The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-02-24
TARIFF BILL READY
Will be Discussed by Fin
ance Committee On
Monday.
MANY CONCESSIONS MADE
Secretary Carlisle of Opinion that
1t Will Produce Sufficient
Revenue.
ANY CONCESSIONS MADE

WASHINGTON, Feb "a, 1s94-The tariff
bill is practically completed, and will be laid
before the full Committee on Finance at
special meeting to be held Monday morning
at ten o'clock. Mr.. VOORHEES, last evening
issued the call for the meeting, and
the Sergeant telegraphed Mr..
Allison, who is in Detroit, that the
call had been issued, and requested his
presence Mr.. Aldrich, who is in Rhode
Island, will be back Monday morning. When
the bill will reach the Senate is not known,
as much depends upon the action of the
committee. Mr. Morrill, will endeavor to
have the bill considered in committee by
sections, and this may take two or three
days, but at all events Mr.. VOORHEES, and Mr..
Mills confidently expect the bill to be re-
ported before the week is over.
TRIAL BILL.
The condition of the bill today, when
Messrs. Mills, Vest and Jones separated at
noon, was of a tentative character, but the
committee had very great hopes that it
would prove to be final The element of
doubt is caused by the attitude of the
Senators who have been objecting to the
action of the House. and with the end
in view of drawing to the bill the
support of all conflicting factions, the COM
mittee has made numerous concessions, many
of them greatly against the Judgment of the
subcommittee, but found tosbe absolutely rec
essary to Secure the safe passage Of the
measure through the Senate. If the Sena-
tors, therefore, agree to the concessions given
there will be smooth sailing, otherwise there
Is an ugly outlook for the pilot Of the bill.
The COMMITTEES has yielded as much as they
believe they can yield, and the disposition of
the members is to go no farther in the direc-
ton of concessions.
WHO WILL GAIN BY TT?
The coal people have, perhaps, gained
more than any one else, and this morning
say they have secured fifty cents ton on
that article. Iron ore will be protected by
ad valorem duty of not less than
20 per cent, and it is by no means
settled that wool will be on the free list.
Lumber is to be taken care of in considera-
tion of votes from a united party, and
sugar has finally reached a stage where the
committee may be said to be in accord with
one another. The Louisiana Senators will
not, though, get the cent and half per pound
they have held out for so strenuously, but
will be content with duty that hovers near
one cent pound, with probable graduated
system on sugar standing a test of eighty
degrees or more. This will give the refners
sufficient incidental protection from loss.
AID vALOREM DUTIES PREFERRED.
The lines upon which the House still were
Senate, and ad ualorenl duties have been
adhered to- in preference to specific and
wherever it could be done, the COM
mittee has changed even the specifics
of the House to dd utlorem. Some articles
that will create surprises have been put on
the free list and in return the House will be
astonished at the removal from the free list
of some of the articles that found most favor
in the Ways and Means Committee as a basis
for free trade.
A leading member of the subcommittee
said today that the bill, when laid before
the Senate, would carry with it no deficit
THERE WILL BE NO DEFICIT.
Secretary Carlisle was before the sub
committee this morning and went over the
internal revenue features. He believes
the bill will produce sufficient revenue.
As it came from the House, the
bill carried a deficit of seventy
five millions and member of the commit
tee, when asked today how it would cover
this great shortage, said that could not be
explained without going over the entire
bill and revealing what the committee had
done, which, at this time, would be
manifestly improper. He did not say that.
provided the committee agreed upon the
figures it had in mind, an additional thirty
eight millions would come from sugar;
about eighteen millions from the increase
to S1.20 per gallon of the tax
on whiskey; saving of two millions a year
by the regulation Of the sale of the unmanu-
factured leaf tobacco and the remainder on
other additions that have been made for pur-
poses of revenue only and the increased i'm
portation bound to grow out of an enlarged
free list.
PROBABLE CHANGES.
Whether or not the bonded period on
whiskey will be extended, has not as yet,
been finally determined. But the indica-
tions are that such extension will, in the
end, be made. 1t is also among the proba-
bilities that the tax on manufactured tobacco
may be slightly increased, as this is sure
and ready means of turning money into the
Treasury Immediately.
The bill will be sent to the printer tonight
for the third print, it having already been
printed twice, only to be torn to pieces
The terms of the bill will probably be dis.
cussed at Mondays caucus, and if
the concessions made by the committee are
satisfactory to all interests, the bill
will be pushed through, and no effort will
be made by the Republicans to re-commit,
as such effort is contingent upon dissatis-
faction on the part of Democrats who have
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