Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1894-05-11
The Tariff Compromise.
The Latest Attempt of the Democrats to
Fix Up n Measure That VIII Pass.

Ehc Latest Attempt OF the Democrats to
Fix Up n Measure That VIII Pass.
The Democratic members of the Senate
finance committee, acting through the COM
mittee of revision, late Monday evening
gave to the public the list of amendments
which has been heraldeG as the comprom-
ise measure upon which the Democratic
party was to soidify, and after brief de-
bate pass the tariff bill. The committee
was in session all day Sunday, and the
experts charged with formulating the
amendments, upon the conclusions reach
ed by the committee, were kept at work
all through Sunday night. The final print
of the bill reached the committee-room
shortly after noon Monday when the ma
iority members of the committee went into
executive session, and during the afternoon
copies of the amendments were laid on the
desk of each senator.
The number of amendments is little
more than 400 Many of the changes are
unimportant and consist of Il restoration
of the House duties which the Senate had
decreased. a number of articles have
been taken from the free list, among these
being agricultural products. The sugar
schedule is identcally as heretofore pub
lishcd, namely, 40 per cent al valOrem on
al! raw sugars and an additional eighth of
a cent on all sugar above No. Is Dutch
standard, with a discriminating duty of
one-tenth of cen. against those countries
that pay an export bounty. The polaris-
copic test has been dropped from the
schedule. This section stipulates that the
treaty with Hawaii shall not be construed
to be abrogated, or in any manner impair
ed by the passage OF this act
The committee has reduced the duty on
rice. Another important amendment is
that relative to leaf tobacco, in which there
is a material increase in the rates of duty.
The chemical schedule which the Republi-
cans have stoutly opposed, has been recon-
structed in many particulars, and here, as
in the other schedules, the change is noted
from al valorem to specific duties, to say
nothing of the increase in rates. The iron
and glass schedules have been overhauled
and changes demanded by manufacturers
been made, some of them not so much in
the nature of increases as in the way of re-
classification and the equalization of du-
ties.
The rumors of late as to mysterious
influences at work in regard to the wooden
and cotton schedules appear to have had
good ground, for the changes in these lines
have been numerous and in some cases
very material. The cotton schedule is
practically what the New England manu-
facturers asked for-for the reason, evil
IDENTIFY, that many cotton manufacturers
are scattered throughout the South, and
these rates suit these southern mills. On
the other hand there are no woolen mills
in the South, and the Republicans con-
denim the woolen schedule as a "butchery'
aimed at northern interests. The free
wool schedule has been amended to read:
'All wool of the sheep, hair of the camel,
goat, alpaca and other like animals, and
all wool and hair on the skin, noils, yarn
waste, card waste, bur waste, slubbing
waste, rowing waste, ring waste, carded
waste, and all waste, or rags composed
wholly or in part of wool; provided that
this paragraph shall take effect on and af-
ter Aug. =, 1894"
Coal, iron ore, lead ore and lumber were
not touched. Nothing was done with whis-
key. The duty on uncleaned rice has
been reduced from one cent to three-quar-
ters of cent a pound; on paddy, or rice
having the outer hull on, the duty is reduced
from three-fourths to one-half cent a
pound. Dhe House bill rates on butter,
hay, honey, hops, onions, peas, have been
restored. This favorable change in the
agricultural schedule is said to be due to
the fact that the committee became fright
ened at the representation that the farmer
vote wouldIbe aienated if other schedules
should be changed and their products
stand at the lower rates; so there has
been a radical increase in the sched-
ule over the rates originally reported by
the Senate committee Eggs, for instance,
which were upon the free list, have been
put back upon the dutiable list at five cents
per dozen, which is the Mckinley rate.
The agricultural schedule will be found to
much more resemble the Mckinley tariff
than it will the House bill.
In schedule F the rate on snuff and snuff
flour is increased to 80 cents a pound. The
rate on cigars, cigarets, cheroots of all
kinds is fixed at 81 a pound and 25 per
cent. Wrapper tobacco, unstemmed i'm
ported, Sl.50 pound; stemmed, $3.50 a
pound. Filler tobacco, unstemmed i'm
! ported, - cents a pound; if stemmed, 90
cents a pound. If any bale, box, package
or bulk of leaf tobacco of uniform quail
! ty contains exceeding - per cent of leaves
| suitable for wrappers, then the entire con-
tents shall be subject to the same duty as
| WraDper tobacco.