The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-04-16
TARIFF TINEERING.
Proposed Changes by Senators in
the Dingley Bill Rates.
SEVERAL URGE HIGHER DUTIES.
Senator Quay Wants Carpets and Mat
tings Well Provided For, and Senator
Perkins Wants the Duties Raised on
Fruit Products.


Perkins Wants the Duties Raised on
Fruit Products.
Washington, April 16-The Republi.
san Subcommittee of the senate com-
mittee on finance held an all day ses-
zion at the capitol yesterday to afford
an opportunity to other senators to
make suggestions on the tariff bill
Among the senators who called and
had conferences with the committee
were Messrs, Quay, Sewell, Elkins,
Wellington, Perkins, Shoup, Pritchard
Baker and Harris. of Kansas. Sena-
tor Platt, of New York, also spent some
time with the committee. but he ap-
peared to be listener rather than q
participant in the proceedings.
Senator Quay had only a brief con-
ference, and devoted himself especially
to the rates on carpets and mating,
upon which he urged a rate of duty
which would insure protection to the
Industries Of this country against the
products of China and Japan.
Senator Perkins was given an ex-
tended hearing on the fruit schedule
He presented the committee with sam
Piles Of both California and foreign
purrants and raisins, and asked for an
Increase of the rate on Zante currants
bringing It up to 2h cents per pound.
4 He also suggested a duty of cent a
pound on oranges and lemons. instead
OF three-quarters of a cent, as fixed
by the Dingley bill.
II was suggested to Mr.. Perkins by
some of the members Of the committee
that the fruit schedule had already
been attacked because Of rates charged
to be high, but the California senator
eontended for thorough prSaection. Mr.
Perkins suggested substitute sched-
ule on beet sugar providing for duty
OF cent a pound on sugar testing 70
by the polariscope. and increasing to
lh cents for the 80 per cent test. The
committee promised to give this mat
ter due attention. but gave no further
indication of the probable result Of its
deliberations.
A more pronounoedly favorable re-
seption was given to suggestion for
q drawback duty on imported tin cans
In which fruits and salmon are ,ex-
ported This suggestion appeared to
meet with favor.
Senator Sewslls suggestions pertain
ed to almost the entire list of New
Jersey manufactures, and he filed
briefs bearing upon all of them. He
suggested notifications of the chem
lcal schedule He also presented re-
quest of the silk manufacturers for a
uniform SO per cent ad valorem duty,
and of the pottery makers for COM
pound duty on pottery products. The
latter complain that ad valorem duties
permit ruinous undervaluations, while
the silk men say that the so per cent
rate which they enjoyed prior to the
enactment of the Wilson law was en-
firely satisfactory.
Senators Baker and Harris asked for
q duty of 81 per ton on gypsum, and
for a decrease of the duty proposed
on Mexican cattle. They represented
that there were immense beds of gyp-
Eam in the west, sufficient to supply
ihs wants of the entire country. With
reference to cattle importations. they
represented that the cattle were need
ed to consume the grass crop Of the
west, and that 1t was more economical
10 move the cattle than the grass.
Senator's Ellsins and wellington both
appeared in support of the Dingley
rase on coal, which there is an effort
to have reduced
During the day number of the Re-
publican senators from the inter-
mountain states met to agree upon a
plan of cooperation. They reached no
definite conclusion except to stand to-
Kefher in their demands on WOOL hides,
cattle lead, ore and other Rocky
Mountain products.