The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1894-03-09
ON SUNDAY I
The Tariff Tinkers Finished tie VIII
son BILL
The Open Schedules Are Sugar, NhiSky
GOAL, Iron ore, Lead Ore. Iumher' o9t-
ton Fabrics. Leather, Tobacco ana
Siik-The Income Tax Ia Order

The Open Schedules Are sugar, Nhitky
Goal, Iron ore. Lend Ore, Lumber, Sq1-
ton Fabrics, Leather, Tobacco ana
snk-The Income Tax In Order
WASHINGTON, March 81 Unless the
plans of the democratic members OF the
senate finance committee 60 all awry !
the tariff bill will be laid before the
full committee Tuesday morning at 10
o'clock.
After comforting together the greater
part OF Sunday. the democrats be-
lieve they have come as rear sols'
ing the situation as possible, nru
the intention Sunday night is 10
take the final vote Monday after
moot The disputed schedules hive
been so largely discussed and so many
tentative propositions considered, Nhai
Il only remains 10 decide finally which
Of these shall be incorporated In the
bill Although tho committee under
stends pretty thoroughly what II VIII
do the open schedules are sugar,
whisky, coal, iron ore, lead orc, lum
ber cotton fabrics, leather, tobacco
and silks.
A democratic member OF the finance
committee, discussing the situation in
the committee and the prospect in the
senate. Sunday night talked TO a Unit.
ed Press reporter with frankness, ad.
mitting the facts which other senator's
have profcssed not 10 see,
eve have our head in the lions
mouth. said this senator, and will be
compelled TO make the best bar
gain we can TO get It out whole
and uninjured We are the vic.
TINS of the wrath Of democrats who
are about as good democrats on the
tariff question as is Mr. Morrill,, the
former chairman OF the comiAittee.
The democratic party can never afford
TO not pass tariff bill this congress-
To do so would he 10 utterly demoral-
he the party and we could not recover
from II in fifteen years, A bill must
be passed In some shape or other, and
In order 10 accomplish this we must
make concessions that are unpalatable.
"The majority in the senate is very
small, only three. We have forty-four
democrats, thirty.eight republicans
and three popnlists Two democratic
votes against the bill would defeat IL,
aud the committee believes thatif twas
reported as we want 10 repor,it. and as
we should do were we not thus handi-
capped. three senators would vote
against IL The three senators are
Caifery AMI White Of Louisiana, and
smith, u New Jersey True, Mr.
White viii leave the senate Tor the SUI
prcmc court long before the vote is
taken. hut his successor will be equally
as vigorous against the bill, unless
sugar is taken care Of as Mr. White de-
mands % Senators Brice, German,
nm and Murphy we do not entertain
such fears; they are working hard for
concessions, but would hardly vote
against the bill when Il came TO the
test.
These are conditions that confront
the committee and they are conditions
that must be met successfully, for AS
4 have said, we can not afford 10 wait to
invite the certain disaster that would
quickly follow the defeat OF the tariff
bill In the senate. For that reason we
must report bill that will bring TO it
the support OF the entire party.
This same senator said that seven
different propositions had been sub
mitted 70 the committee, the latest nd
yocated by )one OF the sugar senator's,
being an ad valoram duty OF 40 per
cent on all sugar up TO No. 10 Dutch
standard, and 90 per cent above that.
This the committee absolutely refused
70 consider and proved, as is alleged,
10 the senator making the argument,
that IL was all TO the benefit Of the
trust
The senator said that the committee
sorrowfully confessed to itself that II
must give almost as much as the sugar
men demanded He believed that the
schedule would be fixed on the gradu'
ated scale, and he was afraid the com
mlttee would have TO yield | cent d
pound on all sugar up TO so degrees 10y
the polnriscopic test; l-lOO OF cent
additional on each degree between 81
and 90 Beyond that there was still q
dispute the sugar men demanding 4-lOt
for each degree and the committee lotf
to consent 10 even 2-i00
II was claimed in the house that th,
income taxrwould yield an annual rev
enue OF 1000, 600 but IL is held il
the senate committee that $50 0oo, O0'
would be nearly correct, although
Mr.. Mcpherson contends that thi
tax, to which he is opposed, will
bring into the treasury something
like s75, OOO 600 Based on the i'm
: portations OF the last fiscal year th'
committee also figures that the in
creased importations by reason of re
} duced rates will add $50 600, 600 TO tn,
revenues and that the senate bill will
, result, at the end Of its first fiscal year
in putting surplus of between $50,
: 900, 900 and $40, 600, 900 in the treasury.