The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-10-01
CONFERENCE REPORT ADOPTED.
The Tariff Bill Now Goes to the
President.
Senator Carlisle Makes II Strong Attack on
the BiiI-Senator Aldrich Kepiics-Scna-
tors Paddock, Pcttigrcw and Plumb
Vote Against the Report.

The conference report on the tariff bill
dressed the Senate He would not, he
said, attempt to discuss the economic
theory of the bill. 1t was now about to
pass entirely from the hands of the SEN
ate and beyond its control, and discussion
of thc-question could not be undertaken
without neglecting the last opportunity
to state as accurately as possible what
the main provisions of the measure
were, and what would be it's probable
effect on taxation.
No member of the finance committee
had ventured during the tariff debate
to express an opinion as to what the ef-
feet of the bill would be on the revenues.
When the bill was reported, the re-
duction Of revenue had been given as
ST. ,00O,O00 under the House bill, and
500, OG0,O0 under the Senate bill. or
the 500, 600, 0O0 reduction, (from articles
placed on the free listl, nearly $4,000
600 came from sugar ana molasSes,
leaving only between four and five mil
lions, as the reduction occasioncd by the
removal of other articles from the duti-
able list.
lie asserted that the bill. as it now
stood. excepting sugar and molasses
removed from the free list and placed
on the dutiablc list moro than il took
from the dutiablc list and placed on the
free list. The bill would reduce the
revenues and increase taxation. While
it would not increase the revenues il
would increase the taxation Of the
people very many times the amount by
increasing the prices of articles of SINH
lar domestic production.
If it were true that the revenue that
would b, derived under the confer
cncc bill. on the basis Of importations
of 1889. would be over S225. GOO. 900, then
the average rate OF duty on dutiblc
articles would be 81 TO per cent,
without taking into account the effect
Of the ninth section OF the administers
ton bill, which would add from four to
five per cent. Unless all his calcula-
tions were at fault the average rate of
duty under the conference bill and adj
ministrativc bill on dutiable articles
would be go per cent, instead of 10 y per
cent. as under the existing law
If the Senator from Rhode Island
would take the articles now on the duti-
able list and deduct sugar and molasses
from them he would find that tho
average rate of duty under the existing
law was little over fl per cent, while
the average rate of duty on the same
articles under the conference bill would
be 30 per cCnt-an increased rate of 30
per cent.
Mr.. Carlisle went on to give figures as
to the increased taxation under the con
ference bill. stating it To be in the iron
and steel schedule one million. in the
wooden schedule fourteen millions i'm
cotton schedule two millions in flax and
linen schedule $1,000. 0OO. on the plate
IS, ,35. COO and on tin in pigs or bars
%l.351.00O.
No man, he said, could predict what
the effect OF that enormous increase of
taxation would be: nor could any man
predict precisely what it's effect would
bc on revenues of government. All that
they knew was that the very purpose OF
such increased taxation on those neccs-
sary articles was to increase the price
of domestic products SO as to enable new
industries To be established in some
cases. and to enable. in other cases. old
industries To realize larger profits.
But. in order TO compensate for that
enormous increase of taxation on tools
and implements of trade, and on cotton.
wooden and linen clothing, tax of >
cents pound. amounting TO s., 500. 600.
WAS to he taken or tobacco. The re-
moval of that tax would relieve no man
and be beneficial to nobody except mar
ufacturcrs and retailers of tobacco. who
would divide that . cents Il pound be-
tween them. No producer Of tobacco,
and no consumer OF tobacco would be
benefited to the extent of one cent
Mir. Carlisle spoke for nearly uhree
hours, and III the close of his speech
some of his statements and figures were
challenged by Senator Aldrich. Sena-
tor Allison also criticised several Of MIR.
Carlisle's statements and denied their
accuracy. The Senator from Kentucky.
he said, had represented the conference
bill as only diminishing the revenue
some two millions of dollars. He diff
fcred from him absolutely as to the
effect of the bill, and gave it as his be-
lioAasthat it would reduce the revenues
between forty and fortyfivo millions of
dollars.
pressed q belief that within five years
from this time the United States would
produce substantially all the tin plate
consumed here. and that consumers
would have it at less price than they
had paid for the last ten years. He
understood that, since the bill had
passed the Senate, three tin plate fac
tories had been established in the
United States.
Mr.. German asked Mr.. Aldrich to
favor the Senate and country with a
statement of the effect Of the conference
bin on revenues. Mr. Aldrich said that
IL would reduce the revenues about
$3.50. 600 below thp amount tbnt tbc