New-York tribune., 1890-04-02
THE NEW TARIFF BILL
,ncrRATED CRITICISMS OF THE RE
FORMERS
,Rw SAMPLES OF MsINTEhPRErAI4oN -
ORANGES LIKELY TO BE MADE IN
TIE HOUSE.

CHANGES LIKELY 10 d. +N+'N-- 49,
THE HOUSE.
,..-,,nrto, Anrl lspcciaD.-surely. II tho
.',o Kin framed bv the Ways and Means com
'.,a i only half as bad a. the Free Traders WIN
one voice proclaim it to be. they might a"oIu' " u'S &
o,Iv can AFFORD. to stick to the u"'" WY" '"'
II, dorn t. describe and tell the country ',nou-" NV
columns OF newspapers WHO" "' ~ h.
=, tre interests and welfare Of " the consumer 10"
VIA - any real co,dnc,s how truly daOoh'ai' Ia
ft i tbis Sc la,t stab at the toiiing ana huhSE
,nasses~-ths defiance thrown across tie roao ao"s
which public sentiment il advanclns d cN .'"'''
Mills so eloQuently pats it, ii must ue' d" I'iN' II
would seem to be- a. difficult a. IL Is heeulesN !"
.xar.orate the badness Of bill which IN the oplon
~ tbese men, is bad b. the ulicrin"~'. huO V'oS
iii do Il OF course A. the country voted Only
seventeen months ago in favor OF bi SUBSTANTIALLY
Ike this one a. far 90 per cent oi tie ra''1 "'e
concerned a. AGAINST the creation known a. l'e paFN
Lantern" bill. II may seem 10 pam man. ""'So
mind has never baskcd in the pare ray Of "iai1h
REFORM that perhaps IL is Ju't possible t1a' the
ty,etraae critics are at fault rather than thc new
bm In a Washington d>pltch to one New York
n.oer today are found these sentences:
Lime plaster Paris tin plate. and other a tcie>
n common use have been advanced As II were most i-
,oant that there sAoald T. additional revenue although
S advance IN the duty en- tin plate t. not to take effect
rn.u nine months the next CONGRESSIONAL election
horseshoe nais That senate had put at duty Of
nearly AZ per cent, have been advanced to duty OF
about 7G"
The rate proposed lime l. one cent per iOo
nopnds higher than the senate rated: plaster OF
paris the rate 30 cents ei ton less. or - cea"
per ton higher than the senate rate. depending upon
whether the plaster j. not cacln,G the rate on t!n
plstes is exactly the same the rate now tNei ~
law and the only difference between the House Blk
and the Serate substitute is that the former provides
that that rate shall lc imposed until JULY l. 1901.
yhle the senate provided that the rate should con
time until January !. l-pl. The House rate Oh
horseshoe rails Is the same the rate fAed by
existing law and by the scaa'e.
In another part OF the dispatch il is stated thAt
Mr.. Dincley the only Sew England member of the
committee has looked after his own Interests very
esrefulN b, causing the duty on lime 10 De advanced
about 500 PEI cent and mat II NAV be merely
coincidence. but the most famous 0ra:res Of 'he
country are in NJ Din-ley'> district NJ Dmrle'
NAV be a bad man. but nobody before ever accused
him Of being tarr rohbcr." and "as a member
OF Ways and Means looking after lis OVID interests
AZ a limestone Millionaire There hai been an idea
preyalent too. tAat extremely famous limestone
quarres eAist ortsdc the borders OF slsadahoc and
Andioscoggn. on the editorial page ci the laper
which published the di-rat'h IN which IN, a1ove
mentioned gems found. il is stated that TIE biz
Imposes q tax" of : cent, Iei poand %. maearrni.
The statement is not true and yet IL l. consistent
one The rate fixed is = ccrts per pound. An iHAs
ton Of 400 per cent more tlan should have
been expected under the Circumstances.
In the same editorial is thi, statement Pol she'd
cylinder and cla,s Of sizts e,, than L ly -
inches now IL cents per foot Is being left nm
provided for made t. pay cents. an advance o.
60 per cent" This rate is the same "a, the senate
rate, but the other part Of The statement lwoN.
Incorrect. The present rate or ga-s of that sort
is cl-2 per sizes not above lVX13. while fh"
present rate sizes above lOXl5 and not cN-"'dn-
l6x24 inches is cent, per pound. The t il rra-e-
the rate on sizes below lOX15 inches. u m.-ht Doe
added that when Premier MIL, and his comrades
dealt with glass they let present rate- on all the
smaller sizes stand but when they 10 the large
Sizes all above 24XCO iuohe- square they reduced the
rate 25 per cent for the benefit Of the "t'ilin- h
IONS who the biggest sLcs OF ela>, ln Their VII"
dows. They did the same thi, with common WINDOW
glass; retaining The old rate all sizes not exceed
Ing lOx15 inches While t.y reduced the oUtN 81" '"'
larger sizes-such Ole sec, in the WlA1'"~ 81 ''.
In Inc rural regions Of Kentucky ana lrNa-' ana iA
the mansions occupied tl the q" "Ihs m"'s17 }" ''''
of course the bill coes not satisfy all tn" NepnD
hcans. and their out -polcn criticisms arr gvln- iAN
"iarif reform -rs~ con-d 1Ioi" c,ini"F'. iA't -.
to forget that severe criticism Of one oi nan % %oo1
measure: and they calmv i-n'fe aaotAel f'el ih-'
something NOR than ncr. 'at.:1ies th. re- 'nms1'a
tions OF a commiiie~. III Rep hli a. ma oi I "a
Hous. lie trusted 70 deal w.t. tls hil c'rin- L.
it, deserts n Will ~ all -urp,i-.i- 'or fA
ample if ss result of free d-c1--in0 I'm IN" corn
mee IF the whole hers hail t' i-for.i e tit
free list H. fat ilai result 20. r',a 9e+ ~ ai
most certain. Neither viii IL b" srpr i't . -"c
the sugar schedule mot'rei a. - nh. -. any
specific instead of af vslor"W. + g.. indeed I
opinion Of several Ecpufl AL nein'o> oi 'l' c'".
mee that that viii ho done. Inf nnt 'ha' '7i'~
Of duty will be advsrcei hevCnd tlo II NV"t hr
the bin ~ IL now STANDS y is not ur'o'th" fht
the recommendations of the committee vii l' mod
fed In other rosp"c,..
But there i 10 he no letting down Of tir lai~ i0i
the benefit of freigr mapr 'ac'urcfs and when me
bin shall pass the House- an event wl-ch Is =. ..l
as certain AZ ANYTHING r Inc fItufe If C1r-"r ifi
legislation can bet viii Ne folrd that the i,"pNt
lcan majority has been faithful t. 'h" prime pic "f
the partv A. NJ. Hit aDflv pr r. - " "a D.
porter today the differences i'm the D"nocr'tlc 0rtI
when they had their BILL uD wore differences -
principle most of tl~ni h"n- tar'N refomnei- a1f
some ~ them nrcfoctori-'s 20 c'llDf. !n" l.o'w,
lcan< agree upon tie principle of protection ari 'A"r
direrence are 10 the treatment OF pl'c'lar lih-
In hill