama as to the necessity OF imposing this
duty, Grosvenor (R. } OF Ohio and Dalzell
(R.) of Pennsylvania stated that strong
appeal was made for protection to the
article by Maddox (D.) of Georgia, in both
of which States bauxite was found III great
quantities sufficient 10 supply the whole
country. The amendment was intended
TO equalize conditions so that the Ameri-
can product could be transported to New
York and sold in competition with the
French clay which was transported over
the ocean at merely nominal rates. Baux
ite, it was explained, was the base of alum
and aluminium.
The amendment was agreed to. The
duty on common brown and yellow
earthenware was incr eased from 15 to %
per cent valorem. An omission in the
bill was corrected by inserting in the para
graph covering silvered glass cylinder and
crown glass. The para raph included
only polished plateglass silvered.
Allen (D.) of Mississippi had read edito-
riaIs from two Western Republican papers
crit cizing the general debate on the tariff
bill, particularly mentioning the speeches
OF Dolliver and Grosvenor.
Shafroth (Pop.) of Colorado said he was
afraid the opponents OF the bill were max
ing a mistake in accentuating the tariff is
sue.
"You know the people do not care for
the tariff question Republican laughter |,
the great issue IS between gold and silver
Ilaugher and applausel The Republicans
have elected their President and declared
that the tariff is the way to restore pros
perity to the country. /, for one, am in
favor of giving them the opportunity to
try it.
Dingley having moved that debate on
the paragraph be closed, Johnson Or. OF
Indiana objected so stTenuously, persist
ing in speaking despite the commands of
the chairman and the continued rapping
of the gavel, that the committee rose and
Chairman Sherman reported TO the
Speaker that such action was taken for
the pu pose f enforcing the rules of the
House. Johnson disclaimed any unruiyt
intention, and the House then again wen
into tie com N ittee of the whole.
Bland CD of Missouri then spoke on
the silver uestion. and when the few
minutes allotted him expired moved a
form al amendment to extend it further
And upon each committee amendment Of
fered he would take up the thread OF his
remarks, greatly to the musement of the
II ouse.
The chairman finally warned Bland to
conf1ne his remarks to the subject.
Richardson CD of Tennessee, referring
to the debate last week, said the Demo-
Gratis had been accused of Jug ggling with
figures IN their assertion that rates in the
pending bill were higher than those of the
Mckinney bill.
He would not specify the articles In
twenty-nine sub-artices in schedule B of
this bill the rates were higher than the
Mckinley bill, while thirteen were on the
free list in the Wilson bill and the peop e
were taxed S164. 6o5 more by this sched uIe
than by the same schedule in the McKln-
ley bill. In schedule A, forty-nine were
heavier than Mckinley rates and sixty
seven were on the free list of the Wilson
bill, the duties being $2,0l6,975 more.
And he referred to asphaltum, upon
which tax OF $3.50 S51 was to be levied
Grosvenor (R. of Ohio said the gentle
man was very unfortunate in picking out
articles which were controlled by one of
the most exorbitant monopolies or trusts
in the country. 1t was nearly all for
eign product and paid the Queen OF Eng
land royalty Of 81 40 ton. The COM
mittee thought it could as well pay this
Government like tax, especially as there
were undeveloped mines in California and
Utah which were practically inexhaustible.
De Vrles CD of California owned that
his district contained immense deposits
OF asphaltum, but declared the price
would be increased by the imposition of a
duty unless Congress first took up the Pa
cific railroad question and com PEELED those
great corporations to charge reasonable
prices in place OF the present exorbitant
rates.
The provision in the metal schedule ad-
mitting hollow steel bilets thinner than
AFC-oiA tCCLLuc VI iuCd at % per CoiiI
ad valorem. and finished seamless iron
and steel tubes at 45 per cent ad valorem,
was struck out.
Fluid malt extract in casks was made
dutiable at 20 cents gallon instead OF 25
cents.
The duty on lead, in sheets. pipe, ETC.,
was increased from 2L 10 21s cents a
pound. 0 her committee amendments
were agreed to as follows:
Removing from the dutiable list at /
cent pound copper in plates, bars, ingots
and pigs and putting them on the free
list. None are imported. This was pur-
suant to a speech by Simpson (R.) OF
Massachusetts,, against the duty; specify
ing in detail the conditions under which
yachts and their equipment are dutia BILE |;
making watches as we'll as watch m ove-
ments dutiaDle at 40 per cent ad vaIorem; ;
fixing the duty on aibumen at 5 cents a
pound, and adding 10 the agricultural
schedule the paragraph relating to nursery
stock agreed to yesterday.
Lowering (R.) of Massachusetts, united
with his colleague, Mccall, in protesting
against the rates in the woollen schedules
andadded also in his complaint the cot
ton schedule.
Speaking, he said, from his familiarity
with the manufacturers OF the State he
said that they did not want The high du-
ties proposed, neither the compensatory
nor straight dutirs. D mocratic APP
plause.l Massachusetts. lie said, wants
tariff that will stand.
Russell (R) of Connecticut, from the