Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-11-24
NEW TARIFF BILL.
Democratic Members of the Ways
and Means Committee Hard at
Work on the Measure.

anu means Committee Hard at
Work on the Measure.
The very latest news on the ap-
preaching tariff measure comes from
Washington in the shape of an assur-
ance that the iron ore men have been
defeated and the men who have COM
batted SO valiantly to keep that ar
ticle off the free list were today in
formally notified by members of the
Ways and Means Committee that it
had been finally decided by the Dem
ocratlc members that iron ore would
be placed on the free list. This is the
most important development of the
day as it leaves the iron ore men of
Alabama, Virginia aud Michigan no
alternative, but to carry their fight to
the floor of the House. This they are
now threatening to do and it is more
freely stated than ever that the new
tariff bill containing this new provis-
ion will be opposed in the House by
the solid Democratic delegation from
Alabama and in the Senate by Seua-
tors Morgan and Pugh. The Western
Iron Ore Association, through Presi-
dent George H. Fly, of Cleveland, o.,
has made vigorous protest to the
committee. The Western iron ore
men in their communication give 8
history of the development of the
Lake Superior iron ore industries and
make an appeal for the retention of
the present duty, not only in their
own interest, but in the interest of the
consumers and laboring men. The
letter concludes thus: "iffor while
iron ore should be any cheaper than
it has been for the last two years, and
it can only come through materially
lower wages, not in mining, but on
the docks, on the vessels, and on the
railroads that give it transit to mills
furnaces, and along the line of inter-
dependent industries. In lake Supe-
rior ores alone, $182,000,000 are now
invested with all the labor occupation
involved. Iron ore is a product of
labor and capital. To discriminate
against it because it is al the bottom,
and because theorists designate it as
raw material, would be an obvious iu-
justice. If finished products, above
iron ore, are made dutiable, there can
be no valid reason for a d different
treatment Of this product"
Next in importance to the iron ore
question comes the tax on whiskey.
Thousands of petitions, kilograms ETC.,
have been received by the committee
asking that the whiskey tax be raised
so raised as to impose upon this one
artiCl the greater burden of Govern
ment taxation, or, in other words,
make the sale of the stuff as nearly
impossible as can be done by prohibi-
tive taxation. The following is fair
sample of the numerous public and
private messages:
ave want the committee or the
members or whoever they are TO take
up the matter and put good high
tax on the stuff and we do not want
another distillery here. We hope
you will tax to the full extent of the
law"
The above is fair specimen Of the
overwhelming sentiment on the whis-
key subject. In the meantime the
distillers are singularly silent on the
subject. j. W. Highlander, S. Gold
enburg and others of New York to-
day appeared and urged the passage
of a measure to prevent representa-
tives of foreign countries from com
ing to America and taking orders for
foreign goods. They want license
imposed upon such agents who shall
be termed peddlers They also urged
and received assurances that provis-
ion should be inserted in the new tar
iff bill providing that the value of the
ontside crates, cases, boxes, sacks and
coverings in merchandise packed for
shipment to the United States shall
not be included ia the dutiable value
Of the merchandise contained in the
same, but shall hereafter be free from
duty.
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