The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-02-11
REVENUE FROM THE TARIFF
The Senate to Make Radical Changes
in the Wilson Bill,

Senators Representing the Coal, Iron
and Sugar Interests Believed to
Have Entered Into a Combine-The
Income Tax Feature Not to Be 'Elimi-
nated-The Dutiable List to Be In
creased by the Senate,
Washington, Feb. l0-Every effort to
defeat the income tax in the finance com.
mittee has been unavailing, The propo-
stion to strike it from the bill meets
with little favor on the floor of tha
Senate. This feature of the bill will not
be altered A duty of cent will be put
on refined sugar, and IL cents on raw.
This will completely kill the trust When
asked to-day II this schedule had been
decided upon finally, Senator Voorhees,
said: Tho trust Is hydra-headed
monster which must be killed. He re-
fused TO make another statement.
From another member of the committee
1t is learned that the above duties have
been decided upon.
The duty on coal will be placed at As
cents ton, and iron will remain on the
free list.
Whisky will be put up to 81 10 gallon,
and the bonded period extended five
years,
THE SILVER BILL.
The silver men are agitated over re-
port that should the BLAND bill pass
President Cleveland would veto it, This
rumor emanated from Gen. Tracey, whose
ambition has been to appear as MOUTH
piece of the administration. He has
called the right turn by accident on sew
eral occasions, but certainly knows nothing
OF the intention at tue white house In re-
gard to the present bill. If Mr. BANDS
bill passes both houses of congress the
President will approve II, even though it
provides for the coinage Of all the silver
bullion now In the treasury. He Is anx-
ious TO do something TO redeem the
pledges contained In the appendix of the
voorhees, amendment. The silver men
have taken fright, and the fight in conse-
quence OF the rumOr will be all the harder.
A COMBINE OF SENATORS.
by the Southern Associated Press
Washington, Feb 10.-There is soma
evidence Of a combination of sugar, iron
and coal senator's, and their demands
upon the subcommittee of the senate
finance committee that is working upon
the tariff bill, is causing
senator's representing these three articles
insist that they are and always have been
under democratic doctrine purely revenue
articles, and that in the present condi.
tion of things this is no time to remove
the duties e'committee is desirous of
placating these senators, and the inns
preston Is growing that mutual conces-
sions will be the result.
a number of iron men were az the cap
itol this morning. and while they failed
TO see the committee it is known that
some of them got the ear Of individual
members of the committee, and were Ia
conference with senators from the states
most largely interested In the industries
for which they were pleading.
THE DUTY ON ORE.
The present law provides q duty Of as
cents a ton on iron ore, while the Wilson
bill admits IL free of duty. Some OF tho
senators interested to-day say they be-
lieye duty will be put upon iron ore by
the Senate committee equivalent 10 about
so cents ton.
Coal still remains an uncertain quantity
as far as the amount of duty is concerned,
but those best informed are positive that
a duty will be reimposed, and claim that
it will be in the neighborhood of 80 cents
ton-the present dnty being rs cents a
ton.
The combination of these three articles
presents an opposition so formidable TO
the success of the bill that the committee
naturally desires to please these interests
before the bill is presented, else it is
feared that the senators making the de-
mands would join hands with the republi-
cans to recommit the bill.
WON'T BE READY TUESDAY.
It Is not now expected that the bill will
be in shape 10 lay before the full member
ship of the democrats at the meeting of
the finance committee Tuesday, although
considerable progress will be reported.
One Of the members of the sub-c ommit-
tee made this statement this morning
without equivocation. He said that
all that had been done up 10
this time was of tentative
character and subject to revision.
Tho committee intends TO make
the bill revenue measure, and with that
end ia view it will place number Of arti-
cles on the dutiable list that were omit
ted by the House, which. according to
democratic doctrine, ought TO be con-
sidered as revenue articles. There will,
it is asserted, be no deficit in the reve-
nues through this bill when the commit
tee is through with it, and necessarily
much Of what 10 does must be based upon
the action concerning the income tax
feature.