Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-04-25
CAPITAL CULLINGS.

WASHINGTON, April 17.-Mr Mckinley
from the committee on ways and means in
troduced the new tariff bill, with the ma
jority report upon il, in the house yesterday
afternoon. The majority report discusses
the effect the bill will have upon the reve-
nues OF the government 1t states that
the exact effect is difficult OF
ascertainment. "As there will be a
substantial reduction as we shall show it
says, "admits OF no doubt IL is not be
lieved that the Increase OF duties upon
woods and wooden goods and upon glass
ware will have the effect of incre sing the
revenues. That would, of course, follow
IL the Importation OF the last fiscal year
were hereafter to be maintained, which,
however, is altogether improbable. The
result will be decreased and, therefore, the
amount OF revenue collected from these
sources will be diminished.
The report quotes the recommendations
concerning the tariff in the presidents an
nual message, and terms them sensible
and patriotic" After a discussion of the
administr tive features OF the bill, the re-
port goes over each schedule, noting the
proposed changes and discussing the rea
sons for making them, and estimating the
amount OF duty in each case that will be
affected.
"From the best information we can OBJ
tain" it states: at is probable that the
increased rates of duty given TO manufac-
lures of wOoenS will reduce, certainly not
increase, the revenue from this source and
transfer TO this country the manufacture
of from Si5, 000, 600 TO $4,000, 900 of wooden
goods now made abroad:
After defending its action in increasing
the duty on certain kinds of iron and tin
plate, the committee goes on to discuss the
sugar and molasses schedule The commit
tee recommend that sugar up TO and includ-
ing No. 10 Dutch standard OF color, and
nolasses, be placed on the free list, with a
Atfx nfA ha nf md n N
refined sugar above No. Is, and that a
bounty OF = cents per pound be paid from
the treasury for a period Of 10 years for all
sugar polariZing at least 50 per cent nude
in this country from cane, beets or sorghum
produced in the United States. Discussing
the sugar question the committee says
$50 large proportion of our sugar is i'm
ported that the home production of sugar
does not materially affect the price and the
duty is therefore "A tax which is added TO
the price not only of the imported but of
the domestic product, which is not true of
duties imposed on the articles produced or
m de here substantially to the extent of
our wants. Just rs the tariff bill was re.
reported TO the house, the republican MEM
bers again changed their mlnds and COM
pletely changed two of the most important
items in the bill. Again hides have been
placed on the free list.
j. b. Belden of Lebanon, KY, has been
before the interior department or any of
its bureaus. The ground upon which this
action is based is that Mr.. Belden has
taken illegal fees in pension cases.
The senate and house republican COM
mittees in their wrestle with the silver
question are approaching seeming agree
ment although widely differing at first.
The measure which found acceptance deals
with the silver only. The two principal
provisions are: First, that the secretary
OF the treasury shall be directed TO pur-
chase monthly 4 ,50O,000 ounces of silver;
and second that the notes issued in pay
ment therefor shall be redeemable in law
ful money.
For some diplomatic reason u. S. Consul
Matthews will go from Gibraltar on the
u. s. 5. Alliance to Tangiers. The reason
for this the officials will not disclose.
Representative Mckinley OF Ohio, has
presented in the house resolution provid-
ing that statue in marble with proper
pedestal-of the late Ulysses :. Grant ten
dered by the national encampment of the
@. A. r., shall be received aud erected in
statuary hall, in the United States capitol.