The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1892-01-22
REVISING THE TARIFF.
Democratic Members Consider the Man
ner of Attacking an Evil.

Democratic Members Consider the Man,
ner of Attacking an Evil.
There was an informal conference of 4
number of the Democratic members oi
the Ways and Means Committee at Wash
ington Thursday of last week, but upon
a very general interchange of views moth
ing was done.
The majority, so far us can be learned
has not yet decided upon paragraphs OF
the Mckinley tariff act To be first ut.
tackled. Mr.. Springer had his free wool
bill ready and its provisions were dis
cussed informally. subsequently, Mr.
Springer said that as soon as an opportu.
nifty came, he would, on his own respon-
sibility, introduce the bill in the House
for reference to the Ways and Means
Committee. Its provisions are the same
rs those contained in the bill heretofore
made public through the Associated
Press, except that there are some slight
changes made in the paragraph relating
to wool waste
The principal discussion was upon the
probable effect on the revenues of various
proposed tariff measures The fact that
the revenues and expenditures of the gov
eminent now, according TO Democratic
assertions, show an excess of the latter
over the former, must be taken into care.
full consideration, members of the major
ity side Of the committee say, in deciding
upon any scheme for the revision of the
tariff, and they will seek for estimates
giving the effect on the revenues of va
riOus tariff propositions. The assertion
made in the Holman resolution that the
treasury is bare is likely to have inhu-
ence upon tariff legislation,
At the informal conference of Demo
cratic members of the Ways and Means
Committee to day il was agreed that the
several bills which had been drawn up by
various members of the committee and
generally discussed and approved by the
Democratic majority, should be intro
duced by their authors at once in the
House, and referred to the committee.
AS result of this agreement, and the
conference with his Democratic col leagues
of the committee, Mr.. Bryan, of Ne
braska, will tomorrow ask consent to in
trOduce in the House the following:
"On and after the first day of October,
1892, the following articles mentioned in
this section, when imported, shall be ex-
empt from duty: Timber, hewn and
sawed, and timber used for spars and in
building wharves; timber, square or sided,
wood, manufactured, not specially emu
merated or provided for; sawed boards,
planks, deals, and all other articles of
sawed lumber; hubs for wheels, posts,
last blocks, wagon blocks, oar blocks, gun
blocks heading blocks and all like blocks
or sticks, rough, hewn or sawed only;
laths, shingles, clapboards, pine or spruce;
logs. Provided, that if any export duty
is laid upon the aforementioned articles
or either of them by any country whence
imported, all articles embraced in this
act imported from said country shall be
subject to duty as now provided by law"
Mr. Bryan will also introduce three
other bills making the following provis-
ions, respectively:
That binding Irvine for binding grain
made in whole or in part from jute,
hemp, stunt, MANILA. sissal, or any other
textile grasses or fibrous vegetable sub.
stances, when imported from other coun-
tries shall be exempt from all custom du-
ties.
THAT, after the end of the present
fiscal year barbed wire of all kinds and
iron rods for fencing shall be admitted
free of duty at all ports of the United
States.
THAT, after October |, 1892, all salt,
fine and coarse. in bulk or in bags, sacks,
barrels or other packages, shall be ad
mitted free of duty, at all ports of the
United States"