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The New Tariff Bill Discussed in Congress
siOnal Circles.

The New Tariff Bill Discussed in Congress
siOnaI Circles.
w ASHINGToN, Nov. 29.-The new tar
if bill is, of course, the principal theme
of discussion in congressional circles.
Conservative Democrats are figuring
that the deficit caused by the new bill
will not exceed S35, 0O0,O 900. They claim
that i'll addition to the revenue to be de-
rived from the stimulated importation
by the relief of articles taxed to the de-
gree of prohibition, which they claim
will amount to from 100000 600 to $15,-
600, 900, that the natural increase in i'm
portatiUn under the Mckinley bill had not
the hard times setin, have amounted this
year to from $5,OO0,000 to $4,000, 900.
With the resumption of business this
increase, they think, will be fully rea-
liked, SO materially reducing the amount
to be raised by the internal revenue and
from some new measure yet to be inau-
gurated.
southerners Not at All Satisfied.
In the South generally the effect Of the
new tariff bill will not be telt SO severely
as elsewhere, on account OF the local
character of its great industries. In
those localities, however, its results will
be felt to a very considerable extent.
Rice, sugar, iron ore and coal are the
principal articles in which the Southern
ers are interested, and all have been sub
jected to vigorous treatment.
There is 20 per cent cut in the duty
on cleaned rice and 20 per cent cut on
the uncleaned product. South Carolina,
ested in this matter, and the representa-
tives of those states do not relish the re-
duction at all. They will probably make
an effort to restore the rates, but they
are hardly disposed to rejoice that they
were not treated more badly, for at one
time it looked as if rice would be placed
Oh the free list in the final draft of the
bill.
The Western Members
seem to be fairly well satisfied with the
bill. The Democrats 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 in
cludes many Of these mines, is far from
being dismayed at the prospect of free
iron. sit may possibly retard the de-
velopment Of that country for short
time, said he, "but it will bring the
iron business to its proper commercial
basis and then attention will be directed
to those fields where the ore can he most
easily worked. When that time comes
the Western mines will be developed
with startling rapidity."
Representative Boatner of Louisiana
(Dem.) said: "My objection to the bill
is that it falls below the point of raising
revenue. If they had put
Small Revenue Duty
on some of the things which are on the
free list under this bill which would not
have affected the cost of the articles to
the consumers, but would have added to
the revenue of the till. it would have
been a measure entirety unobjection-
able"
Representative Gear of Iowa, a Re
publican member of the ways and means
committee, said: 1.-The cut in the sched-
ule relating to agricultural products will
hurt Iowa as well as the states contigu-
Gus to the Canadian border by subject
ing their farmers to competition with
the agricultural products of Canada.
The people of Iowa understand the stu
alton and appreciate fully what compe-
tition with Canadian products means.
irrespective OF this fact, Iowa is a pro-
lection state, just as much as Ohio is,
for while we are not in manufacturing
sense what Ohio and Illinois may be said
to be, we manufacture $l20,0OO,O0 a
year, and believe in the protection
theory"
Commissioners johnson Retiras