The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-12-09
TARIFF BILL DELAY.
Sugar, Whisky and the Income Arc
the Causes.
Distiliers Want an vnlimited Bonded Pc
riod-This Would Defeat the Adminis-
tration's Purpose - Sugar Schedule
and whisky Tax Are Tied Up.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4.-Sugar, whisky
and the income tax are the sources OF
the delay in completing the portion Of
the tariff bill which is to raise revenue.
The contradictory reports on the sub
jects Of the whisky tax and the income
tax are simply the results Of the con-
stant changes of plan by the committee
itself. Secretary Carlisle Sunday in
formed the majority members who
visited him, that he had delayed final
revision and completion of his report, in
the hope that some decisive action
would be taken by the committee, but
that, in view of It's failure to reach
any conclusion, he was now compelled
to submit his report without any dis.
cussion of the relief that would be af.
forded the treasury from taxation Of
whisky. The difficulty that now con-
fronts Mr.. Carlisle, as we'll as the ma
jority of the members of the commit
tee, in dealing with the whisky tax is,
that the distillers, while content
with only an increase of ten
cents gallon, if no more can
be obtained, are at work among
the members of the house creating q
strong movement in favor of an un-
limited bonded period. Should this
succeed it would defeat the very pur-
pose which the administration would
have in view, If it sought to raise adj
ditional revenue by an increase Of the
whisky tax, since, If the bonded period
is made unlimited, instead of three
years as at present, whisky distillera
could export all their whisky and store
it at Bermuda, or any other foreign
port, and bring it back to the United
States only as the trade demanded.
Thus the government would derive
even less revenue than at present.
Mr.. Cleveland is believed to favor an
increase on whisky Of thirty cents, but
he opposes any extension Of tho
bonded period, or any other step which
will be Of financial advantage to the
whisky distillers. The sugar schedule
is intimately tied up with the whisky
tax. There is q growing belief that
the house-or failing in the house,
then in the senate-will reject the
Wilson bill provision for the gradual
abolition Of the bounty. 1t is under
stood that Mr.. Cleveland, while sane.
tioning it, is not irrevocably welded
to the bounty, and that its rejection in
the house is thereupon not impossible.
Should the bounty project be wiped out
and q duty of one cent pound levied
on raw sugar instead, an entire remod.
cling of plans for raising revenue
would be imperative, since the treas
ury would have millions every year in
not being compelled to pay bounties,
and would besides derive an enormous
increase from the raw sugar tax. In
this case there would be no need
OF an increased tax on whisky.
The question of an income tas
has not yet progressed sufficiently
to be criticised into bill, because
that subject, too, is found in the final
determination of the revenue what
will flow into the treasury from sugar
and whisky. In word, the democratic
party is tonight on the eve of it's first
regular session, as hopelessly at sea or
the manner of carrying out it's tariff
reform pledges, as it was nearly fou,
months ago on the eve Of the extraordin'
ary session on the subject of silver.