Show CHANGES DECIDED ON in the tariff advances of the emergency revenue bill washington dee dec 21 the republican members of the ways and means committee hold held another conference this thin afternoon and decided upon several c hanges changes in t the two revenue bills which will be introduced in the house thursday the most important change in the tariff bill was to drop the clause putting in cereal bread breadstuffs stuffs livestock live stock arid and dairy products at an advance ot of 25 2 por per cent over the wilson gor gorman man lates late so features Ica lureo will simply have the he 15 5 per cent advance under the horizontal clause it was waa also decided to advance carpet wools to the life ale kanley bill rates but other wools boota and manufactured products of wool remain at CO 60 per cent of 0 tun the Mcl mckenley ailley tariff according to the agreement of yesterday the other chunke was wag to exempt 8 agar from tile lh provisions of the clau cladge e tor for the horizontal advance of IS 15 p per rent cent lumber will nill remain as was nas decided yesterday at CO 60 per cent or 0 tit the mckinley duty in the bond bill the principal lasua issue theorized authorised lu zed will be a charlice of the rate 0 of interest authorized by the act of 0 1375 from 4 to Z per cent and ill cue bonds hill te tc payable fit at the option of the Govern government men t after three years yeara tho the rate of for tile the one yea year r treasury certificates of indebted va wits raised from 2 to 3 it per er cent this bill v will ill also provide tor for the Ump temporary lao lotion of the greenbacks green backs so they will bo be held separate in tho the treasury and not included within the general assets of the government several important considerations operated to bring about the changes in the tariff tarifa bill there has been little doubt from rom the beginning that sugar would be exempted from whatever tariff i t f c chances h an ge s w were er e ma made d e b because e c au s e a any t ay iy a attempt t t e m p t to a alter lt or t the he sc schedule h ed u 1 e w would 0 u 1 d ci alvo v 0 rise to complications the decision to drop farm products and cattle from the lists of 0 dutle duties 8 to be advanced d will cause much disappointment among the western men but so much trouble arose over tho the settlement of 0 these items that it was thought best to drop their consideration an effort wits was made to have iron and steel find and their products given an advance but jt it met the opposition of 0 tho the western n men and was abandoned its abandonment also havin having something me to do with dropping the livestock and cereal advances contemplated the iron and slot steel A interests argued that they should be equally favored with the farnacis farm farn cis icis Bl members embers ot of the committee state emphatically that these hills bills are not intended in any way to represent republican policies on the tariff or finance they are arc merely temporary expedients to meet an emergency the republicans holding the emergency Is caused by an insufficiency of 0 revenues chairman dingley was in conter crice today with seek Secie tary carlisle over the th bills tomorrow both bills balla will be adopted by the committee at a meeting which the democratic will attend they will be reported to the house thursday with EL a rule giving that day tor for debate on the tariff hill bill with a a vote at the close and friday for dehate debate on the bond bill bringing that tp a vote tor for friday night |