The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-03-19
M'KINLEY'S TARIFF BILL.
THE MEASURE READY TO BE GIVEN
TO THE FULL COMMITTEE.

10 The FULL COMMlIIEE
Entire Abolition of Government
Licenses on Dealers of Every Kind
Among the Internal Revenue Fea
lures OF the Bil-No Restriction on
the Sale of Tobacco by Farmers.
WASHINGTON, March 1S.-Chairman Nc
Kinley hopes to report the tariff bill to the
morrow or Thursday. and, provided his 65
per cent. sugar compromise holds together,
be hopes to present it very soon TO the
House. The democratic leaders in confer
ence at Mr.. Carlisle's tonight determined
to let the republicans have full
opportunity to do what they want
to do, keeping the record straight
by votes. The sugar straddle comes
cans of the northwest than it does the high
tariff sugar republicans of Louisiana, Kan
sas and California. Mr.. Mckenna, their
especial representative on the ways and
means committee, would only agree to vote
to report the compromise to the full commit
tee, and not to the House. He is waiting to
hear from California.
DUTIES ON HIDES.
Ten per cent. ad valorem on Imported hides
is what. amending the present draft of the
bill, the republicans of the ways and means
committee propose to give New England in
response to her strong cry for free raw ma
terial. Not only will these gentlemen, in
cluding a member from New England, Mr..
Dingley of Maine, do nothing to revive the
languishing iron and steel and wool inter
ests of New England, but they propose to
strike at the one great New England indus
try which for nearly twenty years has
haAo tto oh Of moi faI
has been admitted free of duty. This is
quite a different matter from duty on
raw silk, for silk products may be consid-
cred a luxury, but all will agree that boots
and shoes are neceSsaries.
ONE OF THE EFFECTS.
Representative Mills OF Texas said to-day
that he thought this proceeding on the part
of the republicans would, if carried out,
show New England, and Massachusetts
especially, all the folly OF high tariff at
once. But he expected the protests from
Lynn, Worcester, Taunton, and the other
shoe aud lea her towns of Massachusetts to
change the republican mind. It was the
work of the cattle raissrs, he said, and in
tended directly to g We them monopoly Of
the American market as ngaint the cattle
raisers of South America and the rest
of the world. He wondered how the Argen-
tine delegates to the pam American confer
e1co WOu1Q Jake DulS W ucSbEOy tuo
trade we now have with their country. Mr..
Walker and the rest of the Massachusetts
republicans were almost as SURPRISED at the
report as the Argentine Republics represen-
tatives will be. Every effort will be made
| to keep hides free.
NOT ENTIRELY COMPLETED.
The clauses relating to carpet wools. Mex
| ican lead ores, and one or two other arti-
cles, have not yet been finally and definitely
| passed upon. While the bill is not abso-
| Iutely completed, and will, of course, be
| subject to revision, it is believed to be sub
| stantially finished measure 50 far as the
| majority of the committee is concerned.
| The internal revenue features of the
| bill are as follows: Entire abolition Of
| ali special taxes upon dealers OF all kinds,
commonly known as licenses; the tax upon
snuff will be repealed; farmers and planters
| growing tobacco will nave liberty to sell TO
| whomsOever they please without restraint
| in the same manner as any farmer can
| dispose of any other of the products OF
| his land. The tax upon manufactured to-
| bacco will be reduced from cents to cents
| per pound. Cigars, cheroots and cigarettes
| will carry the same tax as Is imposed under
| the present law. Alcohol used in the arts is
| free under substantially the same restrictions
| as are prescribed in the Senate bill. The
| reducuo S in the revenue from these sources
|
000 aud $4,000, 900.
ITS PRINCIPAL PROVISIONS.
Following are among the principal pro-
visions in the tariff schedule:
The earthenware and glassware schedule
| remains substantially as in the existing law
There are number of important changes
in the metal schedule. The existing ratel
are maintained upon iron ore anc
pig iron. Barbed wire for fenc
ing is made dutiable at 6-10 cen
pound, which is below the duty upon thai
kind of iron entering into other uses
Beams, girders, and structural iron are re-
duced from d cents to CLIO cents pound
which is a reduction below that of the Sen
ate bill. Railway iron is reduced to 6-1(
| cents a pound, the present rate being 81
per ton. This is reduction of about "a ,
Jon and reduction in the rate fixed by thu
Senate bill.
The duty on steel rails is reduced 81
ton.
The duty on tin plate has been increased
to 2-10 cents pound. Pig tin remain:
| free.
The committee believe that with this en-
couragement tin plate will be manufactured
in this country.
AN INCREASE ON CUTLERY.
There is an increase ia the duty upor
pocket cutlery, which the committee justify
upon the ground of the depressed condition
of that industry in the United States anc
the sharp and ruinous competition that has
already been felt from Germany.
Gun-barrels are placed upon the free list
Hand sewing needles are also placed upol
the free list.
The new metal aluminium is given
designation for the first time under "metal
and manufacturers" thereof, and is mad'
dutiable at 35 per cent. ad valorem.
In the lumber schedule the duty on saweC
boards, planks aud fms he'd lumber is re
duced so per cent. from the present rate
There is special provision inserted that il
case Canada lays an export duty upon lum
ber then duties shall be collected according
to the rates under the existing law.
The duty on Sumatra tobaccoi is Increases
to So rs per pound.
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS.
There is an increase generally along th
entire list in the duties upon agriculture
products. The duty upon barley is raise,
to 80 cents per bushel; hops to Is cents
pound, buckwheat TO 10 cents a bushe
rnacaroni and yermcslli 2 cents a pound
and oats 10 cents a bushel. The duty o
agricultural seeds is increased. The dut
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