The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-04-04
FIXING UP THE TARIFF.
CARLISLE NOW AT WORK ON THE
MINORITY REPORT.

Mr.. Mills and Clifton Breckinridge to
Prepare the Draft of Minority Bill,
With Free Raw Materials as its
Principal Feature-SubstituteS Sched-
ules Presented by the Cigar Manu-
facturers.
WASHINGTON, April 3.--Ex-Speaker 8. Car
Isle has been requested by his democratic
colleagues on the ways and means commit
tee to draft the minority report on the
tariff bill, and he began work to-day.
Meantime, by April 10, Messrs. Mills and
Clifton Breckinridge will have prepared
the draft Of the minority bill, in which free
raw materials will be the main feature.
Speaker Reed has refused to recognize
Congressman Brewer of North Carolina or
any other southern republican or democrat
to move the adoption of q resolution wiping
out the tobacco tax His reason is that the
passage Of such a measure would prevent
the passage of the tariff bill, which will be
the only attempt to reduce taxation this
session. The southern republicans and those
southern democratswho censured ex-Speaker
Carlisle for not entertaining similar mo-
tion in the last House are in disagreeable
state of mind. The tobacco tax reductions
in the Mckinley bill do not satisfy them. 1t
is the abolition of the inquisitorial system
of tax collection which they especially de-
sire.
SUBSTITUTE SCHEDULES.
The cigar manufacturers who made argu-
ment before the ways and means committee
yesterday in opposition to the tobacco
schedules Of the BILL to-day filed with the
committee substitute for these schedules,
which would be acceptable to them if con-
gress determines that the present tariff rate
on tobacco must be changed. The substi-
tute is intended to correct the proviso in the
bill which subjects to duty as wrappers at
81 IS pound the entire contents of bale
Of leaf tobacco which contains any leaf,
suitable for wrappers This proviso, the
tobacco men assert, would really include all
leaf bales, as none of them are free from a
few leaves fit for wrappers. The text of
the substitute is as follows:
Schedule F-Tobacco and manufacture of
leaf tobacco suitable for cigar wrappers, if not
steamed So per pound; if stemmed So 70 per
pound. Provided-that if any bale, box,
package contains 20 per cent. or less of tobacco
suitable for cigar wrappers the entire quantity
of tobacco contained in such bale, box, pack
age or bulk, shall be dutiable if not stemmed
S5 cents per pound, if stemmed at 30 cents per
pound.
Provided further That if any bale, box, or
package contains more than 20 per cent. of to-
bacco suitable for cigar wrappers the entire
quantity OF JODacCO contained IN Sucn Dale, DoX,
package, or bulk shall be dutiable, If not
stemmed, at 81 per pound; if stemmed, at 81 as
per pound.
Provided further, That if any tobacco i'm
ported in any bale. box, package, or in bulk
shall consist Of tobacco produced in different
countries, the entire quantity of tobacco con-
tanned in such bale, box package, or bulk shall
be dutiable If not Stemtned, at So per pound; if
stemmed, at 81 rs per pound.
THE SHOE AND LEATHER MEN.
In the House this morniog. ON motion of
MIR. Lodge Of Massachusetts,, the petition
from the New England Shoe and Leather
Association against the imposition of duty
upon hides and skins was ordered printed in
the Record. The reading OF the petition
was received with applause from the DEM
ocratic side