The morning call., 1893-11-27
REPUBLICANS HAD NO VOICE
But They Will Submit a Long
Minority Report.
PROGRESSIVE BOUNTY REPEAL.
The Committee Makes Certain Por.
tions of Its Work Public to
Head Off Spectators.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 26. The Demo-
cratic members of the Committee on
Ways and Means completed the tariff bill
last night near midnight. the last item
finally acted upon being the sugar sched-
ule. The new bill is to be promulgated
tomorrow. and will show the following
changes in the sugar schedule: The duty
on refined sugar is reduced from one-half
to oDe-fourth of cent per pound. Raw
sugar remains free of tax. The Mckinley
bounty Is repealed progressiyely-that is.
One-eighth each year. so at the end of
eight years it is to cease entirely.
The bill will be laid before the. full men,
bership of the Ways and Means Committee
tomorrow morning. So far the Republi-
cans of the committee know nothing of
the bill, except the knowledge derived
from newspaper reports and not ex-
pected. To-morrow's meeting will be a
''deliberatve" one. The measure will be
adopted by strict party vote. 1t is now
definitely announced the internal revenue
schedule will be reserved until later
date, as it is not yet completed. The
change in this feature of the law, how
ever, will be slight. In general terms, the
new tariff bill may be called a radical
measure. The free list will include wool,
iron ore, coal. cotton. ties, copper, lumber,
chocolate, salt. bindiDg-twine, fax, lead
ore and many other articles of less import
ance.
After two months deliberatiou on wool
and wooden goods the committee finally de-
cided 70 adopt the Springer policy OF the
last Congress and the wool and wooden
schedule will be as follows: All woods,
hair camel, goat. alpaca and other like an
imals and all wool and hair on the skin,
all waste valued ct not more than 80 cents
per pound will be rated at 50 per cent, which
is the ad valorem rate under the present
law without the specific duty which that
bill provides; on all woolsn or worsted
manufactures valued at not more than 80
cents per pound, duty of 40 per cent on
blankets, hats or wool, hannels, under
wear, valued at not more than 80 cents per
pound, duty 25 per cent; valued at not
more than 30 cents per pound. duty 80 per
cent; valued at more than 80 cents per
pound, duty 35 per cent
In the schedule which includes women's
and children's dress goods, coat Innings,
Italian cloths, ETC.. the warp of which is
cotton or other vegetable matter, value
not exceeding is cents per square yard,
duty Of 35 per cent is placed. On women's
and chlldren's dress goods, etc, wholly or
IN part wool, worsted, etc. the duty is
fixed at 40 per cent On clothing ready
made and articles of wearing apparel
duty of 10 per cent is placed On cloaks,
ETC.. for ladies and children. the duty is 45
per cent, and on webbing, suspender.
boiling. binding braids, galloons, fringes,
etc, 30 per cent. On common carpets the
duty will be about 50 per cent, and on
finer grades of carpets, all of which are
taxed 40 per cent in the Springer bill, the
duty in this bill somewhat less. Steel
rails will probably be put at So or SO ton.
Pig iron will probably be put at per cent,
while bar iron will be reduced about 80
per cent. The rate on nearly all manu-
factures OF cotton will be 20 per cent.
Manufactures of fax, hemp and jute will
be greatly reduced in view of placing raw
materials on the free list. The com pound
duty on collars and cuffs, 1t is said, will be
abandoned and nothing left but an ad
valorem rate Of 80 or 45 per cent. The
chinawsre schedule will probably be re-
duced 10 per cent.
The Republican members of the commit
tee are to be given ten days. time in which
to prepare minority report dissenting
from the recommendation of the majority
of the committee. In regard to the new
tariff bill. Chairman Wilson said tonight:
THE tariff bill will be given 10 the public
at IL O'Clock tomorrow morning. when
the committee meets. The regular sched-
ule we made public to-day because it is
reported speculators are attempting to
manipulate the market on the strength of
alleged inside information. and we did not
desire to be considered party to anything
uf this kind. The tariff bill will be quite
voluminous. 1t will really comprise two
bills in one, as it will embrace both the
customs bill proper and the administrative
bill. In some Of the provisions, naturally,
there will be no change at all This will
particularly be true of the administrative
provisions, where changes are not so
numerous here as In the tariff sections"