The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-11-27
CHANGES IN THE TARIFF.
The Internal Revenue Features the
Only Ones Not Settled Yet.

The Sugar Bounty to Decrease an
Eighth Each Year Until Tt Is Wiped
Out Entirely-Raw Sugar Remains
on the Free List and Refined Sugar
to Pay a Quarter Of Cent Per
Pound-The Free List Quite Exten-
sive.
Washington, Nov. 26.-An day yester-
day and far into the night, members of
the committee on ways and means labored
on their tariff measure separ-
ately preparatory to submitting it
to the republican minority mem
bers, and to the general public tomorrow.
The internal revenue features of the
bill it is understood, are still held in
allegiance, but the. general schedules and
the administrative sections were agreed
upon at late hour last night, after a final
conference with the Secretary
Of the Treasury, Mr.. Carlisle.
Prior to this conference it had been
practically decided, as stated in these
dispatches yesterday, TO place an ad valo-
rem duty of % per cent. on sugar. The
protest from the north and northwest
against any increase in the tax on sugar
was so forcible that at the last moment
the committee changed front and decided
to lower instead of increase the sugar
duty.
AN OFFICIAL STATEMENT.
But realizing that this marked diyerg-
euce from the action previously indicated
as being in contemplation would affect
stocks and values, the chairman of the
committee authorized the following state
of ts action IN no 10
night: The democratic members of the
committee on ways and means completed
their tariff bill last night near midnight,
the last item finally acted upon being the
sugar schedule. 1t being brought to their
attention that speculators, falsely pre-
tending to have information of their pro-
posed action, have been seeking to manip-
late the stock market, they deemed it
best to depart from their general plan Of
refusing information as to tariff items
until their full report is made public, and
at once to publish their conclusion on
this schedule, so that all men
may stand on the same footing
of authentic information The new
bill to be promulgated tomorrow
will show the following changes in the
sugar schedule. The duty on
One-half to onc-fourth cent q pound Raw
sugars remain free. The Mckinley boun-
ty is repealed progressively, that is, one
eighth each year, so that at the end of
eight years it is to cease entirely"
NO OTHER STARTLING CHANGE.
The change in the sugar schedules, so
far as can be learned, is the only startling
departure from the provisions of the pro
posed bill as they have from time to time
been permitted to leak out. Many trial
balances" have been struck in the shape
of preliminary printed drafts of a bill
each of which has subsequently, been
modified out of all resemblance to its
original shape,
THE FREE LIST.
1t is stated that the free list will be a
surprise to the country. 1t will include
wool, iron ore, coal, cotton ties, copper,
lumber, chocolate salt, binding twine,
flax, lead ore, freestone, granite, sand
stone, limestone, and other building or
monumental stone, except marble, un-
manufactured or undressed, and many
other articles of less Importance to the
large commercial interests.
The best information tonight is that
steel rails will probably be put at SO or SO
a ton, the smaller figures representing a
tariff of 40 per cent ad valOrem, while
rails are selling at their present price of
$50. Rails will be one of the few arti-
cles upon which specific duty will be
retained.
Pig iron will probably be put at per
cent while bar iron will be reduced about
50 per cent.
The rate on nearly all manufactures of
cotton will be 40 per cent. This includes
hosiery, which now pays compound
duties, ranging as high as 70 per cent.
and the classihcations of the different
grades of goods will be abandoned.