The San Francisco call., 1897-03-16
1t Aims to Increase the Annual
Revenue of the Country
$II2,Oo0,ooo
Home Pro: uction Will Be Encouraged
and Employment Provided at
Good Wages.

are embodied in the last 1000 words OF the
bill. beginning with section three, have
already been made known in these dis
patches; but in discussing the general
scope and purport of the bill to repre-
sentative of the United Associated Presses
to-day, Chairman Dingley gave an inter-
esting synopsis OF what he expected OF it,
IS follows:
The bill has two purposes, namely: To
raise additional revenue and to encourage
the industries OF the United States. On
the basis of the i'm portations OF the last
fiscal year the bill would increase the
revenue about S112, 900 900, divided among
the several schedules roughly as follows:
A-Chem1cals, $3,500,000.
B-Crockery and glassware, 100000.
C-Metals, $4 000, ,000
D-Wood, 81 100000.
E-Sugar, $21, 100000,
F-Tobacco $7,00O,000
G-Agricultural $6 5000
H-Liquors, 81 100000.
1-Cottons, 81, ,700,0 600.
J-Jute, linen and hemp, 81 800. 900.
K-Wool, SIT, 500, 900.
K-Manufactures OF wool, $27, ,0OO, ,O0o
L-Siiks, 81 500. 600.
M-Pulp and paper, $5S, 900.
N-Sundr1es, S6, 20O,OO
This statement is on the supposition
that the imports of each class of goods
would be the same the next fiscal year as
in the fiscal year ended last June. But
as the imports of wool were three times
as great and those of wooden goods more
than twice as great in pounds as in 1898,
the committee assumes that their ex
cessve importation would be largely re-
duced by the proposed bill, although the
fact that our domestic pro iuction OF wool
has diminished 100000 pounds since
much more wool.
Assuming that the i'm portations of wool
will fall off at least one-third from those
! of 1896, on account OF ant;cipatory inn
ports TO avoid duties, we place the in
creased revenue from this source at
! $1,000, 000 Anticipating, also, that the
| imports OF woolens will fall off nearly 10
per cent from the enormous imports Of
1896, we estimate the increased revenue
from this source under the proposed rate
at about $14 100000
From sugar we estimate $40, 900, 600 ad-
ditional revenue. Antic. pating consid-
erable falling off OF imports of Havana to-
bacco because CT the revolution in Cuba
we reduce the estimates of additional rev.
enues to be derived from the tobacco
schedule to 81. 600, 900. The remaining
schedules will afford revenue of about
S39, SOC, 600 on the basis of 1896 imports of
! but as there would probably be dimin-
ished exports at some points, although
| the gradual restoration of business activ-
| ity would Offset this by increasing
| the consumption of imported luxuries,
we reduce the estimates on these to $751;
OO0, 900. This would aggregate an addi-
tional revenue OF $50, coo, 600 the first year.
| A further reduction of five or ten millions
for contingencies would leave $40, 900, 600
| 10 $50, 900, 900 as the probable increas sed
revenue from this bill. which would un-
doubtedly rise to $100, ZOO, 600 the second
year.
'tThese estimates are below rather than
| above the probable result, unless delay
| in the enactment OF the bill should greatly
enlarge the opportunity for imports of
| articles on which duties are to be raised,
particularly with the woolens, for specu-
iative purposes. Undoubtedly any delay
beyond the 1st of May in placing the bi IL
on the statute. books would result in q
large loss of revenue.
| ~ lis increase of revenue is secured by
| transferring wool, lumber, crude opium,
angola, paintings and statuary, straw
| ornaments, straw mattings, burIaps and
/ various other articles from the free list of
/ the present law to the dutiable list; by
/ increasing the duty on woolens; by rails
I ing the duty on sugar about three-fourths
i Of
/ to encourage the production OF
sugar in this country which it is
/ believed can be done, and thus
| now import mainly from abroad by in
creasing the duty on agricultural products
affected by Canadian competition and on
fine cotton goods; some advanced manu-
factures of iron and steel, manufactures OF
fax and hemp. in order to encourage them
/ and other industries, and especially by
increasing duties on such luxuries as
/ liquors, tobacco, silks and laces, etc.
"The rates of duties proposed are be-
/ tween the rates of the tariff of 1890 and
the tariff of 1894. such reduction of rates
from the former law, preserving the pro-
teclive principle, being made feasib by
changed conditions. The iron and steel
schedule is changed very little from that
schedule in the tariff of 1894, the change
being entirely in the more advanced
articles.
/. "The same is true of the cotton sched-
ule. In the agricultural. wool and glass
| ware and earthenware schedules alone are
the duties of 1890 fully restored, as rule,
and in few cases increased with the view
of ample protection and encouraging our
| iarming interests at every possible point.
while the duty on clothing wool is
larger in proportion to the foreign value
than on man ufactured articles, yet it is
thought desirable for the public interest
and for our agriculture that we should
produce this prime necessity for our
selves. The duty on carpet woods. as well
as upon many other articles, is imposed
| mainly for revenue.
1.-The irritation caused by a few woods
heretofore ciassed as carpet woods being
\ used for clothing purposes has been RENE
died, by transferring such WOODS to the