The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-03-30
STILL WORKING
House Continues LabOrS
on the Tariff Bill.
Mr.. Dockery Attempts to
Have Free List Taken Up.
Did Not Succeed as Mr.. Payne of
N. \. Interposed an Objection.

Washington, March 3O.-When the
House went into committee of the whole
today and resumed consideration of the
tariff bill Mr.. Dockery (Dem., Mo-,
asked unanimous consent that the free
list be taken up for the purpose of allow
ing him To offer an amendment suspend
ing the duties on articles controlled by
trusts. MIR. Payne (Rep " Y } object
eel. The ways and means committee inn
mediately took charge and continued u
offer amendments that had been agreed
az. Most OF them were adopted withou
debate. Among the amendments thus
adopted were the following: Paper not
specially provided for, p per cent al va
loren; hats, bonnets etc, unbleachod, IL
per cent, bleached % per cent. making
the duty on brushes uniform at 40 per
cent safety fuses 80 per cent; qualify
ing the duty on crude tartar dutiable at
cent per pound, so IA To provide that such
tartar must not contain more than 80
PER cent Of bitarta; striking ont para
graph 3S2 fixing duties on q iental,
Berlin and similar rugs (Mr. Dingley ex-
planned the effect of this amendment was
To restore the duties of the act of 1890 on
carpets, 60 change the phraseology of the
embroidered glove schedule To meet "A re-
cent decision of the board of general APP
praisCrs
Z Mr.. Sayresl( Dem, Ky.) produced some
treasury figures to show that foreign hides
did not come In competition with our
hides This drew from Mr.. Cannon, Rep,
Ill. IA general statement. He prefaced his
remarks with the declaration that he was
for the pending bill. He was not.pleased
with all its features, he had never been
pleased with IL.
Mr.. Bell Pop, Col, } warned the Re-
publcans that If they passed this bill, con
fAl lAYh "a not
of the farm, they would regret it. Why
should the wool men of the few states be
so generously dealt with and the cattle
raiser denied anything.
Mr.. Dingley defended the action of the
committee saying that when the schedule
of. 1880 was Icing prepared, the present
occupant of the White House made very
exhaustive investigation and found that
the great body of hides produced in this
country were bi-product from the
slaughter of cattle and that their price
was made here; second that goat and
other skins tanned in this country wero
not produced here and third that the hides
imr rted except in few instances were
dry-hides used in making sole leather a
large proportion of which was exported.
We could then tan hides without cheap
material for the foreign market. Weigh
it i'm the balance The committee decided
against a duty on hides.
'Were any farmers OF producers of hides
Leardy" asked Mr.. Bell.
oh certainly replied Mr. Dingley.
1--WE had an exhaustive hearing.
Mr.. Hepburn (Rep., Ia, } then came
forward with "A speech in favor of "a duty
on hides. He demanded that the ways
and means committee allow the sense of
the House to be taken on this question
and affirmed with great positiyeness that
every Republican from tho West favored
"A duty on hides. 1--WE insist, y he shouted,
"that the tanning and leather industries
of New York, Pennsylvania and New
England, should not be allowed to stihe
the demands of the West" tDem. ap-
plause)
Debate at this point was forced to n
close by Mr. Dingley's amendment Co limit
debate on the pending amendments. The
amendment was adopted. 1t reduced the
duty ON cocoa ibre and rattan from to
4 cents "a square yard and on mats of sim
liar material from 10 cents.
Mr.. Dockery contributed 10 the controver-
sy over hides the statement that the
additional information in 1850 was to
transfer hides from the dutiable 70 the
free list You were notified, y said he,
'by a member of the senate then repre-
sentative on this floor (Mr L)dge), that
il hides were not left ON the tree list Mas
sachuSCtts would defeat the bill
Mr.. Horton (Dem., Ohio, made vicious
assault on the majority. Instead of de-
nouncing Mr.. Cleveland on every occasion
he said the other side ought To bc down on
their knees at the feet of his "perspiring
obesity and ponderous pondcrity." Thank
ire him for the opportunity he had given
them to again rob the people.