Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-03-31
SAVANNAH'S WATERWAY
THE SENATORS TO ASK A
LARGER APPROPRIATION.

Explanation of the Meagreness OF
the Allowance - Mr.. Morrison
Greatly Encouraged by the Recepl
tion Accorded his Tariff PrOposis
tiOns-Patents Issued to Southern-
ers.
WASHINGTON, March 30.-The answeH
OF the members of the House Committed
on Rivers and Harbors TO the objections
made TO the smallness Of the appropIa{
tion recommended for Savannah harbor
IS that they applied the same rule TO thia
item as to all the other items for which
appropriations were made. The amount
recommended was in each case as nearly
AS possible One-third OF the estimated
Senators Brown and Colquitt will ent
deavor to have the appropriation int
creased to an adequate sum in the 5enatea
THE TARIFF BILL.
The tariff bill upon which the revenue
refOrmers Of the Ways and Means Como
mittee are now at work will be ready I'd
report TO the House next week. It viii
contain the administrative reforms sugl
gested by Representative Hewitt aud
Secretary Manning which Representative
Kelley says Will reduce duties. The frsa
thing in the bill will be the free list.
Wool, fax, lumber. hemp and iute Will
be on the tree list. Possibly coal and iron
ore may also be, but probably will lot
The other sections Of the bill will provide
for reductions in the duties on sugar and
rice (abOut half as great as those in the
Morrison bill as first introduced, }, and fot
reduction on woolens, cOttons, decorated
ware and plate glass.
MORRISON ENCOURAGED.
Chairman Morrison is greatly ent
c0uraged at once by the way in which
the Texas Democrats take the proposition
to place wool on the free list and the
way in which the Democrats represent
ling sugar aud rice districts take mis- con@
cessions in respect to sugar and rice. I'd
now seems probable 10 him that the tariff
bill as amended will receive the vote Of
almost every Southern Democrat. Mr.!
Morrison's present proposition in regard
to the duty on sugar is TO make the re4
duction only 10 per cent, coupled with
conditions excepting IRON its operations
sugars produced in countries levying au
export tax or stimulating the production
of sugar.
THE RICE REDUCTION.
In the case Of rice the proposed rednc.
tiOn will be coupled with provision such
as was suggested by Col. w. l.. Trenh0lm
I to prevent thetmpOrtation OF broken riea
into the country at the low rate prescribed
for rice meal. Col. Trenholm has sent the
Ways and Means Committee model Of
the sieve which he proposes TO make the
standard test at the custom house I'd
distinguish broken rice, such as might
be used for food, from the rice-meal on
flour which brewers use.
The committee will probably recomf
mend the same test. ltis noticeable that
the Kentucky Democrats are all anxiOua
for the removal Of the duty on hemp. As
one OF them said to-day, 1--WE want hemp
put on the free list, whether anything
else goes there or not. We want to I'D
our part towards Tedeeming the tariff
reform and tax reduction, and pledges Of
the Chicago platform"
PATENTS FOR soUTHERNBRs.
The following patents were issued to-
day. John Colyille, of Brunswick. Ga.
return crate; Gustave Bernd, of Mac0na
Ca, snap hook; q. Il. Lucas, of Atlantay
Ga, Ventilating cars; Albert C. Friersek.
OF jacksonville, Fla, an electric time
recorder.