St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-16
WASHINGTON.
Damaging Testimony Before the
Springer Committee Rel
alive to Brewster.
The Reduction ON Various Imports as
Provided for by the Morrison
Bill.
Considerable Interest Occasioned by the Pub
LEGATION of Extracts from Blaine's
Forthcoming Book.
Ispecial Telegram to the Globe. |

Especial Telegram to the Globe.
WASHINGTON, March 15.-Tables showing
the effect of the Morrison bill as reported
from the committee on ways and means have
been printed for the use of the members OF
the house, and are absolutely necessary TO
enable any one to find out what the proposed
rates of duty are, and aside from carpet
woods, which do not come in competition
with domestic woods, the woods most imported
into this country are clothing and comb
ing woods, worth not more
than thirty cents pound.
OF the former there was imported last year
II, 466,637 pounds and of the latter 1,306,
Isl pounds. The present duty is 10 cents a
pound on both. The horizontal reduction is
arrested by the qualification that no duties
shall be lower than in the Morrill, tariff. In
that tariff woods worth not less than 24c a
pound were assessed cents, and as these
woods are now worth on an average about 25c
the bill would reduce the duty from 10 to 9
cents, or only 10 per cent. On carpet
woods the reduction takes full effect. The
from ~ to &c, and on those over 12c from
5 to &c. Of the cheaper grade of carpet woods
there was imported last year rs, 100000
pounds, and of the dearer carpet woods more
than II 100000 pounds. But while the duty
on clothing and combing wool is reduced 10
per cent, that on all manufac-
turers of wool is reduced 20 per
cent. Wooden cloths, shawls, and
enumerated manufactures of wool are re-
duced from 65.S3 to 52.66 per cent. in ad
valorem equivalent to the duty on the imports
of the last fiscal years, having averaged II. 81
per cent. The iannels, blankets, knit goods
ETC., work between 80 and go cents pound
are reduced from little above IS to about
So per cent, the duty prior to the last revis-
Joe having been equal to 80 per cent. Dress
goods not all wool, of which about So, 900, 900
square yards were imported in 1923 are re-
duced from 63 to 81 per cent, the duty a
year ago having been about SO per cent
In the metal schedule there are several
conflicts between the maximum provision of
| so cent and the minimum provision of the
Morrill, tarig. Castiron vessels, sad irons,
| matters irons unenumerated castings are not
dutiable- at 114c per pound. The Morrill,
tariff l cent, where the 90 per cent reduction
would bring it but the ad-valorem equivalent
| of l cent is 1921 per cent so too in the case
| of wrought iron nails, washers, spikes
horse shoes, etc. The present duty is
| two cents, the Morrill, duty was two cents, SC
| the proposed duty is two cents and the adj
| valorem equivalent is over 129 per cent.
| Iron and steel bolts are reduced by the hori-
zontal cut from ~ to 2 cents pound,
where they were under the Morrill, tariff but
the advalorem equivalent of the proposed
duty is 57A per cent.
| The duties on all kinds of crockery are re-
| duced 20 per cent, but the Morrill, provision
| prevents any reduction on fire brick OF
states. The 20 per cent. reduction is applied
to window glass, although on some grades ii
reduces the duties below the Morrill, tariff.
The duties on plate glass remains unchanged
though on small sized the duty is now less
than IA per cent, and on the large size it is
over 1913 per cent. The Morrill, tariff provi-
sion will prevent any reductions of duties on
common print cottons.
DAMAGING TO BREWSTER.
The testimony of Col. Cook, before the
| Springer committee relative to the Ottman
compromise effected by ex-congressman
Crowley, and Col. George Bliss, by which
Attorney General Brewster dismissed the
| criminal and civil suits against Gilman, is
regarded as very damaging to the attorney
general, and may possibly result in Mr..
| Brewster's impeachment. Mr.. Springer
says he intends 20 ascertain what became OF
| the S33, 500 after deducting the 900 paid
| the government, and among whom it was di-
vided. Startling discoveries are predicted.
BLAINE's BOOK.
The publication to-day of copious extracts
| from Mr. Blalnes forthcoming book creates
| a commotion in political circles here, in
view of the prediction heretofore made that
upon the reception Of his book would largely
depend his candidacy for the presidential
nomination. The supporters of Arthur and
also of other aspirants for the Re
publican nomination say that Mr.. Blaine is
feeling the public pulse and batting his hook
| at time when he thinks the political fish
will bite, but that the game won't win, and in
the end he will be hoist with the petard of his
own book.
PERSONAL.
E. F. Drake and A. NJ. Drake, of st. Paul,
are at the Riggs.
Cearles Nichols and wife, of st. Paul, are
at Wizards.
Samuel Cushman, OF Deadwood, is at the
National.
Western Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, March 15'-From the secret
service division of the treasury department
are reports, that it is believed certain coun-
terfeiters are concocting measures to stimuli
taneously pass upon the public especially in
| the cities of the south and west, counterfeit
$50 dollar certificates. A sample OF
the same has just been received at the
office of the secret division. The issue is a
series of 1880, Jas. Gilfillan, treasurer of the
United States. The paper is thick, greasy
and stiff. The note is one-eighth of an inch
shorter than the genuine. There is distri
buted fibre, or parallel silk,
threads in the paper as in the genuine. The
words ''silver certificate" appear in the pan
| els twice in the upper border on the face, not
| in the panel to the left in the counterfeit
The letters r, and in the word certificate
are engraved wrong side up in the counter
felt and there are no periods dividing the mi
tials in B. K. Bruce. On the lower left cor
ner of the check the letter is without an
accompanying number and in the name