Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-11-28
THE TARIFF BILL.
Roger g. Mills, the Noted Texas
Tariff Reformer, has hand
in the Measure.


Washington special says:
The tariff bill is practically COM
plete, but not yet finished in detail.
The work of smoothing off the rough
edges was being pushed vigorously
forward on Saturday and on yester-
day the only remaining work to be
done on the great measure was on
minor details, all of the leading feat
ures having been adjusted and finish
ed. For several days past the Demo.
cratic members Of the ways and
means committee and the officers of
the treasury department were in con-
sultation and the President has been
frequently taken into their consulta-
ton. What has been stated regard
ing the tariff measure heretofore is
true.
An income tax will be levied on
corporations, bequests, inheritances,
direct and collateral Sixty million
dollars a year will be raised through
the income tax feature of the bill.
There will be none of the inquisitori-
al features that have been so much
complained Of regarding the income
bill. 1t will not tackle the individual,
although a great many members of
the committee think the individual
ought to be tackled. 1t will hit the
corporations and the courts of record,
There will be nothing inquisitorial.
There cannot be when every holder in
every corporation has his shares regis
tered and the secretary is bound TO
make a return. Neither can it be in
quisitorial when the clerk of pro-
bate court, surrogate court or what
ever it might be named in the ditler-
ent states, registers inheritances and
bequests These will be matters Of
record. Milionaires will not have an
opportunity to lie. Nor Will attor-
neys have an opportunity to do the
lying for the milliopaires. What will
be taxed will be of record and the
value of the stock will be made clear,
Sugar is going to be dumped.
There was a splendid fight made by
the purely "for revenue" people to
put sugar on the revenue producing
list, but the western sentiment was
too much. The popular call for a free
breakfast table knocked out the
theoretlc tariff. Everybody knows
that sugar is the best revenue pro-
ducer that we have got. The McKin-
lev tariff took off the duty on sugar
and certain line of Democrats are
unalterably opposed to the imposi-
ton of any duty under any circum-
stances. 1t is the intention of the
Democratic members of the ways and
means committee to abolish the boun-
tv and TO nut sugar on the free list.
Lead is going on the free list. So
is everything else that was pioneered
by Roger Q. Mills in 1888. The big
Texan is the great tariff reformer He
is being advised with and consulted,
and at the same time is advising with
and consulting, The tariff in the re-
form bill that Will pass Congress and
receive the executive approval will
not be named the Mills bill, but just
the same the Mills bill was apparent
and preceptory, and Roger Q. Mills is
the man who has labored to bring 1t
into being Mr.. Wilson was one OF
Mr.. Mills ablest lieutenanls in the
House of Representatives. He is still
Mr.. Mills lieutenant, and together
they work well and earnestly to make
a bill that will satisfy the plain, hon
est people in the country. There is
nobody in Washington today who is
more particularly Interested in having
the public at large understand that
Roger @. Mills Is the founder Of the
new tariff bill than is Mr. William i,
Wilson, the chairman Of the ways and
means committee Mills of course
will have a crack at the bill when 1t
comes to the Senate Everybody
knows that, but what the people
OUGHT to know is that Mr.. Mills is
having considerable to do with the
making of the bin and that his voice
is still most emphatic on all "political
economy"
The duties imposed on agricultural
products to bring the farmer under
the sheltering wing Of protection will
be merciessly slashed These duties
have been of very little benefit for
protective purposes, the committee
thinks, but have imposed heavy bur-
deps on the consumers and raised the
cost Of living to American working
men. on potatoes under the McKin-
lev duty of 25 cents per bushel the
duty in 1892 amounted to $l,S6O,47S.
or nearly 4S per cent Of the value i'm
ported. These imports were mainly