The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-17
PUSHING THE TARIFF BILL.
THIRTEEN PAGES DISPOSED OF By
THE SENATE Yesterday.

me Agricultural Schedule Comprehensive. west
r,Lrs AN Appeal TOR Free cider. but us
pefrsted-The Paragraph Proposing n Tar
or 10 Cents n Pound ON Tea Passed over.
WASHINGTON, June l6.-very satisfactory
r,oOrcss was made in the Senate to-day with the
tariff bill. thirteen pages, running from para
graph 23e to 2ss. having been disposed OF. The
sori,ultural schedule was completed. and the
,niri,s and wines schedule was reached. A
vigorous fight upon the various paragraphs was
carried on all through the day. principally by
senators Vest OF Missouri and Jones OF Ark
,nsn,, but without e~fTecting any change. The
,nost determined effort on their part was made
IN the case Of salt; but the motion to strike out
that paragraph, so as to put salt on tho free list,
Vas defeated by a majority OF seven.
when paragraph 24l lcider. Ave cents per
raIlon) was reached. Mr.. Vest appealed to New
england to come to the rescue Of cider, the
llouor OF our boyhood; the beverage which
cheers. but does not inebriate; which sparkles
IN avery New England festival, and In the West
and South wherever tho apple 10 raised and
used" There could be no pretence, he said. that
the proposed duty was In the interest either OF
protection or revenue, for the exports OF cider
last year amounted to nearly $4,000, and the
imports to only Sl.7oo.
MIR. Vests motion was defeated-21 to 2s.
paragraph gao VIM huheuucu % no u bau
.Yolk Of eggs. rs per cent. ad valorem: albu-
men, egg or dried blood. 3 cents a pound: dried
biood, when soluble. la cents per pound"
The committee amendment to paragraph 24A
hay, was withdrawn, letting tho House pro-
vision stand-s4 per ton. Mr.. Jones OF Arkansas
moved to reduce it to 81. Rejected-23 to 90.
Mr.. Jones tArk.l moved to reduce the duty on
hops from IL to 8 cents per pound. the rate
under existing law. Communications from tho
brewers Of 81, Louis and from q committee Of
the New YORK Produce .nS E1 cha. Were reHd.
was rejected, % to %, and the paragraph was
extract and lupulin. SO per cent. nd valorem.".
Few changes were made in the paragraphs
under the subhoadings fish and fruits and
When the paragraph proposing a duty Of ten
cents q pound on tea was reached Mr.. Allison
he added, was only intended TO bridge over a de-
nciency that might occur In tho frat year or
bill il would DO found that the duty on tea could
b dispensed with. but be was not quite prepared
70 suggest that now. The tea paragraph accord
Tie agricultural schedule was finished. and
schedule H tspirits and winesl reached. and then
Mr. Mills OF Texas gave notice of an amend
ment which he said he would ask action on to-
duties IMPOSED BY the teH act should be collected on
imports from countries where the mints are
open to the FREQ and unlimited coinage OF gold
and silver at the ratio OF sixteen to one.
Mr.. Pettus OF Alabama gave notice OF an
amendment to the sugar schedule making 1t un-
lawful and subject to forfeiture the importation
OF sugar or any material from which sugar can
be made by or for any trust. combination, or
conspiracy existing or hereafter formed between
operate in restraint of lawful trade or to hinder
or restrain free competition. or to increase the
market price of sugar in any part of the United
States; and 1t is made the duty of the Attorney
General to institute and prosecute proceedings
to enforce such forfeiture, and also to enforce all
laws to prevent or suppress all unlawful trusts.
combinations. or conspiracies for the restraint
OF trade or free competition.
At this point O message from the President
was announced, and the Hawaiian treaty was
communicated. The Senate thereupon went
into executive session, and at 5:35 adjourned
until IL tomorrow.