Morning journal and courier., 1893-03-23
News By TELEGRAPH.
From ALI Quarters.
RBDBEHING IT'S PLEDGE,
Democracy's Substitute For
The Present Tariff.
S0LEMNLY MAGNIFICENT FUNERAL,
Joint Action Of Readings
Bondholders.
The CHOSEN OF The PRESIDENT.
Oxford Wins the Univer-
sity Boat Race.
The CHOSEN OF THE PRESIDENT

lVAlUTu w LID bIlc UIlteT.
sity Boat Race.
TARIFF TINKERING.
The Reform Club Drafts n Bill TO,
| Congress to Enact as a Substitute
| for the Present Tariff Laws-Ths
| Measure Outltned-Estimated Rev.
enue From the Proposed Tariff.
NEW YeRk. March 2l.-A special com
mittee of the Reform club, consisting Of
E. Ellery Anderson, Charles S. Fsirehild,
Thomas g. Shearman, David A. Wells
has completed draft of bill which when
perfected will be urged upon congress as 9
substitute for the present tariff laws and
a fulfllment of the pledge under which the
democracy has obtained control of the ma.
tional government. This committee was
appointed Immediately after the election
of Mr.. Cleveland. Its report. which ia
the product of much labor, assisted
by competent expert knowledge, has
been submitted to the regular tar
if reform committee of the club for
suggestions. After such further consider
atoms and amendments as may be thought
advisable the bill will be presented to Sec
| rotary Carlisle for his assistance in the
| work of formulating q, measure which
| shall constitute the administration scheme
/ for reducing the tariff. The general prin
| ciples upon which the proposed tariff has
been framed are in the main as follows:
Crude materials to be used in the process
| of manufacture are in general made free
| of duty. In taking other articles the gen
eral object is to fix rates to pro-
duce the largest amount of revenue in a
/ series of years consistent with large i'm
portations. The purpose of obtaining the
largest revenue has, however, been limited
by consideration of the welfare and necessi-
ties of the people at large, and especially
the poorer classes. The purpose of OBJ
tanning revenue for the government hav-
ing been made in good faith the reason for
| levying any of these duties, it has not been
| thought necessary and hardly proper to
reduce rates merely for the purpose of
avoiding some incidental protection to
| domestic producers.
All duties have been strictly ad valorem,
except some Of those which have been
levied as compensatory for internal reve-
nue. taxes upon similar articles produced
at home. In order to secure the honest
administration of an ad valorem tariff 1t is
| essential that the rates of duty upon the
great macs of articles should bs kept at
very moderate figures. Upon articles of
immense value and small bulk it is abeo-
lutely necessary 10 impose very low
duties, because otherwise they will
be struggled by Wholesale and
Upon other articles experience has shown
| that duties cannot be raised above IS per
| cent. without Offering dangerous incentives
| to frauds; If at or below that the induce
| ments to fraud are not often sufficient to
| compensate for the risk of punishment.
A few articles of luxury may be exceptions
from these rules in defer ence to q wide
spread prejudice on that point; although it
may we'll be doubted whether duty of %
per cent. Is not as much as can wisely be
levied upon anything whatever.
Ali foreign articles which If made here
would be subject to internal revenue taxes
must, Of course, be subject to at least an
equal tax.
Silk is classed as luxury, but silk rib.
bons are practically a necessity of life to
/ the vast majority of women. Marble may
be considered a luxury, and, therefore,
higher duty is put upon that than upon
ordinary stone.
As to liquors and tobacco, the duties
upon them should be made with view to
obtaining the greatest possible amount of
| revenue, without any concern as to wheth-
or we give or withhold protection to the
domestic producer.
Yielding in part to the popular opinion
| that elk Is a luxury the committee has
placed silk manufactures generally in
| achedule D, at 20 Per cent. instead of with
| cottons and woolens; silk yarns, silk thread
and sewing elk, which are now charged 30
l per cent, is placed in schedule at 20 per
| cent, and spun and thrown silk at 10,
| leaving raw silk free.
The 25 per cent. schedule is the most
| important of any, and is purposely made
the most sweeping Long experience has
shown that this rate of duty upon the
| whole Is the most productive of revenue.
l All forms Ct crude metal, not merely in
ores, but in pigs. ipgots and bars have
been made free of duty.
The duty upon woolens and worsted
manufactures of every description Is
placed at IS per cent. Leather gloves and
all other gloves, except of silk, are placed
in the rs per cent. schedule. Gloves are
| not q luxury; they are q necessity.
Tin plates should not be taxed more
than 90 p.r cent. and perhaps not more
than Is per cent.
Manufactures of wood In the most fin
ished forms are placed in the 20 per cent.
schedule, as are also buttons, except of
metals or glass.
Most provisions are made free of duty,
but some, which partake in mild degree
of the nature of Injuries are put in the 20
per cent. schedule, while breadstuffs are
mestly made free. Potatoes are left sub
ject to duty of 10 per cent.
/ Domestic hooka cou1d NOT he admitted
| without the consent of the domestic pub
Usher; and foreign books, copyrighted
here, could not be admitted at all. On the
other hand, go long as paper, binding ma
terials and machinery are taxed it is mo-
just to make competing books free. Tit
demand for revenue may well turn the
scales; and 10 per cent. is probably thu
best revenue duty. 1t would b.
exceedingly desirable to have nj
specific free list, but to make everything
free which is not made expressly subjec
to duty. All articles upon which the rev
enue collected ia too small to pay for col
lection and upon which 1t Is not probabl,
that any mere reduction of rates woult
produce substantial revenue, have teel
placed on the free list.
The committee is Satisfied that the pro
posed tariff would produce an immediat
revenue of $40, 000, 0G0, If not more.
Sixty Years Married.
KEEkE, N. f., March 22.-Mr and Mr.
Peter T. Fox Of NARROW celebrated the siz
tisth anniversary of their wedding Las
evening. Nearly 100 relatives ard friend
| gathered to congratulate the aged coupl.
They are both well preserved. Mr.. Flo
sawed half cord of wood in the morniD
l before attending the annual town meetln
, the other day. Mrs. Fox is sister of Mr.
Dr.. Miner of Boston.
THE CORONER,s FINDING
I'm the Roxbury Cause.-The Poiso
5 Administered by she Wife OF til
: Deceased-Mrs. Mannerlnsss Al
rest.
= WEST W1NsrED, March 22-Coron
5 Higgins has just published his finding
s the poisoning case of Edward Manneril
g OF Roxbury, who died February 49, II
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