The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-01-12
The Last Session Being Devoted to Sun
dries and the Free List.
Representatives of Various Industries
Appear Before the Committee and
Give Views as to the Right Tariff,
While Few Believed There
Should be Moderation i'm Dealing
With the Present Laws.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.-THE tariff
I hearings before the Ways and Means
/ Committee were concluded to-day, the
/ schedules containing "sundries" and
| the free list being considered.
Representative Corliss of Mississippi
asked protective duties ON tobacco.
lumber, fish, wool and other industries
of his State.
j. 5. Smith of Waterbury, Conn. rep
resenting the manufacturers of ivory
/ buttons, asked a specific duty on but
tons of 1 cent per line of one fortieth
OF an inch per gross. and - per cent
ad valorem.
r. Lehman of New York advocated
a duty of l cent per line and p per
cent ad valorem on fancy metal and
glass buttons. 1t was impossible, he
said, to collect duties on these buttons
under the present law. on silk and
wooden buttons and button forms the
present law was satisfactory.
n. 5. Greenoch of Cleveland, on be-
half of the manufacturers of coal tar,
asked small specific duties on this
manufacture and a duty on Its princi-
pal produce, pitch, of 50 per ton. Both
articles are now on the free list.
Ex-Mayor Shieren of Brooklyn filed
a paper protesting against any increase
in the duties on hides.
Abe Gruber of New York spoke on the
subject of wearing apparel brought
in by tourists. y duty on this class of
goods would yield a revenue of $1,000
600 per annum. In this connection he
cited the AstOr case, which caused u
member of the committee to remark
that all tourists were not AstOrs. Mr..
Gruber replied: mo, and there viii
be less Astors here if this law is not
changed"
NJ. Littauer of New York advocated
duties on gloves at the rate of 80, So
and 81 per dozen. according to grade.
Kenneth Barnhart, representing Mar
shall Field q Co. of Chicago counseled
moderation in duties, and submitted a
schedule covering goods imported by
his firm.
Charles z. Smith of New York, a
glove importer was willing to have 20
per cent. added to the present duty on
gloves. Specific duties on the basis
he recommended, he said would yield
a revenue of about $1,000 00O annually.
Representative Kiefer of Minnesota,
on behalf of his constituents, required
potatoes and starch.
The committee here took a recess.
W. j. Farrell of New York, an i'm
porter of corks, requested a reduction
in the duty ON corks, the duty to be-
made specific at 1 cents per pound on
those manufactured, with cork squares
on the free list.
H. Wallstein of New York, represent
,f
against any increase in the duty on
this article.
O. ]. Craft of New York, a maker Of
piano feathers. asked an increase in the
duty on buckskin
Frank Chapot of Plainfield, n. J.. 81
manufacturer of chamois skins, appeal
ed for a duty of 81 cents ON these ar
ticles.
L. d. Brandeis, a representative of the
New England Free Trade League, ON
behalf of the consumers and business
men of New England, objected to a
change in the condition of things. When
it was suggested by a member of
the committee r'lat revenue was need
ed, he said thalt $50 100000 could be
raised by a tax on beer.
Representative Morse of Massachu-
sets, on behalf of the jewelry manu-
facturers of New England asked an in
crease in the duty on jewerly.
j. A. Banister of Newark n. J., de-
sired the present rates ON leather con-
tinued.
j. II. Collett of New York represent
ing go artificial flower manufacturers.
said the Importation of these goods was
depriving American workmen of S.
100000 in wages annually. Under the
present law the material they used
was paying more duty than the finished
product.
Representative Sparkman of Florida
desired the rate ON oragnes, lemons
and lines, suggested a few days ago by
Representative Bowers of California.
He also suggested that grape fruit be
taken from the free list and a duty
imposed.
A. Gompers of New York, for the dia-
mond workers of the United States,
said that their business could not exist
under present conditions, and asked for
Is per cent. duty on manufactured dia-
mondS, with the stones in the rough ON
the free list. This was the lowest rate
under which cutters and polishers could
live