St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-03-09

the committee. said: when the bill
passed the house l did not suppose it
possible thatit could be made more Of
tenSive by the senate. But they have
accomplished that result. The senate
committee has abandoned the doctrine
OF free raw material by placing 4 duty
OH coal, iron ore and other articles
which the house committee regarded as
the very foundation of tariff reform,
and supplemented this action by lower
ing duties on manufactured products.
can simply say that the measure as
whole, as proposed 10 be amended by
the senate, is more inharmonious and
unScientific. if possible, than the one
passed by the house"
Representative Bynum (Dem) J. of the
committee, said: The bill as reported
seems 10 be on the general line of the
" llson bill, but after glanciug over The
changes do not think there will be any
serious difficulty in the two houses
agreeing upon any differences that may
occur"
Representative Hopkins (Rep.), OF the
committee, said: The senate commit
tee seems 10 have surrendered To the
trusts. The effect of this bill will be to
relieve the foreign manufacturers and
importers of the burdens imposed OF
them by
TIE M'KINLEY BILL.
and place the tax on the American wage
workers. There are two classes who
are happy over the publication OF this
bill-the sugar and whisky trusts in
America and the foreign manufacturers
who expect 10 gain control of American
markets"
Representative Montgomery Dem,
ky.) said: "The extension of the bond
ing period TO eight years will give gem
erai satisfaction to the distillers, but the
outrage is limited to too short a period
l do not think the tax ought TO be in-
creased beyond 81 per gallon, as this.
with The other taxes III the bill. would
seem to be ample to meet the needs of
the government"
Representative PAYNE (Rep.). of the
committee, said: The senate commit
tee has succeeded in making the bill
worse than it was before by substituting
specific for ad valorem duties through
out. If ii was not free trade measure
when it left the house, il certainly is
nuW.'
Mir. Springer, chairman of the ways
and means committee Of the last house,
Is very much dlspleased at the action of
the finance committee in restoring the
duty on wool.
~ 4di dS MOOl anu ll]S mOOle1l SCEtu-
ule are concerned,'' he said, Il thought
that had been settled by the American
people. A free wool bill was passed by
the last congress and specifically in
dorsed by the national convention at
Chicago. Here is pledge made in
terms which it is now proposed TO vlo-
late. The house will never agree to il,
nor to the duties on coal and iron ore
The Louisiana representatives did not
shaIe i'll the general opinion that the
sugar Interests had secured exceptional
concessions by the senate tariff bill
Representative Brice, who represents
the largest sugar interest III Louisiana,
or Ill the United States, said: I'VE
would have preferred a duty of II
cents instead of the amount allowed by
The bill. 1t is. of course, better than
the treatment we received in the house
bill. but L can hardly say we are salts
fed, much less pleased, with the sugar
schedule as il stands"
Representative Meyer, of Louisiana,
said: The sugar rates are not what
we had hoped for, yet they are so much
better than the house rates that | think
the disposition VIII be TO compromise
on them"