New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-23
FRAMING A TARIFF BILL.
THREE SCHEDULES HAVE ALREADY
BEEN CONSIDERED.
THOSE OF CHEMICALS. COTTON MANUFACTURES
AND WINES AND LQCORs-MAJOR1TY OF
TIE WAYS AND MEANS COMMIT
Tt-I-

AND WINES AND LIQUORS MAJoRrTY OF
TIE WAYS AND MEANS COMMIT
TEE HARD AT WORK
fBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBuNEI
Washington Jan. o2-Since the public hearings
the tariff ceased on January IL the members
OF the ma jori,y OF the Committee on Ways ana
Means have been hard at work on the schedues.
The task Is slow we'll as laborous one. involv-
ing II does no. only questions OF rates cnss'Ii-
cation and phraseology. but the examination sit'-
Ing and comparison of great number and variety
OF printed and written statements many OF which
contradict one anothe. I'm some respects III not Ill
Three OF the fourteen schedules of dutiabe articles
chemicals cotton manufactures and wines ana
liquors-have thus far been considered by the ma
jority of the committee but none have been COM
peted Rates of duty have not been fixed, ex-
cep. tentativeIy in either OF the three schedules.
and members of the committee wisely refrain from
giving any informally In regard to what has been
done nasmuch many of the proposed rates are
certain TO be changed and modified before the Dill
Is completed j.
The Indicators are that the general average of
rates in tho schedule of chemicals Will be some
what below that of the act or lsV ana cU wh,ch
many articles formerly included In the schedule
w6ch to anf rff the f gsadn
found more brilliant exempliflcation man III me
teras we're eft with higher rates Of duty than
the finished products in the manufacture OIL WHICH
they we're employed. :, /, ..o,o
IN the schedule of wines ard liquors 1t Is proDa-
BILE that the CT 1880 will be restored ana IN one
or two cases a slight advance made on those rates
and it is certain that the blunders winch marked
the treatment Of that schedule in 1894 VIII he COR
rected The schedule of cotton manulactures W.
show fewer changes from existing rates IMAM Ina
of chemicals of the other schcduleS. ! ne
rates on yarns will have to be advanced somewi.a,
and the provsos inserted OH motion OF Senator
Vest which placed them on an al VaioIeH pasis
will have to be eliminated 1t may also pc eN
nected that the rates on of the finer ana more
Expensive grades of cotton cloths Will pc RAISED
cation will be inserted and one or TWO errors /"
rates under classifcations corrected; +, III
OF course in the schedules referred TO- as III az
tho other schedules specific rates or duty W pc
applied az far practicable, and the al Naiorein
rates which were substituted for specifc rates III
iS,4 will be abolished. An experience or ony two
wears was required 10 convince eVeryoony eMcsp
consirnees and agents Of foreign manufacturers
avd n few dishonest importers who thrive and grow
rich in fraudulent undervaua tons. that WINE tne
ad vaorem system Is perfect ana Dcau,ilu III ~,
theory it is most unsatisfactory ana ne
In nractice wherever and whenever It's use cen ne
avoided Az Chairman Dingley recently sag w
conversation with A Tribune correspondent, W.
shar not have to waste much time III discussioh
q. the exploded ad vaorem theory