Democratic Sentinel, Volume 21, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 July 1897 — DINGLEY BILL IS LAW [ARTICLE]

DINGLEY BILL IS LAW

MEASURE PASSED AND SIGNED BY M'KINLEY. Conference Report la Approved by a Vote of 40 to 30—Treasury Official* Notified That the New Unties Are Now in Fores. Takes Effect at Once. The last step necessary to make the Dingiey tariff bill the lafw of the land was taken nt the White House when the President affixed his signature at 4:04 o’clock Saturday afternoon. The tariff bill passed its last legislative stage at 3 p. m., when the Senate, by a vote of 40 to 30, agreed to the conference report on the bill. The final vote on the tariff conference report and the bill was as follows: YEAS. . Republicans. Aldrich, Mcßride, Allison, McMillan, Baker. Mason. Burrows, Morrill. Carter, Nelson, Clark, Penrose, Davis, Perkins. Deboe. Platt (Conn.) Elkins, Platt (N. Y.) Fairbanks, Pritchard, Foraker, Proctor, Frye. Quay, Gallinger, Sewell, Gear. Shoup, Hale, Spooner, Hansbrough, Thurston, Hawley, Warren, Hoar, Wetmore. Lodge, Populists. Jones (Nev.), Stewart. Democrat. McEnery—Total, 40. NAYS. Democrats. Bacon. Mitchell, Bate, Morgan, Berry, Murphy, Caffery, Pasco, Chilton, Pettus, Clay, Roach. Cockrell, Smith, Daniel, Tillman, Faulkner, Turley, Gorman, Turner, Lindsay, Turple, Jones (Ark.), Vest, Mallory, Walthall, Martin, White. Mills, Populist. Harris—Total, 30. PAIRS. For— Against— Chandler, Cannon, Cullom, Gray, Wolcott, George, Hanna, Rawdins, Wellington, McLaurin, Mantle, Kenney. Wilson, Heltfeld. NOT VOTING. Allen. Teller. Butler, ABSENT.

Kyle, Pettigrew, Mr. Porter, the President’s secretary, was in constant communication with the capital by telephone, so that he was able to advise the President promptly of the starting of the bill from the House for the White House. A few moments before 4 o'clock Representative Dingley appeared, accompanied by Representatives Hager, chairman of the House Committee on Enrolled Bills. They were admitted at once into the presence of Mr. McKinley. The latter was sitting quietly at the long cabinet table with Secretary Gage and Attorney General McKenna on one side and Postmaster General Gary and Secretary Wilson on the other. He rose and greeted Mr. Dingley and Mr. Hager cordially and proceeded at onee to the work of approval. Mr. Porter turned to the last sheet of the bill and laid the document before the President. He had several pens at hand the owners of which had begged might be used to sign the tariff act. But Mr. Dingley, unexpectedly taking a case from his pocket, produced a beautiful mother of pearl handled pen, dainty enough for a lady's use, and requested that it be used for the signature. The President recognized the right of Mr. Dingley. Dipping it deep into the inkwell, he steadily appended his signature to the bill, asked the date, and wrote “July 24, approved,” and the bill was a law.

Est mates of Revenues. According to estimates by treasury officials the revenue to be produced by the new law will exceed the amount raised in the hist year of the Wilson bill by at least $30,000,000. But they claim that the revenue producing powers of the new law will be seriously crippled by the anticipatory importations of the last three or four months. The chemical schedule of the new law, they say, will produce revenue to the amount of $6,095,000. In 1896 it brought $5,500,000 (in round numbers). The earthenware and glassware schedule is counted upon for $9,741,000, while in 1896 it brought $7,900,000. The lumber schedule, it is anticipated, will produce $2,400,000. It brought only $380,000 in 1896, owing to free trade in Canadian lumber. Even with the enormous anticipatory importations the sugar schedule is expected to bring in, at the lowest estimate, $38,000,000, as against $29,000,000 in 1896. A more liberal estimate places the prospective sugar revenues at $55,000,000. On tobneco and manufactures thereof the estimated revenue for the next year is $16,400,000, against $14,800,000 last year. In the agricultural schedule the estimates of revenue run from $10,000,000 to $15,000,000, compared with $7,900,000 in 1896. Imported wines, spirits and malt liquors are counted upon for $7,935,000, against $6,900,000 lust year. In tlax, hemp, jute, etc., the revenues for next yea' are estimated at from $15,000,000 to contrasted with $12,000,000 last year. On wool and manufactures thereof the estimate is at least double the revenue of last jear, which was $23,000,000. Silks and silk goods are expected to bring about $14,000,000, against $12,500,000 last year. On pulp, paper and books the estimate is $2,000,000, contrasted with $1,200,000 last year. Schedule I, manufactures of cotton, brought in $9,300,000 last year, and it is estimate'! will produce over $11,000,000 next year. The sundries schedule, which includes rhiscelhneous items not otherwise specified, produced $10,900,000 last year, and the lowest estimate for next year is $13,500,000, while a more liberal calculation places it at $20,000,000.