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TARIFF BILL PROSPECTS.
M'RINLEY OBLIGED TO HAVE
MORE TIME TO FIX 1T UP.


Protests Pouring In from Nearly
Every Industry Affected-Hamiltou
Disston Joins in the Fight Against
the Proposed Cut in the Sugar
Duties An Agreement on Lead
Ores.
WASHINGTON, March 70. Mr.. Mckinley
will not be able 60 report the tariff bill to
the full committees tomorrow. He may
not be able to get it up before Molday.
The publication yesterday morning Of the
first draft Of the bill, with all its uncor-
rected errors and without its later amend.
inents, together with the publication this
morning of several completed schedules,
brought down upon the committee a food
of demonstrations before which they fed
from their committee room unable 70 work.
Senators, representatives, and those Of their
constituents who could get here, came in
person. aud letters and kilograms poured IN
from all over the country.
THE PRINCIPAL POINTS OF OBJECTION y
The sugar, hides and metals duties and
the taxes on tobacco were the principaLf
points Of objections. Besides the Kansas,
California and Louisiana sugar protests,
Mr.. Harmer of Philadelphia, TO the general.
astonishment, brought new one la behalf
of Hamilton Disston and his associates, who,
propose, Mr. Harmer says If the cut in the
sugar duties is not made to begin sugar rails
ing in Florida. but will abandon the enter
prise if the cut is made.
The issue of New England was heard in
protest against the omission of raw ma
teriels for iron and steel and wooden and
cotton manufactures from the free list.
Altogether the committee thought it best
to go over the bill again. It will probably
be reported TO the full committee, however,
without material change.
PLANS OF THE DEMOCRATS.
The democrats will not delay the bill Ia
committee longer than is necessary TO pre-
pare IA minority report. In the House they
will move amendments TO each schedule.
and at the end Of the discussion move TO re-
commit The bill with instructions to substi.
tute bill made up OK their amendments.
Upon this motion they can get the yeas and
nays aud so put the house on record. In the
democratic substitute the free list Of the
Mills bill will be extended so as to include
the raw materials which woolen, cotton.
iron, steel and other manufacturers are ask
ing for.
THE DUTY ON HIDES.
Nothing that the republicans Of the WAYS
and means committee has proposed has
created more of O sensation than the at
tempt to impose duty upon hides and
skins. There Is nothing Ike leather for re-
sisting such strain as this, and It's strength.
has already been felt here. IT seems that
this proposition, like that to put duty OF
81 pound on raw silk, was proposed by
Mr.. Gear Of Iowa on behalf of the western
republicans, who think the way to re-
lieve the farmers Of the crushing
burdens Of taxation is to i'm
pose additional taxation on possible
farm products. In the Iowa campaign last
fall the republicans promised on the stump
to tax hides, among other possible farm
products. At the cattle mems convention
in Chicago last year assurances were given
on behalf Of prominent western republicans.
that hides should bo taxed.
AN ATTEMPT TO ROPE IN MR. MILLS.
An impudent attempt was made by the
organizers Of that convention to get Mr..
Mills of Texas, as tho representative Of a
cattle-raising state, to commit himself.
either by speech or by letter, TO the hide
taxing policy. Mr.. Mills could not 20 to
Chicago, but he rebuked them sharply
in strong letter, in which
ha said that he would never tax hides or
any other raw material adding at the same
time an impressive review of the prosperity
to the leather trade resulting from free raw
hides. This letter was so convincing that
the cattlemen did not dare either to read IL
publicly or to publish it in the report Of
their proceedings. Mr.. Mills will give its
contents to tho country, however, on tho
floor of the House.
DIaGLEY's FIGHT.
Mr.. Dingley, the New England member
of the ways and means COMMITTEES. deserves
great credit for his skillful fight against the
taxation of hides and for getting the raw
silk tax out of the BILL and in modifying
the taxation of hides. As at first proposed
the tax was TO DO ~ cents a pound on all
hides and skins. MIR. Dingley has suc-
ceeded by hard fighting in getting
goat, kid and wild animal skins excepted
from provision made for rebate Of duty
paid on material used In manufacturing
goods afterward exported. He is still
fighting to eliminate the whole paragraph.
but will not succeed in this; nor will the
Massachusetts members, es they hope. be
able to get it out in caucus or in tho Horse.
They will have to defeat it in the Senate.
AN INTERESTING SIGHT.
1t. is very interesting to see Messrs.
Dingley and Lodger and othe. New England
republicans contending for these particular
free raw materials. However, Mr.. Dingley
says New England would be benefited by
the passage of the proposed bill even
though 1t contains no response TO New
England's demand for free raw material
lie says the compensatory duties on WOODEN
and on cotton goods, and the duties on
farm products Except hides viii improve
tho condition OF her manufactures and
farms. He admits that iron and steel
manufacturers do not fare 80 well, but says
that can't be helped. Free pig iron, for
example. can't be had. In other worda
New highlands needs and her helplessness