The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-03-08
OPINIONS Of LAWMAKERS
Senator'S and Representatives
Talk of Tariff Revision.
THEY FAVOR LEGISLATION
A Large Number of Them Think
There Is Need OF a New Tariff
Law and That the Extra Session
for This Purpose Is Warranted
by the Country's Condition.

The attitude of a Jority OF the Sen
atnrs and Representatives, comprising the
Fffty-fifth Congress, upon the question OF
immediate tariff legislation and the extra
session, has been determined by a series
or questions propounded to them.
or the eighty-six Senators addressed
sixty-seven replied. Representatives of
Congressional districts to the number of
247 out of a possible 957 made reply. or
the number 100 favored tariff. revision
and an extra session. They so stated
directly, or gave room for such Inference
in their answers
Forty-two Senators favored revision and
an extra session, and twenty-four are
registered against the propositions. In a
few instances the opinions of Coneressmen
and Senators were obtained from theirclose
political friends.
The inquiries were:
DO you favor immediate tariff lecisIa.
ton?
DO you favor an extra session OF Congress-
for tsis purpose?
Ii given time for development. would
the present tariff produce sufficient reye
nue.:
If new tariff is offered, should it I'm
general policy be specific or lad val
orem?'
DO you favor a tariff on the lines OF the
Mckinley bill or Wilson bin?
What Industries in your district demand
tariff revision, and on what lines?
Senator John w. Daniel said it would be
best to let the tariff alone, but since the
country has decided otherwise any action
taken should be immediate The Mckinley
bill was entitled An act to reduce revenue
and for other purposes" 1t did reduce the
revenue and bill to produce revenue must
be of a different order
He said quite a number of Industries i'm
his State demand tariff revision, but i'm
general the demands are not exorbitant
and the people prefer tariff that does not
create monopoly, crush trade and stifle
revenue.
Senator Chandler said he would have a gri-
cultural pI oducts, cotton and wooden manu-
factures pi otected 10y tariff duties ON for
efgn products, which win make their cost
when landed in our ports equal to the cost
OF producing home products of the sarle
character and quality Prohibitiye duties
are not asked for, but protection suffi-
cient TO enable home producers to pay |
American wages and yet undersen foreign |
products.
Gen. Charles II. Grosvenor said the new |
bill ought to be higher than the Mckinley
law in some instances and lower in Others |
think all the interests of the farmer, la
borer and producer demand a revision of |
the tariff on protection lines.
Senator Gallinger replied that he would
IKE wooien manufactures, lumber, granite,
paper, agricultural products and possibly
cotton manufactures protected by tariff.
He wants it high enough to protect every |
American interest that comes in competi-
lion with foreign products
II -avor," said Senator Frye, "the ad-
mission OF foreign products which we use
and do not produce free, and duty on
everything imported competing with Amer
can products equivalent to a difference
between wages here and wages abroad ;, |