Show CHANGES DECIDED ON in the tariff advances of the emergency revenue bill 1 washington dec 21 24 the Rep republican ubil members of 0 the ways and means ommittee held another conference this afternoon and decided upon several in the two revenue bills which NN will ill le be introduced in the house thursday the most important change lit in the tariff bill was to drop the clause putting in cereals breadstuffs bread stuffs livestock live stock and dairy products at an advance of ivi per cent over the walson gorman I 1 jimps ates so these features will simply I 1 OTI ee the 16 15 per cent advice advance under tire the 1 S yontal clause it was also decided ton drance carpet wools to the me ale ilsley bill rates but other bools and manufactured products of 0 wool remain ut 69 ter cent of the IvIc mckenley Kinley tariff ne cording to the agreement of yesterday the other change was to exempt mugar from the provisions of the clause rr tile horizontal adlancy of 16 15 per tnt nt lumber will remain as an was deil led yesterday yester dai at 60 per cent of the ah duty in the bond bill the prine principal fral issue authorized will be a change of the rate f r interest authorized by the act of 1876 ti 1 m 4 to 3 per cent and these bonds bonda will tc be payable at the option of the government after three years yearn iha 1 he rate of interest for or the one year treasury certificates of 0 indebtedness was waa raft raised e d f aiom join 2 to 3 per cent llila bill will also provide tor for the temporary tempo iary isolation 0 of the greenbacks green backs so BO they will be I 1 held old separate in the treasury and not included included within the general assets a 0 sets of the government several important considerations operated to bring about the changes in the tariff bill there has been little doubt from the beginning that sugar would be exempted front from whatever lit changes were made because any attempt to alter the schedule eche dule moul woula I 1 give rise to complication the decision to drop farm products pro ducts and cattle from the lists of 0 duties to be advanced will cause much disappointment among the western men but so much trouble arose ON oer er the settlement of 0 these items that it was thought best to drop their consideration an effort was made to have iron and steel and their products given an advance but it met the opposition of the western men and was waa abandoned its abandonment also having something to do with dropping the livestock and cereal advances contemplated the iron arid and steel interests argued that they should be equally favored with the farmers Al members embers of the committee state emphatically that these bills ate aie not intended lit in any way to besent republican policies on the tariff or finance they are merely temporary expedients ex ped lents to meet an emergency the rep republicans holding the emergency Is caused by an insufficiency of revenues chaliman chair man dingle was in conference today with Secle societal taly y carlisle over the bills tomorrow both bills will be adopted by the committee at a meeting which the decoct abic members me niters will attend they will be reported ported le to the house thursday with a rule lule giving that day cor debate on the he tariff bill with a vote off at the close and ri dilday may for debate on the bond bill bringing that to a vote for priday friday night |