l l ; . l 1 The Revise-:1 Dingley Measure Report- ed by lh‘. Aldriclie AN EXPERT EXPLANATION. Speech of the Rhode Island Senator In Opening the Tarifi‘ Debate — House Estimates Assertcd to Be \Vrong. .The Sugar Schedule. Washington, May 26.+-The long de- terred debate on“ the tariff bill, which was announced to open in the senate today, served to attract considerable crowds, although the galleries were not overt-axed during the early hours of the session. Many ladies were among the spectators, adding a touch of color to the somberness of the chamber. On the floor the various elements in the ,tariff contest were fully represented, the attendance of senators being as large as or larger than at any time since the extra session opened. There was no formal agreement as to the time for taking up the bill, but it was tacitly understood that Mr. Aldrich of Rhode Island would be recognized for the opening statement immediately after the morning business. Mr. Florida presented the credentials of the new senator from Florida, Stephen R. Mallory, and the latter was duly sworn in. He was assigned to a desk in the front row of the extreme right on the Democratic side.» Soon after the senate met Senator Aldrich called up for consideration the Dingley tariff bill as revised by the senate finance committee. It was agreed in Republican caucus yesterday that the bill should be kept fonstantiy before the senate from now m, with early morning and night ses- sions after nex week, and that it should be pushed to a vote as rapidly as possible. _ Senator Aldrich performed the bulk of the labor in framing the bill, and his speech in its defense and explana- tion of its various provisions is elab- orate and extensive. After explaining the general plan upon whiclrthe bill is framed the senator took up the sched- ules one by one and explained them to the senate from the standpoint of an expert. His speech was listened to with close attention by his Colleagues on both sides of the chamber, although much of its details and technicalities were plainly confusing. Senator Aldrich referred to the fact that the tariff was a leading issue in the last campaign, and that it was un- derstood there would be no return to the high rates of 1890. He said that in no instance had the committee gone below the protective point, and that under this bill every American indusq SENATOR ALDRICH. try would 'be enabled to meet foreign competition on equal terms. The steady growth of agriculture, manufacture and commerce was what the finance committee aimed at, and, Without re- linquishing one jot of their devotion to protection, the" committee had read- justed rates so as to make them sufli- ciently protective Without being pro- hibitive. ' House Estimate Criticlsed. The framers of the house bill, Mr. Aldrich said, estimated a. total revenue from their bill of $269,105,710 in normal years. This, he thought, was excessive. and he quoted statistics liberally with regard to the wool and other sched- ules to prove it. The secretary of the treasury, Mr. Aldrich said, estimated the expenditures for all purposes for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1898, at $166,946.04728. The finance committee estimated the revenues from customs under this bill at $182,744,000, including an estimated revenue of $8,000,000 from a temporary duty on tea. The internal revenue receipts for the ‘same period have been estimated at $170,000.000. This total, added to the re- ceipts from miscellaneous sources and $96,277,076 from the postal service, gave a total estimate of receipts for 1898 of $469,971,076, or an estimated excess of receipts "over expenditures of $2.725,- 028.72. In defense of the additional in- ternal revenue taxes Senator Aldrich said there was no economic reason and none affecting the public interest why an additional tax on beer and tobacco should not be imposed, and added that the proposed duty on tea would be no hardship on consumers. He said that in the future the government would be obliged to depend mere and more upon taxes of. this nature for revenue. A le- gitimate result of a protective policy, he said, was to give the American mar- ket to American producers. This ac- complished, the revenue from protec- tive duties disappeared, and it was nec- essary to look to other resources. Other Schedules. The rates in the chemical schedule, Mr. Aldrich said, were lower than the act of 1890 and were therefore in a sense experimental. The rates in the glass schedule were below those of 1890, but higher than those 'of 1834. The metal schedule rates were practically the same as those of the present tariff law. The increase. on the duty on lead ore was placed in the bill at the instance of the producers in the intermountain states. The lumber schedule was practically the