The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-06-03

~ent over at the request os Quay. Tire
paragraphs oa iron ia pigs sni On bar
sroa were sfae same In the house ard SEN
ate bills
Jones OF Arkansas took occasion 70 make
a statement 20 show sie absardity. he
said CT keeping up the taxes OF these
products ~hen the American producer
had absolute control OF the market and
shipped large quantities abroad He re-
viewed the aissalution OF tEe steel rail-
pool This reduced the price os steel rails
- per cent Re sAfa. and WHY should a
law protect producers who could. ny COM
hinatfon double their prices on steel rails
He also spoke of the effect of this com
hination and that on wire nails. in rais-
ing ths price 10 American consumers.
while TIRE same goods were being sold at
lower prices 70 serssTn consumers 1. wss
q condition whica should arouse The peo
pie from ocean 10 ocean. until they stamp
ed 10 pieces these combinations
Carery OF Louisiana also spoke general
II again<; the rates Of the metal schedule.
He maintained that our manufactured iron
goods we're being shipped abroad in enor-
NOUS quantities and that the tariff on the
raw materials enbz rrassed this trade HIS
then brsnched into general speech
against the niii resding eroa manuscript
In the main MS speech was a protest
against an increase Of duties on necessa-
rksS az NE ana on raw materials. he ufI
not mention tne sugar schedule.
Progress on the hili Was then resumed.
and rhe paragraphs we're agreed TO on
round iron in coils and rods, beams, grid
ers. etc. boiler or ether plate iron or
steel. iron or steel anchors. etc
discussion arose On paragraph l25. re-
laEing TO hoop. band and scroll iron in
cluding the bands used In naling cotton.
Vest pointed out that the Mckinley rate
was i.2 cents. the wilson bill made cotton
ties by the case free. and the senate bill
ROW proposed To make the rate IL cents
per pound Cotton VAS so depressed ;ha.
the restoration Of the duty was not war
ranfei Vest said
Mills of Texas opposed the rate, saying
X was equivalent 10 ID cents a bale on cot
ton. or ssss9. .Cso on a cotton crop OF 1900 coo
bales. Why was this distinction made be-
tween the North and the South. he asked.
Why did the North receive binding twine,
while the cotton ties of the South were
taxed2
Bacon OF Georgia called on the commit
tee to explain the distinction between the
wheat growers OF the North and the cot
ton growers Of the South. There was no
response and Vest offered an amendment
to strike cotton ties from the dutiabie list
The amendment was defeated-yeas u
nays Sand the paragraph was agreed 10
as reported.
On the Vest amendment on cotton ties
Pritehard of North Carolina anl Deboe
OF Kentucky were the only men from the
South voting in the negative. Harris of
Kansas HeitfaId and Kyle voted With the
Democrats in the affirmative. and Jones
OF Nevada and Stewart with the Repub-
iicans in the negative.
The paragraphs on sheet iron and stee,
were agreed to as reported. amendments
offered BY White of California. embody-
ing the Wilson rates. being rejected with
out division.
A contest arose over tin plate in para
graph l3o. The house rate was i-12 cents
per pound; the senate rate 4l-i0 cents
Vest moved l amendment reducing the
rate TO / 10 cents. He characterized the
proposed rate as "indefensihle and out
rageous." Whatever has been the condi-
tlon OF the tin plate industry. il was now
on its feet AS an eminent Republican
authority had said. Vest continued when
these infants. grew % the size of young
giants. seven feet high. they We're ready
TO kick your head of IL you did not give
them what they wanted. The senator said
he had been Informed by tin plate men
that they controlled the market and need
ed no protection. But the habit of pro-
lection was like the drink habit Vest as
serted: the more you have the more you
want. and IL you stop there Is delirium
tremens. economically. There Is no cure
for IT,
Not even the gold cure" suggested
White. to which Vest asseated.
White also spoke Of the rates on tin
plate. He pointed out the effect of the
high rates on the canning of fruit and OF
salmon on the Pacific coast. The senator
read letters from prominent Gamers in
California. saying the industry would
have been wiped out If II had not been for
the rebate allowance.
Gray OF Delaware followed in the same
lire. saying this tin plate rate was one
Of the iisgrsnt features OF the bill.
Jones OF Arkansas said an association of
tin plate manufacturers had been formed
and had advanced rates on their goods
while refusing to advance the wages OF
labor.
Vests amendment on tin plate was dis
agreed TO. yeas 81 nays 81.
In paragraph lei, covering steel ingots
blooms. slabs. etc, Allison. f~r the com
mttee, had the paragraph 81 aged so as
10 omit wrist or crank pins, connecting
rods and piston rods The balance Of the
ph was agreed 70 as reported
Paragraph lS2. relating 10 wire rods. was
agreed to as reported.
on paragraph I3s proviso Was added by
the committee that ail Of the foregoing
Ground iron or steel wire) valued Al 5 cents
per pound shall pay 40 per cent. ad va
ioreD.
White offered substitute for paragraphs
IS2 and ls4: rejected without division
Paragraph iSi was amended on motion
of Allison, as TO omit wire cloth. etc
A. per cent ad valorem. and adding pro-
viso that articles manufactured from iron
steel. brass or copper wire shall pay the
duty on the wire and In addition cen, per
pound.
Paragraphs isi to I37. making general
provisions relative te metals were agreed
10 as reported.
Allison withdrew the committee amend
msnts To paragraph i27. and Il was re-
stored a : originally In the house biiI
There was something Of 4 surprise in
paragraph i3S relating 20 anvtis Vest
moved an amendment reducing the rate
fron cents To Is. cents Per pound which
was agreed 10
Paragraph 10. aS TO aNlsS. went over
The succeeding paragraphs up 10 Ia-,
were agreed 20 az reported.
In paragraph IA, relating 70 chains
or the present law. bu; The amendment
was reiecfed. yeas IS. nays g.
Chsltoa % Texas protested against the
rates IN paragraph las. relating 20 pipes
fiues tubes. etc. He said these articles
were used 81 bicycles. and the only r.
sult of the increase % the rate from -
~ - per cent was 20 add 10 the profit
O. the patented monopoly
The committee amendment 20 the para
graph was agreed 70. yeas g. navs Is
The cutlery paragrap phs weYe then con
si8ercd Tbs FIRST ons relating % pen