Morning journal and courier., 1890-04-17
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DEATH OF PROFESSOR MkTHER.

DEATH OF PROFESSOR MkThER.
Two Republican Senators
From Montana.
THE TARIFF SCHEDULES.
The Bill Now In the House-Referred
to tho Committee of the Whole Yes
terday-After Deductlng the Sum Re-
auired to Make Payments to tho
sinking Fund she Estimated Surplus
Will be @43. 67s,sS3 - sugar and
Hides on the FREQ List.
WASHINGTON, April 16.-The reports of
the majority and minority of the ways and
means committee on the tariff bill were pre-
sented to the house this afternoon.
The majority report begins with state
ment of the financial situation, and estimates
that the surplus at the end of the present
fiscal year will be $s2, 600, 900, and deducting
the sum required to make payments to
the sinking fund the net surplus
$43, 679, 1888. The estimated surplus of the
next fiscal year will be $43, 569, 522, which
with the amount of cash now on hand and
available, reaching 500 1000, 900, will justify
a reduction of the revenue in the sum cons
templated by the bill reported, $50, 936, 9S6,
and probably more from customs, and say
$40, 1927, 1913 from internal revenue, or a total
of 81 1854 Ala. The majority report says:
The exact effect upon the revenues Of the
government of the proposed bill is difficult
Of ascertainthent. That there will be SUBJ
stantial reduction, as we will show, admits
of no doubt.
WILL NOT INCREASE THE REVENUES.
It ia not believed that the increase of duties
upon woods and wooden goods and upon glass
ware will have the effect of increasing the
revenues. That would of course follow If
the importations of the last fiscal year were
hereafter to be maintained, which, however,
is altogether improbable. The result will be
that importations will decrease and there
fore the amount of revenue collected from
these sources will be diminished. In every
case of increased duty except that imposed
upon tin plate (Which does not go into effect
until July 1, 1891, and upon linen fabrics the
effect will be to reduce, rather than enlarge the
revenues, because importations will fall off.
duties upon that class of manufactured goods
and farm products which can be supplied at
home SO as to discourage the use of like for
eign goods and products, and secure to our
own people and our own producers the home
market, believing that competition among
ourselves will secure reasonable prices to
consumers in the future as it has invariably
done in the past. We seek by the increased
duties recommended, not only to maintain
but to enlarge our own manufacturing plants
and check those supplies from abroad which
can be proftably produced at home. The
general policy Of the bill is to foster and pro.
mote American production and liberalization
of American industry.
THE PRESIDENT QUOTED.
The report quotes the recommendations
concerning the tariff in the presidents annu-
al message and terms them Sensible and
patriotic" After discussion of the admin.
| istrative features of the bill tho report goes
over each schedule, noting the proposed
changes and discussing the reasons for max
| ing them and estimating the amount of duty
| in each case that will be affected. In regard
| to wool the report states that by the pro.
posed bill the duties upon frat and second
class woods are made at II and 10 cents a
pound as against 10 and 10 under existing
or less, the duty is raised from az cents a
woods rI Of the s third class, costing
above 10 cents, the duty recommended 10
an advance from to 8 cents per pound.
There seems to be no doubt, the report says,
that with the protection afforded by the In.
creased duties recommended in the bill, the
farmers of the United States will be able at
an early day to supply substantially all OF
| the home demand, and the great benefit such
production will be to the agricultural inter-
ests of the country cannot DO estimated.
AVERAGE RATE 91.7S PER CENT.
In revising the wooden goods schedule sc
as to afford adequate protection to our wool.
en- manufacturers and wool growers, the
committee state that they have continued
the system of compound duties which have
proved to be SO essential in any tariff which
protects wool, providing first for specific
compensatory pound or square yard duty
equivalent to the duty which would be
paid on the wool, If imported for the benefit
of the wool grower, snd an advalorem duty
of from 80 to 80 per cent. according 10 .h'
proportion of labor required "a the manu-
facture of the several classss of goods as {
protection to the manufactures against
foreign competition and 10 per cent. additio'
nal upon ready made clothing for the pro-
lection of the clothidg manufacturer. "Fron
the best information we can obtain" the
report says, sit is probable that tn
increased rates of duty given to manu-.
facturers of wooiens will reduce certainly
not increase the revenue from this eourct
and transfer to this country the manu-
facture of from $4,000, 900 to $40, O00, 00(
of wooden goods now made abroad. II
computing the equivalent advalorem duty
on manufactures of woolens the combination
of both the specific duty, which is simpl,
compensatory for the duty on the wool used
of which the wool grower receives the bene
ft, and the duty which protects the manu-
faoturers makes the average resultant rate o
the wooden goods schedule proposed u. x
per cent.
THE SUGAR AND NoLAssKs SCHEDULE.
After defending Its action in increasing tn
duty on certain kinds of iron and tin plate
the committee goes on to discuss the suga
and molasaes schedule. The sugar sohedul
was only decided on last night. The com
mittee recommend that sugar up to and In
GLIDING No. 16 Dutch standard of coloret
and molasses be placed on the free list witt
duty of 40 of per cent. per pound o.
refined sugar above No. 10, and that
bounty of cents per pound pc paid iron
all sugar, polarizing at least 90 per cent
, made In this country from beets or sorghum
produced in the United States.
THE SUGAR QUESTION.
Discussing the sugar question the commit
tee says: $50 large a proportion of on
sugar is imported that the home productio
of sugar does not materially affect the pric
and the duty is therefore tax which
added to the price, not only Of the imported
but the domestic product, which Is not tru
Of duties imposed on articles produced {
made hsre substantially to the extent of OF
wants; In 1889 the duties 3 collected ss on in
ported sugar and moisssss amounted
g price If domestic sugar arising fro,
% the duty and ID il clear that the du'
~ on sugar and molaasss made tho cost {
20 the sugar and molasses consumed
20 20 the people of this country at least 50, 900
600, or about 81 for each man, woman ~
60 child in the United States more than
M ~ would have been II no such duties had be-
levied and the domestic product had I
&c &c manned the same. Even on the ssssmpti,
90 that with proper encouragement We shi
90 eventually be able to produce all or near
GO all the sugar required for the eonsumpti'
~ ~ of our people-an assumption which 70