Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-02-10
MUST Be CAUTIOUS.
The Committee Taking Great Care in
tbs Preparation Of the Bill for
Tariff Reduction.
The Ways and Means Committee WIN
Report FavorabIy Hills Bill for In
Vestment OF Treasury Surplus,
The Senate Committee on Agriculture Con
unuss Its Rearing of tho Matter of
the Impurities IN Lard
TARIFF REDUCTION.

IARIFF REDUCTION.
Special to the Gssette.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.-Your CORE
spondent asked Mr.. Mills to-day what
progress the ways and means committee
was making with the tariff bill. He re-
piled; "We are going slow for the reA-
son that it is such an important subject.
To hurry the bill would result perhaps in
defeating the very object the maj 0rity
hope to obtain. Toe committee has been
at work almost continuously since It's sp-
pointment and we have amended, modi-
fed, added 10 and taken from them 80
much that some OF the original PROPOSE
tions laid before US would net be recog-
rizsd by their author. For instance, It is
proposed to put bituminous cosl on the
free list. Well, that pEopo-
sition, fguratively speaking, treads
upon some committee mans
toes. Or course some change
must be made to satisfy. Again, one
ing interest in his district that will be
affected by the proposed change, and he,
too, must be conciiiated. You see all
these things consume time in their con-
sideration, and the committee must
any unnecessary alarm among the various
industries of the country. The commit
tee will do nothing rash nor will any bill
be reported containing an attack on any
| special industry. The DemOcr attic party
has promised to revise the tariff, aud our
ms jority in the House being small we
must sim to bring IN bill that shall
receive hearty support Of the
party. 1t is not our purpose
to hurry up bill thai csn be torn to
pieces by stroke OF lightning. We Wsut
the work Of the committee to stand the
assault Cf the enemy, and we are build
| ing our structure accordingly. l cannot
tell exactly when We will report The bill,
! but 1t will be in due season."
A FAvoRABLE REPORT.
WASHINGTON, Feb. AT to-day's
meeting of the ways and means commit
| tee, Chairman Mills called up for action
the bill introduced by himself and Mr..
Breckenridge relative to the investment
| OF funds in the Treasury in United States
| bonds, and after some discussion that
committee decided to report favorsbly
Mills bill, which reads as follows: Be 1t
enscted, ETC., that the Secretary Of the
| Treasury is hereby authorized to apply
the surplus money now N the Treasury,
and not otherwise appropriated, or 80
much thereof as he may consider proper,
to the purchase or redemption Of United
States bonds.
IMPURE LARD.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9-The hearing
before the Senate committee on agricul-
ture on the bill TO impose tex on lard
containing anything except pure
hog faf was resumed this
morning. Judge Wilson, at
torney for John P, Squire / Co, Of Bos-
tor, read petitions signed By isrSa
number OF mar ufSctureTs and dealers in
pure lard urging the passage Of the bill;
also several letters together with a state
nient signed by the chairman OF the Liv-
erpool Produce Exchange representing
that there wss 3 want Of
confidence in the purity Of Ameri-
can lard and that consequently they
often RETAINED from buying 1t; also let
ters from two cracker manufacturers CT
St. Louis snd Omaha, stating that the
crackers in which was used lard COM
posed in part OF cotton seed oil Woul1 be-
come rancid in few days; also clipping
from the New York Journal Of Commerce
in which it Is stated thst the exports Of
lard from the port Of New York mad fallen
of &C, Gee, 600 pounds in the yesr 1887 as
compared With 1886 Mr Cromwell, ST.
torney for the ryfiaed lard manufacturers,
said he had 8 petition from over 5000
pereons stating tina. "rehDeo" lsrd was
not an Injurious article. Re. said 1t was
clsimed that cotton seed oil could be
used for every purpose, cnd he would
admit It WAS not tit for crackers.
NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE.
Special TO the Gazette.
WASHING ION, Feb. ct Is whispered
in Democratic circlee that r preventative
". l. Scot CT Pennsylvania, will proba-
by be selected to succeed ex Sepstor
Barnum as chairman Of the national Dem
ocrs:lc committee. Taot body is to meet
in this city on March % next to lay the
foundation for the nsx5 presidential con-
test, ana it is expected that Mr.. Scott
will be formally selected rs the key stone
of the structure. The members Of tine
national committee Who are now in
the city will neither cophtm Nor
deny the rumor, but they appesr