Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-07-07
The Mills Tariff Bill.
Many Members Think It Will
 Soon Pass the House.
A SENATE SUBSTITUTE MEASURE.
Tho Land Grant Forfeiture Bill Passed by tho House, and Considerable Progress Made In the Tarin Debate-Mr. Can. non's Sugar Amendment.

by tho House, and Considerable Progress
 Made in the Tarin Debate-Mr. Can.
 non's Sugar Amendment.
 WASHINGTON, July 7.-Representative Nc. Kinley, of the ways and means committee says that the passage of the tariff bill in tho house is a foregone conclusion.
 "There has been no agreement on the part of the Republicans to stop debate" he adds, "but am of the opinion that the bill will pass within two weeks. Of course, one speech is liable to provoke another, and the debate may last longer, but hardly think it will The Republicans will resort to no dilatory tactics to impede the passage of the measure, but will permit it to be sent to the senate"
 II believe we shall have final vote on the bill inside of two weeks," said Represent ative Breckenridge. 'The wool clause Is likely to excite considerable debate, and so is that relating to pottery, but believe tho Republicans are tncitly agreed that the bill shall go to the senate"
 Representative Bsyne, of Pittsburg, is an. other Republican leader who predicts an early passage of the tariff bill.
 The senate substitute will be ready to re. port in three weeks. The sub committee of tho senate finance committee, Senators Ali. son, Hiscock and Aidrich, has been listening daily to representatives of various interests, and the Republicans claim that when the senate tariff bill is reported it will be ''the most perfect piece of legislation ever offered to or enacted by congress"
 Senator Aldrich, who has given the tariff question close study, has been giving his entire attention to framing the measure. II will be offered in the senate as a substitute for the Mills bill.
 A special sent to a New York paper from this city says that the bill to be proposed by the Republicans in the senate a substitute for the Mills bill will make a greater net re- duction of revenues than the Mills bill though it will be framed on protective principles Almost every article the chemical list, 1t says, will suffer some reduction. The duty on carpet woois will probably he removed and the objectionable classification as to worsted will be reinedied, but tue wooen | schedule whole is not likely to be greatly l changed. The committee IS inclined to abol. ish all duties on sugar, and substitute boun- l ties therefor. As to the metal schedules, nc decision has yet been cached. The internal | revenue tax on tobacco will be abandoned, and that on spirits reduced one-half. Tho I total reduction of revenue is estimated at | nearly S1OO, ,0UO, ,O00
 IN THE HOUSE. ! The passage of the land grant forfei ture | biil and discussion the tarlif bill were the main features of the house proceedings yes. | terday.
 The house conferees on the agricultural bill were instructed to insist upon their disagree l ment to senate amendment approprlatius 1 sl0oO for experiments in sorghum The yea and nay vote on the passage of the land grant forfeiture bill was then taken and | the bill passed. Yeas, l77; nays S. | The tariff bill was then taken up in com. mittee of the whole. Several amendments were offered, but Were lost. Rapid progress was made ill the reading of the bill, motions by the Republicans to strike out many para. | graphs being rejected without division | The paragraph imposing 35 per cent. ad valorem duty on wood screws was stricken l out, thus restoring the present rate of duty.
 MT. Reed taunted Mir. Mills about the lat ters recent speech in New York, and asked him to bravely avow to the house what his position was
 Mir. Mills said he had said in New York what he had said in Texas; he had the courage of his convictions and he hoped his friends on the other side would have the same high courage and would stand by their whisky platform.
 1 Mir Reed said he had hoped the gentleman would regret his speech of four years ago, II which he said: "Wealth, prosperity and
 
 free men, free labor and free trade" In stead of defining his position the gentleman had told how brave he was, while he really showed how brave he was not It wa: strange what an effect climate had on 8 gen tleman's courage and forms of expression
 On motion of Mr. Mills the present rate oi duty on penknives and razors was restored A clause was inserted fixing the rate or new type at 15 DOT cent. ad valorem It was agreed that the sugar, molasses and confectionery clauses should be considered together, and that no vote should be taken to-day.
 Mir. Cannon, of Illinois, then offered al amendment striking out all of the sugar anG molasses paragraphs and inserting clauses fixing the duties as follows Sugars no above Mo- It, Dutch standard, syrups etc
 and all molasses not above 56 degs, not other
 wise provided for, are to be exempt iron duty ill the event that no export duty is lev
 jed by the country of exportations. Sugar above No. 16 are to pay & duty of three -tenth of one per cent. molasses above 56 degs two cents per gallon. It is also provided tha j to encourage domestic production there shal
 be paid a bounty to United State producers of sugar from beets, sorghum
 and other cane raised in the United States a
 follows: On sugar, two cents per pound
 crystallizable sugar contained therein; ol
 molasses above 56 degs., six cents per gallon
 not above 56 degs. four cents MT. Cannon said frauds had grown u, under the present law. and the Mills bill per petuated them. Tho bill was batter than tn
 present law, but it was far short of what , ought to be. He commented on the fact tha the Mills bill, as originally drawn, let in a the lower duty sugar under No. 16 Dutc , standard and prohibited drawbacks in OK | ported refined sugar; but the committee ha f changed these provisions. He believed ther , was fraud in the matter of the importation o D sugar from the time it got to the dock up t , the time it was exported. He did not mea to desert the Louisiana planter or the Kansa and Illinois planter, and therefore favore paying them bounty. The protection no,
 on sugar averaged two cents p Id, fror
 which the country got 5000, ,OO0 of protee
 tion, and it cost s9o, ,0OO, 900 to pay it. I Mir. Kelley s,id that just as the agriculture b interest of tho country was beginning to b | diversified by the raising of tho sugar bee n and sorghum it was proposed to change tn
 whole policy of the government respectin :, l supar He did not beIieve in if