The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-11-01

'DAY MORNING, NON
THE TARIFF COMMISSIONS WORK
No Changes or Importance Likely to ht
Recommended.
WASHINGTON, October 3l.-'rhe steno'
graphic report sot the statements made
before the TariGConmisslon Is about com.
pleted, and It is expected tlat within a
week 1t will be In typo and ready for dis.
,ributlon. Under the law creating The
commission il was made the duty Of the
Public Printer 10 distribute copies Of The
testimony to Senators an,l Representatives
Just as last Ms printed, so that by this means,
rs well us By the epitomized reports pub.
ilsned IN tlle newspapers, u general iamil'
iarity with the views, wishes, aud opinions
Of the general public on the subject OF the
tariff may fairly be presumed oil the part
ot members Of Congress. by the time thut
the House Committee OF Ways and Means
meets, two weeks from now, the completC
report, properly indexed, will be on their
table, ready for consideration and such
action MS ,nay be deemed ndvisa.
able. AS to the recommendation OF
the commission they will not be made
known Until officially known to Congress
nj the opening oil next session. The com.
mission Inns held sessions for Just twelve
weeks-the first five weeks being spent ut
Long Branch, and the remainder OF the
time In visiting cities in several parts OF
the country In order 10 ascertain the con.
dillon md wants Of the various local in.
dusttics. Thus, three days were spent in
Boston, two in Cincinnati, three in Chica.
20, two in st. Louis, two in Baltimore, six
in New York, three in Pittsburgh, and
three in Philadelphia, while still shorter
visits were made In Milwaukee, st. Paul,
Minneapolis, Des Aloincs, Indianapolis,
Atlanta, Savannah Charleston, Richmond,
Wheeling and other cities Altogether the
commission Travelled about, 1000 miles,
held public sessions Tor about 70 days,
and heard the statements OF between 200
and 600 persons. The printed record will
fill about 1000 pages, and as there was
only one Official reporter, and as Il large
part OF this time was spent in travelling,
The rapidi,y with which the record has
been prepared for publication is renlarka.
bic.
1T is the opinion Of persons who have
had unusually good opportunities for iuds-
ing Of the sentiment Of the commission
that no radical or important changes in the
existing tariff will be recommended. Their
report will recommend, perhaps, n slight
increase OF duties here, slight decrease
there, together with some insignificant adj.
tions to the free list, and wherever it is
possible mn abandonment OF compound
duties Chat is, Of nd valorem rates COM
bined with specific rates) will be recon.
mcnded. 1t is also probable that import
ant changes in Custom house regulations,
US to cleannces, consular invoices, duties
or charges, and such matters, will be sug-
gested. These are more particularly within
the province OF Commissioner, Aicaiahop,
who US an officer Of the New York Custom
house for many years, has IN intimate
knowledge Of that branch OF tue subject,
and is iavorably inclined toward the views
entertained by importers aud merchants.
AS to the action OF the commission in
regard 70 special interests, il is believed by
the well informed and disinterested obser.
ytrs aboyereferred to, that, notwithstanding
the persistency with which the potters OF
Trenton, N. j., and East Liverpool, Ohio.
urged an increase Of existn. duties on
chinaware, no change will be recommend
ed; that rclmposltion OF the duty on Ql,i.
nine, MS persisteEtly urged on the part OF
manufacturers OF chemicals, will not be ad.
vised; that the duty on taw wool will
neither be abolished in the interest OF wool
manufacturers, nor increased III tile inter.
est OF American wool growers, bu, will re.
man practically as ut present, and even
that the action OF the CrcssoI convention
OF persons engaged in the steel and iron
business in favor Of increased rates ON iron
ore and OIL iron and steel in their various
stages, will hardly be endorsed by the com.
mission. In fact, that the general result OF
the report OF the commission will be in ia.
vor OF making the least possible nua,ber
Of changes (and none Of them n,por,apt)
in the existing tariff.
The Commission is now in daily session
at the Fifth Avenue Hotel in New York,
going over the whole subject item 10y item,
anu thus making up its report, TINT It muy
be ready whom Congress meets. Senator's
and members OF the House OF Representa-.
tives now in Washington, together with
many other persons interested in public
Affairs, are already beginning 10 discus, the
questions, "Wlat will be done with the re.
port OF the Tariff Commission ut the next
session will my action be taken on the
subject Or will the report and testimony
meet with the fate of,nearly all similar
documents and be packed away with the
mass OF printedrubhish which accumulates
ut every session. Those who have had
most experience OF Congressional methods
regard it as extremely mprobable-in TACT,
almost beyond the bounds OF possibility
that my definite and comprehensive tariff
legislation will he enacted at the coming
session. Its limited duration OF three
months, Tor actually, two months, counting
from the expiration OF the Christmas holi.
days,) prccludes the possibility Of such full
discussion and such Consideration OF the
numerous interests involved, as must take
place before any genera! tariff measure oan
hecomeR Law. Even in long sessions, with
the appropriation bills, and many other
public and private measures stirring for
precedence, there would be little chance
for bill that would require at least three
months for its. considerations. The alea
seems to prevail among those hest acauaint,
ed with Congress that il It be really The de.
sire Of both political parties 10 have the
tariff promptly and comprehensiyeiy re-
yised and modified, the only practical
means Of doing so would he to have bill
passed next session providing for the meet.
ing Of the Forty.eighth Congress or, say the
9TH OF Marcel, next, for the special purpose
oi considering anl ACTING on that aublect.
1t seems, however, that there is very fttle
expectation OF the passage Of any such bill,
and the present probabilities indicate d
postponcment Of general tariff revision un.
till the regular assenhlage Of tho next Con.
gress in DECEMBER, 1889.
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