Show TARIFF BILL TALK i Additional TxonBeer Has Been Voted In L > IT MEANT BIG F VENU LOWER ABATES ON lUMBER AND WOOL An Agreement for an Advance on Oranges and Lemons Bill Will be Presented to the Full Committee Commit-tee rt1 Oclock TodayA Few Kinks Yet t Straighten Out Chicago Mav 3A special to the S Tribune from Washington D C says An additional tax of SO cents a barrel bar-rel on beer was voted into the senate tariff bill last night by the Republican subcommittee Whether th item will stay until the bill irets into the senate is not altogether certain Senators ALdrich Allison and Wol cot prepared for a allnight session in the hope of getting the measure ready to report to the finance committee com-mittee hU alone toward midnight they declared they could not hope to make a report before Tuesday Meanwhile b Mean-while they voted upon the beer tax 61 The present rate of SI a barrel and the additional 50 cents will brine the treasury about 17000000 annual on the present rate of consumption This I will not entail a i increase in revenue wil enti a for collec I additional dollar of expense dola aditona expens coIec tion The beer tax is now a part of the II bill billLower rates on lumber and wool are I there also a well a a tariff on hides and 0 reduction of the internal revenue tax on spirits The sugar I schedule issubstantially the same a that in the XHngley bill so fa a results are concerned but will make I changes in phraseeology a well a low grades of color sugar Judging from the amount of work ahead of them late last nicht the committee will be I lucky to reoort the hill on Tuesday The treasury figures for the month Chairman Dingleys just ended confirm Chaira jus ende statement made 0 few days ago that there is likely to b nearly a years supply of foreign goods in the country when the new tariff bill goes into effect ef-fect While the retrospective clause so called of the Dingley bill probably prevented some of the new1 contracts which would have been made and the new orders which would have been shen orer not reduce the amount of goods brought in in April as compared com-pared with the preceding month par clause of the bill provided that the new rates of duty should apply upun all goods coming in after April 1 which had been purchased previous to that date This of course permitted all goods contracted for and ordered nrlor to April 1 to come in under Wilson low rates and so left It largely in the hands of the importers t to indicate by their own statements whether goods coming in after April 1 tad been purchased or ordered prior to that date Some of the importers belief that this have also clung to the blef feature of the bill would fail to iass the senate especially in view of the recent re-cent publications S indicating while still others have chosen to take risks sUl the extra upon belnsr required to pay extr duty in case this feature of the bill sh uld become 0 law > is ThP result of these conditions that the total importations of foreign gnodrf have jumped from 50000000 in August 1896 to SSO000000 last month The most notable increase has come from undutiable articles which importers import-ers know will soon have to pay duty pr The importations wil of this class of goods have Tht jumped from 21000000 in August in April 1S97 189G to about 515000000 Apri The subcommittee has agreed to concede an advance on oranges and lemons providing for a duty on them of a cent providng a This is in accordance accord-ance with the request of the California as presented by Senator Jones growers presente There also a will be an increase on borax Ther wl and soda and their preparations but it will not be so great as the Nevada senator requested A duty on hides and a slight increase on thirdclass wools also is assured Senator Jones will certainly vote to take the bill out of the committee He bi takes the position that the silver Republicans want the bill passed even publicans want tbl bl though it may not afford all the protection ma desire and while he tection they may desre whie te may not get all he asks will vote to present the bill in the senate p 1h bill will he presented to the full committee at 10 oclock tomorrow but the present plans do not contemplate giving prent the press until i shall be presented to the senate |