The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-05-05
RADICAL CHANGES MADE IN
INSTRUMENT.
Senator Jones Of Nevada Votes With
Republicans.
MEASURE WILL BE CALLED UP
TUESDAY MAY Is.

TUESDAY MAY Is.
A Debate of Six Weeks Expected in the
Senate-Hides Placed on the DutiabIe
! List-Anthracite Coal Also Included
| Tax on Beer Proposed Until 1000
Changes in the Lumber, Sugar and
| Other Schedules.
| Washington, May 4.-The tariff bills
was reported to the Senate today to the
surprise of Senators and the public.
| When the Senate finance committee met
today the idea prevailed that the bill
would be held in committee for two days.
All the members of the committee were
present. The Democrats examined the
bill for nearly an hour making running
comments upon it. They announced that
they wera against the bill as n whole.
They soon understood that Senator Jones
| VI AtpSoNte "Gs SOAAS w fNkO WiUu uuC
Republicans and realized that there was
| no possibility of changing the bill. They
had no desire to make any factious
opposition, and when motion was made
by the Republicans to report the bill at
once the vote was taken promptly.
| All the Republicans. with Senator
Jones of Nevada, voted for the motion
| and all the Democrats voted against it.,
the vote standing six to i've. Later. in
the Senate Mr.. Aldrich = nouneed that
he would call up the biis. Tuesday. May
18th.
| The Republican members of the COM
mittee say there is no statement to be
made now as to the effect OF the bill, the
amount of revenue to be raised by it, or
ths reductions. When the bill is taken
up in tine Senate, Mr.. AldrIch will make
such statement in the opening speech.
"It will raise revenue enough" was
| the Comment of Senator Allison, assented
to by Senator Aldrich. They estimated,
however, that the increased revenue to be
raised from beer, would be Sl3. 600. 900.
and from tea SIC, 900, 900.
| Senator Jones Of Arkansas, the Demo-
cratic tariff leader, said that he expected
there would be about six weeks debate
4 on the bill. Several sections of the last
part Of the Dingley bill. which re-enaoted
| the present law are stricken ont. This
will have the effect of leaving the present
law stand and avoid discussion to q great
| extent.
| The comments on the bill are of course
partisan. Some features ale very much
disliKed, even by Republicans, but upon
the whole the Rapu blicans tommend and
| the Democrats condemn it, though meu;-
bers of the committee say tlat the sub
COMMITTEES has in many particulars i'm
proved upon the Dinglsy bill.
The new bill is radically different from
the Dingley bill, practically amounting
almost to another measure. Many Inn
portant schedules were rewritten entire
ly.
| Chairman Dingley of The ways and
means committee of the House. was
asked tonight for his opinion concerning
| the amendments to the taliff BILL Mr.,
| Dingley said that he had rot been able
to read the amt sndments carefully and
| did not care to make any criticism of
the policy of the Senate committee.
! The time for the bill to take effect is
made July l, 1897, instead U. May l. as
provided for by the House, and the words
in the first paragraph Withdrawn for
consumption, are stricken out. The
| following is the provision 1a regard to
hides which are transferred from the
| free list:
Hides of cattle whether dry, salted OF
picked, .one-half cents per pound; pro-
vided that upon all leather exported
made from imported hides there shall be
allowed a drawback equal to the amount
paid on such hites.
/ fpI.. T.:
and all coal Inase 1utiable at rs cents per
ton with a provision added that the duty
on coal and shall be 80 cents per ton and
on coal stack I clum, Is cents per ton,
| when imported from any country that
does not impose higher rates of duty
than those nam'd in this proyiso. The
Senate has increased the internal revenue
duty on beer chlnging section $3.50, of
the revised statutes to read as follows:
"Uptil January ], 1900. there shall be
paid on all beer lager beer ale, porter
ana other simihr fermented liquors. by
| whatever namtsuoh LIQUORS may be
| called, n tax ofone dollar and A cents
| for every barreIcontaining not more than
thirty one gallns, and after January /,
| 1900, there shali be paid tax of 81 per
barrel, on every barrel of such ferlnented
| liquors (the preent rate is one dolIar.)
The retroactie clause of tho Dingley
tariff bill is sticken from the Senate
| bill.
The entire ii use provision relating to
reciprocity hns 1een stricken out and the
following sectln substituted:
| "That Whenver any country shall pay
any bounty or rant upon the expecta-
tiou of any artsle OF merchandise from
such country, ach article or merchandise
Is dutiable uner the provisions OF this
act. Upon tht1nportation of any suoh
article into the United States, whether
directly from tie country of production
or otherwise, tere shall be levied and
paid in all suclcaser, an additional duty
equal to the ,t amount of snoh bounty
or grant. IN net amount of all such
bounties shall re from time to time