New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-06-11
THE FREE LIST REACHED.
THE SUB COMMITTEES WORK On THE
HOUSE TARIFF BILL PRACTICALLY ENDED.
LIKELY TO BE HANDED TO THE MINORITY OF
THE SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE THIS
wEEK-:oME OF THE CHANGES MADE
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washington lime 1o.-The Republican members OF
the senate Finance Committee have practically nm
;shed their labors on the House Tariff bill the last
dutlable schedule considered and passed upon de
this afternoon and nothing except the free lst REMAINS
IN be disposed Of. OF course the sugar ana 'opaoo"
schedules arc st subject 10 review for on these TWO
s..tions of the bill its whole character as revenue
measure directly hinges Even after tie irec Isl Is
revised final expression Of opinion may be ASKED on
the sugar bounty scheme and the new system OF topac
IN taxes All the other sche les, however, have
been definitely agreed upon, all under no oIrcum'
stances is the completion of the bill likely to be de
layed beyond next Thursday or FRIDAY. ~ Is uie
expectation Of the Republican Subcommittee that the
bil will be put in the hands OF the minority for con-
alteration over saturday and sunday, and that it VIII
be reported the Senate and taken up Tor acuoh as
soon as the pending Silver bill has been accepted or
rejected If this out 10 be the case no measure
of praise excessive for the remarkable vgor
and unity Of action which the Republicans Of the
Senate Finance Committee have taken hold of this
sessions tariff legislation.
The committees labors have necessarily been secret
and the greatest has been taken to prevent annoy
Ing DELAYS from protesting interests through the pre
turc publication Of changes made in the House rates
of DUTY A few speculative correspondents have SEM
ont reports of increases and decreases actually maze
or contemplated, in the various schedules; but as
rule these statements have been more mlsieauins
than instructive. 1t apparent from the cohdl'ohs
OF the situation that some changes were almost SURE
to be agreed For instance, the two corrections Va
the wool schedule proposed by Mr. Mckinney ou' oe
feated in tho House. could scarcely fail TO be restored
10 the text from which they had been oioppcu ny
inadvertence One Of these amendments mahoS 'ic
rate of duty on woollcn and worsted goons Vaeu a'
not more than 80 cents pound three tunes 'ia' III
posed on a pound of washed wool. The other makes
the duty on wooen yarn valued at not more thah
80 cents per pound two and one-han tunes the uu'y
imposed on unwashed wool OF the hrst CLASS These
changes were absolutely necessary 10 protect the
higher grades Of wooens, and without them the
symmetry of the measure could not have been main
,aned Again. in certain items in the naX, heInp ana
into schedules As well as generally through the DILL
the senate Committee naturally showed tendency TO
return to the slightly lower duties imposed III the SUD-
stitute of 1885, few Of these changes have properly
been anticipated
There has been one marked exception to this rule
however The agricultural schedule, the rates In
which were largely increased by the House. has been
Ice. almost untouched in the Senate. Nor has there
been any noteworthy pairing down OF the WOOL
schedule on which, according 10 runor, tho senate
was to vent its bOtled-up contempt ana dlspieaSure
The sugar schedule, il now stands Is pracucalN
that passed by the House: and the chances are thd
it will not be altered to great extent before the
bill is reported.
With the tobacco schedule the case il the same
On the whole. in fact, it may DO SAID that Inc
Finance Committees policy was 10 make a' le"
changes as possible except where the divergence
between the House bill and the leoo substitute
became TOO marked and emphatic. The senate Dill
when reported viii contain none OF the surprises >,
freely prophesied by opposition newspapers nor VIII
il depart in any way from the principles OF pr3tee,
ton. The Republican members OF the Comih"c0
have worked together with great harmony OF pur
pose and with remarkable success II adjusting Suoh
dinerences of opinion as during the discussion
Of so many pcrplcxing problems Ihey nave aiine e
10 Improve and CITIZEN, and not to cna'cuiie me
Hou.t lii: and tho differences between the t"o
measures will be found to be chiefly in points OF
minor interest and import ance. one OF the mem,
hers of the committee said this evening tna ne lel
encouraged hope for the passage OF the Dill bS ho
senate AS early as July l. This may he "a salgulhe
view 10 take, but If the Republicans III the Senalo
generally prove as equal 10 the occasion as the com
nittee has shown itself obstructive tactics pretty
cure 10 he adopted by the Democratic SIDE Will DC
overcome in time send the bill TO conference COM
mittee about q month from now . oo,
one rart Of the bill which has escaped genera
notice but which made good deal Oh marc WORK IoI
the senate Committee, the revision OF ne genera
internai Revenue laws contained in the House blu;
The proposed changes have been carefully examined
IN tie Senate side. The committee has also gone
Thoroughly into tho question Of the amount OF revenue
likely TO be deri, ed from thu TToposer Dln ana on
the calculations made by It's experts .hai acilOi on
the sugar and tobacco schedules Will largely depchd
The bill intended 10 reduce the revenue, OF course
hut the Senate Committee does not want 10 see the
income OF the Government sink to an embarrassing
figure These calculations to the anticipated
revenue under the bill will play important part III
the committees forthcoming report