Evening star., 1894-02-09
THE TARIFF BILL
Will Be Ready for Reading in the
Senate Committee Monday.
HOPE TO PASS IT EARLY IN MARCH
Many Changes Made in the House
Measure.
SUGAR UTY RESTO RED

Ihe adjournment Of the Senate until
Monday was secured by Senator Voorhees,
Tor the purpose of giving the democrats of
The finance committee time to consider the
tarln Dill and To afford the democrats of
the Senate not on the committee an op-
portunity to consult with the committee
on that subject. The subcommittee, who
nave been for several weeks considering
the question, expect to report their bill
TO the democrats OF the committee on Mon
day, and the purpose is to dispose OF the
measure as speedily as possible in commit
Tee and to report 1t promptly to the Senate.
Expedition will be the chief object Of the
democrats In the consideration Of this bill,
they having already decided upon its char
acter.
Why There Were No Hearings.
There has been considerable comment
on the decision Of the committee not to
have hearings. The democrats of the COM
mittee believe they were entirely justified
in this decision. finding their justification
in two things. one that the question has
been exhausted in hearings already and
the oeiser that the republicans had planned
to delay the passage Of the bill by protract-
ing the hearings indefinitely IL the doors
were once thrown open. The democrats
believe that they will be able to pass their
bill through the Senate by the first week
in March. The republicans contemplate re-
sistance with view Of delay, but will
probably be compelled to follow a differ
ent course from that at present in mind
on account Of the protests from those
whom they represent against being kept in
doubt and uncertainty for q long time as
to what Is to be done.
Changes I'm the House Bill.
The subcommittee have outlined and prac-
tically completed their bill and as they re-
port 1t to the full COMMITTEES 1t Ii likely to
be reported to the Senate. It will not be
recognized as the Wilson bill. The order Of
the schedules will be changed and there will
be number Of changes running throughout
the bill which will give 1t the appearance Of
a distinct measure. When the two bills are
compared it will be found that they do not
differ materially In their essential features,
the most important changes made by the
Senate being with relation to coal and
sugar. In some Of the schedules the rates
will be reduced below the Wilson bill. and
the aim will be to make the Senate bill
purely and simply revenue bill, with no
as such. -.-
Duty on sssar nastered.
The duty on sugar will be restored, and it
the committee, in restoring this duty, to at
the same time give a thrust to the sugar
trusts. They propose to reverse the order
of things and to place a duty Of one and
one-quarter cents per pound on raw sugar
and a smaller duty of one cent on refined
This being a revenue duty. it will give no
sort Of comfort to the trusts. They pro-
pose to retain the income tax; to increase
the tax on whisky to $1.10 per gallon, ex-
tending the bonding period to five years. and
place a tax of 45 or 80 cents per ton on coal
Iron and lead ore will be left on the free
list, and there will be no change in the iron
and steel schedules unless there is q reduc-
ton on some of the items.
Some Amendments.
Senator Pettigrew Of South Dakota says
he Is going to test the Senate upon one feat
ure Of the tariff bill which he believes will
carry. He intends. first, to move for a duty
on wool. and. II this Is not carried, he will
offer an amendment placing all woolens and
manufactures Of woolens on the free list
He thinks the latter proposition will carry,
because it will probably receive the support
of all the northwestern men in the republi-
can party, as well as Of the populists and
many democrats, enough, at least, to carry
the amendment through. The South Dakota
Senator says he would like to secure protec-
tion for wool, barley. flax and some other
agricultural products Of his state, but he
does not anticipate that the amendments he
proposes to offer will receive any consider
alton.