The Daily Texarkanian., 1894-05-30
COMPARATIVE STATEMENT.
The Principal Schedules of the Sen
ate, House and Mckinley
Bills Compared.

The common talk, in Washington,
has been that the Democrats were
sure to lose the next House and the
Democratic Congressman are gener-
ally discouraged.
In conversation on this subject
with a prominent Texas newspaper
representative, at Washington, Sen
ator Faulkner had this to say:
"There is no cause for discour-
agement on the part of the Demo
Gratis. When this tariff bill is pass
ed by the Senate, and it will be pass
ed by the Senate, in my opinion, by
the 10Th of July, there will be ac-
tivity and satisfaction manifested
at once and it will rebound to the
benefit of the Democrats. The pub
lie wants the tariff matter settled,
and when it is settled business will
freshen up everywhere.
"The newspapers have been talk
ing so much about the present bill
and its amendments that the peo-
pie have become confused about it,
so we have had published and pro-
pose to distribute a statement for
the information of the public Mr..
H Fl Evans, the treasury statistician,
who has performed all similar work
for the ways and means committee
of the House and for the finance
committee of the Senate for the
last twenty years, has under the
direction Of the finance committee
made a comparison between the
Mckinley, Mills, Wilson and Senate
bills as amended and now presents
to the country the average rates
of duty under each bill, thus ena-
bling any one to ascertain the action
of the two branches of Congress in
their differences on each schedule
and of the whole bill A study of.
the figures shows but small differ
ence between the Wilson bill, as it
passed the House and the Sen
ate bill as amended 1t shows that
the reduction from the Mckinley
bill by the Wilson bill was 1886 per
cent and that the reduction from
the Mckinley bill by the Senate bill,
as amended, is 1913 per cent. The
reduction which would have been
made by the Mills bill upon the same
basis of calculation would only have
been 1852 per cent.
"As considerable comment has
been made charging delay in the
present passage of the present tar
iff bill, it is but fair to give the dates
when the several bills during the
last fifty years have passed the Sen
ate, so that a comparison can be
made by the people and conclusion
reached as to whether the work
upon the present bill has been as
rapid as that upon it's predecess-
ors:
"Walker tariff, 1846-Passed the
Senate, July 28, 1916 and was ap-
proved by the President July 30,
1916.
Morrill, tariff, 1861-Reported to
the House,Mar 12, 1860, passed the
Senate Feb 20, 1861, and was approx
ed Mar. 2, 1861.
"TarifT bill, 1883 - Passed the
House June 27, 1882, passed the
Senate Feb, 20, 1888, and approved
March 3, 1888.
Mckinley tariff bill-Passed the
Senate Sept, 10, 1890, and was ap-
proved by the President, Oct. l,
1890.
1t seems to be the concensus of
opinion by leaders upon both sides
that the present tariff bill will pass
the Senate about the middle of
June.
Comment has been made upon
the fact that the finance committee
has offered 400 amendments to the
Wilson bill. The same committee
offered to the Mckinley bill 399
amendments that changed its sub
stance. 1t is claimed that the SUI
gar amendments, like all the rest
Of the committee amendments, will
go through, Democratic Senators
have voted for amendments they
did not like and so it will be to the
end When the Democratic caucus
agreed to support the amendments
it meant it, and the Democratic Sen
ators, as they have done, will sup
port all Of them"