The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-23
TARIFF BILL TROUBLESOME.
SENATE COMMITTEE TO TRY TO nE-
PORT 1T TUESDAY.

Contamination of Their Hopes Not at
All Certain-AII Depends On the
Interruptions That May Take
PIace-The Rates on Wool Not FL
naIIy Decided on Yet-The Duty on
Hides Likely to be IL Cents Per
POund-SenatOF Jones, Who Holds
the balance of Power, Satisfied.
Washington, April 22.-The republican
tariff subcommittee of the Senate finance
committee is working now with its eyes
fixed upon next Tuesday as the day to
report the tariff bill to the full commit
tee, but without feeling at all confident
that this result can be accomplished. All
will depend upon the Interruptions that
may take place, the persistence and in
fiuence of those, who seek changes, and
the demands of other senators. The bill
may not go to the full committee before
the end of the week. The committee is
also informing those, who seek to secure
changes in the bill that their suggestions
are not likely to be considered after the
present week, and that consequently what
ever amendments are to be made will be
finally passed upon before the close of the
work on Saturday night.
The committee has passed tentatively
upon almost all questions before it and
finally upon those of small Importance,
leaving for the last the most important
items over which there are differences of
opinion. Probably the most persistent de-
mands have come from the western repub-
lican senators for greater protection to
western interests. The entire wool sched-
ule will not be advanced but the probable
tiles are strong that woods of the third
class will be. Those of the first and sec
ond class will probably be reduced. The
western senator's who have agreed to the
Mantle schedule, sent this schedule to the
committee to-day, and win probably call
tomorrow or Saturday to urge it's adop-
ton.
1t is also probable that the classification
will be made more definite than that of
the original Dingley bill. The wool ques-
ton is receiving the committees best at
tention, as it is recognized that the fate
of the bill may depend somewhat upon its
satisfactory adjustment.
There has also been a spirited conten-
ton over the subject of duty on hides,
the proposition for which has been strong
~ anta&OnlZed Dy the tanning interests.
decision has been practically reached to
make hides dutiable at the rate of "
cents per pound.
The advocates of an increased duty on
lead ore are said to have also won and
according to the best obtainable reports,
the Mckinley rate of $50 per ton will be
restored. There will also be a rebate on
the tin used in canning fruit and fish to
be imported.
One of the problems of the committee
has been to satisfy Senator Jones of Me-
vada, silver republican, who holds the
balance of power in the finance commit
tee. He has been made acquainted with
the work of the committee, so far as it
has progressed and it is understood that
he is quite satisfied with the bill
Senator Butler of North Carolina to-
day introduced a number of amendments
which he proposes to offer at the proper
time to the tariff bill. The proposed
amendments put cotton ties, salt and jute
on the free list, and increase the duty on
rice in the hull to l cent per pound, de-
crease the duty on coal tar dyes from IS
per cent. to 25 per cent. ad valorem and
make clearer specifications than those of
the Dingley bill on mica Ground mica
is made dutiable at cents per pound