The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1894-02-15
DELAYING TARIFF REFORM.
The Senate snb-Committee DevIsing
Many Changes.

The Senate snb-Com mittee Devlsing
Many Changes.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-The sub.
committee of the Senate committee on
finance, consisting Of Jones Of arkansas
Mills and Vest, got to work early this
morning In Vests room and went over
number Of schedules In the tariff bill
suggesting changes in number that are
nearly tentative pending final action
by the full committee. It Is said that
the bill might be reported to the Senate
next Tuesday, but this was emphati-
cally denied this moning by mem
Der of the sub committee, who said that
despite whatever progress had been
made, 1t would be utterly impossible to
have the bill ready by that time. Speak
Ing Of the bill generally, this Senator
declared that when the measure was
reporterd to the Senate it would be a
strictly revenue bill, yielding sufficient
revenues for the government under an
economic administration of affairs.
This, he said, meant that there would
be duty on sugar, which was in line
with the Democratic policy as enunctat-
ed In the Mills bill, and an increase in
the whiskey tax.
The bill has been practically divided
into five sections or schedules-A, B, G
placed all articles bearing compound
or combined specific and ad valorem
duty and the duties will be all ad valor.
en-. In schedule B will be placed all
articles bearing duty Of 40 per cent:
schedule G those bearing 30 per cents;in
In the schedule D those bearing 20 per
cent, and IN schedule e those bearing 10
per cent. The bill when reported will
contain no free list. Every article
mentioned In it will be subject to q
duty Of some kind, and those not men
toned In the bill Will be admitted free
OF duty. The subcommittee are going
selecting the largely imported articles.
AS these articles are picked out, they
are placed In the schedule, which the
Judgment OF the committee will cause
them to yield the greatest revenue.
During the afternoon the whis.
key schedule was briefly dis
discussed. The talk was as to
the advisabIlity Of increasing the tax
and extending the bonded period. No
agreement was reached, but it was dc.
cided to have a talk with the Commits
sioner Of internal Revenue on the sub
ject. One point appears very clarly as
the result of thesub.committee's labors
up to this point and that Is, that the
tariff bill which they will present to
their Democratic assocla tes on the fir
mace committee for approval will bea
slight resemblance to the original
Wilson bill. The reason for the extern
stve changes In conten platiOn, and
already made, Is to be found in the de.
cisiOn of the three ub-cOmmitteelnen
to be governed by the plan Of the old
Walker tariff act, and 80 place the du-
ties as to secure the largest amount of
revenue, which In wolves, of course, re-
ductions in some cases, increases per-
haps, In others and very restricted
free list, If indeed, any articles entering
largely into consumption are permitted
to enter duty free.
The Republican members OF the COM
mittee are devoting themselves to de-
vising method by which the action
of the Democratic majority against
further hearings upon the bill by inter-
ested parties may be reversed. They
are planning to have the bill recommit-
ted to the committee when It reaches
the senate, with Instructions to the
committee to grant hearings. This they
hope to accomplish through :he aid
of Democratic votes.
Mills Blown UP.
SPARTANBURG, Feb, 6.-At $40 this
morning, the large driving w.iH 81 of the
Spartan Cotton Mill went to pieces sud-
denly, and falling on some Of the large
pipes, broke them and caused terrific
explosion. Both cylinders were torn to
pieces. +. A. Lewis, engineer, was in
stantly killed. Noah Greene, who work
ed In the engine room had both legs
broken. The engine house was shaken
to pieces, the roof being blown off
Geo. Poore, the assistant engineer, was
not hurt much. He thinks the driving
wheel was the first thing to give way.
It was q fearful crash and It will be
aayera1 daua hefora the mill atarta IN