Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-11-29
TARIFF WORK GOES ON.
Ways and Means Committee
Tackle the Internal Revenue.
REPUBLICANS PREPARE TO FIGHT.
The Democrats Explain How the Deficit
of SIS, 900, 900 Is to he Overcome by
Stimulated ImportatIon-COmmiS
Johnston Disagreed aud Was Retired.

of SS5, 900, 900 Is to he Overcome by
Stimulated ImportatIon-CommiS
Johnston Disagreed aud Was Retired.
WASHINGTON, Nov 29-The ways and
means committee will today devote its at
tention to the internal revenue schedule of
the new tariff system. The strain of the
past week has been very severe on all the
Democratic members, the sessions frequent
ly running far into the night, and it was
resolved that nothing should be done yester-
day. Today Messrs. McMillin, Bryan and
Montgomery, members of the subcommit-
tee on internal revenue, begin the formula
ton of the internal revenue and income tax
provisions.
The internal revenue schedule proper will
not be a very difficult one, but the income
tax scheme will involve considerable labor
1t still appears that the in crease of the
whisky tax, if any increase be made, will
not exceed 10 cents per gallon, and the
changes in the tobacco schedule will be
very slight and directed rather to more
logical classiticatious than to an increase
in the tax.
The whole income tax question is opened
up anew, and it is now possible that the
tax may, after all, be of such a sweeping
character as to include all individuals of
incomes of IS, 900 per annum or over.
The Republicans are already preparing
for vigorous fight on the new tariff bill.
Circular letters are now being sent out by
the thousand signed by Justice, Bateman
s. Co., the Philadelphia wool commission
merchants, asking that certain data be
sent to Mr.. J. c. Burrows, Republican
member of the ways and means committee,
in regard to the wool question.
OF course the principal theme of discus
sion in congressional circles is still the new
tariff bill. Conservative Democrats are
figuring that the deficit caused by the new
bill will not exceed SS5, 100000.
They claim that in addition to the reve-
nue. to be derived from the stimulated i'm
portation By the relief of articles taxed 20
the degree Of prohibition, WHICH they claim
will amount to from $4,000. 900 to SIS, OOO,-
900, the natural increase in importation
under the Mckinley bill, had not the hard
times set in, would have amounted this
year to from s., 900, 600 to S10,OOOOOO. With
the resumption of business this increase,
they think, will be fully realized and so
materially reduce the amount to be raised
by tbsaia RalsSevenue and from some
new meAse Sfo be inaugurated
In the south generally the effect of the
new tariff bill will not be felt so severely
as elsewhere on account of the local char
acter of its great industries. In those To-
! calities, however, its results will be felt to
I a very considerable extent Rice, sugar,
iron ore and coal are the principal articles
in which the southerners are interested,
and all have been subjected to vigorous
treatment.
The western members seem to be fairly
we'll satisfied with the bill. The Demo
Gratis of that section are largely free traders
anyway. Up in Minnesota, Wisconsin and
northern Michigan there are some of the
largest and most easily worked deposits of
iron in the country. Representative Bald
( win, whose district in Minnesota includes
many of these mines, is far from being dis
mayed at the prospect of free iron.
1T may possibly retard the development
of that country for a short time, said he,
but it will bring the iron business to its
proper commercial basis, and then atten-
ton will be directed to those fields where
the ore can be most easily worked. When
that time comes, the western mines will be
developed with startling rapidity."
Assistant Secretary Hamlin was asked
for a statement of the principal changes in
the customs administrative act made by
the Wilson bill. He said, 1T is believed
that the amendments reported by the ways
and means committee to the customs ad-
ministrative act will soften many of the
harsher provisions OF the law and yet leave
the law in a much more perfect condition
| than it is at present.