The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-04-10
CAPITAL WROTE THE BILL
Some Startling Inside History of
the Dingley Tariff Bill.
TRCST AGENTS FIXED RATES
Names and Facts Given Showing
the Methods by Which the Meas-
cials Drew Up Many of the Sehed-
uies-Republican Opposition.

The New York journal this morning
prints ender Washington date a start
ling expose of the methods by which the
Dingley till was constructed in the House.
The Republicans Of the Senate Finance
Committee, TO fully justify themselves in
their purpose to tearit TO pieces, are willing
that the public should learn how the Ding
ley bin was made, how the agent Of each
protected interest wrote the schedule in
which he was most concerned, and how
the representatives of the trusts were
given free rein in fixing the duties on
which every trust had its foundation. The
following charges come from official
Sources, the Journals correspondent says,
and cannot be successfully controverted:
The sugar schedule as il now stands
was largely written by Scion Humphreys,
Pierre Smith, John Farr, William II LET
erts, Charles p Armstrong and John L.
SearIes. treasurer OF the American Sugar
Refining Company.
Thomas Harrison. for the Manufacturing
Chemists Association, wrote IA substance
the chemical schedule.
III B. Newton, president of the Ma
tional Association of Fire Brick Manu-
facturers. prepared section So OF the bnl.
Green glass manufacturers wrote sec
ton "a, imposing duty upon green and
colored bottles. and their demand was lit
orally complied with
simon burns wrote section 80, and Ills
language was followed word for word
Manufacturers Of speCtacles, eyeglasses,
lenses, opera-glaSses etc, had their sched-
ule, as prepared by themselves, adopted
without the change OF a single wood.
Cotton spinnels and cotton manufac-
tuIers demanded certain rates. in writing,
and their demands were honorcd.
The section OF the cutlery schedule re-
ferring TO pocket knives and table knives
was prepared a month before il was given
out 10y the committee Ii was in the pos
session OF certain manufacturer, and ne
showed it Ia friends of his in New York
and other cities weeks before any one
knew what that section was Co he. Attic
same time. the majority of the Ways and
Means Committee had decided 10 submit
the retroactive amendment.
1t is fact that the wool manufacturers
OF the country knew on the evening of
January q what the wool schedule was to
he The present boom in sugar is directly
traceable TO the fact that the retroactive
clause is TO be used to put up the price OF
sugar 10 the trade. while the trust never in
tends to pay a cent OF increased duty on
sugars imported prior to the date the new
bill becomes law.
The journal is able to give the names of
certain gentlemen who wrote sections Of
The hin Enough is known now 10 Prove
beyond the chance OF a doubt that the Re
pubIcans Of the Ways and Means Com
mittee have attempted to give 10 the trusts
and manufacturers Of the country an OPP
portlmity to draw from the mass of con-
sumers the equivalent Of the great sums
they spent for tie election of Major Nc
Kinley. They have been trying TO keep
snte-election promises.
The sugar men Jared as well as they
expected TO before this committee. They
have no OF her sche mes to work through the
Senate. Scion Humphreys, OF New York
headed the committee OF sugar importers,
who presented their rates To the commit
tee. He and his associates We're successful |
In their efforts to have a duty OF three |
of a cent imposed for each de !
gree on all sugar tested above Z 3 degrees by |
the pClariscope. They wanted the basic |
rate OF one cent a pound imposed Oh all |
sugar testing Z 3 degrees, and got it. The |
only demand Of these gentlemen that was |
refused was the one asking that the test /
be extended TO 100 degrees. The commit
tee would only let the test run to SO de
grees.
John E. Searles, Of the great sugar
trust, asked that the differenual ON re-
fined sugar be sufficient to offset the ex-
port bounty paid by certain European
aud TO satisfy him a clause 10
hat effect was added TO the schedule
The great paper trust had their sched-
lle ready for the WAYS and Means Com
nittee. 1t was written and presented by
Wellington Smith, of Lee, Mass. The COM
nittee adopted the schedule with the omis-
zion of crepe paper, which was given an
additional duty Of per cent ad valorem,
while albuniniZed or sensitizcd paper was |
,ut on at30 per cent
The combine Of optical goods manurac-
urers presented a schedule to the CON-
nittee, toe. and demanded its adoption.
= |
out the language is used almost without
change.
Afford Sanford, representing the COM
inc known as the Cotton Yarn Spinners'
demanded the adoption Of a
chedule on cotton manufactures There rs
lot punctuation point Of difference be-
ween the combine schedule presented at
he hearings and the Dingley schedule.
"TheSe are but few samples The |
hanges made in the existing Law at the
emand of the trusts can be found all he
way through the till. In fact. every duty
evied in the new bin has been arranged |
fter the wishes Of capital, without any
pecial reference to the consumer and the
lloring man, and absolutely rega rslless
( the needs of the Treasury. Whatever
AK increases come are mere incidents OF
he protective tariff. The Treasury eX-
erts have discovered nearly as many
chedules which viii reduce revenue as
here are which viii increase receipts"
THE DEMENTED.