The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-12-13
TARIFF BILL NOT READY YET.
PROBABLY WILL NOT me- REPoRTED
10 THE MORSE rms WEEK.

| PROBABLY WILL NOT BE hEPOhf6D
10 THE HOUSB rms WEEK.
Uncertainty over she Raw sugar Schedule
| end n ControvrrsV About the Beer TsS
| cause DELAY iison Working Hard on
| the Report 30 Accompany the h'h.
| WASHINGTON. Dec. T.. Notwithstanding the
| Wayr and Means Commuters announcement
yesterday that the new draft OF the Tariff bill
| contained the completed work OF the commit
| toe so far as the customs schedules are con
cerned. tho bill Is not ret agreed upon. and
will probably not be reported to tho House
| this week. Debate upon 1t Is not at all likely
TO begin until after the recess. and the chances
| are that IL will be necessary for the committee
| TO again change the date when the bill shall
| go Into effect. This date is now liked Mt June
J. 1894, but It is not at all certain that tho SEN
ate will have disposed Of the bill by that time.
The President backed un by six members of
the committee, is still advocating a one cent
per pound tax on raw sugar. and the other Ave
members OF the committee are contendng
that this would he fatal proposition Tor the
Democracy to support. Nevertheless, tho Pres
ident realizes that something must be done to
meet tho deficiency that will result from the
cutting down OF tho tariff schedules, and he
thinks the best way TO raise 1t Is to Tut n tax
on sugar Moreover, tho President and many
influential members Of his party are thor
Wilson bill. rs at present arranged TO con-
tinue tho Mckinley sugar bounty for period
OF eight yCars. is very imp litic and unpopular
proposition. and that 1t must be eliminated
from the new bill IL that measure is to stand
the test OF public criticism.
There Is another serious controversy in the
committee over the question OF raising the
barrel tax on beer This proposition was quite
popular when David A. Wells first PROPOSED
ia, A,,a. A.
ers made such determined opposition before
tho committee that It was informally agreed
not to carry out Mr. Wells's IDEAS The abso-
lutte necessity however, OF finding some means
OF Increasing the revenue has again turned
the attention of the committee to the proposi-
tlon for an Increased beer tax, and II Is not i'm
possible that the brewers will eventually lose
their fight
The point which seems to give the President
and Secretary Carlisle the greatest concern is
that it will be impossible under the bill as at
present agreed upon to derive any benefit
from an increase OF internal revenue taxes for
more than q year, and what the Secretary
needs now more than anything is an imme-
diate increase In the revenues. 1t is under
stood that the principal reason why his re.
port has not yet been made to Congress Is
that he 10 waiting to complete IL In order to
ascertain Just what the Ways and Means Com
mittee proposes to recommend If they are
unable to provide any means at once to meet
the great Treasury deficiency the Secretary
may be driven to the necessity OF recon m end
thing that he very much dislikes to do
Chairman Wilson Is working night and day
on the report which will accompany the new
Tarih bill when presented to the House. but
he. too. il handicapped in his work by the un-
e na agf Ts%Fd aSoh the mr. MI . be
anxious to have the tariff debate begun before
congress al lourns for the holiday recess, hut
he Will hardly he ube to appOmpliSl this 1Ia
must submit his report when 1t is finished to
NE ne minority nine msm.sTs o. the committee so
their minority report. Mr.. " ilson hopes TO get
things into share so that he IAN finish his la
bors by Saturday and allow the bill to he re-
ported to the House some time next week.
The opponents Of the bill have succeeded In
caucus to warrant them in presenting il to the !
Chairman of the Caucus Committee, and 1t is
on the night Of the day the bill il reported to |
the Hou's., The majority OF members Of the
thing in their power 70 counteract the effect |
81 the opposition to the tariff schedule. but |
they APPEAR to he making littln Roadway. as |
Tho critics of the bill increase in number every |
By rr,,i RE.
At o'clock this afternoon tho WAYS and
Means Committee had practically finished
consideration OF the customs schedules OF tho
morning session. the various schcduleS were
9Sen me- n t nng the the sTTSSsns offering
them by strict party vote.
When the woollen schedule was reached,
Mr.. Burrows suggested that, inasmuch as
wool might he taken on the free list and made
au,ialle again. It would he well to substitute
tHSS present lay for the wool schedule Of the
wilson bill. The suggestion was greeted with
derisive laughter on tho part OF the Demo-
Gratis. and when put IN the form OF a motion
wasreIected The schedule Of sundries and
thefree list were next considered. and these.
too. were quickly disposed Of
Representative Tracey of New York intro
duced Dir. Tougher the newly appointed Dis
trict Attorney Tor the Northern District OF New
York, to Chairman Wilson. and the two gentle
men had conference regarding the duty on
barley malt. The committee since the bill
was originally reported, raised the duty on
ms article from 70 to - per cent, hut Mr..
Ioucher insisted that this was not sufflc ient
He spoke. he SAID, for the brewing interests OF
that q further incrcase would have to be made
In order to protect these industries properly
At the session this afternoon Mr. Poucher's
accommodation was adopted. and the duty
was placed at 30 per cent.
Another chang" WAS made at tn-dAy's m ret.
Ing, II was decided 10y the committee that "A |
paragraph shall 10 added to |
the lumber schedule providing that nothing
IN the present bill shall repeal sections Is and |
~ Of the existing law. These sections pro-
vide In brief that - tho produce Of the forests
~ Maine upon the -. John and st CroiX |
rivers and their tributaries. owned by AmeTi- |
IAN citizens and sawed in the province OF Now |
brunswick 10y American citizens the same |
he admitted into the ports Of tho United States
Tee OF duty"
The committee devoted ONE time late this
afternoon To "A consideration OF the adm MIS- !
ratlve features Of the bill.
Accused by "a ParI-hIonrr.
RID BANK Dec. l2.-At meeting OF the