The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-03-28
"WHO PAID THE
TAX ON TIN PLATE"
Lively Exchange Of Personalities BE.
tween Grow and yandi,er in House.
VERY LITTLE PROGRESS MADE
Tariff Bill Mil Nave 20 Be Considered II
Night Sessioss--Bsnkina and Currency
Other Capital News

Washington. March 27.--The progress
Of the house on the tariff hll today
was even slower than yesterday Only
five more pages Of the i62 pages Of
the bill were disposed Of. making "a
pages In all. In two out Of the FIVE
days allowed for consideration under
the five-mInute rule At this rate
only 81 pages of the bill will be dis
posed of before the bill comes 10 a
final vote. Only a few amendments
were adopted today. each being an
amendment Of the ways and means
couHnittse All questions involved on
the tariff. with occasional excursions
into the realms Of financial theories.
furnished fruitful topics for the mem
bers. Fully two hours were spent
in the dicussion Of whether the for
elklfeE Ut 'pic NVibuHfi pdAu bne tdN'
This question bids fair TO consume
much more time before the debate
closes.
Bailey leader Of the opposition. was
absent almost all day. and Richardson
and Mcmillan bore the brunt Of the
hard fighting. The democratic policy
so far as Il has been disclosed. seems
TO be 10 attack al every point. making
trusts the especial object Of assault
Republicans are trying TO advance tho
consideration by refraIning from de-
bate. but they are forced by the at
tacks OF the opposition TO defend their
measure. If more progress is not made
night sessions may be held next week.
During the discussion concerning the
duty on hides Hopkins said there was
no demand for such A duty. Walker
explained that there were few hides
imported except those used for sole
leather also that the duty on hides
would be- of little benefit to the farm
ers. II the duty on hides would in
crease their production in this coun-
try. he said. the republican side would
be unanimously in favor Of such a
duty. There was a sharp exchange
OF personalities between Grow and
Vandiver The former was explain
ing how duty on dnplate had estab-
lished that industry in this country.
and he and vandiver became involved
in a personal controversy over the
question OF who paid the tax arising
from an increased tinplate duty.
simpson. after remarldng the con-
spicuous part played by Grow during
the stirring days OF the war, said
that '' II was sad to see him now
defending trusts and combines whose
purpose was TO enslave the American
people" Simpson. referring TO the
question of free hides, said that the
duty on hides would be OF more i'm
portanoe to the farmer than all other
duties In the agricultural schedule. II
would mean an increase Of 81 apiece
on every one of 5.442.OOO hides taken
from the cattle slaughtered last year.
Paine insisted that Simpson entirely
misunderstood the question. The hides
imported did not come into competl-
ton with American hides. The former
were used almost exclusively for sole
leather.
The debate then branched of TO the
iron schedule. Wheeler and Cox as
serted that the southern iron industry
did not want any protection. Dalzeh
asserted that iron ore was being made
and coal was being mined in Tennes-
see by convict labor. The store sys-
tenn prevailed also in Tennessee. Nc
MILAN denied that the scrip system
prevailed In Tennessee. All the protec-
ton Pennsylvania could pile up he
said. would not save the Pennsylvania
industry. 1t was the South when
was driving Pennsylvania out OF the
market.
I'VE have only just begun, he said.
I'VE propose TO make It hot for YOU
not only in iron. but in cotton man
ufacture, and we won't ask the gov
ernment's aid. either" Democratic
applause.) Newlands, after delivering
some remarks In favor of increases
on several articles, warned the allied
forces" of. silver, as he termed them
that they must allow the widest diver
genoe of views on the tariff and other
questions II they were to live in har-
mony. "Once we can organize the
friends of silver" he said nine
tenths Of the people Of the United
States viii be with US