Evening journal., 1893-11-29
TARIFF WORK GOES ON.
Ways and Means Committee
Tackle the Internal Revenue.
REPUBLICANS PREPARE TO FIGHT.
The Democrats Explain How the Deficit
of s35, ,OOO, 600 Is TO BE Overcome by
Stimulated Importation-Commi

Stimulated Importation-Commi
Johnston Disagreed aud Was Retired.
WASHINGTON, Nov 20.-The ways aud
means committee will today devote its at
tention to the internal revenue schedule of
the new tariff system. The strain Of the
past week has been very severe on all the
Democratic members. the sessions frequent
ly running far into the night, and it was
resolved that nothing should be done yester-
day Today Messrs. McAlillin, Bryan and
Montgomery, members of the suhcommit-
tee on internal revenue, begin the formula
tion of the internal revenue and income tax
provisions.
Theinternalrevenues schedule proper will
not be very difficult one, but the income
tax scheme viii involve considerable labor.
IL still appears that the increase of the
whisky tax, if any increase be made, will
not exceed 10 cents per gallon, aud the
changes in the tobacco schedule will be
very slight and directed rather to more
logical classifcations than to an increase
in the tax.
The whole income tax question isopened
up anew, and it is now possible that the
tax may, after all, be Of such a sweeping
character as 20 include all individuals of
incomes of 5000 per annum or over.
The Republicans are already preparing
for vigorous fight on the new tariff bill
Circular letters are now being sent out by
the thousand signed by Justice, Batenan
& Co., the Philadelphia wool commission
merchants, asking that certain data be
sent to Mr. j. c. Burrows, Republican
member of the ways and means committee,
in regard to the wool question.
OF course the principal theme of discus
sion in congressional circles is still the new
tariff bill. Conservative Democrats are
figuring that the deficit caused by the new
bill viii not exceed S35, ,OOO
They claim that in addition to the reve-
nue. to be derived from the stimulated inn
portation by the relief of articles taxed to
the degree of prohibition, which they claim
will amount to from S1O,OOO,OOO to s15,OOO,-
600, the natural increase in importation
under the Mckinley bill, had not the hard
/ times set in, would have amounted this
/ year 10 from s., ,000O 900 TO S1O,OOOOOO. With
the resumption of business this increase
they think, will be fully realized and SC
materially reduce the amount to be raised
by the internal revenue and from some
new measure yet to be inaugurated.
In the south generally the effect of the
new tariff bill will not be felt so severely
as elsewhere on account Of the local char
acter Of its great industries In those 10
| calities, however, its results will be felt tC
very considerable extent. Rice, sugar
iron ore and coal are the principal article.
in which the southerners are interested
and all have been subjected to vigorous
i treatment
The western members seem to be fairly
well satisfied with the bill. The Demo
Gratis Of that section are largely free traders
anyway. Up in Minnesota, Wisconsin anC
northern Michigan there are some of th,
largest and most easily worked deposits O
iron in the country. Representative Bald
win, whose district in Minnesota include
many of these mines, is far from being dis
mayed at the prospect of free iron.
1T may possibly retard the development
Of that country for a short time, - said he
"but it will bring the iron business to it,
proper commercial basis, and then atten
tion will be directed to those fields wherl
the ore can be most easily worked. Wher
that time comes, the western mines will b'
developed with startling rapidity."
Assistant Secretary Hamlin was asked
for a statement of the principal changes il
the customs administrative act made boy
the Wilson bill He said, 1T is believed
that the amendments reported by the ways
and means committee to the customs ad
ministrative act will soften many of thu
harsher provisions of the law and yet leav,
the law in a much more perfect condition
than it is at present"