Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-01-23
Hand IN Hand with Jobbers.

Halu III Will OODDCIS.
The New York Times is certainly good
Republican authority when it says the
pressure eXerted in Washington by the
representatives of manufacturing indus
tries is enormous and effective. We
quote:
sit is believed that Washington never
saw a greater or a stronger lobby than
that which is here in behalf of the iron and
steel interests. They seem to have forced
the Senate Finance Committee again to
turn their attention to the schedules which
interest them. for il is announced that
the committee have sent TO Pittsburg for
Mr.. Oliver. the member Of the Tariff
Commission to whom was intrusted
the schedule on metals. The committee
want to confer with him. The result will
be. probably. that the committee will offer
i'm the Senate to amend their own bill by
raising the rates on pig iron, in accordance
with the requests of the iron and steel
men. When it became apparent that
nothing was to be expected from the Ways
and Means Committee, who voted to
restore the duty on quinine, the revenue
refOrmerS turned with some hope to the
Senate committee and the Senate bill.
The events of the last few days indicate
that they can expect very little more at
one end of the capitol than at the other"
The Times points out that the effect of
this lobby pressure Is seen in the recent
changes made in the tariff bill by the
WAYS and Means Committee, and this
manifestation of the power of the pro-
tected industries has led the friends of
tariff reform to abandon hope of the en-
actment of any law this session. Our
contemporary adds that it is not difficult
to get the impression that much of the re-
lief proposed by the committee would not
be granted owing to the votes of Republic
cans who have local interests in the ma
ture of ''infants" to be protected and fps-
tered.
This entire subject of tariff legislation
on the Republican plan is a most pecu-
liar study. For example, the Boston
Herald, speaking of the tariff bill as pre-
scented by the commission, says:
"An anti-clmax in absurdity is reached
I when we come to the item Of rye flour.
/ Last year there were four barrels of this
/ species of food imported INTO the United
/ States, paying a duty of twenty cents a
| barrel. 1t is evident that the duty was
/ sufficiently high for all purposes of protec-
| ton. or more would have been imported;
1 it is also apparent that this could not be
made an article from which revenue could
/ be obtained; Dut for some ineXplicable
reason the Commissioners propose to in
/ crease this twenty cents per barrel rate to
| 81 Sc per barrel, an advance of nearly
! 1000 per cent. One can hardly re-
1 frain from asking what cat in the meal
| there is here"
The Louisville Couier-JOulRal (Dem.)
remarks:
! EsThe Tariff Commissioners doubled the
/ duty on tin plate to Oblige One-hOrse tin
| plate manufacturer of Pennsylvania. The
/ WAYS and Means Committee, in a phe-
4 nOmenal nit of liberality, cut the duty down
/ One-half, much to the satisfaction of the
! canned goods people and to consumers of
/ such goods, upon whom the large addi-
/ tiOnal tax of $10,000,000 to $l5,OO0,OOO
would fall. Tin plate should be put on
/ the free list"
And the Albany Erening Journal Rep. J
| calls attention to the following incOngrui-
/ ties:
! at may interest the taX-burdened arti-
/ san to learn that the Ways and Means
| COmmittee'has determined to remove the
! duties on skeletons and anatomical artic-
! ulatiOns. sparterre for the OrnamentatlOn
! of wOmen's bOnnets, unmanufacturedt teeth
/ vellum for the binding of editions de tuCe
/ of the poets, orange wood canes, umbrella
/ handles and paraSOl sticks, ebony, mahog-
| any, rosewood. satinwOOd and other lum-
/ Der used in the construction of ornamental
! cabinets and artistic furniture, and on
! sundry other articles which grace the cot
| tages and tenements of the poor. Pota-
/ toes. however, are still taxed at fifteen
cents bushel, rice at double its value,
/ wOrsted blOuses at seventy-ive cents on
/ the dollar, and sugar at over two cents
! pound