The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-12-22
MINORITY REPORT.
a Number Of Serious bjectlons to the Pro-
posed Tariff BIZ.

! NASHlNGTON, Dec. 1.-THE report OF
the minority Of the Ways and Means
/ Committee or the tariff was made public
this evening. In discussing the WOODEN
schedule the minority says the schedule
as proposed in the committee bin is. in
some respects the most reprehensible lt
proposes 90 destroy at q blow the great
industry Of wOoi-srowing. Nothing short
OF the total destruction of this important
industry can Doe counted upon as the con-
sequence Of placing both wool and NUT
ton on the free list. The bin deals with
the wool manufacture In terms scarcely
less radical and disastrous than those
accorded the wool-growing industry upon
which IL so largely depends The metal
schedule presents some features tnat u-
lustrate IN a significant way the illogical
character of the BILL Among these may
be mentioned the substitution in almost
all cases OF ad valOrem for specific duties:
the making free a number of articles
called raw materials" the disregard of
me relations that exist between more and
less finished products. and the totally in-
adequate duties named upon certain lead
ing articles.
The placing Of iron ore and bituminous
coal upon the free list is especially con-
demned
'N"AN hif Two PROVISIONS IN lne tiiI.
Whlcn when brought side hy side disclose /
in significant way its sectional character.
ho0p OF band iron or steel bars. ad pal0-
rom duty of sd per cent. tECept as other
wise provided for The Otherwise pro-
Nided Tor has refererce 10 ties Of iron or
steel for baiing cotton. which are placed
ON ;he free list.
lnder the existing law the duty ON
TN plates is 22 cents per pound The duty /
at first proposed boy the committee was sd /.
per centum ad val0rem but has been
chans 'd to "a specific duty OF ~ cents por /
pound. 10 will be observed that the pro- .
I'sen Iuly is one cent per pound less than /
ihat of The present law. This means See I
were h."N Orb an enterprise which under
eAirih& considerations has grown I'D .
immense proportions. and which promises
andcr proper protection. t0 Doe one of the
great industries vi the country"
jtience is made of the sugar hountv.
ana the cotton Manufacturers schedule
me minority says. shows the same incon.
.istencies and "a lack of knowledge on the
part or the frfwers 0f the Dim or iutrfr,
o.es oi The Industry that have marked the
I'm ''''''o" OF ''e other aehodulek i'm the
Aa 10 bltuminous coal, the minority
.'. N''H' NiiltINr IIN.fsIfIIWN
o' the BIN rs that this coal shaa boz pgt
'h inc free Iist. and the million of do'-
.ar8 per aInum nim0sD that we receive
.om iis Importation by way of revenue
absolutely thrown away Coal has little
a'lr ite as b eepilt frcn labor. It is
worth almost nothing in the hfI. ,4auid
.e worth nothing were 10 not for tine
prospect of being mined. IL is not "a raw
material. for u rs not worked into any
irther shape. but is consumed and done
or at once. cah raw material n the
lil, ii you please. it then cuts uo figure
% tariu bih Except for short poe
lod, 10 has always borne "a duty Under
DE revenue tariff Of 1916 it bore "a duty
II 80 Der cent al valorem. 80 change
las been made in the duty ON n since
s2 The Mills bl provided the same
ate as The present law Now 10 is pro-
osed to make t free. 10 was difficult t0
imagine why it is the most universally
PREVALENT of AN The subjects of American
Industries. There aro few States on Ter-
itories that am Interference with it win
.0t affect