The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-02-08
SENATORS AND THE TARIFF
The Wilson Bill to Be Greatly
Changed in the Upper House.

The Measure to Be Strictly Revenue
Bill When 1t Is Reported and VIII
Have No Free List-Every Article
Mentioned in 1t viii Bear Duty.
Sugar Not to Come in Free.
Washington, Feb. THE sub-commit-
tee of the Senate committee on finance,
consisting Of Senators Jones, of Arkansas,
Mills and Vest got to work early this
morning in Senator Vests room and went
over number of the schedules in the
tariff bill, suggesting changes in a number
that are merely tentative pending final
action by the full committee It had been
said that the bill might be reported to tha
Senate next Tuesday, but this was em-
phatically denied this morning by men,
ber Of the subcommittee, who said that
despite whatever progress had been made
it would be utterly impossible to have
the bill ready by that time
TO BE A REVENUE BILL.
Speaking of the bill generally, this sem
ator declared that when the measure was
reported to the Senate it would be
strictly revenue bill, yielding sufficient
revenues for tho government under an
economic administration of affairs This,
duty on sugar, which is in line with the
the democratic policy as enunciated
in the Mills bill, and an increase in
the whisky tax. The bill has
been practically divided into
five sections, or schedules-A, b, G., ID
and f. In the first schedule will be
placed all articles bearing compound or
combined specific and ad valorem duty,
and the remaining duties will be all ad
valorem, In schedule b will be placed all
articles bearing duty Of 40 per cent. in
schedule 9, those bearing 30 per cent. in
schedule d., those bearing 20 per cent.
and in schedule e, those bearing 10 per
cent.
TO CONTAIN NO FREE LIST.
The bill when reported will contain no
free list. Every article mentioned in IL
will be subject to duty of some Kind,
and those not named in the bill will be-
admitted free of duty. The sub-commit-
tee are gong through the Wilson bill and
selecting the largely imported articles
As these articles are picked out they are
placed in the schedule which, in the iudg-
ment Of the committee will cause them to
yield the greatest revenue.
During the afternoon the whisky sched-
ule was briefly discussed. The talk was
IN regard to the advisability of increasing
the tax and extending the bonded period.
No agreement was reached but 1t was
uEGlutu W udNt u bulh WIN NIlG
sioner Of internal revenue on the SUBJ
ject.
WON'T BE MUCH LIKE WILSON'S BILL.
One point appears very clearly as the
result of the sub-committee's labors up 10
this Uoint, and that is, that the tariff bill
which they will present to their demo-
cratic associates on the finance committee
for approval,will bear a very slight re-
semblance TO the original Wilson bill.
The reason for the extensive changes in
contemplation and already made. is to be
found In the decision of three
subcommittee men to be governed
by the plan of the old Walker tariff act,
and so place the duties as to secure the
largest amount of revenue, which in
wolves, Of course, reductions in some
cases increases, perhaps, in others, and
n very restricted free list, If, indeed, any
articles entering largely into consump-
tion are permitted to enter duty free.
WORK OF THE REPUBLICANS.
The republican mem bers of the commit
toe are deyoting themselves to devising
method by which the action Of the demo-
cratic majority against further hearings
upon the bill by interested parties may be-
reversed.
They are planning to have the bill recon-
mitted 10 the committee when il reaches
the Senate, with instructions to the COM
mittee TO grant hearings. This they hope
TO accomplish through the aid of demo-
cratic votes.