New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-03-04
No TARIFF LEGISLATION.
WHY THE COMMITTEE DARE NOT REPORT BILL
ANXIETY OF SUGAR REFINERs-ARGUMENTs OF
QUININE MANUFACTURERS.

WHY THE COMMITTEE DARE NOT REPORT BILL
ANXIETY OF SUGAR NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF
QUlNINE MANUFACTURERS.
tPY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUSEI
WASHINGTON March 3.-After the argument in
behalf of American quinine manufacturers before
the Committee of Ways aud Means this morning
prominent member of the committee was asked
whether he thought Congress would be likely at
this session to enact any legislation affecting the
importation OF bark and qunine. lie replied that
he did not, and that from questions asked and re-
marks dropped b. members of the committee this
morning he believed that no bill on that or any
other subject affecting the Tariff will be reported TO
the House this session.
The same gentleman said that the committee feel
the more averse to bringing il any specific measure
on account of Il fear that the House would imme-
diately Ina hands on the bill and load IT down with
n multitude of amendments reducing the duty on
some articles and taking II entirely of Others with
out anv reference to the effect upon the revenue or
upon tho revenue system. lie referred to the bill
repeating the duty on qunne, which wac passed
under suspension of the rules at the extra session.
and remarked that it was a very good sample of
such hcsty legislation. Southern and Western men
who voted for that measure are now grumbing be-
cause Qunine costs more at their homes than it did
before the bill was passed This result might have
been foreseen because the effect OF the new law
simply to transfer the monopoly III quinne, before
enjoyed 10y American manufacturers from them to
foreign manufacturers of the drug.
The action OF the Committee OF Ways and Means
In deciding TO postpone all action or questions reat
ing to the importation of sugar appears to have
aroused considerable excitement among the import
ers and refncrs of that commodity. Before o'clock
this afternoon Mr.. Frye who is member OF the
committee had received no less than fourteen tele-
graphic dispatches from sugar importers and rchn-
ers appealing TO him to use his influence to secure
reconsideration of the question far as II relates
10 a reclas9ihcaIon of sugars entered to pay duty.
The sugarnen are anxious that the principles or
the Robbins bill, which was brought forward IN the
XLVth Congress- so far as the grading OF sugars is
concerned, should be enacted into law. That bill
divided all imported sugars into three grades, one
Including all below No. 10 Dutch Standard the
second. all between No. 10 and 10. and the third
all above No 16. 1t Is quite probable that, II the
matter of reclasshcati0n could he considered by
itself the committee might be able to agree but
the subject Is so encountered with other cOnsidera
tons that there seems TO be very little prospect Of
action upon 1t.
ARGUMENTS BEFORE The COMMITTEE.
GENERAL PRESS DIsPArcH.l
WASHINGTON, March 3.-rhe House Committee of
Ways and Means gave hearing to-day to the manufac
turefs OF quinne who desire the duty the imported
article technically known "suphatc of quinia" which
was removed by act Of Congress during the special
zion, 10 DO restored.
Messrs A. ii. Jones and II. D. Rosenbarten Of Phila-
delphs, and c. T. White and D. Q. Robbins, OF NewYork
manufacturers Of subhate and other salts of qinia
made arguments before the committee in support Of
their memorial The points made were that the law