Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1897-03-25
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HIS REPORT TO ~ ne HOUSE,
Dinsley Explains@ His TarinS Bill
j IA sErgesSEarlys Enactment.

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Washington, March 20.ZChairman
Dingley. of the ways and means commit-
tee, Friday presented in the house the
report on the new tariff bill. 4
The report says that deficiency in rev.
enue amounting to $203, 000, 900 in four years
justifes the conyocation of congress to
effect q remedy Although the govern
ment realized $293, ,s94 from the sale of
bonds to redeem demand notes, $203 900
Of the notes were paid out to meet the de-
'ic1ency, which notes, the report says.
have been a potent cause Of the distrust
in business circles.
I At least $16,0oO,0oo Of the 1886. ooo.0co
in the treasury will be paid out before July
! to- meet the deficiency, and of the re-
| mainder at least $3.50, 900, 900 in gold ought
| to remain in the reserve, leaving but $780,
| 100000 as a working balance. which is as
| small as safety admits
| If the revenue had continued to rise
after the opening Of the year 1893, as 1t had
before, that time, says the report, the rev.
enue would have been ample to meet all
| expenditures and the government would
have been spared the humiliation Of tssu-
ing bonds to-. meet deficiencies. The ra-
port continues:
''The plain duty. therefore, Of congress-
| duty emphasized by the presidents mes
sage laid before the house on the opening
day of this extraordinary session-is to so
| revise the tariff as to secure an increase
Of revenue from duties substantially equal
to what has been lost: first by the an
ticipated, and then by the partially realized
| tariff reductions made by the act of 1894. =
':Another imperative duty resting on this
! congress rs to so adjust duties in such a
revision of the tariff to secure needed rev.
| enue to carry on the government as will
better protect the many industries which
have so seriously suffered the past three
years from unequal foreign competition
and from the consequent loss Of purchasing
power OF the masses Of the people. upon
which the demand for products and the
prosperity of every citizen depend. =
'"rhe feasibility of uniting in Z tariff both
revenue and protective qualities has been
amply demonstrated by the results Of the
| protective tariffs in force from 1861 to
| 1893, at which latter date the tariff of 1890
was practically nullified by the anticipa-
| tion of a. revision on a non-protective be-
Sis. The working of the wool and wpoolens
| schedule of the tariff of 1890 on g. Aprotec-
tive basis and Of the same schedules in
the tariff of 1894 on an anti-protective basis
Is exceedingly instructive on this point"
| There IS then IA review of various
schedules in the bill, the effect Of each be-
ing described and commented upon at some
| length. Only the most general comparisons
have been made.
I'm revising the several dutiable sched-
ules as rule the duties have been fixed
at points between the tariff of 1890 and the
present tariff, it having been found that
on account of changed conditions in q large
! part Of the articles duties lower than those
of 1890 would be equally protective. The
metal and cotton schedules are in large
part the same as in the present tariff, the
increases above those rates being in the
more advanced articles. The agricultural,
earthenware and glass. and the silk. liquor
and wool and woolens schedules are SUBJ
stantfally the same as in the tariff of 1890,
the duties on fruit having been increased.
Manufactured lumber, which was put on
the free list by the tariff of 1894, has been
transferred to the dutiable list as an act
of justice to this large industry and in the
interest. of revenue, with little change in
duties except on white pine, which has been
restored to the duty OF 1883. The duty on
wrapper tobacco has been restored to the
rate of 1880, and the rate on filler tobacco
increased, partly for purposes Of revenue
and partly to- better equalize the duties
on wrappers and filters The general pol
icy pursued has been to raise the duties
on luxuries. "a - u
1.-The aim has been to make the duties
specific, or at least partly specific, wherever
practicable; not only to protect the rev.
enue against differentiation frauds, but
also to give our own industries the pro-
lection carried on the face Of the tariff,
and in carrying out this policy we have
porters.J This has been done for the most
part in tho chemical, glass, iron and steel,
lumber, sugar, tobacco, agricultural, liquor,
| cotton. flax and jute wooden, silk, paper
and sundries schedules-i2 the silk for the
first time, Notwithstanding ex-Secretaries
Fa1rch1ld and Manning most earnestly rec
commended this some years ago. Several
articles, like argols, opium, asphaltum,
chicory root. feathers and downs, paint
| ings and statuary, Chinese f1oor-matting,
lemon juice, mineral waters, matters plush,
straw ornaments, sage flour, etc., have
been transferred from the free to the dutia-
BILE list for revenue purposes, while such
articles as wool, lumber, burlaps, bags and
salt have been restored to the dutiable list,
from which they should never have been
removed.
THE reciprocity policy inaugurated in
the tariff of 1880, which proved so great
success In the brief period of its existence
Is not only restored, but enlarged. The
provisions of the act of $780, authorizing the
president to impose duties on coffee, tea,
skins and hides, in case the countries ex-
porting such articles decline to extend
equivalent concessions to exports from the
United States, are reenacted, sugar being
transferred to the schedule of articles on
which duties are imposed. The president
Is further authorized to negotiate with
countries exporting argols, chic1e, cham-
payne, brandy. sugar, Wines mineral wa
tiers, paintings and statuary and silk laces,
with view to secure reciprocal and equiv
alent concessions in favor OF the products
or manufactures of the United States. It
IS believed that this extension of the reci-
procity policy of the tariff Of $780, strength
ened by the tenders of lower duties as
concession in return for equivalent conces-
sions, will result in even more advanta-
geous commercial advantages than those
that were secured under the act of 1890
On the assumption that the imports
under the proposed tariff bill. If enacted
into law, would be the same as the imports
IN the fiscal year ended June 80. 1896, the !