New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-18
TARIFF BILL TO BE PUSHED.
CHAIRMAN DINGLEY EXPECTS TO RE-
PORT 1T BACK TOMORROW.
PROMPT ACTION NECESSARY TO STOP THE fLoop
OF ANT1cIPAToRY ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
NOTIFICATIONS MADE AT TIE
MEETING OF TIE WAYS AND
MEANS COMMITTEE.
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MEETING OF THE WAYS ANp
MEANS COMMITTEE.
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Washington. March 1I.-Charman Dingley' Oh
the WAYS and Means Committee hopes to be
able to report the Tariff bill to the House on
Friday and that the debate Will Immediately
proceed This plan may be modified somewhat
II the minority Of the committee strongly IN
sst on more time for preparation pe1ore .he
beginning of the debate. Chairman Dingiey
and his Republican colleagues feel that not al
hour ought to be wasted by the committee OF
the House before sending the bill to the Senate,
and this feeling is understood to be shared by
Mr. Bailey the leader of the Democratic MI
nority as we'll as by other Democratic Repre-
sentatives, who realize the need OF additional
revenue and that 1t must be had. II at ALL
through a speedy and prompt revision or the
tariff to stop the flood Of anticipatory impor'a-
lions which will surely glut the domestic mar
ket and clip the revenues II the revision shall
be delayed beyond the first day Of May
Never before. probably, in the history OF
American tariff legislation was the necessity
Of expeditions action so strong or SO urgent not
10 FAY absolutely imperative. This fact also
appears to be keeny realized by some OF the
silver Senators. Chairman Dinghy was IN
formed to-day by one Of the silver Representa-
tives that at least three OF the silver senators
were strongly inclined to favor the passage vi
a Joint resolution to take effect lmmeu'a'e'''
imposing on wool and woollens the duties pro-
posed in the bill.
Mr. Dingley said to Tribune correspondent
tonight that IL II seemed probable, after a
canvass of the situation in the Serate 'Wnich
is already under way, that such res0lu''o -.
would pass that body without long ueiaS' ~
,,xht fnyA~ ri
House ard passed Such resolution II passsu;;
would do much to relieve existing anHle'! an"
remove uncertainty respecting the effect OF an.
ticipatory importatioas on tn" revenue uuii"e
the next fiscal year. He added: :,
.'Of course the effect of such importations Is
difficult to estimate. If we could get new Jaw
nv opinion, give us $40, 600. 900 to S250OO'OOO
more revenue for the first year than the same
law would If its enactment should be delayed I'M
til July /. In making my estimate or me p rop-
able amount of additional revenue urea 10 MAKE
fair allowance for the effects OF anticipatory III.
portations. provided the law could go INTO erect
on the former date. also gave welshl W sUI''
considerations that woIld hardly be taken in'o
account by persons who had not carefully STUDIED
the free list proposed by the committee. VII"
the help Of the appraisers ana other customs on
GERS | think we have stopped all the big hoes IN
the free list and a good many Of the little ones,
and that the result VIII be good man! iiiiIiions
az additional revenue. Mr. Tichenor and others
who know the ms and outs OF customs adm'hls
traticn assure us that the results Will he as as
tonishing as they will be gratifying There VIII
be no more free admission OF antiquities tnat
were manufactured month or year before iii
portation: no more free admission or horses ana
carriages and expensive wardrobes. costing thou-
sands of dollars and II the bill goes 10 the
statute book in the form II leaves the committee
The Republican members OF the committee az
their conference to-day decided TO take aspnait-
um and bitumen from the free list ana tTansier
them to the dutiable list with duty or - ~ d
ton on the crude and So a ton on the dried ms
change will result In large addition 10 tne rev
enues The importatons are all controHed ny
one concern and the asphatum, which Is lnVolced
at an average price Of IS a ton. is sold IN the
United States at an advance OF 2oO TO 2'o per
cent 1t was also decided To modify the sugar
schedule somewhat so as to make lis operailoh
less difficult as we'll as more equitable, ana also
10 remove what might he strong temptation 10
defraud the revenue. Instead of UNIFORM al
vance OF 3-I00 of a cent pound FOR each degree
above 15 and 81 900 OF a cent on each degree
and a half il is proposed to graduate the duty
according to the polariscOpic scale or tenths'
Thus on sugar which polarizes at say ID ID W de ,
grees the duty will be ?-l.00O Of cent pound
more than on sugar which polarizes at w o-Io
degrees Under the schedule as originally lrahled
the duty on the former would be l'-I"" q. d
cent more per pound than on the latter.
Some other changes and notifications were
made to-day only one OF which was OF lmpor-
lance The one transfers several articles or WOOL
len manufactures from one paragraph TO ahoth-
err and thereby reduces the rates SOMEWHAT pe-
low those of the act OF lS3o