Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-12-26

SOME TIME AFTER The Holt
DAYS.
chairman spring.r's Views. - Both
pRrtIcs Divided.

WAsufNG1ON, Dec. 2i.-Chaiman
Springer will. not call the ways ana
means committee together until after
tho holidays, when he will divide the
committee into sub.committeos aud
ascertain the feelings Of his associates
a. to tho policy ~ DO pursued In re.
ference 70 tariff lcgislatl0n nj ihe
present session. MI. Springer fayOrs
ito Immediate preparation Of a bill 10
place wool on tho free list. lie thinks
such u bill can he framed In n few days,
aud has no doubt that II would pass
both houses. In order TO Insure free
wool, Mr.. Springer would not disturb
the ratcs imposed by the present law
upon the manufactures Of wool, leaving
thuto whore they were placed by this
last Congress, although lie believes that
IN many casps those rates ahould DO
reduced.
The rates Of tho wooden schedule are
what nre knowngs compound. In the
first place, duty Ia levied on the raw
wool according 10 quality,ranglng from
loo pnr pound 10 ne por pound. The
manufactured product ilrst pays the
comparative duty,V hich " the equlva-
lent Of tho specific rate levied on the
wool used In tho manufacture, and In
addition 10 this All al rdiorem duty
ranging from 30 ~ 90 per cent. MIR.
5prlngerg proposition IL 10 remove the
duty on the raw material and the
pound fntD or specific duty on the
manufactured product, leaving the od
rai1fcm rates 10 stand rs they are In the
Mckinley aot.
In conversation this afternoon Mr.
Springer said he intended b press this
proposition as soon a. the committee
should be fully organized, aud ho
thinks that n Till eau DO made ready
and reported 10 tho House within a
couple " wetlis.
Confirming the view Of the coinage
committee sont last night. prominent
free cUlnge Democrat said today: "On
the silver question there IL n division
ia both parties, and IN this respect II Ia
predicted that 1t whl be found that the
House Ia fairly represented In the com
mlttoc. A minority Of the Republic
cans are men who have always favored
tie frse coinage OF silver. A majority
OF Tho Democrats are Of the same faith.
So that the committee eau fairly he
said to DO representative committee,
with the majority disposed toward free
coinage. 10 Is said that II can hardly
he complained, whatever the commit
tee Or the House may do IN the matter,
that this committee has been packed
against free coinage, yet this fact does
net insure the adoption OF a free coin
age bin Orthe agitation In the House,
or even tho reporting OF such
measure, though the latter Ia probable.
Ia iScl, II would not 10 surprising II
thore were 10 attempt made 10 enact
coinage legislation during this session
Of Congress. A majority Of tho mem.
beers undoubtedly favor free coinage,
but very large number OF those on
that side OF the question believe that
10 agltAtu the question OF this time
would distract attention from the tariff
question, upon which they think the
Presidential question must DO iought.
They want . keep tho tariff 10 the
itOnt, rs the great question &c issue
between the two parties until SOME
thing IL accomplished, aud not have
the rrEult Influenced materially by the
confederation Of anything else. Later
the silver question may be fought out
by Itself, and the men who were shout
der TO shoulder before may then be
opposing each other. The appoint.
ment of n coinage committee, OF whom
a majority are known Ms fras coinage
advocates, does not necessarily mean
what at arst blush It appears u. The
policy Of the party 40 to this will DO
determined outside the committee.
and without, II IL saii, any usurping
Of power 10y the speaker. The decision
Il almost certain 10 be to let silver lie
awhile, unless some middle course can
be agreed upon"