same as in°the Dingley bill. Senator Aldrich gave a most elaborate explana- tion of the sugar schedule, giving a his- tory of thé’production of sugar in this and other countries an expert analysis, of the like schedule of the Dingley.bill and of the revised schedule agreed upon by the financ‘e committee. He defended ,uuuuuluuu Pasco of - the mixed specific and ad valorem rates on the, ground that experience .had taught that they would be a check upon dishonesty and fraud. . In the course of his discussion of this schedule Senator Aldrich attacked the recently published statements of Wil- liam-L. Wilson and quoted facts and figures to prove that he was absolutely mistaken in his analysis of the pro- posed sugar schedule. and answered at length all his charges. Senator Aldrich said that the sugar schedule had been framed for the special purpose of get- ting revenue. the interests of.the con- sumers having, been also kept in mind. He’said that as a matter of fact the protection afforded to the sugar retin- ers or so called Sugar trust was less than that provided in the Dingley bill. Stripped of all its technicalities, his ex- planation of this part of the revised schedule was that the differential af- forded to the refiners was about one- eighth of a cent per pound on an aver- age. The senator said in the course of his explanation of this schedule that “it is undoubtedly true that every sugar refiner of the United States would greatly prefer the existing law to either the house or senate provisions." THEY" SAY. ' And Thousands Echo Their Sentiment. “Tho ‘? The people. What the people say is true. You can bet your life on that. Who are the people ? We are the, people. But we are not all of them. 0, no I ‘Not by any means. There are others. 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C. gives instant relief, and used in season will entirely prevent the malady. Sold by all'dealers, 50c.; three times as much for $1. Presidential Nominations. “Yeshington. May 26.—The president today sent the following nominations to the senate: , State—Edwin H. Conger of Iowa, to be envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of the United States to Brazil; John G. Foster of Vermont, to be consul of the United States at Sher— brooke. Quebec. VVar—Brigadier General Brooke, to be major general. John R. The Adjournment of Congress. Washington, May 26.—The opening of, the tariff debate in the senate today has set every one talking about when the session will end. One of the oldest employees of the senate, who is rather a. celebrity as a prophet on such mat- ters, has been keeping very silent thus far. Today for the first time he is out with a definite prediction, setting the date of adjournment for both houses before the middle of July. Postmasters Appointed. Waslhington, ' May 26.—The fourth class postmasters appointed today Were: ' Connecticut—Marlboro Mills, F. H. Blish. New York—Milford. Irving Brooks; Wheeler, T. D. Stickney. Pennsylvania—~Felton, C. T. Grove; Relay, J. W. Neff; West Spring Creek, A. J. Demming. Queen Victoria's Acknowledgments. Washington, May 26.—The congratu- lations of the president on the occasion of the anniversary of Queen Victoria's birthday have been acknowledged in a. cablegram received at th ' White House today from Embassador ay. Big Contract For “IcCarl-en. Washington, May 26.—The' secretary of war has awarded-the large contract for'buildlng six locks and dams in. the Monongahela river to James-McCarren of Philadelphia at an aggregate cost 06 $622,181. One Day‘s Government Receipts. Washington, May 26.-—National bank notes received today for redemption, $209,601; government receipts from in- ternal revenue, $246,016; customs, $733.- 254; miscellaneous, $33,146. Kidnaped by a Tramp. Jamestown, N. Y., May_.26.—Char1es Hult, 14, and a young companion were playing in the Erie freight yards and climbed into a box car where a tramp was sleeping. The boy and his com— panion began to tease the tramp. Just then the train started, and the man grabbed Hult, who was carried away on the train. The other boy escaped. To Buy llIore Connecticut Mills. New Haven, May 26.—The English .syndicate which has bought out the Willimantic Linen company is now ne- gotiating for the purchase of the Na- tional Thread company’s mills at Mans- field, Conn., and the Hall company’s plants at South Willington, Conn., and North Windham, Conn. All three are prosperous concerns.’ Rattan Company Assigns. Concord, Mass, May 26.—The Phoenix Rattan company, which does a large rattan business through contract work in the penal institutions. at Concord Junction and Charlestown, has made a voluntary assignment for the benefit of its creditors. The liabilities are said to be heavy. 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