Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1894-03-15
A STATEMENT.
The Senate Finance Committee
Supplied with One.
The TWO TARIFF BILLS COMPARED.
Showing In Detail the Amount of Revenue
which II 10 Estimated would he
Received Under Each
Bul.

WASHINGTON, March lathe senate
finance committee was yesterday sup
piled with q tabulated statome mt pre-
pared by the treasury department,
showing In detail the amount Of reve-
nue. which IL estimated will be received
under tho senate bill II II should be-
come q law; also giving the estimate
under the Wilson bill and comparing
both with the returns from the treas
ury department under the present law
for 1898. The statement also gives an
estimate Of the increase in the Internal
revenue under the senate bill, which
was as follows: Income. $50 900, 600;
Spirits, $40, 900, 900; cigars, $4,000, 0O0i
cigarettes, ti,6O0, 900; playing cards,
$4,000. 900. Total increase, t63, 500, 900.
The estimated duties Of the senate
bill ss compared with those Of the Will
son bill and the returns under the
present law, by schedules, are as fol-
lows: The figures first given show In
each schedule. the returns under the
exiating law; the second. the estimates
under the house bill, and the third, the
estimates on tho senate bill:
Chemicals, oils and paints, present
law, %, i32, $50; house, o., O0O, 8l6; senate,
t5. IOo.52 EarthenwAre and glass
ware. present law, Si2, ,iOl, 0Gi; house,
te,o7s, a2s; senate, ss,0S0,34L Metals
and manufactures OF, present law, t27,-
oO9, 527; house, els, 700, 1858; senate, ti5,'
775, sl5 Wood and manufactures OF,
present law, t0S5, 1881; house, sG4s, i5l;
senate, $685. ITO Sugar, present law,
tl93, 294; house, et6, S32; senate, cal, 49,
Sill Tobacco and manufactures OF,
ti4, ssi, $50 present law; house, sil,59s,-
7S3; senate, eil,52s, 1888. Agricultural
products and provisions, present law,
ti2. i22, 499; house, t7,900, 74S; senate,
elo, ,iso. Spirits, wines and other
beverages, present law, s9,G9s, S3d;
house, ts,+2i.84I; senate, ~, 1873, sos.
Cotton, manufactures Of, present law,
Gil, i,s9S.eo5 house, s7,ss5,5s1; SEN
ate. s7,ss5,bs Flax, hemp and
juts and manufactures Of, present
law, els, 1877. 843; house, sl2, ,72L270; SEN
ate, ti2, 778, 1855 Wool and manuiac'
lures Of present law ESQ, ,ils, ,GO1;
house, tl4,7i4,501, senate. s2,070,34O.
Silk and silk goods, present law, S!0,'
$40, 25s; house, sI7,ii3,Gi7; senate, slG,-
74I,3Ia. Pulp, papers and books, pres.
ent law. ts,O7O. l25; house. si,O5s, ,39s;
senate, tl,75o, s93 Sunlries, present
law, ti9,0jl, ,a75; house, sla.1gL.0s; sen.
ate, Sii.5is,S3s. unenumerutcd, pres
ent law, Ss7a,Gtt; house, s9'2,Git; sen.
ate, s272. 644 Articles transferred to
the free list, present law, Sl2, l5J, 1GG
Total, present law, slos.353, i5a; house,
ti2t, 6o3, 004; senate, si05, ,9o3.7Tl. The
average ad valorem under the present
law Ia 10 os; under the house bill, 35 %;
under the senate, 34lO.
The comparison OF the sugar sched-
ule shows that during the last year 49,.
9.0.577 gallons OF molasses were i'm
ported upon which no duty was paid,
but which under the senate bill would
produce $500, si5. During the year 81
5si, ,2is, SoT pounds OF sugar, valued at
til4, $40, was imported free. The
senate bill would yield a revenue of
sal ,O4S.4l