Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1893-09-06
THE TARIFF.
rho Work OF Framing u Bill TO Bs Com.
mcoced Almost Frce Trade WIN he the
wilson Measure when introduced.


rhe work of Framing Bm to Bs Com.
mcnced Almost Frce Trade WIN he the
wilson Measure when Introduced.
WAHuNoroN, Aug si.-The ways
Ind means committee has decided that
{ viii not return for the present ut
east 20 the methods OF the committee
hat framed the Mills bill in the Fifth.
eth congress, They have decided that
.hey Will permit representatives OF the
great interests about which they viii
cgislate To- appear before them and
submit statements for their guidance.
IN Monday next the representatives. of
The iron and steel Industries will appear
before the committee, and from that
Time until the goth of September daily
open sessions will hc held.
MIR Bynum, IA member OF the present
ways and means committee. and who
helped Go frame the Mills bin. said 10
your correspondent Wednesday chat
after the hearings were closed the
work of framing the bin would proceed
with the utmost expedition. lie said
that the new tariff hin would probably
bc rondy for report 10 the house by Oc-
tobcr20
IL is evident that the house leaders
have abandoned the proposed effort &C.
adjourn, now that the Wilson repeal
bin has gone TO the senate. They con.
code that the country is anxious to
know what IL has TO expect i'm the way
OF tariff legislation. and now that the
repeal bin has passed the house they
admit that this uncertainty is "a strong
factor of the present unsettled financial
condition 81 the country.
II is for the purpose of difrusing in
formation relative 20. the tariff bin
which the committee will report that
even the older members OF the commit.
tee are disposed 60 bc communicative. 1t
can be stated ON the best authority the
Wilson tariN bill will Ice great stride
forward in the dircctio' oi free trndc.
To quote the language of one OF the
members OF the committee Wednesday:
"Nhcu people see this now Wilson
tarif bin they win bclicvc that the old
Mills hin was protection measure"
The programme to Toe followed i'm AR
ranging the various schedules OF tho
new bill will bc essentially the one
adopted when the Mills hill was
framed 70 every democratic member
of the committee for IL must be under
stood that after the public hearings
close, the republican members of the
committee will not bc invited tn par
ucipatc i'm the meetings of the commit
tee until the complete biu is laid be-
fore thcml will he assigned one OF the
schedules
No such division has yet been made.
out the great industries Of this country
may well feel alarmed when they study
the composition OF the present demo
cratic majority OF the committee. Not
a man is a manufacturer. and the only
interest that most ~ them have in the
tariff lies in the uudcvelopcd coal and
iron lands i'm their various districts.
Mr. RrcclSinCjdvc OF Arkansas. for
instance. 90 whom may bc assigned tho
iron schedule or the textile schedule.
has not city or factory in all tho
country which hc represents Never
the cSS these mon will determine the
import duties and the free list ~ the
Wilson bin,
IL is not Improbable that Mr., Wilson,
and perhaps McsSrs, Erccl,iuridCc and
McMilliu may present complete bills
10 the committee, but these. like the
famous hill ot the Reform club 81
New York, viii be, 10 again quote ono
81 the members, Torn up when we
get Go work"
"Ot COURSE" hc CON luucd. I'VE will
have opposition ON our own side We
propose Go abolish the bounty OF sugar
entirely and 90 pint duty ON 10 hi~her
than The Mills hill did Thatwill cso',c
opposition from the sugar mon. and So
We expect opposition as we touch every
other industry, but we will Just worry
through and hold the house here until
the hill Is passed"
Ono reason why the Wilson bin VIII
ec So much more drastic than was the
Mills bill is The concession by the mem.
ocrS of the house committee that thc
bill. VIII oc materially amended i'm the
senate, Many cuts win bc made i'm
the hill deeper than the committee cN-
poets the senate will permit 90 rcmain.
So that 10 IS safe 20 assume that thc
tariff bin ~ l>94 rs finally passed bv
both houses, win not Cc quite as mimi
cal 20 American industries as will DO
Che Wilson bill. which thc house com.
mittCr Will rruNrt furtftr n,f.1,,r