The herald., 1897-03-30
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which were Immediately presented in
the house. One of them so changed the
paragraph relating to forgings of iron
and steel as to impose uniform duty OF
~ cents per pound on all forgings with
out reference to weight. The proviso
placing a duty of 35 per cent on seamless
steel or iron tubes used for bicycles was
stricken out.
An amendment offered by Wheeler at
the direction Of the ways and means
committee was adopted, reducing the
rate on malt extract from 25 to 20 cents
per gallon. The duty on lead sheets.
pipe, shot, etc, was increased from 2A
to 21s cents to correspond with the duty
on lead in pigs. The paragraph placing
copper in plates, etc. at 1 cent per pound
was stricken out and copper placed on
the free list. Albumen was placed on the
dutiable list at cents.
The paragraph relating to trees, nurs-
cry stock, etc, was recast The duty
on dates and currants was reduced from
1k cents to y cent, and, the rate on
toothpicks raised from 11a to cents per
1000, and Is per cent ad valorem.
Simpson at this juncture offered some
amendments which were ruled out of
order. He also had read a long state
ment which he said defined the position
of the Populists toward the tariff. 1t
stated in effect that the tariff had been
the football of politics for a century, and
that the Populists had no faith in either
the Republican or Democratic tariff to
remedy the evils of the existing gold
standard.
Mccall was the first Republican to
slap the bill in the face. He boldly ex-
pressed the opinion that the duties in
the bill were too high. He especially
mentioned wool The Democrats forth
with became very much interested.
Are the duties on woolens manufac-
tured in New England too high?" asked
Hopkins, Republican, of Illinois.
Mccall at first evaded, direct reply.
But / do not hesitate to state" he con-
tinued, that the duties in this bill are
higher than necessary for the just pur-
pose of protection"
But about woolens," interposed Hop
kins, II insist upon an answer to my
question"
1.-The duties in this bill are too high"
reiterated Mccall.
Then, turning defiantly to Hopkins, he
continued: ITO reply categorically to
your question, I do not hesitate to say
the duties could be reduced without
detriment either to the wool growers or
the wool manufacturers"
C,..,o~o. ov,rassed reo.ret fhot q ran
resentative of wooden interests should
have criticised the duty on wool. mas
much as the duties on woolens were far
above in ad valorem the duties on
American wool.
Citron ard citron peel were placed in
the basket clause, and the rate on pine
apples, 2 cents per pound, was changed
to a duty of cents per cubic foot In
barrels and Sc per 1000 when in bulk.
Soon after Lowering cf Massachusetts,,
Republican, large manufacturer. fol-
lowed McCall's lead and again aroused
the plaudits of the opposition by de-
claring that the manufacturers of New
England did not want the duties in the
cotton and wool schedules in the bill,
neither the compensatory nor the
straight duties.
I'VE want a tariff law that will live
and stand" said he. I'VE do not want
10 be strangled with free trade. neither
do we want to be smo thered with pro-
lection"
Russell, one of the members of the
ways and means, committee, poured hot
shot into the camp of the Massachusetts
diss'enters, exposing the fact in the
course cf his remarks that Lowering was
a cotton manufacturer and had asked
for increases on the fine grades of cotton
yarns.
Walker of Massachusetts also attacked
the position of his colleagues, and :he
extraordinary discussion" as Dingley
termed it, drew from the majority lead
er vigorous statement about the cotton
and wool schedules He said it was the
unanimous testimony of the cotton man
ufacturers that they could not main
tain their own in the manufacture of
finer grades without the duties in this
bill The Wilson law furnished ade-
quate protection to the coarser goods
which were being manufactured in the
south, but the New England manufac-
turers testified to the necessity for these
increases. AS to the wooden schedule, he
said, it was substantially the same
schedule as the Mckinley law and gives
the manufacturer no more than the cot
ton manufacturers received. 1t simply
compensated the manufacturers for the
duty on wool. The manufacturer had
as much proteotion under the law of 1894
but the duties were reduced at the ex-
pense of the farmer The duty on wool
had been restored in response to the de-
mand from farmers that they receive
the same consideration as the nanufac-
turers.
"This BILL" he continued, 'is deslgne d
to restore our industries and the oppor-
tunities for labor. If the demand fol
products is increased prices will be in.
creased, and we will once more rise tc
the condition which made US the envy
of the world
Fitzgerald and Moody of Massachu.
setts also spoke.
The senate resolution appropriatine
$3.50, 900 for immediate use upon tht
Mississippi, amended so as to carry
s140, 900 for clerk hire for members tt
July 1, $4,000 for miscellaneous ex-
penses of the house, and $1,OO0,000 Gus.
toms deficiencies. was adopted. and al
5:25 D. m. the house adjourned.