Evening star., 1897-04-16
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A Long Session Of the Senate Finance Com
mittee to Hear Suggestions.
Other Senator. rrfff.ent Reasons for
Changes to Project Industries
;. in Their states.

81. lt ID.
The republican subcommittee of the Sem
ate committee on finance held q session
at the Capitol yesterday lasting until the
close of the day tG aiford an opportunity
to other senators to make suggestions on
called and had conferences with the COM
mittee were Messrs. Quay. Sewell, Elkins,
Wellington, Perkins, Shoup, Pritchard,
Baker and Harris Of Kansas. Senator
Platt of New York also spent some time
with the committee, but he appeared to be
listener rather than participant in the
proceedings. - -'
senator Quay had only a brief conference
end devoted himself especially to the rates
on carpets and mating, upon which he
urged rate of duty which would insure
protection to the industries Of this coun-
try against the products of China and
Jaran.
Senator Perkins was given an extended
nearing on the fruit schedule. He pre-
sented the committee with samples of both
California and foreign currants and rails
ms and asked for an increase of the rate
on Zante currants, bringing it up to 21a
cents per pound. He also suggested duty
OF cent pound on oranges and lemons
instead of y of a cent, as fixed by the
Dingiey bill. 1t was suggested to M. Per-
kins by some of the members of the COM
mittee that the fruit schedule had already
to be high. but the California senator con-
tended for thorough protection. Mr.. Per-
kinS suggested a substitute schedule on
beet sugar, providing for duty OF cent
pound on sugar testing 40 by the Dolari-
scope, and increasing to 111 cents fer the
80 per cent test. The committee promised
to give this matter due attention. but gave
no further indication of the probable re-
suit of its deliberations.
more pronouncedly favorable reception
was given to suggestion for a drawback
duty on imported tin cans in which fruits
and salmon are exported. This suggestion
appeared to meet with favor.
Senator SewelfS suggestions pertained to
almost the entire list of New Jersey manu-
factures, and he filed briefs bearing upon
all of them. He suggested many modifi-
cations of the chemical schedule. He also
presented request of the silk manufac-
turers for uniform so per cent ad valorem
duty, and of the pottery makers for COM
pound duty on pottery products The lat
ter complain that ad valorem duties permit
runous undervaluations, while the silk
men say that the 30 per cent rate which
they enjoyed prior to the enactment of
the Wilson law was entirely satisfactory.
There were several remonstrances against
the Dingley rates in his papers. One Of
these was from the paper manufacturers
bleaching powder (chlorate of lime) would
be ruinouS to them: another from the wire
men against the rate on iron, and still
another from the watch makers on watch
movements.
Senators Baker and Harris asked for a
duty of 81 per ton on gypsum, and for a
decrease of the duty proposed on Mexican
cattle. They represented that there were
immense beds of gypsum in the west, suf-
ficient to supply the wants of the entire
country. With reference to cattle impor-
tations, they represented that the cattle
were needed to consume the grass crop
of the west, and that 1t was more eco
nomical to move the cattle than the grass.
Senators Elkins and Wellington both ap-
peared in support of the Dingley rate on
COAL which there is an effort TO have re-
duced. '"a IL. --.
During the day number OF the repub-
lican senators from the intermountaIn
states met to agree upon a plan of CO..
operation. They reached no def.nite con-
clusion except to stand together in their
demands on WOOL hides, cattle. lead ore
and other Rocky mountain products.