The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-10
A DEMOCRATS ADMISSIONS
Many Explanations Will Be Nee
essary Next Campaign.
People Will Want to Know About tht
inconsistencies in the Tariff-Mar-
tin as Pension Cuckoo
Special to the indianapolis Journal.

Wilson or Senate tariff bill when that
measure comes from the finance COMMITTEES
TO the Senate next week. The determine.
ton TO levy a duty Of 1 cent per pound on
sugar Of all grades and make coal and iron
ore pay a duty, and 20 increase the whisky
tax, makes unnecessary as a revenue propo-
sition the income tax scheme. If income
taxes taken out Of the Wilson bill by
the finance committee it will not necessarily
indicate that the Senate will refuse to pass
them, as it is now held that income taxes
are stronger in the Senate than in the
House; but it Will place the proposition on
its individual merits and give either branch
of Congress an unhampered opportunity to
reject income taxes.
A Democratic member of the Senate COM
mittee on finance Acknowledged to your corr
respondent to-day that those who were
responsible for the present revision OF the
tariff law would encounter a great deal Of
embarrassment and trouble in many sec
tions Of the country during the next cam
paign in explaining apparent IL not actual
inconsistencies in the Wilson bill as Il ia
to become law. Why swool and eggs end
farm produce OF the most important CHAR
acter TO our agriculturists should bs
placed the free list when the raw ma
terials taken out OF the ground. and which
the Democratic leaders Of the country have
been bowling for during the past quarter Of
a century, should be protected by duty
is one OF the things the Senator acknowl-
edged to be difficult Of explanation. Why
duty for revenue only is TO be placed on
some Of the necessities of life which are
not yet produced in this country in half
sufficient quantities to meet the domestic
demand, and articles which made in
superabundance in this country are placed
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Democrats say they must crack on the ros-
trum next fall.
When the Democrats i'm the House put
coal on the free list they explained their
action TO the owners and operators of do
mestic coal fields that free coal would not
injure the coal interests in this country;
that IL would only lower the prices at the
seaboard When the bill went TO the Sen-
ate it was found that the Senators from
Maryland, the Nirginias and Alabama
threatened to vote against the bin IL coal
was not made dutiable SO they were told
The Democratic Senators acknowledged that
II the price of coal at the seaboard was
ioWere1 py Tree cohpSuuoil from lIhPorta-
tlons the prices for coal In the interior por-
tons of the country must OF course de-
cline. There appeared to be no one in DEM
ocratic States 10 demand protection for
wool, and SO no thought given about
that important product OF the farm, al
though 1t was demonstrated that the wool
| interest of this country is more important
than the coal interests, and that while our
sheep are most largely grown by small
circumstances the coal interests are nearly
all owned and every one controlled by
| capitalists. The same was true of iron ore,
and lead and other minerals.
Democratic member OF the ways and
means committee frankly acknowledged
that there is real politics i'm placing wool on
the free list; that II is intended TO give
Eastern manufacturers raw material at the
| lowest possible prices. He says that, after
| ALL the Eastern States. like New Jersey,
New York, Massachusetts and Connecticut,
| control the politics Of the country, and that
| these States manufacture nearly all Of the
wooden goods produced in this country.
| These States are to be made or kept Demo-
cratic in politics by a Democratie .enoour-
| agement of certain industries and the de-
| struction of certain other interests. de
| says the States producing wool are either 50
strongly Democratic as not TO be affected by
| this act or are so nearly irredeemably Re-
| publican as 10 have no CONSIDERATION at
| Democratic hands
THE SUBCOMMITTEE AT WORK.
| An Associated Press reporter says: The
| Democratic subcommittee engaged in shap-
| ing the tariff bill continued its work from
early morning until late tonight While
there is great deal yet to be done. the
| subcommittee has progressed so far that
| Senator Voorhees, said to-day to the re-
| porter that he was hopeful that the bill
might be completed by the latter part OF
| next week. In providing the necessary reve-
| nues the committee is endeavoring 10 touch
| as few interests as possible in making the
| changes. All the definite reports still hover
about the duty on sugar, coal and iron ore
and the tax on whisky and the income tax
If the income tax is left In the bin IL will
not be SO necessary to put duties on these
| imports and the members Of the subcom-
| mittee including Senator Voorhees,. are
| without exception favorable TO the income
] tax, but there is some difference OF opinion
the tariff bill one of the leading members
| of the committee, in reply 10 question,
said to-day that an income tax would be
| that it was not as yet decided whether the
| tax would be included In the tarin bill as
| reported to the senate in a separate bill.
! The remembrance of opinion about the
| Senate, however, seems favorable 10 the
retention of the tax on the taTdn pl o,is he
| tions not yet decided, and Efforts are max
ing to secure an extension OF the oonded
| period as well increase or the TAX:
| With respect to sugar, Senators vest ana
| Mills advocate a duty OF about cent
Senator Jones is against any duty what
ever on sugar unless made necessary by
the requirements OF the c0nulIoh OF Ine
treasury This question. IKE IKE Io,, he Wn,Sng Iih,o
there is much speculation. .
Senator Pettigrew. OF South Dakota, says
he is going 10 test the Senate on one feat,
ure of the tariff bill which he believes VIII
carry He intends first 10 move Tor a duty
on wool and IL this is not carried he VIII
offer an amendment placing all woolens
and manufactures OF wool on the tree list.
He thinks the latter proposition VIII carry
port OF all the Northwestern men In the
| Republican party, well as all OF the
| Populists and r.any Democrats-enough at
least TO carry the amendment through. The
South Dakota senator said he would like
| to secure protection for wool, barley. fax
and some other agricultural products OF
his State, but he does not anticipate that
the amendment he proposes TO oner viii
| receive any consideration.
The wool men, who are stil about the
| capital in force. have not by any means
| given up the fight Notwithstanding the
| very little encouragement they have re-
| ceIyed at the hands OF the Senate commit
tee on finance. They are organizing their
forces against the free-wool schedule and
| have some hope OF being able 10 secure a
| change in the bill after 10 Is reported TO
the Senate. II not before. They have found
| the Popuilst members OF the Senate much
| more inclined TO favor them than they were
at first led TO believe would be the case.
! and are OF the opinion that II they can get
some support from the Democrats they can
force az least a slight change IN their inter-
| est Many Democratic Senators saw thar
| IL will be contrary &c all recent deciara-
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