New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-05-08

AS TO EQUAL MKIN
LEY RATES
,BY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRBSN1l
washington. May THE new German Tarin
bill which is to displace the dscredited ana
frendless revise Of the Wilson bill made by the
Committee on Finance. emerged complete To-
night from the mysterious recesses OF the Demo
cratic Steering" Committees conference ROOM
Its text Of 700 odd pages was given to the press.
and Il will be formally presented In the Senate
tomorrow through the medium OF Mr.. Jones. OF
Arkansas the special representative on the FL
nance Committee Of Mr.. Germans wishes ana
policies.
Ten days ago. when Mr. Adrich and other Re
nuhcan leaders informed the country that the
pending Tariff bill fathered BY the Finance Com
mittee would be withdrawn and a new COM
promise" measure dictated by the conservative
element on the Democratic SIDE would be sub
stituted Mr. Voorhees, Mr.. Vest. Mr.. Mcpherson,
Of the committee with other Democrats less po-
tential but equally misinformed. could scarcely
find language severe enough in which to coucn
their indignant denals.
MR. ALDRrCHs STATEMENTS INDICATED.
A weeks time has more than vindicated Mr'
Aldrichs authentic and accurate forecast. oniy
last Thursday the Democratic caucus with many
misgivlngs and much bitterness Of feeling out
with entire submissiveness, conveyed to Mr.. Cor
man and his associates the extraordinary au'
,hor,zation to alter the Free-Trade revise Of
the Finance Committee TO any extent tney might
see fit Mr. Gorman's labors to make the Wilson
bill acceptable to himself and the other con-
servatives" in the party have so far transformed
the character and purpose OF the bill that there
seems 10 be no longer any excuse for its retain-
ing the name of the West Virginia Representa-
tive with which 1t started on its travels. Ap-
narently there is every possible proprety in us
being rechristened at once by the name OF the
powerful and sagacious Senator from Maryland,
MR. GoRMAN's ELL.
The new bill is, indeed Mr.. Germans DILL
for II reflects even more fully and ae-
curately than has seemed possible the views
on tariff and revenue legislation held By
that small minority in the Democratic ranks
which Mr.. German heads so ably and 50
consistently. The Maryland Senator's aim, freely
expressed at the beginning this session. has
been to force the framing Of bill which would
produce revenue sufficient to support the Gov
ernmcnt, while scaling down the tariff duties
now in force by such moderate cuts as would not
interfere too violently with industrial prosperity.
Confronted by the passage in the House Of Q
radical and destructive free trade measure. and
by the even more alarming vagaries OF the Mills,
Vest and Jones revision in the Senate Mr..
German has made desperate uphill fight to
reyolut!onize lie character or the Wilson bill
before Il could BE- brought TO a vote in the Sem
ate BY his great personal influence and tactical
ceverness he upset the Mills revise" In the
three days Democratic caucus Of February last;
and after a months struggle he succeeded In I'M
posing upon the Finance Committee the many
material notifications which are contained In
the now discarded committee bill.
Not satisfied with this partial success Mr..
German has labored increasingly since the debate
on the tariff began 70 secure an even closer ap-
Proclamation In tariff rates to the Mckinley act.
At his suggestion and with his cordial co-opera-
tion Mr.. Hill and Mr. Smith made their DAM
aging attacks on the income tax schedule. ana
by dlnt Of convincing his associates that the
Finance Committees bill could not be passed as
1t stood, he was finally constituted by the dis
couraged and demorazed free trade managersi
the practical author Of compromise" bill.
OVER 400 AMENDMENTS.
The new bin is OF course, not a complete draft
in itself, but simply builds on the last revise,
by means OF substituting and amendments. The
text Of the changes covers seventy-one pages
OF ordinary bill print and the amendments ex-
ceed in number Mr.. Adrichs estimate OF 300,
making over 400 in all The changes In the In
come tax schedule. it will be remembered were
reported last week through Mr.. Vest.
The changes now submitted in the rates Of
duties are complicated and perpexing. and can
be fully understood only by comparing with the
Finance Committees bill the House measure and
the Mckinley law. The main purpose OF Mr..
Germans bill has been 10 return in a general
way toward existing tariff rates. replacing the
ad valorems Of Mr. Mills with specific rates and
increasing rates generally to lessen the disparity
between the Mckinley duties now in force and
those with which it is proposed to replace them.
In almost all the schedules slight advances are
thus to be noted. In the iron and steel. earthen-
ware, glass and cotton schedules specific duties
are again resorted to- The sugar schedule re-
mains as published several times in these dis
patches, the treaty OF reciprocity with Hawaii
being declared. in addition. to be still in force.
To gain increased revenue the duty on cigars and
cigarettes is raised from SO to IS a pound. and
25 per cent ad valorem. The duty on leaf tobacco
is also slightly advanced.
MURPHY GETS ANOTHER INCREASE.
Mr. Murphy obtains another "raise"-his third
Collars and cuffs are to go back to the Mckinney
act rates, specific and ad valorem combined. ana
sheets are to be taxed at so per cent. instead OK
3d. as first intended. Some significant changes
are made in the woollen schedule In the direcuon
of higher duties, but wool remains on the free
list and there is still wide disparity between
the rates on woollen manufactures now In forcs
and those proposed by MI. German.
The changes will perhaps not be found highly
lntelligible until they appear few days hence.
embodied properly in a new print OF the Tarin
bill They are follows:
SCHEDULE A-CHEMICALS. OILS AND
PAINTS.
Boracic acid changed from 20 per cent al valoren1
to 2 cents pound
Chronic acid from 10 per cent to cents pound.