Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1893-11-24
TWO BILLS PLANNED
For Customs and Internal
Revenue Legislation.
THE CAiMrAlGN PROMISES
Have Not Been Dealt With According
to Wishes of Radicals.

WAsHINGToN, Nov. ga leading DEM
scratic memb r of the committee on ways
and means said that It had been proposed
10 divide the customs AMI internal revenue
legislation into two oils-the first cover.
ing the subject of duties exclusively, aud
the second Internal taxation and inc me
tax Uader this plan the customs legisla-
tion will be passed upon first.
The internal revenue bill will then be
held subject to modification in order to
meet the conditions on the tariff bill. This
will enable the committee to make up, by
internal taxation, any loss of revenue
through the enlarged free list and nominal
dulies on articles of manufacture.
As the proposed tariff revision bill nears
completion. and some Of its provisions
are beginning to be- understoo !, the wing
OF the Democratic party which favored
Mr.. Cleveland's nomination is already
beginning to criticise the action Of the
M jority OF the committee. 1t maintains
that the Chicago platform and promises
made during he campaign were for tariff
for revenue only.a d any system looking to
protection was u constitutional.
1t does not believe in an enlarged free
lit aud CORES ,ondin ing cut of duties on
It holds that that is not tariff for
revenue, but is on the same line which the
Republican party has been pursuing for
years, and must necessarily result in a
Rie,t loss of revenue, which mu It be made
up by All Income tax or some other ex-
traoidinary M thod.
The majority members OF the com mittee,
however, take the position that tariff
for revenue only l. not the kind of a meas.
urs which the necessities of he country at
this time r q IRE. II bill as on lined by
their cri ics hey say, WAS brought before
the house, m king radical changes in the
leading schedules wi hout some compen-
sntine reduce ion elsewhere, IL would have
the eff ct OF not only dis urbing, hut seri-
ously embarrassing many large industrial
interests.
Getting Around Difficulties.
This ur-e the ID mocrats of the COM
mittee Hrs anxious to avoid. They have
dec,d,d, however, t. make some marked
rcduc Ions on certsi classes of articles,
Ike pig iron, eel rails, structural Iron
aud other ar icles in the metal schedule,
which, they Assert, have never been subj o.
to the same reductions as o her schedules.
In the cot on and wooden schedules their
proposed reductions, AS in iron, are made
to col respond with their free raw ma
teIials. Thi, they hold eau be done with
out seriously interfering with those in
dustries. The committee will not deter
mine on the rates on sugar, whisky, to-
baccd, beer, an an income tax, until 1t
ascertains the amount of revenue which is
to he raised
The present feeling is not to increase the
tAx on whisky, tobacco and beer. IL may
put an additional 10 c,nts on whisky,
making it g. This, however, will not
very much Increase the revenue. Such
IL the opinion of Internal X venue Com.
missioner Miller, who IL opposed to any
increase. II no increase in lnis direction
10 made, the committee will rely upon the
income tax to make up any dedcit
They will BE- governed In meas
urs by the views OF Secretary ~ Isle on
alhtiaCse interoal revenue mattsN 1t was
supr zt-is the tariff bill we're reported to
the h0tise upon the assem- bling OF congress-
it, onsidcration would be proceeded with
forthw th. As the bill must be printed
with the reports, suffi lent time must be
allowed the representatives to examine IL
and prepare themselves for the discussion
Of its provisions.
Cnairman WILSON fntimates that he
shall hurry the bill through as rapidly AZ
possible, rs no other bill will be allowed
70 interfere with IL. How long It will take
for reasonable discuss on has not besu de-
tsrminrd, but 1t will hardly get under way
before the holidays, AMI As consideration
csnn serefore be resumed before early
In T.. Al. st least six weeks or two
months |. q. oe required to pas the bill
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