The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-06-08

as reported The debate preceding the
vote was d times very breezy, owing 10
! the break of political lines. general
| discussion of the future program on the
| bill occurred before the senate adjourn
! ed. Il led TO a statement by Mr.. Alli-
| son, in charge of the bill, that the COM
mittee would probably submit amend
lrenis to the sugar schedule. For this
| reason, he announced, the sugar sched-
| ule would be passed over tomorrow and
| the tobacco schedule would be taken
up.
! Washington, June I'm the senate to.
| day, Mr. Quay of Pennsylvania present.
! bill. One of them proposes to strike out
| the duty on tea and substitute duty
of 10 per cent ad valorem on all articles
proposed by the bill to be placed on the
| free list, these duties 10 continue until
July 1. 1901, after which the articles
shall be exempted from duty. Another
amendment proposes proviso to the
paragraph fixing duty on iron ore so
that all iron ore from foreign mines own
ed by American citizens and imported
| for their own use and not for sale shall
be exempted from duty
The consideration of the tariff bill was
resumed soon after the session opened
and the discussion proceeded on the par
agraph placing duty of 81 per 1000
feet on lumber
Mr.. Allen pop, Neb) moved to SUBJ
stitute the provisions OF the Wilson bill,
which placed lumber on the free list.
The senator spoke in particular against
restoring white pine to the dutiable list.
urging that the rates WeredeSigned TO
be prohibitory against Canadian pine.
There was nothing, he said, in the
"clap trap argument of American high
wages, as the wages of lumbermen in
Canada were, on the whole, higher than
in the United States. This was simply
an attempt to pay back to the lumber
syndicate the advance which it had pos
sibly made less than a year ago. and in
the eyes of every honest man was moth
ing short of absolute larceny-legalzed
larceny.
Mr.. Berry Arkansas) spoke against
restoring the duty on white pine. He
had been appealed to by the lumber in
terests of his own state 70 support the
dutybut he would not do il when it laid
such heavy tribute on the agricultural
people OF the western states. Mr.. Ber-
nv expressed his establishment that any
Democratic senator would support this
restoration Of duty on lumber.
Mr.. Bacon Georgia. who is supporting
the lumber duty. reminded Mr.. Berry
this his (Bacon's) support was due to
the fact that the duty was a revenue
rather than a protective rate.
| Mr.. Berry responded with vehement
arrangement Of the bill, framed. he said.
in the interest of every trust and conoin-
alton in the country. When he saw in
| the bill that II gave large increase Of du-
" 10 the Sugar Trust and TO every other
combination Of capital this satisfied him
that the measure was framed distinctly
| on the lines of protection and not Of
revenue.
Mr.. Caffery Ga. .)opposed the duty on
white pine. and incidentally criticized
! the position of Mr.. Bacon oGa.,) who. he
said. favored a protective duty. This.
! the senator from Georgia denied.
/
/ % all protective duties but favored the
/ imposition of a duty for purely revenue
! purposes. He said the supply Of pine in
! this country was ineXhaustible and re-
/ pudiated rhe representatives Of lumber
! interests % his state who went before
| the ways and means committee and ask
/ ed duty ofs2. He could not. he said,
/ find single basis for this duty on lum-
t Der. SO far as the southern timber in
! teres:s were concerned.
1.-The platform upon which I stand. 3"
interrupted Mr.. Bacon. 10 the orthodoxy
% which the senator from Louisiana
/ may subscribe (Mr. Caffery supported
/ the Indianapolis gold ;icke0 warrants
my position. The Chicago platform said
: We favor tariff for revenue. with Gu
! ties 50 adjusted as 70 operate equally
( throughout The country and not disc-:m-
/ mate as 20 class or section L is thar
: plank IN the platform upon which 1
/ stand" said Mr.. Bacon.
/ MI Cafery said there might De dis
! crepancy between the Chicago and In
dianapolis platforms. bu; the essence OF
I Democracy was opposed 70 a tariff on
essarily required compensatory duties
on manufactured articles. If one
wrong is conceded he asked. shall we
| multiply il? Can error be so corrected ?
Tha, may may the logic Of your Den,oc-
: racy. L Is no. % mine
My position sad Mr Bacon. rs
! mat II duties are 70 be levied on manu-
fac1ured articles tor revenue purposes
| they should be levied also on raw mate
! r.als-that no fsvors should De- shown. -
Senator Hear improved The opporluni-
/ y offered 70 hunorousiy goad Senator
! Bacon and Senator Gallery by intina;-
ing :hat their revenue IDEAS became de-
: cids3ly protective when home interests
were affee1ed-sagar for Louisiana and
! lumber toT Georgia.
/ Mr.. Gallery, with display Q: temper.