The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-03-23
A Measure to Redeem Pledges
Of the Democracy.
RAW MATERIALS TO ENTER FREE.
Duties on Other Articles to Be Graded
to Meet Revenue Required.
A Big Reduction From the Schedules
Of Present TariH-Caoitalists Evolve
. scheme for Channel From Lake
Erie e the Ses.

NEW YORK, March 22-The special committee
OF the Reform Club, this city. completed the
draft OF bill which. when perfected, will b
urged upon congress - . substitute for the
present tariff laws, and the fulallment Of the
pledges under which the Democracy obtained
control OF the national government The gen.
eral principles upOE which the proposed tariff
will be formed is in the main - follows:
Crude material in general 10 made free OF duty
IN taxing other articles the general object has
oeen 10 nx such rates - would produces the
largest amount Of revenues in a series Of years
consistent with large tmpOrtations The pur.
pose OF obtaining the largest revenue, however,
10 limited by the consideration o, the welfare
ana necessity OF the people at large, and es-
AL duties are made strictly ad vaiorem, ex-
ceps some OF those which are levied - COM
pensatory Tor internal revenue taxes upon aim
liar rticles produced at home.
In order to insure during the present admints-
tsation an ad valOrem tarlf, II is essential that
tne rates OF duty upon the great mass OF articles
should be kept at moderate figures. Upon other
articles experience has shown that duties can
not be raised above . per cent without Offering
DANGEROUS incentives TO fraud. few articles
OF these general rules
All foreign articles which, If made here. would
oe subject to internal revenue taxes must, OF
course, DC subject to at least an equal tax.
As 70 LIQUORS and tobacco. the duties upon
them should be made with view to obtaining
the greatest possible amount of revenue without
protection TO the domestic producer. Yielding
In part to popular opinion on silk as q luxury,
we nave placed silk manufactures generally at
~ per cent. Silk yarns, thread and sewing silk
are placed at % per cent. and spun and thrown
silk at Is per cent, leaving raw silk free.
All forms Of crude metal. not merely in ores.
ception OF iron and steel made free of duty.
The duty upon woolens aud worsted manu-
lectures OF every description are placed at Is per
cent Leather gloves and all other gloves. sx-
r.
ule -
Tin plates should certainly not b taxed more
than 20 per cent, and perhaps not more than Is
Manufactures Of wood in the most nnishsd
form are placed In the 20 per cent schedule. -
Most Of the provisions are made free OF duty,
but some which partake in mild degree OF
Injuries, are put In the 20 per cent schedule,
Potatoes are LETT subject 70 . duty Of Is per
cent
Domestic books could not b admitted with.
foreign books. Copyrighted here, p could not -. BE-
admitted at all. On the other hand, 30 long ~
paper, binding materials aud machinery are
Tree The demand for revenue may turn n the
scale and 10 per cent will probably be the rsvs-
nue. duty.
1t would b cxcesdinsly desirable to have no
specific free list, but TO make everything free
which 10 not made expressly subject to duty.
All articles upon which the revenue collected IL
too small 70 pay tor collections ana upon which
It 10 not probable that any moro reduction Of
rates would produce substantial revenue. are
placed on the free list
The committee 10 satisfied that the proposed
tariR would produce an immediate revenue Of
&lN, ,000.0 900 II not more II the existing duty Of
halt . cent per pound ON refined sugar should
be retained. 1t 10 suggested that . specific duty
OF 716 OF q cent per pound might be imposed
on raw sugar. which would produce additional
revenue Of probably SIS 600 900. besides reducing
the bounty by $2,0OO,0o0 To this. however, ono
OF the committee 10 entirely opposed and three
express no opinion. Tho amount OF revenue
which would be produced by the duty would
be 20 large ~ to make Q full discussion of the
propriety OF . tax necessary.