Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-12-08
THE TARIFF INVESTIGATION.
Making Ready for Another Struggle-Wha
Senator AIdrich Says.

Making Ready for Another Struggle-What
Senator AIdrich Says.
The result OF the recent elections vii have no
effect on the work of the Senate committee on
finance, which has for almost two years been
examining into the effect of the tariff laws upon
the imports and exports, the growth,
development. production and prices of
agricultural and manufactured articles
at home and abroad, and upon
wages, domestic and foreign. The approach
ing change in the administration will, however,
hasten the report and cause it to be submitted
in its entirety at this session instead of going
over until the Fifty-third Congress, as it would
had the republicans been successful.
Mr.. Aldrich chairman Of the subcommittee
conducting the investigation. said today that
he expected to be able to submit partial re-
port within the next two weeks covering that
part Of the inquiry which relates to the whole
sale trade and prices. 1t will be remembered
that at the last session the committee submit
ted an elaborate report on retail prices and
wages. which was productive of q partisan
debate, Mr.. Aldrich defending the conclusions
drawn and Mr.. Carlisle assailing some of them
These two speeches became a large part Of the
campaign literature of the two parties.
THE NEXT WILL DEAL WITH WHOLESALE PRICES.
"Our next partial report, which is almost
ready for the Senate" said Mr.. Aidrich, IDEALS
with wholesale prices and covers period of
fifty-two years. The investigation begins with
lS40and comes down 20 the end of October, 1892,
and is very thorough. 1t Is now on the press
and will be ready, we hope, within Two weeks.
The third partial report relates to transporta-
ton, and Is fully as interesting any of the
others. dealing as it does with a subject that
has never been fully investigated.
"Of course, the period covered is not 20 great
nd in fhe fnar hrap has, TO-
reason that our railroad transportation is a
creature OF younger growth. but the committee
has been able to go back even farther than it
hoped when this part Of the investigation was
undertaken. All the roads have been very
quick to respond and place all the facts posi-
bic at our disposal. The information found in
this report embraces mileage. tonnage. rates Of
transportation and every other item tending to
show the development of the system of trans
portion as it exists in this country. 1t will be-
the committee thinks, very valuable part of
its work.
THERE WILL BE TWO REPORTS.
"The final report of the committee will con-
sist Of the conclusions of the committee, and it
is needless for me to say that there will be two
reports" continued Mr.. Adrich. 1.-THE minor
ity entertains views inconsistent with those of
the republican members and their opinions will
be sent out at length in a minority report. The
entire work of the committee will consist of
eight volumes Of about 1000 pages each, the
facts having been carefully collected from the
most reliable sources and tabulated SO as to be
of the greatest value to the country"
Mr.. Carlisle sees no reason why the work of
the committee should be interrupted or the
value lessened on account of the election. He
said: 1.-The committee has been energetic in the
matter OF collecting a vast amount of informa-
tion that is exceedingly valuable and which is
bound to play prominent part in the coming
tariff discussion in the next Congress. As dem
conclusions adduced by the republican mem
bers Of the committee, but the facts discovered
will be brought into shape. and when the COM
mittee has finished its labors it will be found
that it has done much TO enable the people to
more inteiligentiy understand the tariff qucs-
tion.'