The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-05
RICE SCHEDULE REVISED.
THE SENATE COMMITTEE SHOWS
THE SOUTH No MERCY.

Half Cent IA Pound Cut OF Cleaned
Rice as the Bin Passed the House.
Unclcaned Rice to Come In at Four
Fifths of N Cent-SenatOrs Bacon,
Clay and TiIImnn Announce That
They VIII Make Fight Against
the Reduction.
Washington, May 4.-Republican and
democratic senators agree that a tariff bill
is to be passed by the present congress,
but they are not prepared to specify the
exact shape of the bill when it eventually
emerges from the committee on confer
ence 1t Is conceded that the bill as 1t
viii be sent to the President, will be the
work of the conference committee, as has
been the case in all previous tariff meas
ures.
Senator Aldrich of Rhode Island, who
ported the bill to the Senate to-day, is
practically the father of the Senate BILL
He was ably assisted by Senator Allison
of Iowa, in its preparation, but the other
republican members of the committee
took but little part in its construction.
senator Morrill, the venerable chairman
of the committee, did not attend the meet
ings of the subcommittee The latter
committee met at the Arlington hotel, be-
hind closed doors. and the bulk of the
work was done under the immediate SUI
pervision of Senator Aldrich, aided by a
corps of experts from the customs ser
vice.
Senator Wolcott has been so busy maxi
ing arrangements for his bimetallic in
ternational conference that he has been
unable to give his attention to the franz
ing of a tariff bill.
Senator Platt OF Connecticut has been
too busiy occupied in the matrimonial
market to give up his valuable time con-
sidering tariff schedules, hence the bill as
1t was presented to-day is practically the
work of Senators Aldrich and Allison.
The rice schedule has been slaughtered
by the Senate committee, and the repre-
sentatives of the rice planters in South
Carolina, Georgia and Louisiana are deter
mined to make fight TO have the House
rates res tored.
The following is the text of the rice
schedule
Rice, cleaned, ~ cents blouse print put
1t at cents) per pound.
Uncleaned rice, or rice free of the outer
hull and still having the inner cuticle on,
eight-tenths of one cent per pound. blouse
print, IA cents).
Rice -four and rice meal and rice bro
ken which will pass through a sieve
known commercially as No. u wire Sieve
one-quarter of one cent per pound. blouse
print. Y cent?
Paddy, or rice having the outer hull on,
three-fourths of one cent per pound.
Senator Tillman and Senators Bacon
a md Il HfVaga
bill, further than TO say they will fight
the proposed reduction on rice. They sta
ted that the bill was not oDen to their
inspection until late tins afternoon, and
they want time to consider it's provisions.
Bauxite, which was taken from the free
list and placed on the dutiable list In the
House, at the instance of Representative
Maddox of Georgia. has been returned
to the free list by the Senate committee.
Senators Bacon and Clay will endeavor
to have the House rate restored.
Senator Jones of Nevada, who holds The
balance of power in the finance commit
tee, as a free silver Independent, says: L
believe the bill will command the sup
port Of sufficient number of senators
to pass It. The interests of the west
have been fairly treated in the con-
struction OF the measure, and i do not
believe the western senators will Join in
any movement to defeat its passage In
my judgment the bill Will pass the Sem
ate substantially as it was reported from
the committee. II may be modified in
some particulars, but ! believe the main
features of the amended bill will be pre-
served. All bills of such magnitude are
subject TO certain changes, but / do not
anticipate any radical alterations or the
adoption of any amendments not accepta-
Bile to the present friends of the bill. Some
of the opponents of the bill are looking
to the western senators to defeat II. For
my part l cannot see how the western
senators can complain. They have been
treated fairly in many OF the important
features OF the bill. We have received
due consideration and reasonable pro-
lection for our lead, our timber our hides,
our fruit and our wool, therefore, / am
prepared to give the bill my cordial sup
port ] do not believe the friends OF the
bill will allow any material changes TO
be made In the bin in conference, for that
would prevent the final passage Of the
bill. They are anxious to pass a reason
able bill and they understand the I'M
portance OF framing the bin so that IL viii
command the support OF a majority ot
the Senate"