Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-03-02

duy UuIlK HOT0 tue COINIn1CC06 dQ1OuTn00. The meeting was only held for the purpose of giving the majority chance to submit their bill and get it before the public at the same time As soon as the meeting was over a rush began for copies of the bill by members of the house and the senate, by correspondents and others, and in a very short time Clerk Talbot's 300 copies had disappered like snow before the sun. Or sgttaE
 MT. Mills, the chairman of the committee, said soon after the meeting that he was conf dent the measure would be regarded as fair and conservative one, although he did not expect to see it escape criticism or amend. ment. It was still incomplete, for there yet remained the internal revenue reduction tc be taken care of. This would be added in the committee, and it had been omitted for the present because the rest of the bill was ready, and there was so strong a desire to learn its contents that the committee did not feel jus tified in holding it back. Mir. Mills does not much expect to secure the support of Mr. Randall for the bill His speech of Thursday was not an indication that he would join hands with the Democrats. It was so quail fled that he could vote with his party or for the Republican par ty, as he saw fit.
 The plan of the bill is simple, and is based upon the recommendations of the presidents message The majority of the committee COulu uOU udkO d Dll1 CQHU was 0XaCCly to the presidents standard, for such bill, in the present condition of things in the house. would not have the slightest chance of pass ing. Beginning with the free list, the com mittee added to it a large number of articles which were strictly revenue articles, making list of @ hundred subjects containing one or more items. Making an estimate upon the basis of the duties upon these articles as col lected during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1887, the free list cuts off about $22, ,OOO, ,OOO. The second section of the bill changes the d,l- ties upon chemicals, paints and drugs and upon the same basis strikes off about $75O, 900 annual receipts, Then the china and glass schedule is taken up, and reductions are made to the estimated amount of $1, 600, 900 annually. " -' ..'. .' .-'' -. 5.-t.,.
 Beginning with pig iron, upon which a cut of only 72 cents a ton is made, the reductions effected are small, and the effect of the changes has not yet been estimated. In the sugar schedule the Dutch standard is raised from IS to 16, a reclassiication of the other grades is made, and the duties are so reduced as to effect an apparent reduction of the reve- nue of about $12. .OOO, 900. A large number of articles generally described as ''sundries" are reduced so as to cut off revenue to the amount of $1 900. The changes m the cotton schedule will effect reduction of revenue, it AS OA dDOuG on CQo DaSlS or the imports of 1887, and by the changes in the items touching jute, hemp and fax $1,- 800, 900 more will be kept out of the hands of the customs officers. By the putting of wool on the free list and the revision of the schedules affecting woolen goods a reduction of the revenue of about $12, COG, 900 is believed to have been secured The tightening of du- ties on provisions will cause g reduction of revenue of about $750, ,O0O. The total appar- ent reduction is about $52, ,OOO, ,OOO. To this remains to be added the amount of reduction to be effected by changes in the internal reve- nue laws The changes proposed will make a total probably of $2O, ,0OO, 900 to $3O, ,OOO, ,OoO, making @ grand total to be cut off by the committees completed list about $7O, ,OOO, ,OOO to $SO, ,OOO OOO.
 The committee have added to the bill the administrative provisions of what was known in the last congress as the Hewitt bill, adopted with immaterial changes recommended by the treasury department. To these, provisions there has never been much objection offered, but they have always been neglected because of the hostility to the revenue bill with which they have been connected.
 The general purpose of the committee has ; been to change the tariff law, beginning with the putting of many raw materials on the free list. In making flax, hemp and jutefree, however, they have also included as free the burlaps manufactured from jute, which are used by furniture manufacturers as packing. The duties on burlaps for the fiscal year 1887 were S97S,0 ,035, and the average .ad valorem was 30 per cent. The committee have made tin plates free This strikes of about s6, COG, GOO of duties Iron and steel cotton ties used for bailing. purposes. which have been paying an average ad valorem duty of 5 per cent, and for which $121 ,09S was collected in 1887, are made free, much to the qualification of the cotton growers of the south. Decorated china is reduced from 6U per cent. to 45 per cent. while brown earthen- ware is reduced from 25 to 20 per ce lit. ad valorem. All other earthenware, except the sorts enumerated in the bill, are reduced from b5 per cent. to 35 per cent. The duty on Z green and colored glass bottles is reduced one fourth of a cent per pound, the present duty being cent. A light cut is made on cylinder glass in large sheets, but upon the common sorts of window glass, which have been pay ing an average ad valorem duty of nearly 100 per cent, the reduction is greater ftI4
 The reduction of the duty on pig iron from e6.72 per ton to @ wasnot considered heavy cut There was imported in 1887 about G. 800, oO0 tons Of pig from yielding duties of nearly 6, ,O00, ,0O0y at an average al valorenl of more than 43 per cont. Iron railway bars which have been dutiable ct from $15 to ,$oO per ton are reaqcM tY $H. The lc,Yrnn1ittes {, nItn.qai were iswne that 1r. Kandan w'as pftsp Id t6 xdnft