The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-02-29
the TARIFF.
What the Homo Market Club Rec
ommends to the congressman.
Mr.. Reed on the Lookout for a Rail-
roadIng sechme.
Gloucester Protests Against a Demo
cratic Boom for Free Fish.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2S.-Representative
Long Of Massachusetts,, at the request Of the
Home Market Club Of Boston, today intro
dueed into the House a bill 10 amend the
laws relating to the duties on sugar, and the
taxes on tobacco and distilled spirits. In
long letter to Congress, which accompanies
the bill, the club points out and explains the
chief features OF the bill. 1t shows that a
reduction of 30 per cent Is made In the sugar
tariff and that 1t remedies grave defects in
the present law. Below No. 10, Dutch
standard, and less than 70 degrees. polaris-
cope test, seven-hundredths cent per pound
and two-hundredths additional for every ad-
ditional degree concentrated Melada is to be
elassed as sugar; above No. 10 and not above
No. 16, D.S., one and thirty-seven hundreths
cents per pound above No. 16 and not above
No. 20, DIS, one and a half cents per pound:
above No. 20. ID. S., one and seventy-fvs
hundreths cents per pound.
Molasses below So degrees polariscope test.
cents per gallon; and above that figure.
cents per gallon.
ing bounty Of 81 for every ton OF beets or
sugar cane raised and manufactured into su-
gar In the United States, and for every ono
hundred pounds Of sugar or molasseS pro-
0uctu IIUlu lut uldpiC tAtCo-
No part Of the drawback upon expectations
of imported merchandise, or OF articles made
from Imported materials shall hereafter be
retained by the United States All fees OF
customs officers upon entries OF imported
goods and goods for importation, land all fees
relating TO inspection, measurement, clear
ance manifests, ETC., OF vessels are abol-
ished.
The taxes on domestic manufactured to-
bacc0 are TO be reduced 30 per cent as are al
or.f fhn afalt ON afofI In h.
same commodity.
Provision is made for the withdrawal. free
of tax, from the bonded warehouses, Of dis
titled spirits or alcohol to be used for sc len
entiHe or manufacturing purposes, or In the
arts.
MR.. RandaIrs Scheme.
Mr.. Randall Is reported to have prepared
bill for the reduction Of the revenue which
he is expected to ask the ways and means
committee to consider in connection with the
one prepared by the junta. IL provides, ac-
cording to reports, for a gross reduction Of
nue. taxes and $20.000,000 In customs duties.
1t proposes to take the tax of Of tobacco,
reduce the tax on whlskey from ninety 70
fifty cents gallon and remove 1t entirely
from the spirits used in the arts.
NO Raiiroading.
Mr.. Reed, Of Maine, the Republican leader.
said Monday: ''If any attempt is made to
railroad tariff bill through the ways and
means committee or through the House,
there will be trouble. The Republicans, he
said, would not stand it, OF, II they were
obliged to, they propose. to to carried out
kicking and screaming. They propose that
every proposition Of the bill shall have q
careful consideration and that the interests
that are to be affected shall be heard. They
will do nothing to Obstruct the legislation
proposed, but they intend that the country
shall have chance to know what sort OF
legislation it is proposed to enact before 1t Is
passed by the House"
Fish on the Free List.
A prominent Democratic member OF the
House, and one who is in almost daily con-
sultation with his colleagues on the ways and
means committee, Is authority for the state
ment that the tariff bill win place fish on tho
free list. 1t Is further learned that men,
Der Of the Massachusetts, delegation was
consulted in regard to this matter, and he
advised that fish be admitted duty free. The
argument be used was substantially that the
majority Of the people In New England were
not engaged In the business OF catching fish.
but in taking it. and there were more In
tereStS TO be SuDSerVeu Dy placing u5n on tue
free lise than in keeping up the duty for the
benefit of the comparatively few people en-
gagged in the fishing industry.
The gentleman on whose authority this
statement Is made, further added that up to
Friday the committee had agreed to fish go
ing on the free list. He said he had been
away for a couple of days, and so did not
know If the committee had changed their
minds, but he did not believe 80.
If fish Is made free, 1t will be coupled with
the proviso that 1t shall only be so when
Canada removes any and all restrictions on
our fishermen In her ports; and as she prom
ised 10 do so, under the terms OF the recently
concluded treaty, II this reciprocal arrange
ment goes into effect there will be no dis
elimination shown by Canada against Amer
lean vessels. In fact. they will have all the
privileges In Canadian ports and waters now
allowed Canadian vessels In ours, and they
will be able to buy bait, ice, seines and
everything else.
Gloucester Protests.
GLoUcEsTEE, Mass. Feb. 2s.-At a meet
ing Of the Common Council tonight, iesclu-
tions were adopted. protesting against the
ratification Of the fishery treaty. The Dem
ocrats passed the resolutions, the Republi-
cans remaining silent.