The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-04-16
TARIFF BILL MEN SPLIT.
THE REPUBLICANS UNABLE TO
AGRHE ON THE DUTIES.

Republican Members OF the Commit
tee Working Morning, Noon and
Night - Manufacturers of Ingram
Carpets See Ruin in the Wool
Schedule - Sugar Men Suggest a
Basis of Compromise.
WASHINGTON. April 15.-The ways ard
means republicans are in a very wobbly
state again over their tariff bill. After
announcing last Thursday that they were
all ready to report the bill to the House and
could do so if the minority report was
ready, they have spent almost all the inter
vening time in considering most important
changes in their bill, which is not ready to
report. Mr.. Carlisle's trenchant report on
the bill, as presented by the republicans in
committee and ordered reported to the
House, was signed yesterday by the demo-
cratic members of the committee. IL the
bill had been ready it might bave been re-
ported yesterday, but instead of reporting
it, Mr.. Mckinley and the other republicans
have been holding meetings morning, noon
and night.
SITTING FAR INTO THE NIGHT.
Last night it was after midnight before
they broke up. Tonight they were still in
session at late hour. Sugar, wool, and
hides, which have already given them 50
much trouble, were the chief topics of dis
cussion. Up to this evening no change had
been made in any of these items in the bill,
although the agreement on some further
reductions in the raw sugar duties with a
bounty for a term of years, seemed to have
been reached between the committeeman
and the Louisiana men. The chief effect of
the conferences, however, seemed to be to
delay report upon the bill, delay which
makes Speaker Reed very fidgety, and will
seriously hamper the committee.
A PROTEST BY COMMITTEEMAN.
by the associated Press)
WASHINGTON, April ia protest signed
by sixteen republican representatives has
been presented to the members of the ma
jority of the committee on ways and means
against the sugar and wool schedules of the
tariff bill as published. These representa-
tlves urge upon the committee that in their
opinion reduction of 25 per cent in the
duty on sugar and an increase of the duty
on low grade or carpet woods from 21$ TO
9-10 cents on pound is as great change
as should be made.
MANUFACTURERS PICTURE RUIN.
Manufacturers of ingram carpets say
schedule as published will increase the
price of their product from so TO 80 cents a
yard, and practically wipe out their bust
ness, silencing 1000 looms and enforcing
idleness upon 30, 900 workmen. The signers
of the protest, it is understood, are from all
sections OF the country, and while nothing
OF the kind is contained in the document an
understanding exists among them that in
its.present shape they will not vote for the
bill in committee of the whole House.
MR.. CoLEMAN's STAND.
Another republican member, Mr.. Cole
| man of Louisiana, says he goes further
than the signers of the protest, and unless
further advised by his constituents he will
not vote for any reduction on sugar. That
question, he says. came up in the campaign,
aud be was elected upon his assurance that
he would not vote to disturb the sugar
| duty.
SESSION OF THE CoMMIMTEE.
The republican members of the ways and
means committee were in session about two
hours this afternoon. 1t is understood that
they devoted the entire session to the con-
sideration of the sugar and wool schedules
of the bill. The bounty proposition as ap-
piled to sugar was presented definitely
by the sugar manufacturers. They will
accept a bounty in place of the
present duty IL they can be assured that it
will be continued fifteen years. The pro-
test of the sixteen republican members of
the House against a large increase of duty
on carpet woods is also having some effect
on the committee. Another meeting will
be held tomorrow morning. and mean
while 1t has been announced that the re-
ports are again withheld.