St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-03-08
THE TARIFF BILL IS READY
VOORHEES, WILL GIVE 1T TO THE
: FINANCE COMMITTEE
AT MEETING THIS MORNING.
After Few Days Consideration
1t WnI Be Ready for Senate
Debate-Much Interest I'm the
Sugar Schedule-Whisky Tax
Remains at One Dollar Fer
Gallon.


Remains at One Dollar Fer
Gallon.
WASHINGTON, March T.-Just before
leaving the capitol. few minutes past
O'Clock today, Senator Voorhees,, as
chairman of the senate committee on
finance, ordered the issuance of a call
for meeting of the full committee
tomorrow at II o'clock. As he left the
building he said the meeting was for
the purpose of considering the tariff
bill, which would then be submitted.
He at the same time reiterated the state
ment made OIL the floor of the senate
that the committee would be given a
few days to consider the bill as whole,
and that. after it should be reported to
the senate, at least a week of additional
time would be permitted for the prep
aratlon Of speeches before there would
be an effort to have the bill taken up in
the senate. The call for the meeting OF
the committee was the elimination of
events of the day connected with the
tariff which were of more than usual in
terest, not the least important of which
were the statements of Senator Voor-
hees and Mcpherson on the floor of the
senate. Considerable comment was
made upon the remark of Mr.. McPher-
son to the effect that he had been alone
responsible for the delay reporting the
bill because of his opposition 10 tine
general reduction of duty rates as fixed
by the committee. The Democratic ma
jority of the finance committee held
meetings at irregular intervals during
the day and informal sessions were
generally engaged in conference among
themselves and with other senators.
Much of the day was given up to con-
ferring with the senators who are under
stood to desire changes made in the bill,
and during the afternoon Senators Hill,
admitted in a body TO the committee
room for general exchange of views
upon the portions of the bill to which
they object. 1t is understood that they
presented vigorous opposition to por-
tions of the bill. 1t is generally
understood that up to the last the con-
ten:ion over sugar prevented any agree
ment, and even at the time the Demo
cratic members of the finance commit
tee excluded every body in order to
make their final decision. the sugar
men, both producers aud refiners, were
dissatisfied and as wide apart as ever.
The refiners still claimed protection for
raw sugar to the extent allowed in the
bill as itwas reported from the ways
and means committee. which was Il
cent, and the producers declaring that
they could not get along with less than
y cents per pound.
The concession which the committee
will allow to the ugar men will pro-
vide for sufficient revenue TO permit
the tax on whisky to remain at what
1t was passed by the house-Sl per gal
Ion.
Senator Voorhees, said tonight that
the remainder of the week would be
allowed for the consideration OF the
tariff bill in full committee, but the Re-
publican members Of the committee say
they will ask for not less than two
weeks. and possibly three.
Senator Vest was the last of the
finance committee to leave the commit
tee room today. He did not take his
departure until about 1880 o'clock. The
work on the bill had been completed an
hour and half before that time, and
lie remained only to give the bill as a
whole final inspection before the last
proof should go to the printer. The
sugar schedule was the last thing to re-
ceive the attention of the committee,
and the work was brought to close by
placing the figure at one cent a pound,
or about that figure, on sugar showing
eighty degrees fineness. according to
the polariscopic test, and increasing
the amount gradually with the increase
of the purity of the article
1t is shown that the increase
does not reach l Il cents, but it cannot
be stated definitely just what 1t is. 1t
is learned from another source than that
quoted to the effect that the tax on
whisky will remain the same as now
stated in the Wilson bill, that the
whisky tax will probably be increased
to S1.l0 per gallon and the bonded
period extended to five years. This is
done, it Is said, to accommodate the
bourbon and rye distilers, who have
pleaded for an extension of the bonded
period regardless of the amount of the
tax, and the tax is increased in order to
grant the extension Of time without de-
creasing the immediate revenue to be
derived from it.