New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-12-12
WILSON BILL UP TO DATE.
rhhSENTED TO THE WAYS AND MEANS
COMMITTEE IN ITS REVISED FORM.

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J COMMITTEE IN ITS REVISED FORM.
REPUBLICAN AMENDMENTS VOTED DOWNING
PROVISION YET To MEET THE DEFICIT-THE
MINORITY TO GET no TINE TO STUDY
THE MAJORITY REPORT IN SPITE
OF THE AGREEMENT MADE AT
THE EXTRA SESSION.
iBY TELEGRAPH TO TIE TRIByNE.l
| Washington. Dec lit is evident that the ma
Jority Of the Ways ana Means Committee IL de-
| termined to force the Tariff bill into the House
! and hasten its consideration there without any
| regard whatever for the rights Of the minority
According to present appearances. Chairman Will
son and his colleagues expect to have the general
! debate begin early next week, before the views OF
| the minority be printed published. or the
provisions of the bill studied by members of the
House of Representatives. So impatient are they
! that they cannot wait until they have agreed
| upon provisions against the enormous loss oil
revenue which the b will inevitably cause II 1t
shall become law In the meeting Of the COM
mittee this morning Mr. Reed called the attention
of the chairman to the statements made that the
bill proposed would reduce the revenue OF the Gov
eminent s7i0OO.0OO the basis of the importatons
| of 1892 Chairman Wilson admitted that some such
deficit was indicated. MIR. Reed then suggested that
until means had been considered for making good
this deficit II was premature 20 say how much me
customs revenue should be reduced. lie remarked
| that If the deficit to be provided for by an
income tax some Democrats even might object
to creating such deficit Mr.. Reed said he knew
how the committee might be embarrassed by de-
tails and therefore all he asked was an outline
such would enable the committee to kno"
where the new taxation would fall The only answer
made was that it would be internal revenue
/ taxation
| MIR. REED WANTS SOMETHING DEFINITE.
Mr. Reed remarked that this slightly In
definite, to say the least. Chairman wilson. VINO
seemed to be impatient to proceed with the Dill.
! asked IL any motion made. Mr.. Reed replied
that he had not desired TO submit formal motion
because he desired to expedite business In rational
manner but that If necessary he would do So lie
therefore offered the following:
! Resolved That In the judgment OF the COM
mittee 1t Is inexpedent to proceed TO the con-
sideraton Of the Tariff bill proposed until the
bill or some outline OF the same be presented TO
the committee showing the ways in which and the
means by which the deficit Of S+oWcO In revenue
on the basis OF the mportations of 1885, which VIII
be caused by the proposed tariff legislation Is TO
| be made good"
This resolution was voted down by the Demo-
| cratic members
| The revised version OF the Wilson bill which was
laid before the full Committee on Ways and Means
and made public to-day shows many ana I'M
| portant changes when compared with the one that
was given to the world two weeks one 1eat-
ure of these changes that will attract attention Is
the number OF cases in which the majority or the
committee upon more mature reflection felt con-
strained to abandon its ad valorem rates and return
! TO specific rates. Perhaps si more study ana re-
| fecton would have led the majority to retrace us
steps still further In this regard. The changes nave
| generally resulted in increase OF rates. as VIII
be seen but IT will be difficult II not impossible to
discover even now a single rate OF duty that can
be regarded as in any degree adequate TO the actual
necessities of the The date at when the law
Is 10 go into operation Is changed from March j.
1894 to June 1894. concession OF three months
70 the demands OF the business interests of the
country despite Chairman Wilson's rather petulant
letter to the Editor OF The Dry Goods Economist
| in which he intmated that no change would be
| made Why June l should have been fixed as the
date instead of July /. the beginning or the hscal
year. the majority OF the committee Will ma II
rather difficult to explain to the satisfaction OF the
| country and there are good reasons why January
| + 1895. should have been chosen in preference to
either.
-sPECITIC DUTIES SUBSTITUTED.
In the chemical schedule the following changes
| are made from the rates proposed In the BILL which
| was made public on November q:
| Acetate Of lead, white. from 30 per cent ad
valorem 70 pa cents pound; acetate OF lead
| brown from 80 per cent 10 1s4 cents pound.
Li,harge from 80 per cent 10 li9 cents pound.
| Nitrate of lead, from so per cent TO ~ cents a
pound.
orange mineral, from IS per cent to i. cents
| pound.
white led and white paint and pigment. containing
| lead etc from 30 per cent to III cents pound
In the schedule OF earths earthenware and glass;
ware the following changes OF rates ana ciassih-
| cation made:
| A new paragraph provides for duty OF u
| TON on magnesia friedrich. The paragraph when
/ An. Of
white granite common ware. plain. white or
cream colored. lustred or printed undcr saze' III
single color sponged dipped or edged ware u
omitted as also Is the paragraph imposing du'y
Of 40 per cent on china. porcelain. parian ana
| hsoue ware not decorated. and new paragraph
10 inserted imposing a uniform rate OF IS per cent
ON china porcelain parian. bisque. earthen stone
and crockery ware. including plaques ornaments
toys charms, vases and statuettes. plain white
and not decorated In any manner" This restores
the classified ton OF the existing law ami reduces
the rate from IS per 35 per cent ad vaore'n
On the same goods. painted or otherwise decorated
the rate Is fixed at 40 per cent Instead or % per
cent as at first proposed. To the paragraph re-
lat.ng TO stained or painted window glass e'' Is
added a provso that bent glass shall pay the
same rate as like glass when fat. Onyx is added
to the articles which are to pay duty OF %
per cent ad valorem.
METAL SCHEDULE CHANGES
In the metal schedule the following changes are
made:
Common or black iron or steel, commercially
known as taggers iron or Steel from % per cent
nd valoren1 to $40 Of cent per pound Tin ana
terne plates and tagger's tin, from 40 per cent
ad valorem 10 9-l0 cents a pound with pro-
| vlso that the reduction from the existing rate
OF 22-lO cents a pound shall take effect october
! ], 1894.
Pocket cutlery. erasers. razors and razor blades
valued at not more than co cents dozen, from %
per cent TO 45 per cent making the rate uniform
ON all such articles whatever the value
Lead in sheets. pipes, shot, GLACIERS lead ana
! Load wire from cent a pound 10 IA cents.
In the schedule OF wood. new paragraph IN.
eertcd which provides that lumber OF any SORT
,Ianed or finished shall pay a duty OF 20 cents a
iihamsand feet board measure. for each side planed
If paned on one eide ana ongued ana gfo" ,ned