The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-05-12
DfNGLEY 4ND THE rsGIFF.
lie Gives some Information Concerning
the Rul That Hearsiiis Name,

WASHINGTON. y. c., May 1.-THE
first statement which Chairman Dinsley,
of the Ways and Means Committee,
whose name il borne by the new tarin
bill has consented 10 make regarding the
bin since Il was amended by the Senate
Finance Committee was made 10y him
to-day TO the Associated Press.
Mr. Dingley was requested TO give some
statement as 10 the probable additional
revenue thar would be yielded the iirst
year by the Senate tariff bill as well as
by the House bin, and he spoke as iol-
lows:
1T must be borne IN mind there is no
Senate bill as yet. What IS properly
spoken Of as the Senate bill Is the. House
hill reported TO the Senate 10y the Finance
Committee with certain amudments re-
commended. What the Senate bill VIII
he when that body shall have made IL,
no one can as yet say.
"Yhile the amendments Of the House
bill recommended by the Senate Finance
Committee (about 70O. appear 10 ne multi
tudinous. yet about two hundred OF them
are mainly verbal There are. however
many amendments, which arc important
not only on account Of the revenue. but
on other ground. I will not at this time
speak OF these proposed amendments. eX-
ttuL az tHcN dHett revenue
"The effect OF these amendments as
whole-outsidc OF the amendment imposing
n duty on tea FOR two years and half
and the amendment increasing
the internal revenue tax on
beer. A. cents per barrel for the
same period and the increase proposed
on tobacco ard cigarettes. is to produce
less revenue than would he Yielded by
the House bill. For example. the amend
ments returning TO the free list argols.
certain acids and oils. paintings and
statuary for private use. and reducing the
duties on liquors tobacco. precious stones
etc. lose more revenue than could
be obtained by the duty on tea. The
amendment increasing the duty on opium
from So 10 IS per pound would not in
crease the revenue in the judgment OF the
administrators Of the law. who informed
the Ways and Means Committee that
81 was the point which would yield the
largest revenue. The proposed duty on
hides and a few other amendments would
increase the revenue somewhat.
"Of course, the estimate Of an increased
revenue from sugar through an abroga-
tion of the treaty with Hawaii has moth
question Of abrogating this treaty for
this could be done as well by accepting
tho House sugar schedule as the sugar
schedule proposed. The Ways and Means
Committee ed not even consider the
question that If ii was considered desir-
able 10 abrogate this. or any other treaty
they took il for granted that
If ii was considered desirable TO
abrogate this. or any other treaty
it would be done In the straightforward
manner provided by the treaty itself The
fact that the Finance Committee recon-
parently a little higher than the specific
duty Of the House bill. does not insure
larger revenue. as past experience with
ad valorem duties has shown. In our
Judgment the revenue from sugar under
the House sugar schedule (setting aside
the question Of abrOgating the Hawaii
treaty. could be larger than under the
Senate amendments.
THE proposed temporary duty on tea
would increase the revenue although not
so much tie first year as estimated. be-
cause of the large stocks on hand and
the short stocks that would be maintained
with the knowledge that tea would soon
20 back to the free list. and the pro-
posed increase of internal revenue taxes
would also increase the revenue to the ex-
tent estlmatd But the other proposed
amendments would. as a whole. diminish
rather than increase the revenue.
Some criticism has been made on the
estimates Of the Ways and Means Com
mltiee as TO the revenue that would be
produced by the bill a. IL passed the
House. These criticisms overlooked the
fact that the Ways and Means Com
mittee's estimate OF the revenue that
might be expected the first year were
based on the assumption that the bill
~onld become law on or before May
lst."