The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1895-12-26
WAYS and MEANS REPORT
Continued from First Page.

| customs duties on imported articles which
we can and ought to produce or make. M
home, for revenue purposes, we can at the
same time incidentally. encourage strickep
industries, and materially aid IN turnini;
| in our favor the balance OF trade which has
been SO heavily against us all through this
| calendar year, and which has ca used a de-
mand for gold for export, which our Treas
ury has been calledto supply. For so long
as the balance OF trade is aga inst us, on ac-
count OF excessive imports, we must export
gold, or tiShat Is, the same thing b. promises
to pay gold. to pay for the excess OF i'm
ports over the exports.
VIEWS OF THECOMMITTEE.
Your committee have not undertaken u
genera! revision OF the the tariff ON pro
lection lines, rs a ma sorlty hope can be
done in 1897 -'9S, not only because they
know that such tariff legislation would
stand no chance of becoming a law but also
because genera tariff rtyisiOn would re-
quire many NOM his, and Che need is more
revenue at once.
We. believe. however, tbat this need of
more revenue is so grdut that simple
measure increa sing all duties Of he dutiable
list. and taking from the free list OF the
present tariff few arttclfs that were al
ways on the duiiable list until August 81,
1894, and which haze always been JIM
portant revenue producers, and limiting
80, o.. -, s.'. .,iu .on 80 a"o ~
si,a.a, -, , mt W. P 1881. Wv
reooivo ,h. w., ''s . ~
do not favor protective duties, on patriotic
grounds, and that the fact that II may
incidentally encourage the production OF
many articles that We require at home
instead OF abroad will not be regarded rs IL
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ihE KEN ENCE RAISED
But while we have presented In the brief
measure reported a horizontal Increases 10
per cent of existing du, all the scl,edules
hut two ,rbic,, ix n, ,adi,i,, -, ,.,s ,,.,,
u Nor CON, IN tho a,-.raga ,d,,I,-,,, rat,,
giving ah,ut ak oon onn r.,,..o,,., ,ro,,
,bat source. W., more ,,,a, cor ooo mo
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yaIorcm. This reduction ron th,. dutv or
the act OF 1890 has been made because the
restoration of the full duty in that act
W. pIesfnl ia" 10 'nose "hCse co-opera-
non ~ Is hescssars 10 secure III oruer 10
na,e any essla'ion a,', not as Il measure
""i' Hiis". VIC uo"e ""eh an "i"oches
Ui WI. so'e'ii'nen. arr III nar'nony WIN
,ne hiaIo'"s vi 'he NOUS On protecnon
~ iah. -. ne "a.. On manufactures W wooi
.s .heisaseu ny Spectre du'y equivalent
:" nv .he nu.s oii "ooi. 4
:, =, u. uu's WI ."iptt woois Is ieit Ut tHe
-, %" ,,.s.' "he .. was
i,,.,,' :" o''o; nis - .Pufeiy revenue
: ~, ,, w ia's. we Ipe, WOODS.
~, g., 49,, 90 pi., "" Wv ne mt
;.,,, ~. u 80. ",,i'ou' ,ne sngh'ese
Is ,es'ofeu 10 Tue dut,abie
-, ,,. 49, -, ' my oo Per CIV So
,i,in., m .,.,,,;,o I,,,,, = - -.
Con, g., =, r.,,,,,t,,, 60, -. r.
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~, no 80, ~, - nv e.ou '
.oan ~ ,ran ,,u, gu. o',,i'.ee n.'s
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r. a,,.,r, 80 u " o"." Se.uic
yyhosn ro.one-a,ion IL s.s'.n,;ni 80 ,o p,a
t,o, na ~, ,,,, a. .,,.'.sII, "
IN s,,ch :, :, a.. ,na,,,, W - .iiu'
lie neccs.itr m,,s, con,-o, nv pun
,
So,Np 'oNbIIIoN.
Believing that such an increa So OF revenue |
as is proposed is essential as Il first step |
IN the restoration OF confidence and rho |
restoration of the Treasury In n souud !
condition. and that other Legislation ,o IA. |
proposed cannot ne effective yithnnt ADJ
Iuate revenue to meet ff,e expeniitn,cs or !
he government. your committee RECON-
mend the passne e of the occonn. N zinc, nm
4. R.--.'to temporarily Increase revenue
O meet the exDenses ofpovernmert and nro- |
Tide against a defi,iencv.''
The Committee on Ways and Means, to
WON was reierred so much or The Prcsi-
's ~, a,ll.iai 'hessase, ana Oh the report /
=, tho n,,;,,a,,,., - 81. ,...
80 a,n ,h,' .l',,',,., VI ,ne reueihploh
ar1,,. ' 's 'oi'i''oi'' VI INC treasury
Tha. e.,
a.. VI. Vi ue treasury no"
49,, 20 o.. uei 'ne resumption
MOI 60. 80, W 'ssus anu az, sen zen years
- -, 'us, anu m,,y years per
s,'o,,,n,,'is 20 inail'sin 'he Iuhu Tor the
- has n',I., "a q, nv ooo ann ho'es, ana mat
y as so" "ioo,ooo'oVo OF tue FORMER
M" nr .,i VI u"nos' anu ABOUT soI,Ooo,-
ho ,,as. 80 el ueeei OF oohds Ill
~ PC. 80 !eais. me redemption
~ - , . u.eiieu ~ a"ou. Sixty hiinons,