The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-03-06

an ad valorem rate would afford them
Just protection, as the higher price of the
reflned sugar would necessitate greater
tax when imported than the raw sugars.
1t appears also that the proposition for an
increased tax on whisky Is mixed up with
the proposed duty on sugar. II the latter
whisky tax disappears. For this reason
those who have been insisting upon in
creaSes in the whisky tax are not favorable
TO sugar tax. One of the Senators who
was openly opposed to the Wilson bill as II
was amended by the Senate subcommittee
and who was active in the caucus said to-
day that the outcome was matter of con-
siderable doubt. Had the bill made equal
reductions" he said. land had no attempt
been made to give some special interests an
advantage we could not complain. But when
IL was proposed to protect the Louisiana
SUGAR men we could not sit still and see in
terests In our States suffer. This led to the
caucus, and ii wasSthere shown how unjust
IL would be to make the bill protective in
cesso% loesty alone IL may & De .nae tne me, con- N
agreed to, and that the Treasury Depart
ment will find them satisfactory, and yet
one little thing. may result In undoing all
that has been done and the Wilson bin be
reported very much in the form it came
over. Then there would be a fight in the
Senate. and the biggest that has occurred
for years. But the whole matter is on such
delicate grounds that a rejection by the
senate of one of the points in dispute
may also kick over what the Senate does
We hope however that We are going TO
reach an adjustment which will settle the
matter"
1t is understood that the committee has
also been giving attention to the tobacco
schedule in the internal revenue bill during
the day, and that the Internal Revenue Com
missioner was before them TO make suggeS
tlonS concerning rates and the method OF
collecting this as we'll as other taxes I'm this
part of the bill. The committee is having
trouble TO satisfy the manufacturers with
the rate Of this tax, as they are urging that
II there is to be an increase 1t shall be
placed at II cents because their machinery,
which is expensive is made to produce
packages corresponding with either a or
12-cent tax. 1t is stated that the commit
tee had increa sed this tax to 10 cents.
Senator's Jones, Mcpherson and Vest con-
tinued their work on the Wilson bill at the
Capitol until 10 o'clock tonight, but did not
get the bill in shape TO suit them and
stopped at that hour with the intention of
resuming the work tomorrow morning.
meeting that the bill would not be in shape
row. The Senator's had the clerk of the
House ways and means committee with
them during the meeting this evening, and
il is understood that they went over many
of the items of the BILL making careful
comparisons OF the changes with the House
bill. 1t has been found that some of the
amendments made do not consist with the
main portions of the bill, and many correc-
tiOnS have been found necessary at the last
hour. This work is consuming much of the
time of the committee as we'll as that which
IL Is necessary to give to the fixing of rates
on the disputed items.