Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-25
RAISING THE WIND
Ways and Means Has a Hard
Task on Hand.
DEFICIENCY IN REVENUE TO BE MET

Some Speculation as To How the Commit
tee VIII Meet It-Men Who Favor Tax
ing >ugnr and the Plan Proposed by
WeliS-What wilson l. Reported to
Have said - Erctz of indiann Makes
Statesmen Laugh.
WAsHINGToN, sept. 25-This wee will
see the beginning of the work of putting
into shape the tariff bill To be reported by
the committee ON ways and means. For
some time, naturally, progress VIII appar-
emily be slow. The report of the hearings
which held the attention of the committee
until Wednesday of last week have not vet
al been printed, and the committee Is still
receiving written arguments from persons
who failed to secure an engagement to APP
pear IN person. The committee is con-
fronted with a serious financial situation.
1t Is admitted that in some way at least
S6O,WJu.9jO Of additional annual revenue
must be provided 10 meet the ordinary car
rent NTenses of the government and I'M
less the sinking fund law is suspended or
repealed the deficit will amount to over
Sl00UuO.OO0.
win Build on the Chicago Platform.
How this Is TO be done Is the question
which the committee must show by its
works. one of the leading members of
the committee was asked if the pleas be-
fore the committee OF manufacturers and
producers for the reduction OF the present
duty upon certain specified articles would
influence its action in the preparation Of
the bill They will not" was the an
h.4lfa ba u 5,
general scheme OF reduced duties, the
changes 10 be made with no reference TO
the persons or interests affected" and
Chairman Wilson has been quoted as say
ing, IN harmony with the above expires
sion: The tariff bill which the ways and
means committee Will report will fulfil!
in every spcCt the declarations Of the ma
tioual Democratic platform on the sub
ject'"
More Tax ''>miles'' and smokes.
The member referred 10 WAS further
asked if the COMMITTEES would adopt the
suggestion of David \. Wells TO increase
the internal revenue taxes. I'VE must
have more money from some source" he
answered, land do not know OF any bet
ter way TO raise it than by that scheme
The speaker represents a district in
which the internal revenue laws are gen
orally supposed % be regarded rs oppres-
siye and unjust, and the question was put:
viii your people approve your support
of such a change
u believe they will wns the response.
'People always approve public officer
or legislator who boldly does what he be-
lieves 10 be right
Proposes Duty on Sugar.
prominent Tember Of the house, not
on the ways and means committee, but
whose position gives his expressions much
weight, discussing the probable action Of
the committee said: "Why shouldn't a
small duty be laid on sugar? 1t would
provide fifteen or twenty millions of addi-
tional revenue without seriously affecting
the great body Of consumers. and would
enable the sugar planters Of Louisiana, for
WHOM have much sympathy. TO continue
in business. Two or three items Of that
kind n the bill would E, far toward solv
ing the qestion of covering the deficiency
in revenues. ! have no authority to speak
for any one in that matter, but l believe
this will be done"
Not Ready Before December.
Representative Wilson declined TO set a
date for the int oduction of the bill. but
intimafed that in his opinion it would not
be ready by Nov. J. a month later is be-
lleved TO be near the time when it may be
eXpec ed. An impression prevails that the
LIST OF January, 1895, will be agreed upon
by the committee as the date for putting
the law into effect