Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-12-14

Having revised the tariff the democratic
members of the ways and means committee
of the House are busly engaged in revising
their revision 1t Ia, already been decided
to change tin plate from an a1yalorem duty
Of forty per cent as proposed 10y the Wilson
bill to a specific duty OF one and oue-iiith
cents per pound, the reduction not to take
place until the first of next October. This
is u victory for the cause of protection which
cause, its advocates to hope for still more
favorable terms for American tin when the
bill j, finally revised.
Vermont lumber dealers will also be in
tcrosted to know that duties are restored on
planed lumber at the rate of fifty cents per
one thousand feet of each side planned; one
dollar for planol, tongucd and grooycl on
one side. and $50 when planned, tongucl
and urooved on both sides. The schedule of
cotton warns is raised ON an average Of
about five per cent, The SaNony, Wilton and
velvet carpets are advanced from thirty t.
thirty-fvc per cont. Velvet and tapestry car
pets are advanced from twenty five tothirty
per cent. and the same advance is made in
tapestry brussels, treble ingram and Ncne-
tian carpets \ like advance is made in
other carpets not specially provided for by
the new bill Everything relating to the
paragraph in linen laces has been increased
from thrty-t,e to forty per cent ad valo-
rcm.
The date when the tariff bill goes into ct-
feet has been changed from Starch to June
/.
The chances are that other marked con
cosSions will bn made before Congress
completes its work of revising the commit
tee : tariff revision.
| In the meantime there are other consid-
erations in connection with the tariff bill
than the rate Of duties which are com
mandng attention. \ leading question has
been whether the custom and internal rev
enue provisions would be merged in one
measure as in the Mckinley bill, or would
be separately dealt with and made distinct
bills Ii is now announced that the COM
mittee on ways and means will report that
part of the bill covering the customs feat
ures Independently of the internal revenue
part. The committee consider this prefer
able to combining the two in one measure,
since in this way the question of imposing
an income tax could be decided without ref
erence to its effect upon the other provision,
of the bill,
1t is reported that the opponents of the
income tax scheme expect the Senate to set
tie the matter adversely to an income tax
even should the House vote in favor of it
The alternative method of raising revenu,
would then be TO put duty Of a cent {
pound on sugar and repeal the bounty ont
right. in accordance with Secretary Car
isles suggestion, thls providing net in
crease of revenue amounting Ia 500 OOO, 600
aud rendering the imposition of an iucum
tax unnecessary.
The indications are that ,hc new tariff
ill viii hc 50 thoroughly revised when i
reaches the Senate that even Godlathe
Wilson will fail 10 recognize it. Senator
Hill and Murphy who have apparently no
forgotten the attitude of the administrator
in The recent election in New York. are ont
spoken in their opposition 10 the tariff bll
Of the ma iorty in the House and Senate
Hin expresses the opinion that the till i
ra:sei ia it. present form would be dlsas
trvus IL is evident thereroIe that eve
when the Wilson oil passes the House ia
work of democratic tariff revision may b
far frmu complete.
II out OF order, u+c BrE,n>N's IiLLS,