The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-03
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REPUBLICAN SENATORS WORKING
NIGHT AND DAY ON THE
DINGLEY BILL
MANY CHANGES ! EXPECTED.
BEFORE THE ACT is REPORTED 1T
WILL BE THOROUGHLY RE
MODELLED,
NOT MUCH IS Allowed TO LEAK.
Few Promises Made by the Finance
Committee Even to the Republic
cans of the Senate.

WASHINGTON, April 1.-The Re-
publican members of the senate COM
mittee on finance are continuing their
work day and night on the tariff bill
with the intention of reporting it to the
senate at the earliest possible day.
They are not yet prepared to give out
any of the results Of their investiga-
tons, and say when approached upon
the subject that they have not as yet
reached any conclusions upon any
schedules Of the bill There is. how
ever, we'll defined impression about
the senate that the bill will be general
ly remodeled and the rates considera-
bly, reduced in many of the schedules.
A member of the committee is quoted
by another senator, as authority for the
specific statement that carpet duties
would be cut. There is also general
belief among Western senators that
there will be material changes in the
rates on wool, especially on those of
the third class.
A strong effort will be made to have
naphtha-Zarine black placed upon the
dutiable list. Representatives of other
wool blacks are now in the city and
have brought the matter to the atten-
ton of the committee. They call at
tention to the fact that this product
is not an elizarin and say that it is
unjustly so classified. The ways and
means committee of the house orig
inally agreed to leave it out of the du-
table list and place it with other coal
tar dyes, but changed their minds the
last day the bill was before the house.
h0 ir1Oi hoc
Gus protest from persons interested in
other blacks, who say that naphtha-
zarine patent is owned by a foreign
house; that it will give to this estab-
lishment monopoly and will deprive
the government of 100000 revenue an
nually. am
Among other suggestions which have
been urged upon the committee is a
return to the Wilson law of eight cents
a pound duty on hops, instead of the Is
cents provided by the Dingley bill. 1t
is claimed that the proposed increase
will be an injury rather than a bene-
fit to the producer and a hardship to
the consumer. A uniform rate is also
proposed on all imported tobacco suit
able for cigar purposes. 1t is asserted
that the enactment of the Dingley
rates into law would result in throw
ment
A reduction of the rate on gold leaf,
silver leaf aluminium leaf, and a re-
duction on the rate of 10 cents pound
on gum chicle, the basis of pure chew
ing gum, are other suggestions. Some
of the manufacturers urge that gum
should be made free because it is, they
say "the poor mans luxury There
is also much contention about the Ium-
Der schedule, as there is about many
other schedules.
The committee is not receiving any
verbal statements except from sena-
tors, but it is giving close attention
to typewriter presentations of fact
and argument. Few promises are be
ing made even to senator's There is
therefore, no basis for any but the
most general prediction as to the fate
of the bill at the hands of the Repub-
lican senators.