New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-09-21
TARIFF HEARINGS CLOSE.
DEMOCRATIC MEMBERS HAVE HEARD TOO
MUCH
THEY DRAW LONG BREATH or RELIEF WHEN
THE moons OF THE WAYS MD MEANS cont
MIT-TEF.EOOM CLOsF,-THE MOTION To
EXTEND THE TIME REJECTED
ny A PARTY VOTE
BY A PARTY VOTE.
tpy TELEGRAPH 10 THE TRIBUNE

Washington Sept T-The hearings before inc
WAYS and Means Committee w'r" brought u
close to-day by formal vote. NE h''u "''N'"
that the time BE- extended TWO weeks ana III sup
nor. OF his motion said that the representatives.
Of many industries who had desired hearing
had been unable TO obtain II on account OF the
Insufficient time that had been allotted for that
purposc Mr. Reeds motion was rejected by
party vote The members OF the majority Oh "e
committee had already heard great deal more
than they desired from Democrats ~ wen AZ ne
publlcans from men who favor tarlh ''i"''"
i'm the abstrac, and protection In the concrete anu
from importers and wage-earncrS as We'll as rom
,,,nuf,ctur.r4 No wonder therefore. that tn"
members Of the maiority Of III" committee Dire"
lonq breath OF relief when the last man WHO
WAS permitted 10 Ipfoar had been heard ana ""
doors OF The commit ee-room had been closed In
the faces OF the Industrial and business interests 10
h. affected by proposed tariff legislation. which
had asked In vain for opportunity To De heatn.
when the reports 81 the hearings that have been
Granted and the written statements and argn-
mont. that have been filed Will be- accessible to
members Of the House Of Representatives. m
printed form It Is impOssibl, TO say or pr'u''.
The first hearing was held seventeen days ago. ana
the proof Of the report Of that hearing mas not
vet been received from the Public Printer. Ihere
j. fo b.. no delay on this account however 80 lar
a. the Democratic members OF the committee are
c,nc.rn.d II might b. supposed that, AZ only
,u,o or three Of them have been presen; AT all OF
tho hearings the others would desire an oppor-
uirity To look over The printed report before
setting about the preparation OF new schedules
but that would b" violent ana Wholly incorrect
presti,nptlon They viii do nothing OF me sort
one of th. senior Democrat, members said to 4
Tribune correspondent to-day that IN" bill "onlh
no completed and reported TO the House Of Repre-
.ent,fives within a month. and another Demo
cratic member Of the committee expressed the
opinion that the bill would 20, before the House
about November /. In conversation win the
Tribune correspondent in regard to some OF the
urotable features Of the measure, Mr.. McMlin. or
Tennessee. said
Il think that you will find that most Of the ar
ucIes that are generally spoken OF as raw mater
ials have been transferred to The free list If they
are now dutablr. / say most OF them because
there may b. one or TWO exceptions To tue gem
craI rule OF course the removal Of the duties
from raw materials viii enable Us 10 reduce the
duties on manufactured products In correspond
ing ratio and | am Of the opinion that the reduc-
tons Will De more radical than those proposed in
the Mills bill OF five years ago
TO INcREANE rEr TAX oN WHISKY
How viii YOU make good the loss Of revenue
from the transfer Of dutiable articles to the free
list and temporarily at least by radical reductions
| of the duties on manufactured goods asked the
| correspondent.
| well whlsfey can BE- made to pay more revenue,
| ana we may increase the Internal Revenue tax on
| that ana on malt liquors thnk tnat Wouii De
| sufficient"
rs it proposed 10 substitute al valorem rates
| of duty for specific rates as far as practcablc?'
yes. TO the greatest possible extent. | suppose
specific duties will have to be retained in some
| c,s.s The al valorom system | regard much the
farer il proper safeguards can be provided To pre-
vent the abuse Of It By undervaluations Under spe-
| cinc duties the rates paid the more expensive
| articles which are mainly consumed by the wealthy.
| are relatively lower than on less expensive goods
which are bought and used by the masses. For that
| reason | greatly prefer the al valor"m system of
| duties"
Mr. McMllin's statement that there may be one
mr. two exceptions 10 the rule which requires
| that all raw materials dutiabe shall be
transferred to the free list is rather significant be-
cause 1t tends 10 confirm rather general impress
! sion that the duty coal will not be repealed Ii Is
strongly asserted that at least a half dozen Dem
ocra,ic Senator's are subbornly opposed to the
| neal Of this duty. and that no matter Shat tho
| WAYS and Means Committee may recommend or
| the House adopt the Senate Will insist upon keep
| ing coal the dutiabe list The strong and i'm.
posing demonstration made by Democrats from
MARYLAND and the Virginias yesterday is Understood
| TO signify that the Democratic Senators and Rep
resentatives from those States will vote TO retain
| the duty.
| The hearing TO-DAY was devoted to a variety Of
| srhiects some OF which Of much Importance
| and IL resembled that OF yesterday In one re-
| s,oci Several Democrats came TO urge that exist
! inc duties be retained certain products Each
| ,antcd his own State or the Industry I'm which he
| is interested saved from the general slaughter
which I'll of them anticipate. each wanted the
.xoerim-nt Of tariff reform" tried ION some
| other fellow" Thus Mr.. Holden. of Cleveland
who Is the proprietor OF that excellent tariff re-
| form" newspaper '"rhe Cleveland Plain Dealer
protested against the repeal Of the duty silver
| lead ores. which ne said would be disastrous the
| mining industries OF the Rocky Mountain region
| representative Sperry of Connecticut demanded
that the duty sumatra leaf tobacco. the
| equivalent adj valorem' rate which Is about
| 20 per cent. shall be retained. and MIR. Coyne OF
Workers. who voted last fall for the change and
| ,-.n nni IL with Q >, ntnslcl nCainst