The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-04-17
THE BILL REPORTED.
Extracts Showing the General Line of
tiOn Recommended.

Extracts Showing the General Line of Ac-
tiOn Recommended.
WASHINGTON, April 16.-Just as the tariff
bill was to be reported to the house the re-
publican members again changed their
minds and at II o'clock this morning COM
pletely changed two of the most important
items in the bill. Again hides have been
placed on the free list and so has sugar, but
in the latter case the committee has adopt
ed a provision looking to the payment of u
bounty of two cents pound on the domes-
tic product. These changes have been
communicated to the democratic minority
members, as corrections are necessary in
the report. These democrats, it is said,
will be delayed in their presentation to the
house until late this afternoon. It is un-
derstood that the sugar men have little
confidence of continuity of the bounty
and they therefore protested against the
change. The duty on sugars above and in
cluding the 16 Dutch standard, it is said, is
fixed at two-fifths of cent per pound;
grades below that are free. This satisfies
neither the sugar cane nor the beet sugar
producing states.
The reports of the majority and minority
of the ways and means committee were pre-
sented this afternoon. The majority re-
port begins with statement of the fnan-
cial situation. 1t estimates the surplus at
the end of the present fiscal year to be
So, ,0OO, 600, and, deducting the sum re-
quired to make payments of the sinking
fundt tho net !snrplus of receipts over OK
penditurese will be $43,c7O, 900. The esti-
mated surplus of the next fiscal year will be
$43 SIC, 900, which. with the amount of cash
now on hand and available reaching $780,
rnr1pp kropN spA
enue in the sum contemplated by the bill
reported, $6O,937 900, and probably more
from customs, and say $40, 1928 600 from in
ternal revenue, or a total of $71 ,264, 600.
The report further says that the bill as
proposed will result in decreased revenue;
tariff will result in decreased importations,
and therefore, decreased revenue;' that the
committee amendment to put an increased
rate on manufactured goods and farm pro-
ducts producible in this country, was made
in order to develop the home market; that
the committee is not 80 much concerned
about the prices of articles we consume as
to encourage the increase and diversified
tion of home products, giving fair returns
to producers and wages to American work
men, believing that home competition will
regulate prices.
The committee admits that free trade
would cause temporary reduction in
prlos ouS dH'1as.;a aSu"ts ana Do "y .hae Sn
rnl"a. .,ouia than o%vonne w;th tho conn
Rr.oos rn et ~ Marcy nf fora;on svndcataa and
mssnnfactnrers ny "o g the nltimafe result would
thus be disadvantageous to both capital
and labor. The committee says that cOun-
try is least prosperous in which low prices
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