Year: 1878

might be named give us as free privileges Of trade
are given TO any other nation


Mr. Wood says that the bill does not contemplate
such changes as will cause the shutting up of any
mill or injury of any industry. OF course in making
radical a change in the tariff laws for the purpose
of securing simplicity, the interests both of import
ers and manufacturers must IN some he affected
Perhaps the greatest change in the rates of duties
will be in relation to low grade woods and woolens


Whatever the changes may be in the method of
assessing the duty on sugar it will make very little
difference in the actual amount of duty, and Will
not affect the interests either of importers rein
ers. As matter of fact both importers and reiners
of sugars begin to believe that they will he bene-
fitted by the changes proposed bJ the bill.
The main object is to secure the best
test of sacchayine matte. whether 1t be by polaTi-
zation, or by continuing the of the Dutch STAN
dard.


There is some talk of changing the duty books
from ad yalorem to specific one, but the diff
Guilty encountered is in fixing the rate in the pro-
posed per pound duty.


The committee considers itself peculiarly for
tunate in not having been bothered by interested
persons desiring to be heard. 1t does not intend
that anybody shall be heard until the bill shall
come before the full committee. Circulars and let
ters were sent out asking information from all per-
who were supposed TO be informed III regard to
different matters IN connection with The tarln, anu
the replies have GENE III so thick ard fast that II
would take large wagon 10 carry the NJ Wood
says that the committee will not suffer from lack oi
information from persons representing both sides; -


Some general idea of the character OF the bIil
may be formed from the fact that it has no free
list The present tariff reserves 16O articles ana
this bill less than 800. All articles not mentioned
in the BILL or provided for in some general class,
are to be admitted free of duty. MIR. Wood thinks
this single feature Will remove q thousand I'M
pOrtant questions of construction from the Jursdc-
tion of courts by abOlishng the necessity for any
difference of opinion.


WHAT COMMITTEEMES SAY.


General Garfield who is member of the Ways and
Means Committee, said to-day that lie knew nothing
about the bill; that in fact those not on the suh-com
mttee did not; they had kept aloof from the discus
sion Of because they wanted to give the sub-com-
mtco all the chance it desired to do its work with
out interruption; but that when the bill came from
the committee it would be the committee bill gen
orally agreed upon.


MIR. Gibson, OF Louisiana, a member of the sub
committee, has about made up his mind on the
questions in which his section of the country is in-
terested The principal things it wants are protec-
tion on sugar and rice.


General Banks, the other member of the sub
committee on Tariff, says he thinks that there will
be no difficulty in striking mean between the
interests the Government and of those OF the I'M
porter and the manufactures.


All members of the committee seem 10 he agreed
that the first interest they have TO consider Is that
of tie Government. The first question any member
asks when stray importer OF manufacturer gains
access to him is, evil this proposition of yours i'll
crease OF decrease the revenue ~ and the second IL,
"Will it occasion distress to any OF or
people :" Mr.. Wood saIs that he IS greatly
pleased with the fac. that during all the time that
he has been working upon TINS bill the Information
he Las received by letter and orally, has come from
disintcrestcd persons making suggestions. or from
interested ptIsOas who set forth their business So
intel!igent1y that the facts and motives appeared
together There a stTong probability that the OIL
reported by the committee viii pass III some shape