Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-12-20

The Difference Between the House and
Senate Measures.
The Treasury Department has just issued a
complete set of comparative tables showing
the amount of revenue collected during the
past fiscal year, and the amount which would
have been collected upon the same ilnporta-
tions if either the Mills bill or Senate Tribute
bill had been the law. The summary by
schedules is as follows
TARIFF Existing Senate Mills
SCHEDULE law bill. bill.
Chemicals -. -. $6,C33,OOO $L65sOOo $s,667OOc
enware. 7,5ss.ON 7,sOs,MO 6,GO7, ,OOC
Metals ......... 22594,0o0 25,4?2,0OO IA 99E. .0OC
enware =. :. 100000 $4,000 $4,000
scs. ....... 57,145,OOO 27,sn,OO 4s.ssi.OOC
etc ............ 9,l2sOoO 7,1O7.OOO 9,127 900
Provisions. see. l1,3S3,00O 11,626,00O 9,460,0OO
etc .. ......' 7,6sl, 900 s,O54,OOO 1851 COO
cotton. ....... 15,Ost,OOO 1a,sl4,OOO 1,S9s,OOC
Flax, hemp and
jute. ......... 9,4S9OOO s,s5G,OOO 4,4'l,tOO
Wool and wool
ems ,...... 49,. 3562o,oOO 4O,s2s,OOO 16,951OOO
Silk and silk
goods. . w l5,54OOOO 15,9iO,OOO 15,54o,OOO
etc ............ 1,145,OOO 1,22O,OOO 1,l420OG
5undries 14,25S0G0 13,16T0O0 12,5O2, 600
All previous comparisons have been for the
fiscal year 1887; the above is for the fiscal
year 1888. The total revenue from imports
last year was $21l, ,113,0O0. The importa-
tions being the same, it would have been
$182, ,393, 600 under the Senate Tribute bill and
$160,6S2, 900 under the House Reform BILL
The internal revenue collected was Sl24, ,S23,
600. Under the Senate bill it would have
been $94, 4,247, 900 and under the House bill
$1O7, 7,443 600. The additions of the Senate
bill to the list would have caused reduction
of $5705, 600; those of the House bill, $19,-
$4,000.
1t will be seen upon examining the table
that the House bill makes reductions in every
schedule except cigars and tobacco, wines
and liquors and silks. The Senate bill re-
duces the totals only in the chemical, glass,
metal, sugar, cigars, fax and sundries sched-
ules, and increase the totals under each of the
other seven schedules. The most marked and
Characteristic differences are in the metals,
sugar and wool schedules. In the metals
schedule the Senate bill makes reduction of
only 100000 in the total, while the Mills
bill makes a reduction of over 81, 800, ,000.--
In the wool schedule the Senate bill makes
an increase of $4,70O,0O0 in the total, while
the House bill makes a reduction of nearly
$18,700,000. On the other hand in the sugar
schedule the Senate bill makes a reduction
of $29, 800, 900, while the house bill makes a
reduction of only about $9,S00,000
These points illustrate the general differ
ence between the two bills, The duties on
metals and woolens are highly protective
To speak more correctly, they are mainly for
tribute. They take about $58, 100000 year
from the people for the use of the Govern
ment. They take at least four times as
much, or $232, 100000, from the people to en-
rich manufacturers and to sink in unproft-
able enterprises. Under the Senate bill they
would take about $63, ,000,0 from the peo.
pie for the use of the Government, and a
good deal more than four times as much, OF
probably not less than $3.50, 900. fol
tribute. On the other hand, the duties or
sugar are mostly for revenue. They take fol
the use of the Government about 1000 ,00(
or nearly the same as the duties on metals
and wool and woolens, and not more than
one-tenth of that sum, or $5,700,000, fol-
tribute. The Senate bill proposes to relieve
the people of revenue burden of $29, BOO, ,00(
and tribute burden of $293O,000.
The House bill proposes to reduce the reve,
nue. burdens on metals and woolens to 1892,
100000, and the tribute burden to $12S,000,-
600. On sugars itproposes to reduce reve
nue. burden to $46,400,000, and the tribute
burden to $4,640,OO0. The difference may be
plainly exhibited in the form of table
showing that the two bills propose to take
from the people under these schedules fol
revenue and tribute as follows:
METALS AND
WOOLENS. Senate bill. House bill
Revenue ....... ........$ 63,0 100000 50, ,00O 00
Tribute,........ .......... 260,0OO,C0o 128,0G00O
SUGAR