The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1894-02-14
DELAYING TARIFF REFORM.
The Senate Snb-Comuiteee Devistng
Many Changes.

WASHINGTON, Feb. THE sub,
committee of the Senate committee on
finance, consisting of Jones OF arkansas
Mills and Vest, got to work early this
morning in Vests room and went over
number of schedules in the tariff. bill
suggesting changes in number that are
nearly tentative pending final action
bv the full committee. It Is said that
the bill might be reported to the Senate
next Tuesday, but this was emphati-
cally denied this moning By o mem
Der of the subcommittee, who said that
despite whatever progress had been
made, it would be utterly impossible to
have the bill ready by that time. Speak
ing Of the bill generally, this Senator
declared that when the measure was
reporterd to the Senate it would be a
strictly revenue bill, yielding sufficient
revenues for the government under an
economic administration of affairs.
This, he said, meant that there would
be duty on sugar, which was in line
with the Democratic policy as enunciat-
ed in the Mills bill, ard an increase in
the whiskey tax.
The bill has been practically divided
into five sections or schedules-A. 3, q
D and E. Inthe first schedule will be
placed all articles bearing compound
or combined specific and ad valorem
duty and the duties will be all ad Valor.
en-. In schedule B will be placed all
articles bearing duty of 40 per cent;
schedule G those bearing 80 per cents;in
in the schedule D those bearing 20 per
cent, and IN schedule E those bearing 10
per cent. The bill when reported will
co2sain no free list. Every article
mentioned in it will be subject to a
daty Of some kind, and those not men
toned in the bill will be admitted free
of dutv. The subcommittee are going
carefully through the Wilson bill and
selecting the largely imported articles.
AS these articles are picked out, they
are placed in the schedule, which the
Judgment OF the com mictee will cause
them to yield the greatest revenue.
During the afternoon the whis-
key schedule was briefly dis
discussed. The talk was as to
the advisabllity of increasing the tax
and extending the bonded period. No
agreement was reached, but it was de.
cideI to have talk with the .Commls-
sioner of Internal Revenue on the CUB
jact One point appears very clarly as
the result OF the sub com mittee'S labors
up to this point and that is, that the
tariff bill viii h they will present to
their Democr. tic associates on the h-r
mace committe> for approval will bea
a slight resem blance to the original
WlsOu bill. The reason for the exJen-
slve changes in contem plation, and
already made, is to be found IN the de-.
cision of the three ub-commltteelnen
| to be governed by the plan Of the old
Walker tariff act, and SO place the du.
ties IS to secure the largest amount Of
| revenue, which ia wolves, of course, re-
duc'ions in Some cases, increases PER
| naps, in others and a very restricted
free list, if indeed, any articles entering
largely into consumption are permitted
to enter duty free.
The Republican members OF the COM
| mittee are devoting themselves to de-
! vlsing I method by which the action
| Of the Democratic majority against
! further hearings upon the bill by inter
ested parties may be reversed. They
are plauDing to have tie bill recommit-
TED to the committee when it reaches
the senate, with instructions to the
committee to grant hearings. This they
hope to accomplish through the aid
| OF Democratic votes.