Washington, 25th January. 1893. gla, fet tat, Senator Carlisle is to be proof that Tariff Bill will be laid before retary of the Treasury is pretty good
Congress in the autumn, and that it will be a logical measure. Mr. Carlisle is a decided advocate of tariff reductions, but his conservative temper and his intimate knowledge of the leading industries of the country will prevent lis urging avy advised action, A large reduction of revenue cannot take place without an increase in the national debt, and it will require careful study to so adjust certain duties as to bring in the desired revenue in mauver consistent with the policy avowed in the recent, campaign. Reductions can be made which will increase the volume of importations 0 as to actually increase the customs receipts and in some cases, as in that of woollen goods, reduced prices and increased consumption are to prevent any dimi-nation in the demand for domestic goods, The entire problem will receive careful study by Mr. Carlisle.
The Mills Bill will be followed in some particulars in framing, the new Tariff Bill. The new measure will be a complete enactment, covering all the schedules. The McKinley law and all preceding tariff laws will be repealed, and the new Act will take its place The groundwork of the new Bill will be free wool, and ths will go into effect as soon as practicable after the enactment of the law. The duties on woollen goods will be reduced in pro Bil which passed the present Congress last i tion, The rates fixed in the woollen
spring will probably be retained in the main, but Mr, Carlisle may seek to give them a more logical adjustment, and his work may be subject to attack' when the Bill gets before the Ways and Means Committee. Judge Turner, Mr. MeMillin and Judge Wilson were earnest advocates of a maximum rate of thirty-five percent. ad valorem, instead of the rate of forty per cent, fixed inthe House Bill, and they may advocate the same change in the next Congress, A strong plea will be however, by Democratic manufacturers who are advocates of free wool, to have the higher rate retained for at least a time, while they are learning the advantages of different wools and imi r methods of production, There will be some big cuts in the metal schedule, but they will not seriously affect American manufacturers. Certain kinds of trade machinery which have to be bought abroad will come in at lower rates and increase the facilities of our manufacturers, Iron ore will probably be made free of duty. There may be a little opposition to this from the Southern mining districts, hut most of the Southern representatives express no fear of the results of free iron upon their market, and believe that the effect would be limited to the seacoast, where the ocean freights would be less than the freights on American iron from interior points. Tin plate is likely to be left atone cent per pound, as in the Bill which recently passed the House. A good many Democrats would be willing to see tin plate free of duty if the Treasury could stand the loss of revenue. er lead ore will probably be made free of duty at once, unless leaving it upon the dutiable list puts our Government in a better position to treat for a reciprocity arrangement with the Mexican Republic.
Manufactured articles which enter into daily consumption will be reduced in duty, and many chemicals will go upon the free list. The need of revenue will keep articles of luxury, like liquors and laces, well up to their present rates, but articles which contribute to the comfort of people of moderate means will in many cases be reduced. The
almost the entire schedule of earthenware reduction will probably ne applied through and glassware, for the rates fixed in the McKinley law were excessive and oppressive, even upon the costly grades which might be classed as luxuries. Lumber will probably be made free of duty, cotton hosiery will be reduced _and the linen schedule remodelled. Senator Carlisle would probably like to wipe out the absurd duties imposed on ordinary farm products by the McKinley Bill. They are of little use to anybody, and if the farmers themselves appreciate this fact, the duties will go. If, however, a strong demand is worked up for the retention of the duties, they may be left in force just because of their uselessness. Sugar will remain free of duty unless the imperative necessity for more revenue and the desire to strike a blow at the Trast leads to the adoption of Mr: Harter's proposition, to make the duty half 'a cent per pound on both raw and refined.
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