Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1893-11-29
SOME NEW MEASURE
Will Be fnaugurated to-
Swell Our Finances.
INTERNAL REVENUE CLAUSE
Now Under Consideration by the Ways
and Means Committee.

wAsHINGToN, Nov. %. = The principal
theme of discussion here il the new tar II
bill. Democrats are figuring that the
| deficit eau ed by the new bill will not ex-
ceed S35,000,0Oo. They claim that in ad-
ditiOn TO the revenue to be derived from
the simulated importation by the re-
| lief of articles taxed 10 the degree
| OF prohibition, which, they claim, will
| amount To from sl0,000,000 to $l5,-
| 0O0.00O, that the natural increase in
| importation under the Mckinley bill, had
not the hard times sec in. would have
amounted this year to from IS, ,0OO000 to
$1,000, 600 With the resumption of busi-
ness this increase they think will be fully
realiz d, 80 materially reducing the
amount to be raised by the in ernal rev.
| enue and from some new measure yet To
be- inaugurated.
In the south generally the effect Of the
rev tariff bill will not be felt so severely
| rs elsewhere on account OF the local char
scter of its great industries. In those To-
| cslities, however, its results will be felt To
| q very considerable extent Rice, sugar,
iron ore and coal are the principal articles
in which the sUutherners are interested
and all have been subjected to vigorous
| treatment
There is a 25 per cent cut in the duty on
cleaned rice and 20 per cent on the un-
| cleaned product. South Carolina, Florida
and Louisiana are much interested in this
matter, and tue representatives OF those
| states do not relish the reduction at all
They will probably make an effort To re-
| store IL.
The western members sem to be fairly
we'll satisfied with the bill The Demo
Gratis of tuat section are largely free
traders anyway. Up in MINES Ia, Wis
consin and northern Michigan there are
some of the largest and most easily
worked deposits OF iron in the country.
A Few Opinions.
Representative Baldwin, whose district
In Minuesota includes many OF these mines,
Is far from being dismayed at the pros
pect of free roD IL may possibly retard
| the development of that country for "A
short time" said he, but IL will bring
the iron business to its proper commercial
basis, and then attention will be directed
| to those fields where the ore can be most
| easily worked. When that time com
the western mines will be developed with
| star ling rapidity."
Representative Boatner Of Louisiana
| Dem.) sad: "My objection to the bill
Is that IL fills below the point Of raising
revenue Ii they had put small revenue
! duty on some OF the tuiugS which are on
| the free list under this bill which would
not have affected the cost of articles to he
consumers, but would have added to the
revenue Of the bill, 1t would have been a
| measure entirely unobjectionabie."
Representative Gear of Iowa, a Republi-
| can member OF the ways and means N
| mittee, says: "The cut in the schedule
| relating to agricultural products will hurt
Iowa as well as all states contiguous to
| the Canadian border by subjecting their
| farmers to competition with the agricul-
tural products Of Canada. The people Of
| Iowa understand the situation aud appre-
ciste fully what competition with Cana
dian products means. Irrespective of this
fact. Iowa Is protection state just as
| much as Ohio"
Hard Work.
The WAYS and means committee is today
| de, otng its attention TO the internal
| revenue schedule Of the new tariff syst m.
| The strain Of he pat week has been very
severe on all the Democratic members, the
| sessions fr quently running far into the
| night The internal revenue schedule
proper will not be very difficult one, but
| the income tax scheme will involve con-
| siderable labor.
| 1t still appears that the increa Sc Of the
whisky tax, if any increase he made, will
not exceed 1C cents a gallon, and the
charges in the tobaccoscuedule will be
very slight and directed rather 10 more
regular classifcations than TO an increase
| In the tax. The whole income tax q es-
tion is opened anew, and it is now posi-
| BILE that the tax may after all he of that
sweeping character as TO include all in
dividuals of incomes of $4,000 per ahnum or
| over.
The Republicans are already preparing
for vigorous fight OH the new tariff bill.
Circular letters are now being sent out by
the thousands by Justice Bateman & CO.,
the Philadelphia wool commission mer-
| chants, asking that certain data be sent u
| j. G. Burrows, Republican member Of
the ways and means committee, in rega,d
to the wool question.