Mr. KIRKWOOD. This tariff bill, as I understand it, is framed on the principle of endeavoring to give protection to all parts of the country, and do justice to all parts of the country, so far as it can be done in framing a o. bill kind. I listened with considerable interest to the remarks of my colleague this morning, in which he endeavored to show to the Senate that the effect of this bill would be injurious to our people. I am free to say that I am not satisfied on that point, and have not et determined how I shall cast my vote on the ill. The general tendency of the bill, however, so far as we are concerned, is to tax everything we use, and to afford very little protection to anything we produce, save and except the single article of wool. Our position, as I before said, is somewhat peculiar with reference to timber. It is scarce, exceedingly scarce with us. We build our houses of sawed logs or lumber; we build almost all our fences with sawed logs or lum ber. If, while you are taxing everything we use otherwise so highly, you impose heavy taxation on the material out of which we build our houses and our fences, I am afraid our people will become restless under the operation of such a bill. The Senfrom Maine thinks that my amendment would open the door for the intro duction of pine lumber for building purposes,, I think that cannot be. In looking over the uotations of lumber in Chicago and elsewhere find that “fencing” is a distinct description of lumber by. It is recognized in the trade, and my amendment describes the particular quality of lumber, the particular length, and particular width. It is true, lumber of the same description may be used for but it will be a great relief to our people if the amendment I have offered should prevail. There is another consideration. Our pine forests are becoming rapidly exhausted. The ine forests of to: Michigan and Wisconsin dre rapidly exhausted. Where shall we get lumber? Will it not be the part of wisdom to encourage the introduction of lumber from other countries and save our own? It seems to me that these considerations are sufficient to justify the adoption of the amendment I have offered.