Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-04-26
The Majority Report.

che Tariff bill to tho House yesterday,
Mr.. Mckinley, OF Ohio, set forth the
views OF the majority substantially as
follows:
The majority report begins with n state.
ment Of the financial situation and estimates
that the surplus at the end of the present
fiscal year will be 92,0O0,OOO and deductlng
che sum required tn make payments on the
sinking fund the net surplus OF receipts over
expenditures will be si3,6Ts,s<,. The est.
mated surplus of the next fiscal year will be
els, 56y, S2l, which, with the amount of cash
now on hand and available Preaching ,90, 40,
Oo1), will justify reduction of the revenue
On the sum contemplated by the bill reported
-$60,s3 ,9B, and probably more from customs
and Sl0,SE ,87s from internal revenue, or Il
tOtal of 81, s6l, 4lL
The report says: "Thc exact effect upon
che revenues of the Government OF tho pro-
posed bill 10 difficult of ascertalnment That
ehere will be a substantial reduction, as we
will show, admits of no doubt. 1t Is not be.
lleved that the increase Of duties upon woods
and wooden goods and upon glassware will
have the effect OF increasing the revenue
That would, of course, follow II the mporta.
eions OF the last fiscal year were hereafter TO
be maintained. which, however, is altogether
Improbable. The result will be that impOr-
cations will be decreased and, therefore, the
amount of revenue collected from these
sources will be diminished. In every case OF
Increased duty except that imposed upon tin
plate (which does not go into effect until
July 1, 1871 and upon linen fabrics
che effect will be to reduce rather than
enlarge the revenues, because importation
will fall of. It was the aim of the committee
90 fix the duties upon that class of manufact.
ured goods and farm products which can be
1nntaliah nj homo an N q N lia0nnrnUQ the
use of like foreign goods and products, and
secure to our own people and our own pro-
ducers the home market. The general pol.
icy OF the bill Is to foster and promote Amer.
lean products and dlvershcation OF the
American industry. We have not been so
much concerned about the prices Of the arti
eies We consume ms we have been to encour
age system Of home production that shall
give fair remuneration to domestic pro-
ducers and fair wages to American work.
men, and by increasing production and
home consumption insure fair prices to con.
Oumers."
The committee admit that free trade or
revenue duties would temporarily diminish
prices, but argue that II would be mt the
expense OF the domestic products which
would be displayed, and then prices would
again advance and the country be left ut the
mercy OF foreign syndicates and manufact.
urcrs. One OF the chief complaints now
prevalent among our farmers Is that they
can get no prices for the crops commensur.
ate to the labor and capital invested In their
production. Those who differ from us must
believe that even further agricultural de.
precision Is desirable, for no other cOnse-
quence can result from their economic
theories.
In the case OF wool the report recItes fg.
urcs as an evidence OF the alarming decline
In production and says that an advance OF
duties has been recommended. The COM
mittee believes the United states should pro.
duce all the wool 1t consumes, and with ade-
quate defensive legislation II will do So The
annual consumption Is 900 pounds,
and with the protection offered by the bill
che farmers Of the United States will, at an
early day, be able to supply this demand by
che addition OF 100 per cent, or l0O, 900
pounds to the present number. The bill
9eeks to stop the frauds which have been so
0hamelcssly practlced In the past by import.
Eng woods eady for the loom under the new
names and forms to avoid legal duties. The
report gives the increase Of the duty on
wool and the construction given to the
Worsted clause of the existing law as a
reason for increasing the duties on wooden
goods to p: otect manufacturers It says:
1.-The necessity of this increase 10 apparent
n view of the facts already stated that dur.
ing the last fiscal year there were imports Of
manufacturers Of wool of the foreign value
OF so. 6Si 49,, as shown by the undervalued
invoices and the real value In our market OF
nearly On 20 I00O-fully one fourth OF our en-
tire home neutrality-suspicious. to an
import OF at least 100000 pounds OF wool
IN the form OF manufactured goods" The
existing law gives, It Is said, protection Of
g to Is per cent the bill gives range Of
from % 10 80 per cent.
On sugar the report says: "Sugar up to and
Including No. 16, Dutch standard OF color,
and molasses IL to be placed on the free list,
with q duty Of four-tenths Of cent per
pound on refined sugar above No. l6 and
bounty of cents per pound be paid from the
treasury for period of fifteen years on all
sugar polarized ut least IS per cent. made In
GhIs country from cane, beets or sorghum
Seven .eighths OF our sugar consumed In the
United States 10 now imported from foreign
countries In 1879 the duties collected on
imported sugar and molasses amounted to
5s,y756l0. Add to this the Increase OF price
lnf domestic sugar arising from the duty and
q Il clear that the duty on sugar and mo-
Masses made the cost OF sugar and
maolasses consumed by the people Of
ahls country at least S6l, ',Oc0, or about
- for each man, woman and child In
the United States, more than II would
.
and the domestic product had remained the
same, Even on the assumption that with
proper encouragement we shall eventually
Be able 20 produce all. or nearly all, the su-
Rnr required for the consumption OF our peo-
Dle-an assumption which your committee
believes 20 be sustained by many facts. not
Wlthstanding the slow progress thus far
shade IN sugar culture In this country-th .
encouragement can be given much more
economically and efiectually by bounty OF
; cents per pound, Involving the annual ex.
DendIture OF about SI,OJo,'0J on the present
production Of the country. This encourage
ment should be given.
coming to az lcultural products the COM
uiIttee says Il has given months 70 the In
~estlgntlon OF existing conditions OF agrl-
cultural products, etc. II says: There 10
widespread depression In this Industry TO-
Rnv hernnd q doubt Every remedy within
- nropn o. prRcticai legislation known %
r6rr commitfee has been recommended IN
- proposed measure 90 meet the urgent
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