Connecticut western news., 1894-03-08
TARIFF A PUZZLE.
FINANCE COMMITTEE INVOLVED IN
 MANY COMPLICATIONS.


 ny Making Concessions to tho otJeetins
 s~nstorr One source es oppc~ltiou Is
 Partly siienced-sngsr Men Are Hand ts
 Pl~a.e--Ths whiShy Tax Us-stsisA-
 WASHINGTON, March c-The wilson tnr. if bill has been tho subject of an earnest consolidation among the scnaiora ithss rvached a certain stage of conapletcne~>, and yet, like \ complicated pieoes of ma chinery, itimsy be thrown out of gnsr hy one single article orwheel In the tnrin bill that article is sugar, and it was grnsrs ally understood that ni a. definite agree mcnt could be reached on this article h would then be pusible to agrve upon everything elAn, and the bill oeald, besre- ported without delay.
 It is understood that by mutual conoes- sions and frequent consultations the de mands made by those Democratic senators who opposed the bill in the form In which it was first presented have been mst.sa tentatively agreed upcn. but essnl these agreements are subject to the approval, of the treasury department and the needs of the government in the matter of revenue. Carlisle I.ssas Is~nA
 Secretary Carlisle had been with the members of the committee most of the day and met'with them ss~in .innthe evening to discuss and compare changes. While these concessions have been made and the members of the finance committee and the objccting esnatorr have found "a KEsAddle ground, there yet remAins the matter of sugar, and the difficulties surrounaing an agreement upon this are the greatest that the tariff makers have Co contend with.
 The Loaisisns senators have oue plan which does not meet with favor by ther TO liners. The plan of the reflners is objection able to the Louisiana wenntorM- A auERc@ tion hss been made that an ed vsioanants tax be laid. and the rctiners have said Co ths committee that this would afford them no protection. Some scnatorN, looking toward concession, have said that ifl an ad vAlorsm rate is not just to rrlnerx differsntial one be made in thcir favor. This is stubborn, ly resisted by those who claim that am nd yalorem rate would afford them a tustpro. lection, as the higher price of the Essined sugar would neccssitate greater tax when imported than the raw sugarx
 Like wheel within wheel, 10 app~arn also that tho proposition for an increased tax on whisky Is mixed up with the pro posed duty on sugar.
 If the latter is agreed to, thenecc~.sty foi an increased whisky tax ldisappo@rHA For this reason those who have been insintinR upon increases in the whisky tax are not favorable to a sugar tax.
 One of the eenatoru who was openly op posed to the Wilson bill an it was amended by the senate snbcomntiteev and whe was active in the caucus said that the outconas was A matter of foonsidsrahle doabt
 Situation rs psise~se. Had the bili made equal reductions, [" he said, land had no attempt been made | to give some special intereets an advantage, we could not complain. Bat when it was proposed to protect the Iouisisna sugar men we could not ait still and wes Antmr~~ta | in our states suffer. This led Co the eau | GUS, and it wac there shown how stniuat it ! would be to make the bill proteetlva ln one locality alone. It may be that the conees | sions which hays been made lytll be aerecd to and that the treasury department will find thom satisfactory. and yet one little thing may result in undning all that ha, been done and the Wilson bill be reported very much in the form iL came over"
 "Then there would be fight In the sen stefn
 ''Ye~, and the bipgost that has occurred for years But the whole matter is on such a delicate ground that a rejection by the senate of one of the points in dispute might kick it all over Beaiae~ the housc may also kick over what the seaatsdoe@s We hope, however, that we are going to reach an adjustment which will ssttls the mat, tor"
 It Is understood that the committe~ he'd also been giving attention to Ahe tehanno schedule in the Internal revenue bill dur. ing the day, and that the internal revenue II t.-. A. suggestions concerning rates and the meth. cd of collecting this as we'll aa other taxes in this part of the bill
 The committee is having trouble to. sat. isfy the manufacturers with the rate of this tax, as they are urging that If there is to be an incrcssef ft shall be placed At f2 cents, because their machinery, which is expensive, Is made to produce packsgcs corresponding with either or IA o~nt tax. It is stated that the committcs hes increased this tax to 10 oenta.