Birmingham state herald., 1897-06-29
Will Vote for Pettus' Amend
 ment on the Subject.
SMITH OF JERSEY OPENS
An Interesting Debate on the Hide Schedule Incidentally Refers to the House as Cat
 afaIeue-House Prays and AdjOurns.

ulSpOSlHS or the pdfdSfdpnS refd lluS 4lo hides which have been the source of much controversy. As finally agreed on the duty on hides is placed a 20 per cent. ad valorem instead of 114c. per pound, as originally reported by the finance com mi tee. The discussion was protracled, drifting into a general debate or trusts, and from that back to the sugar stust.l MT. Smih, of New Jersey. spoke at length against the duty on hid.s, while MT. Al len. of Nebraska, supported The duty. The new paragraph was agreed to- ~ to 20-one democrat, MT. Rawlins, of Utah, and several populists and silver re- pu'blicans voting with ,he republicans Tn the affirmative. The incidental debate on trusts led to a ssvere arraignment or >he sugar trust by tMeSsrs. Caf1ery and l-ind- say, and a general discussion on means to deal with trusts by MT. Hoar. Among o,her paragraphs disposed of during the day were all those relating 10 gloNrs, substitute to the paragraph on live ani- mels, iron ore and stained glass windows.
 A resolution au horiZing the president to invite foreign governments to partlci- pate in the Trans-Mississippi exposition a Omaha was agreed 70. When the tar if bill was taken up the paragraph on hides was passed over temporarily owing to th9 absence of MT. Smith. of New Jer- eey, who is interested in the subjec..
 The paragraph relative to stained or painted glass windows was changed slightly in phraseology and the duti 3 agreed 70 as reported
 On the iron ore paragraph Q10 the pending provision gave duty of 40 cents per ton on iron ore. =
 MT. Allison off red new amendments, which were agreed to, adding to the first clause of the paragraph as reported manganese ore, $1 per ton," also at the end of the proviso, "basic slag, ground or ungrOund S1 per tOn."
 Paragraph 142, card clothing, was agreed to as in the house bill.
 In the paragraph on cross-cut saws, the committee made a change, inserting hand-saws, finished or unfinished, 10 csnts per bound and 20 per cent. ad valorem.
 In paragraph 1s7 iron or steel bars, c5ld drawn, etc, a change was made from 1e to &c per pound in addition to the rates upon plates, etc., and on stsel circular s INV plates from % to kc in addition to the rate for steel saw plates. t, .4t.4, ,,s
 Aluminium was changed, making the rate crude 7c, in plates, etc., 12c.
 In bronze powder the duty on bronze metal in leaf was increased from 5e to Sc per package.
 A new paragraph, 17S1a was agreed to, viz: Hooks and eyes 51ae per pound ard 15 per cent ad valorem. o f. e.,
 At Mir Quay's request the change in paragraph 137 was reconsidered and one cent restored as the duty on iron bars, etc, in addition to the rates on plates, etc.
 At this point Mir. Smith came on the floor. It was decided to go on with the leather schedule.
 MT. Allison proposed change in par agraph 4261s, relating to hides making the rate 20 per cent. ad valorem instead of 11sc per pound and also striking out the proviso rela ting to drawbacks.
 The paragraph as amended reads: Hides of cattle, raw or uncured. salted or pckled, 20 per cent"
 The debate was participated in by MT. Smith, MT. Platt of Connecticut: Hodr Allen and Stewart.
 During the course of his speech MT Smith, referring to Cuba, spoke of the re- markable fact that the resolution recog- nizing the bslligerency of the Cubars h1d been passed by the serate and sent to that eatalfaque, or tomb. the house of representatives to be buried by a rspub-I .Ncan house, a republican speaker at ahe direction of the republican president It was an insult to the American pkop1e, which they would rebuke at the polls II xt November
 Mir Smith was suffering from a slight indisposition and was compelled to take @ brief rest before contiH uing his speech.
 The discussion finally branched off to, the prosecution of trusts, in which 'Messrs. Allen and Hoar discussed the law
 Mir Hoar stated that he thought it like ly an amendment relating to trusts would be offered in connection with the pro- posed bill tending 10 alter the provisions on that subject of the tariff bill of 1894 and see if such provisions were rot rel psaled by this bill ~f i.ss
 Such an amendment had been prepared by MT. Pettus, of Alabama. and MT. Hoar, of Massachusetts, said he expected to vote for 1t when it came uD. Mr. Hoar said that while the question of trusts could be dealt with 10 some ex ] tent by striking at their imports as in the law of 1894 yet he feared that tho most serious rhases of the evil must be dealt with by The states. He showed the technical legal meaning of he word trust" and explained the difficulties in making the sugar trust and Stand'ard oil trust amenable 70 federal law. He 5rel garded these monopolies as msnace, to the republic, and was hopeful that some means might be found 10 check them. yet he could no: say how they could b4 hit. The state could limit their amount of capital. which would be one effective means eff dearing with them.
 MT Lindsay, of Ken uelsy. said that ih ths case of a confessed monopoly such as the sugar trust, one effective means of dealing with it would be to extend II no further benen,s from tariff legisla ton When the point was reached in the tarff bill where such an article was to be dsrlt with, then 1t should be so shaped as not to be to the benefit of the trusts.
 MT. Hoar replied to this that policy Sttiueu tu Dc cSeUpllSHeu 9THat revenue was to be raised on refined sugar and it was further desired that .he business of refining sugar should be done in this country rather than abroad
 A great foreign government was about the biggest trust thai had menaped the trade cf the United States. Mr Hear as- serted. He hoped that some effective remedy would be found ins stead of going on the theory tha. because a iaclal, or fox preys on our commerce it should be, given over to foreign wolverine.
 Mir. taffery asser:ed that the sugar trust was within the corporation of an 7 anti-trust. and he felt it was lime the l. ten ion of the United Staies .attorney-. general and district attorneys should be called to the fragrant violations of he law. The sena-or asserted that the su- gar trust was the most arrogan. ana in- timidating trust n the world.
 MT. Allen said fhe sugar was not the only trust as every article of food or dress was controlled by trusts. wistls cof,- gress acted with those who argued hat