Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-02-16
MORRIS0N'S TARIFF BILL.
FULLER DETAILS OF THE RATES
OF DUTY.

laughed as he sat down after intrOd uoing
his bill ''To reduce tariff taxes'' in the
House this afternoon. He felt as though
he had rolled a weight off his mind. The
preparation of a tariff bill ls not the easy
task the doctrinaires imagine, MIR. Nor
rison has given many hours OF hard work
to his task, and he has had the assistance
too of Messrs. Carlisle, Hewitt, Tucker
and the other leaders among the revenue
reiormers. The bill represents fairly
we'll the views of them all as to what is
practicable at this time. OF course it is
not wholly satisfactory TO any one of
them, but they know that they cannot
have just what they want.
IN TUE LINE OF THE TARIFF PLANK.
MIR. Morrison regards the bill as direct
ly in the line of the tariff plank in the
Chicago platform. he considers IL mod
crate bill. It's average reduction is about
20 per cent. Its aggregate reduction is
about $40, 100000. It's principal reduction
is In the sugar duties. Its next largest
reduction is in the duties on raw mate
rials. The other reductions are in duties
which will plainly bear them. He thinks
he did wisely in putting the free list first
in the bill, and particularly in putting
timber and lumber first Of all. The propo-
sition to put timber and lumber on the
free list is always popular with Western
men, both Republicans and Democrats.
RAW MATERIALS.
Then, too, he wants the Eastern men to
face the question OF admitting raw mate
Tials free. The proyisc particularly APP
piled to the clauses affecting sugar and
tim Der and lum Der; that the reductiens
shall De imperative upon articles i'm
ported from countries imposing export
duties upon them, was put In to prevent
foreign countries from securing a benefit
from the reductions as they did when the
duties were removed from tea and coffee.
Neither the members Of the Ways and
Means Committee nor the officers OF the
Treasury Department seem to know just
how the export taxes Of foreign countries
affect either sugar or lumber or timber.
MIR. Morrison had no particular country
in view. The pToviso was intended to
prevent the possible action of foreign
countries.
LIVELY DEBATE.
Mr.. Morrison will report the bill from
the Ways and Means Committee with
very few amendments. Within the next
two weeks he expects lively debate on
it. He counts generally on the support OF
all but the extreme protectionists on bis
own side and upon few Western Repub-
licans, and thinks the bill has AZ least a
chance of getting through the House. Mr..
Randall is not in town, but il
is we'll understood that he viii
oppose the bill. He said last week that
he would oppose any bill that affected the
duties on the manufactures Of Pennsyl-
vania and New Jersey.
RANDALL's FOLLOWERS.
The Pennsylvania and New Jersey men
have determined TO oppose it on the
ground that it does threaten the manu-
featuring industries OF their States, so
that Mr.. Randall is set down as certain
to lead the Democratic opposition TO it.
The Louisiana men will oppose the pro-
posed reducuOn IN the sugar duties, and
the South Carolina and Georgia men will
oppose the reduction in the duties on rice.
The Ohio Democrats are SAID by one OF
their number to be practically solid ia
opposition to the reduction in the carpet
wool duties.
THE OPPOSITION NOT WELL ORGANIZED.
There is one Michigan Democrat who is
not in favor of placing timber and lumber
on the free list, but there is no such gen.
eral opposition to this bill as there was
TO the last Morrison bill, andwhaL opp0-
sition there is is not so we'll organized.
There is no reason TO believe that the pro-
tectionist Democrats viii this time move
to strike out the enactiEg clause, even
though they should be urged to do so by
ex-Representative Converse, OF Ohio, who
is now here as the hired representative
of the Wool Growers Association, vainly
trying TO secure higher instead of lower
duties on wool.
THE FREE TRADE STAND,
Mr.. Mills, OF Texas, represents the ex-
treme free traders. lie said tonight: "Df
I in Fuw Of L.
right direction, however slight, and of
course will support Nj. MorrisOn's bill,
but it is very far from being the bill l
would like to support. I am tired OF all
this dillY-dally. Let us present free trade
pure and simple TO the people as the real
Democratic doctrine. For few years we
would be badly beaten at every election,
but it would not be very long before we
would educate the people 80 that we
would be victorious in every election"
MR.. DINGLEY's VIEWS.
Mr.. Dingley, Of Maine, said the reduc-
tion OF the duty on wooleu goods would
seriously affect the wool and wOolen in-
dustries, as under the present tariff over
S26,000,0O0 OF w0Oien goods were imported
last year. 81 believe the bill will be
nearly unltedly opposed by the RepublI-
cans of the House,"
"What will be the fate of the bill in the
Houseg
Il is uncertain, as il will be likely 10 be
greatly changed before vote is taken on
its passage. l think there will be dis
position on the Republican side to allow
the bill 70 be fully considered on It's
merits, and not TO join In any movement
to strike out the enacting clause before
the bill is considered BY fagraphs.
FREE LIST ADDITIONS.
The additions 70 the free list viii involve
a loss OF SJ,6OO.00 and tue reductions
made by the bill on other articles about
S5000,000. Slight but general reductions
have been made In the cases OF wO0ls,
flax, linen, ana hemp, c0ttons, window
glass, plate-giass Of high quality, eartheu-
ware aud china, where the duty 10 be-
lieVed To be excessive. The duty on rice,
marble, castor beans and q lew chemi-
Gals il also slightly reduced.
Among the more Important additions
made by the bill 70 the free list after July
!, 1895, are the following: Lumber, hewn
and sawed and timber used Tor spsrs and
In building wbaryes, timber squared or
sided not specially numerated or pro-
vided for, sawed boards. plank, deals and
other lumber Of hemiOck, white wood,
sycamore and bass wood and all other
articles OF sawed lumber; hubs, slaves,
plokets and palings; laths, shingles, pine
clapb0ards. spruce elapbOards; wood un-
manufactured not specially enumerated
or provided for. THIS pr0yisO is in0pera-
tive when imported from "a country laying
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