The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-03-09

+ I don't see why there should be any diff
Guilty in the way OF the two Houses reach
ing a satisfactory agreement. / don I OBJ
ject to coal and iron ore being placed on
the dutiaDle list. although ! think that
the duty on sugar is higher than it ought
to be. However. ] am very well satisfied
with the bill and ] would rather have 1t
[ in its present shape than no bill at all. ~
[ Representative Montgomery, Of Ken
lucky. another Of the democratic mem
| bers Of the ways and means committee
said: Outside Of the duty on sugar,
coal, and iron ore. / think it is a good bill,
although 1 have only had time to gIyO it a
CursOry examination. However. these
items which l speak Of, are better than !
expected they would be-"
What will the House do with the
bill2"
If they pass it through the Senate,
/ the conference COMMITTEES viii be able 10
Couciiate whatever difference may
arise. The restoration in part of the
duty on coal and iron ore does not make
so much difference. The sugar duty
ought to yield 4j.OOOOOJ a year, counting
the SlO,0OO.0UO which is saved on the
bounty. What do ] think of the billl On
/ don't care so long as they pass it
quickly. Even if it were worse than
it is ana we had speedy action on
it. l would be better satisfied
which action was delayed He thought
that a good many concessions would have
TO be made by both sides before the bill
was agreed to, but that in the end it
would be generally satisfactory.
BRECEINRIDGE's REGRETS.
Representative Breckenridge, Of Ar
kansas, also one of the democratic mem
bers of the ways and means committee,
expressed his regret that the duty had
been restored, to some extent, on sugar,
coal and iron ore Il had rather" he
continued, 1.-THE duty had remained as we
put it, nsLead of being increased. / see
that the duty has been increased on col
lars and cuffs We put the duty where
il was in The act Of 1883, and reduced the
duty on linen. On the whole, however,
the Senate has performed its work in a
very satisfactory manner, and l think
that when the bill gets into conference
that some of the changes that are not en-
tirely satisfactory to the democrats Of the
House may be remedied.
Representative SprinEeTs of Illinois
said 81 think it unfortunate that coal
and iron ore should have been taken
from the free list. / strongly favor free
raw materials at all times ] think, too
the wooden schedule ought not TO have
been changed. 1t was not satisfactory
to me as it stood in the House bill, but
INC Po94ulOH IdhCH ~ ILC senate YUM
mittee is even less satisfactory"
Representative Price, of Louisiana,
said: 'Of course it is better than the
House bill, for that gave US no duty on
sugar. Still, we had expected more than
the Senate has given US, and our senators
thought we would get higher rate of
duty What the conference committee
may do cannot say
Representative Tracey, dem, of New
York, said he had not studied the bill
sufficiently to enable him to give any
opinion of its merits Il want a tariff
bill and want it quickly, and while l
would rather see some things changed,
such as a return of coal 10 the free list,
the Senate bill is better than none"
The opinions of the republican leaders
may be summed up in a brief sentence:
The House bill was bad, the Senate bill
is much worse"