Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1894-05-08
THE AMENDED TARIFF.
More Than Four Hundred
Changes Made.
W00LENS MUCH AFFECTED.
Republicans Succeeded in Having the
Chemical Schedule Reconstructed.

WAsHINGToV, May s.-During the ex-
ecutiye session Of the senate Senator
Jones presented the amendments TO the
tariff bill which have been considered and
agreed TO by the Democratic senators
known ss the compromise committee.
There are 400 OF them, and IL makes a
new bill OF measure greatly differing
from the Wilson bill and from the sem
ate bill Ia any form ia which It has
been presented. The amendments here
tofore presented by Senator Vest and Re-
ported from the finance com mlttee ars en-
dOrsed by the compromise committee.
There Ia a general increase in the bill, and
81 some schedules the increases are very
marked
During the afternoon copies OF tAe
amendments were laid on the desk Of
each senator. As printed, they comprise
81 pages Of the ordinary kill size. The
number OF the amendments is little
more than 400 Many Of the changes are
unimportant and consist OF restoration
Of the house duties, which the senate had
decreased. A number OF articles have
been taken from the free list, among
these being agricultural products.
The Defy on Sugar.
The sugar schedule Is identically as
heretofore published, namely. 40 per cent
ad valorem on all raw sugars. and an ad-
ditional is Of q cent on all sugar above
No. 10 Dutch standard, with a discrimin-
ating duty Of 40 Of a cent against those
countries that pay an export bounty. The
polariscopie test has been dropped from
the schedule. This section stipulates
that the treaty with Hawaii shall not be
construed to be abrUgated or In any man
ner impaired by the passage OF this act.
The committee has reduced the duty
ON rice.
Another important amendment Is that
relative To leaf tobacco, IN which there
is material increase in the rates OF duty.
Republican Argument Prevailed.
The chemical schedule against which
the Republicans have levelied some of
their arguments has been reconstructed
iE many particulars. and here, as in other
schedules, the change Is noted from al
valorem to specific duties. To say nothing
OF the increase in the rate.
The iron and glass schedules have been
overhauled and changes demanded by
manufacturers have been made, some of
them not so much in the nature of in
creases a. in the way Of reclassihcation
and the equalization Of duties
Rumors Proved True
The rumors Of late as to "A mysterious
influence at work in regard 20 the wooden
and cotton schedules appear TO have had
some ground, for the changes in these
lines have been numerous and In some
cases very material.
Coal, iron ore, lead ore aud lum Der
were not touched.
The lead trust was not the gamer by
these amendments, for there was not an
increase In the duty on lead products
Nothing was done with whisky.
Doings In the House.
The house began business by making
some committee provisions for the newly
elected memb bers of the house. The New
York and New Jersey bridge bill was
passed under a suspension OF the rules IL
meets the objections Of the president to a
pier In the river, referring the question to
a commission Of engineers A special
order was adopted making the bills for
the erection OF new government print.
ing Office and new hall OF records In the
city of Washington the business of the
house until they are disposed Of The
printing Office bill was discussed. but the
debate degenerated into a tariff discus
sion, and Mr.. Milliken of Maine delivered
speech arraigning the Democratic party
for bringing on the financial depression
from which the country had been suffer
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