New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-11-26
TARIFF BILL ABOUT READY.
THE DEMOCRATIC REVENUE MEASURE TO
EEs MADE PUBLIC TOMORROW.
cox71xuED OPPOSITION TO TAX on INCOMES
WHY THE wuIsKEY TAX MAY NOT BE
1NcREAsED-THE PROBABLE RE-
DUCTIONS IN VARIOUS M
POSTANT SCHEDULES.
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Washington, Nov. 25.-To-morrow will not De
day of rest for the Democratic members OF 'he
Committee on Ways and Means. who have prom
ised TO make public the new Revenue bill on Mon
day Indeed the indications tonight are that whe"
tho door is unlocked and thrown open In the lore
noon on that day and the Republican members Oh
the committee permitted again 10 eh'ei %
room from which they have been so long eAciuueu
In the name OF tariff REFORM the bill suph'''eu
for their inspection will still lack some necessary
provisions which will have to be appended a' d
later date 1t Is expected. however, that all 'ie
tariff schedules. Including the sugar scneuue' WIN
be completed by Monday morning. Al ia'. nv.
this afternoon the status OF the sugar schcuu',
and of the propositions relating 10 the in'e,
Revenue laws was virtually the same as II haa
haon twentv-four or forty-eight hours before
Democratic member remarked to Tribune cor
RESPONDENT: 1T is a good deal easier TO frame d
Tariff bill for revenue only than IL Is u ue0"e
how to raise the necessary amount OF revenue u
carry the Government -
The oppostion to a tax on incomes SHOWS no
sign of weakening, but, on the contrary seei"' -
he more firm than at any previous time Close ana
influential friends Of the Administration nave hia
strong appeals to the President ana the oecie'ai'
of the Treasury to throw their weight anu ''''u
ence into the scale to prevent the lmposi,'oi, VI
such tax and II Is asserted tonight that tne"
EFFORTS have not been wholly frutless. Several OF
them were at the Capitol to-day In consultation
with individual members or the co'nnii''ee' '"
ing new objections and submitting new afsuihe".'
against the tax. They were especially anxious "
impress the advocates of the measure with 'ie
fact disclosed by recent investigator III ''io
Treasury Department that, under the last income
Tax law the collections were proporpohahy iu0"
larger in the rural districts than In the larger
cities of the Union. 1t could not DE oseo'ei.O'
however. that Mr.. McMillin and Mr.. Bryan VINO
ara regarded as the most ardent champions OF the
tax had modified their opinions on that suoJec"
- The 'Shearman plan of laying tax U" ien's
and the shares and bonds OF corporations was ''e
subject of lively discussion and seVerai iNeH''i'
Of the committee said to favor H. on 'he
ground that it would probably yield more thah a
tax on net incomes in excess of $4,000 each anu
would be likely to prove less unpopular among
taxpayers in general 1t is barely possible mat 'e
tax would fail to be popular among the tenah, ~
sto s. per cent indemnify landlords who paid
per S Ssn to If
increase the. tax on whiskey anu wv, tw1 he fears
abst sha iGs Of distilled spirits
warehouses would at once rnsn so much money
from the ordinary channels of circulation as Ash, 10
cause serious financial disturnan ,Set the Treas
TRY would receive no benefit on or VI eehteen
senss IN b sns saa good deal
OF IT, must be provided 4 the s tree ear s down and
pmu,iinrcd in the manner and the extent that
everybody appears to eSpec ccompsh the task
seem 10 be at their wits end. Chairman Mills ana NJ,
his Ozark lantern colleagues were Thairnan
Wilson and his dark lantern colleague sur aie IN nov
compelled to face Then thf and the Treasury
was boarding large surplus whch nsu sg IN
gpsa to San hs SM the
current receipts far below eurrsn, and n
dustrial distress overspread the country more
time than the has seo for
ton and adopting to which nine tenths OF tv
srsn n,ssr STRANGERS could not have been chosen
There TO be no reason to doubt 1ha' a ad
bere 70 their purpose down the duty on every
article lett on the dutiable list TO point when
capital or American or that t aa
vaorem rates Of duty sre en to Ss can be
made or that some of the sateguaras aSa. t5
fraudulent invoices and ,ba wo 81 seReaue
specific rate Of duty Is marheo 20 be- reduced
ssr snd 'H cr s. H per- cent It asserted that
only rates Of duty If any IN @ be Si per
cent on ready-made clothing. cloaks de DO mans
user as 0h nd ahdTen Of and on
pshs and other pile bra nd nse ees
en- etc. aud that the, highest rate on
carpets OF any description VIII not exceea ..
cent ad Of ane ay on e cotton goods
much less than on woollen or linen goods i Is
ssdI and there is slight change in the schedule
: From remarks dropped by different members OF
been formed that the metal and chemical schedules
iwjl-ssffer heavier reductions than any otner,
with the possible exception of the wooen schedule
x rate OF % per cent ad valorem on steel railway
bars would signify heavy reduction throughout
the entire metal schedule-so heavy, in fact, that
ffany branches Of the iron and steel industry
iwouid soon become extinct in the United states
If the duty on tin plates is to be reduced to
one cent a pound. as most persons believe Is 10
he the case there must be corresponding re-
duetion Of the duty on iron black plates which
Constitute 95 cent of the tin plate or COM
merce 1t is also asserted that cotton tiet are to
be transferred to the free list; If that Is done,
the retention OF other hoop and band iron OH the
dutfable list cannot be justified by any means