New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-02-13
DARK LANTERN PROCEEDINGS
NO DECISION YET on THE WOOL. BIL1-To n
DUCE TIE Barley nIvrIES


Washington. Feb. IL Special nrincer.s dor,,
lantern was in use for several hours to-day but tn.
light nickcring and uncertain that the iunt.
was unable 10 reach any decision in respect to the
"OVl O III TACT The result l. said 20 depend upon Mr.
Smvey, OF INDIANA, who IS to give the casting vote
loi or against the poor man, blanket and hat .
Both sides claim him with confidence and therefore
one side or the other Is going 70 be djsappointed i'm
shivey. IL seems strange that after two months, m
certainty should still exist as 10 the attitude Of any
/ " refOrmer' of the Ways and Means Committee I'm
rc'ptct TO the poor mans blanket but Il doe, and
Springer was ian to call into The dark lantern
council to-day Representative Brckncr Of Sheboygan
Falls Wis., who Is set down in the Congressional
Directory as a woolen Manufacturers Mr. Briclmcr
apparently succeeded in sr;ddling the question for
he was afterwad quoted being both opposed 70 AMI
In 1avor CT cut of ) per cent in the duties Oh
blankets, hats hannels. carpets. ETC. The friends OF
the cut seemed guile as confident they did ycser-
day ana inc Sang!'n0n statesman appeared t. be
tiife less confident one member of the conference
said that The long discussion was "desultory7 and
afforded no indication of what the final result would be.
There Is excellent t. believe that this remark
was strictly true. Aside from the fact that the chair
man is "desultory" statesman il appears that he ha,
discovered that the statistics of manufactures Of the
Tenth Census which collected published under
the direction OF Francis ~ Walker, misleading and
that he has taken steps to have superintendent Porter
institute a reform in that regard. OF thi, i'm
portant discovery led TO another which that Mill's
report on the Tariff bill also incorrect and mis-
leading.
II is to be presumed that both Of these discoveries
were made known TO the members OF the conference
to-day, for the Sangamon statesman is "A to
hide his light under bushel Some of his dark
lantern colleagues to-day expressed the opinion that
the Wool bill will be ready Tomorrow, hut Chair
man Springer himself said that he expects within
four days" TO receive from Carroll ID. Wright Com
missioner OF Labor important statistics relating 10
the labor cost of manrtac turing woollcn goods IN the
United states" OF course the committee cannot be
expected to act until after those important stalls
ties have heen received and dsestcd. The process
OF Digestion however, will he swift, for Springer has
given that he will be ready To grist
into the hopper Of the tariff reform" mill in the House
next week II necessary.
Wool was not the only topic considered in the
"desultory" proceedings Of TO-DAY Although ii was the
regular meeting day Of the Ways and Means Committee
the Republican members not notified - be pres
ent and a guard stationed at the dooc. Iie al
mitted McSsr. Fitch and Lockwood, OF New York. who
made arguments in favor Ct Mr. Fltc's bill 10 reduce
the duties on barley barley malt and hops. measure
in which the brewers Of the Empire state are under
stood 10 feel a lively interest. Mes>r LOCKWOOD
and Fitch pointed ont that the impoItaons Of Cana
dian barley foil off than 80 cent last year on
account of the increase Of the duties, and they I've
,erre, 10 tho numerous petitions which have been re
ceived praying FOR reduction IL Is not understood mat
many farmers In Newl ork or other states nave Agcd
such petitions. 49, -.
Gust WHY the minority OF the committee should have
been excluded from this hearing N h not qute easy
To comprehend. In the last Congress all meanings
were open not only to the minority OF the coHihlicc
but to everybody else VINO desired to be present bu
then Major Mckinley was not 50 dcNlltoi} chair
man Mr. Springer Is, and that may possibly a'coh
q he