The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-03-13
New Revenue-Ea Using and Protective
Measure tn he Introduced in
the House Next Monday.
REVIEW OF ITS PROVISIONS
MANY OF THE M'KINLEY LAW RATES
INCoRPOR ATED ~ THE NEW BILL.
Trouble with the Wool Schedule
Changes from All Valorcm IN Specific
Duties Made with Difiiculty.

WASHINGTON, March 12.-The work OF
the Republican members of the ways and
means committee on the wool schedule has
brought the wool growers and manufacture
ers to Washington i'm full force. They filled
the lobby Of the Cochran Hotel to-day.
while the tariff makers were in conference
in their Urstairs room and when the mem
bers eme ;ged. each one of them was sur
rounded by "A group of wool men endeavor-
ing to impress on their victim the urgent
needs OF their particular branch of the
business. Chairman Dingley was half an
hour running the gauntlet 10 the hotel door.
He listened with patience To every state
ment. but the results do not show that rep
resentatives of special interests gain any
thing by coming to Washington to present
their cases in person.
After twenty-four hours of work on the
second half of the wool schedule-that COW
ering manufactures OF wool-the duties
have been made practically repetition of
the rates OF the Mckinley bill. The Me-
Kinley rates on raw woods having been
adopted it was considered the only logical
arrangement to adopt also the compensa-
tory duties on manufactures of wool of the
Mckinley law so this policy was followed.
There was an attempt made TO change the
ad valorem rates wooden manufactures
in the Mckinley act 10 specific, but such
great difficulties have been encountered
that the undertaking has been abandoned.
for the time being at any rate. and to-
night the committee had practically de-
cided to accept the wool schedule of the
Mckinley act. A eommstee Of experts de-
voted some time to the work of changing
no al t-aIo fpaf ~ no
TO corresponding specific rates. but the re-
suits of their Iabors proved unsatisfac-
tory To Chairman Dingley that the scheme
was rejected. IL Is possible that the at
tempt VIII De renewed Wheh me Dill II pc
fore the full ways and means committee TO
change the ad valOrem features OF this
schedule to equivalent specific rates, but
the bill IL will be introduced into the
House Will contain the Mckinley wool
SCHEDULE without material changes except
the changes i'm the classification OF woods
which were made yesterday.
The changes in classification were decided
upon by the committee. on satisfactory
proof that several varieties of woods were
being imported into the United States in
large quantities as carpet woods, under the
rates OF Class and used for the manufac-
clude China lamb. Bagdad. Egyptian. Mo-
rocco. Casa Brancho. and fine skin woods,
or butchers woods. were therefore changed
from Glass To Class L. and the necessary
changes in the rates on manufactures OF
these woods made. II is thought by mem
bers of the committee most familiar with
the wool industry that these changes in
classification will prove very beneficial to
the wool growers OF the United States.
Representatives. Of the manufacturing in
terest profess To be dissatisfied with the re-
adoption of the Mckinley rates on woods
basIng their complaint on the ground that
prices of woods are much lower than they
were when the Mckinley law was enacted
but members of the committee think the
point is not well taken.
WILL BE READY BY MONDAY.
Chairman Dingley says that the bill will
be ready TO be introduced in the House by
Monday. The administrative features have
not yet been drafted, nor has the reciproc-
ity scheme. although the features of il are
decided upon. These may be presented as
committee amendments after the bill gets
before the House. The earthenware sched-
uIe is not yet perfected. The same difficult
ties have been met with i'm adjusting the
rates on earthenware that were involved in
wooden goods-the attempt TO carry into eff
feet the Republican policy of replacing ad
valorem duties with specific. II has been
found almost Impossible 10 determine on
standards by which specific rates be
levied on china and pottery goods. the fac
tors of decoration. weight and processes of
manufacturing entering so largely into the
value OF these goods, and IL is quite proba-
bic that they will be placed under the Nc
kinley schedule with some immaterial
Changes
The reciprocity principle which will be
embodied In the bill will be that of lower
duties on certain classes of goods in return
for concessions TO certain lines of American
goods. The principal lines of goods on
which duties may be lowered by reciprocity
treaties will he sugar. champagne. silks.
which is imported for chewing gum and
argyll or crude tartar. which is one of the
President will be empowered by the bill 10
enter into treaties by which the duties will
be MATERIAL lowered on importation of
these goods from countries which make
concessions 10 American cattle and other
products. There will be no reciprocity
which involves placing any important
classes OF imports on the free list, nor any
authority given the executive TO raise du-
ties against imports from countries which
refuse 10 enter into reciprocity treaties.
1he REDUCTION in the duty on sugar by re-
cprocity will be one-eighth of cent "A
pound. so that sugar coming from countries
which make reciprocity treaties with the
United states will be entered al IL cents a
pound While the reduction seems small a
difference OF liza cents per one hundred
pounds Is material one To sugar impor-
tiers.
Most of the goods I'm the list given above
which are imported into the United States
come from Germany and France and il is
the expectation OF the committee that re-
ciprocity on champagne, silks and gloves
VIII prove an indueement to these countries
against American beef and pork
The hopes OF the new Canadian admins
tration for closer reciprocal relations with
the United States will be defeated by the
Dingley bill. The Liberal party under
I.auriers leadership. has made closer COM
merciai Affiliations with the United States
one of it's foremost policies and one OF the
first acts OF the administration was to send
Messrs. Cartwright and Davies TO Wash
ington as commissioners To pave the way
for reciprocity. Their mission has proven
a fruitless one. because they desired to open
products OF Canada In their interviews
with Chairman Dingley and other members
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