St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-09-11
TARIFFS MUST BE REVISED.
The Work to Proceed Without I'm
necessary Delay.

necessary Delay.
Special TO the Globe.
WASHINGTON, Sept. l0.-There is TO
be 10 delay in setting about the work
of reforming the tariff according to the
promises made the people by the Dem
Ocratic party before it was given con-
troll OF all branches of the government.
There will be no adjournment until
tariff bill has been reported. debated
and placed on the statute books. 1t
may not be generally known that it is
the Intention of the majority of the
ways and means committee to complete
this work before the commencement of
next year, but such is the case. This
evening had an interview with Hon.
w. ID. Bynum, of Indiana, one of the
leading members on the majority side
of the committee and an earnest and
unceasing advocate of immediate ac-
tion.
I'VE do not PROPOSE" said Mr.. By
mum, ITO repeat the mistake made by
the Republicans when they passed the
there will be an earnest effort to push
the measure agreed upon through with
out any more delay than is absolutely
necessary, and have nearly all ofits.
changes take effect at the beginning of
the new year. or course, in many mat
ters the changes will have TO be made
far enough in the future to allow old
stocks to be worked off; but there will
be no delay except in cases where it is
absolutely necessary. The beginning
OF the year is an excellent time to COM
mence operations under change in tine
tariff laws, as at that time manufacture
ers and business men generally are in
position to know just wnere they stand,
and, if they have to make change,
they can do it more easily then than at
any other time in the year"
"What are you going to do to secure
revenue for the support of the govern
ment?"
THAT is a difficult matter" replied
the Indianian, land question upon
which there is great difference of opin-
ion among Democrats. My own idea is
that we can save about S1O.000.000 per
year by repeating the sugar bounty pro-
vision of the Mckinley act. and then by
placing duty of half cent per pound
on raw sugar We can add over $15,000,-
600 to our revenue. By these two
changes difference in favor of the
treasury Of S25,00O.00O would be made.
/ advocate placing this small duty on
raw sugar because il will not increase
the cost of sugar to the people. There
is now duty on refined sugar of this
amount, which gives the sugar trust a
monopoly and enables that Institution to
pay It's immense dividends on watered
stock. By placing the same duty on
raw as upon refined sugar we will
change this and add a handsome
amount to the revenue without incress-
ing the cost of sugar to the people. This
change will not even interfere with the
operation of the retineries, other than to
increase their profits, for the reason
that we are now exporting refined
sugars"
AS this conversation with Mr.. Bynum
shows. the reports that there is to be any
delay or hesitation in commencing the
work of tariff reform are totally without
foundation. and have their origin solely
in the anxiety of the Republican MEM
bers of congress and the manufacturers
interested. The fact that there is diff
ference of opinion regarding several
matters in the New York delegation,
particularly on the advisabillty of pro-
viding for an income tax, has been mag
nifiea and made to assume colossal pro-
pol tions. But the protected manufact-
urers and their representatives on the
floors of congress have given up all
hope of preventing or even delaying the
work, and they are now preparing for
the hearings that are to be given before
the ways and means committee. About
the most convincing proof that the Car
negies of the country are convinced
that there is work to be done here was
furnished by the arrival of James M.
Swank on the scene OF action. He has
been in the employ Of the tariff barons
for years. and is one of their ablest sta
| tisticianS.