The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-11-17
MORETARIFF TALK
Said the Ways and Means Committee
Will Make the Bill Public by
Nov. %.
Popular Pressure For Information on
the Subject Is Too Great to
Withstand.
The Question Of an Income Tal
Figures Prominently i'm the
Deliberations.

w ASHINGTON, NOV. I.-It is the nope
of the Democratic members of the ways
and means committee to be able to re-
port their new tariff bill to the public
about Nov, %, or near the close of next
week. The popular pressure is so very
great for information on the subject and
tho opportunities of the interests
affected for changes in the bill SO en-
barrassing to the committee that it has
been determined to settle all points upon
which uncertainty exists as soon as pos
sible. For this purpose series of con-
ferences Of the full Democratic member
ship have begun, and the work of the
subcommittee is to be submitted and
finally passed upon by the entire men,
bership. On the vexed questions con-
cerning which the subcommittee have
been unable to agree, the principal dis
cussion of the members will be first
direjted. Among the important of these
problems are the
Question of an Income Tax,
the internal revenue and contemplated
additions to the free list. There is
diff renee of opinion among the Demo-
cratic members over adding iron ore,
coal and salt to the free list, and the dis
cussion is sharp as to the wisdom of such
action. Free wool. free lumber and free
cotton bagging seemed assured, though
there is even some dispute on these
points. The Alabama Democrats are mp
in arms against putting coal and iron
ore on the free list and still demand that
their appeals to the committee shall be
heard.
The internal revenue schedules will
not be so radically revised as was at one
time supposed. The proposition of Hon.
David A. Wells, to double the tax
on beer. is
Heartily Opposed by the Brewers
and does not seem to have been very fav-
orably received by the committee. The
brewers ere insisting that If any changes
are TO be made the increase should be
levied ON whisky, and this seems TO be
the most likely policy of the committee
ut this time. The suggestion of an in
crease OF 60 cents per gallon ON the
whisky tax has come somewhat as q sur
prise, az until recently the highest in
crease generally discussed only added 85
cents per gallon to the present tax. The
practical abandonment of the proposition
20 abandon the tobacco tax leaves but
little choice = any material increase of
revenues ID to be derived from the inter
nal revenue schedules, and the objection
to adding anything to the present tobacco
tax has been 80 sharp and emphatic that
few Democratic members now give it
any public approval.
The Most vexed Question
to be settled by the series of conferences
of the full Democratic members is that
of q graduated income tax. Messrs.
Bryan Of Nebraska and Tarnsey of
Missouri are the principal champions Of
this proposition in the committee, and
they appear in fair way to carry their
ideas to practical results.
The aluminium manufacturers are pro-
testing against any reduction of the
duties ON aluminium imported from
abroad. Under the Mckinley bill tar
liz of cents per package of 100 leaves
and per cent ad valorem was levied ON
imported aluminium, and since that time
the manufacture Of the metal in this
country has been greatly stimulated, and
over $1O0, ,0O0, 900 said to be now in
vested in this industry in the United
States. The manufacturers contend
that no one can dispute that it is an in
FAINT industry of that class which the
Democrats themselves have conceded to
be entitled to protection.