Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1889-12-14
Wife Beaier Given Q ThrashinQ by
the Justice Before Whom
He Was Arrai9ned.
No Verdict Yet Rendered in the Gro.
niu Murder Conspiracy at
Chicsgo.
TARIFF REDUCTION.
0e0eSal BPoWme's B1l1 PF0v1d for
Free 0ugaF 0n0 . 8ouDsy 10
Home Producers

WASHINGTON, Dec. 14-0eneral
Browne. OF Indiana. who was . mem
Der Of the Comm mittee on Ways and
Means in the last three Congresses. and
Who would have been next to Chairman
Mckinley on the committee in this
Congress had he not requested Speaker
Reed 70 place him upon some other
committee. owing to the delicate oondi.
tion Of his health. will. upon the first
call Of the House tor the intro.
duotion Of measures. introduce bill
which will carry sugar . long way
toward the free list. He says he
would favor the plaoing OF sugar on the
free liss directly it it were not for the
fact that in sections OF the country ef-
which should be ENCOURAGED by the
government. His bill will anticipate
the collection OF . revenue sufi siently
large to pay . liberal bounty upon do
mestic sugar. The duty now collected
upon domestic sugar 10 equivalent to 70
per cent. I'D valorem. General Browne
will propose that this duty be cut down
70 % per cent. I'D valorem, reducing the
present duty moro than two-thirds. and
will provide for . bounty OF cont Der
pound upon sugar produced in this
country
A correspondent had Q talk with the
most promiasnt Western member of the
Senate committee on finance, which
body hes charge Of the subject of tariff
IN the upper branch OF Congress. and he
sta4ed that the Senate would not make
move on thd tariff until the House had
passed . bill. Said he: IT General
Browne oan secure report from the
committee on ways and means on his
sugar proposition. l think it will pass
the House By large majority. and ! am
quite confident that il will pass the Sem
may b inclined to hold the bill back
for it general tariff measure. but it may
BE- reported BY House resolution during
. report ct an early date and before the
tariff bill il produced. If the PROPOSE
tion 70 reduce the tariff, and the scheme
70 abolish the tobacco tax and tho tax
upon alcohol to be used in the arts 10
successful, there can be no increase of
the free list or other reductions upon
our customs duties. because We can not
bear reduction Of more than $40. .OOO.-
OOO year on our incomes. and the to-
baooo tax and the reduction on sugar
will bring about decrease OF between.
sixty. i've and seventy millions of dollars.
understand the House will take - .
basis Of operation the bill adopted by
the senate two years ago, provided the
specific bill affecting sugar and the move
70 abolish the tobacco tax are not suc-
cessful in advance OF the general tariff
bill. In any event expect to sec the
Allison undervaluation bill adopted.
At present il looks - though the sugar
and tobacco bills would be passed. and
tAAk h. e..
- the reduction OF the revenues 10 CON-
esded. There can be, Of course, soma
material reforms Of the tariff without
material reductions of the revenues.
The bill passed by the Senate two years
ego, and upon which We worked through
the last presidential campaign. would
not get the vote in either house that it
got when it Was before Congress. /
could not vote tor il myself without
good many notifications General
Browne will also introduce . bill placing
salt upon the tree list.
The proposition advanced by Senator
sherman last Tuesday. that the Senate
finance committee take mp Immediately
the consideration of the tariff question
% - to prepare the matter. winch will
be needed when the House shall have
passed . bill and sent il to the Senate,
does not meet with much favor. The
enormous amount OF testimony which
the Senate committee took 1t its last
session 10 still on the committees hands,
and Q special order will be needed tor
il publication. 1t il not likely
many copies will be printed. - the
demand for il has almost ceased. Such
portions OF the testimony - we're espe-
oially interesting or important were
published from time to time last year
and distributed for campaign purposes.
The members OF the Senate committee,
with the exception of Mr.. Sherman. are
not anxious to obtain any more testi-
mony. besides ID 10 altogeth her likely
that Senator Allison. who viii &c the
chairman Of the sub committee having
the tariff in charge. will spend . great
deal Of time in the near future in Iowa
looking after his re election.
Two revenue proportions will be laid
before the House in the near future
which, II adopted, will settle the tariff
question without much more ado. The
first will be presented to the House BY
General Browne. OF Indiana. in the
form of bill reducing or ebolishing en-
tirsly the duty on sugar. The torn in
which it viii likely be presented 10 -
follow: To reduce the duty on sugar
tWenty i've per cent adyAlorum and 70
pAy Q bouaty Of one cent pound on all
sugars produced in the United States.
The seeond proposition il to abolish
the tax On tobacco. If these two prop
ositions are adopesd By the House there