The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1875-02-25
The ReYenue Bill.
The following is the text of the revenue bill
as nassed BY the House, Tuesday:


as passed by the House, Tuesday:
Section 1. That from and after the date of
the passage of this act, there shall be levied
aud collected on all distilled spirits thereafter
produced in the United States a tax of ninety
cents on each proof gallon, or wine gallon
when below proof, to be paid by the distiler,
owner or person having possession thereof, be-
fore removal from the distillery or bonded
warehouse, and so much of section 3251 of the
Revised Statutes of the United States as is in
consistent herewith is hereby repealed.
Section 2. That section 1868 of the Revised
Statutes be and the same is hereby amended
by striking out the words twenty cents a
pound" and inserting in lieu thereof the words
''tweIty-four cents a pound;' provided, that
section 1894 Of the Revised Statutes be and the
same is hereby amended by striking out the
word five wherever it occurs therein. and in
serting in lieu thereof the word six" aud by
trki1g out the word sixty" and inserting
"seventv-five;" increasing the duty on cigars
from SIS to Sc thousand and on cigarettes
from So 60 to 50 75, provided that the increase
of the tax herein provided for shall not apply
to tobacco, cigars and cigarettes on which the
existing duty shall have been paid when this
act takes effect.
Section 8. That on all molasses, concentra-
ted molasses, tank bottoms, syrup of sugar,
cane juice, melado and on sngar, according to
the Dutch standard of color imported from for
eign countries, there shall be levied and col
lected and paid, in addition to the duties now
imposed in Schedule G, section 2504 of the Re-
vised Statutes, an amount equal to 70 per cent.
of said duties as levied upon the several arti-
cles and grades herein designated; provided,
that concentrated melado or concrete shall
hereafter be cassed as Sngar dutiable, accord
ing to the Dutch standard, and melade shall be
known and defined as an article made in the
process of sugar making. being the cane juice
boiled down to the sugar point and containing
all the sugar and molasses resulting from the
boiling process, without any process of purging
or Qualification, and any and all productions of
the sugar cane imported in bags, mats or bas-
kets, or other than light packages, shall be con-
sidered sugar and dutiable as such, and pro-
yided further, that of the drawback on refined
sugars imported, allowed by section 3Ol9 OF the
Revised Statutes of the United States, only one
per cent. of the amount so allowed shall be re-
tained by the United States
Section f. That so much of section 1884 of
the Revised Statutes as provides that only 80
per centum of the several duties and rates of
duty imposed on certain articles therein emu
merated by section 2504 shall be levied, col
lected and paid, be, and the same is hereby re-
pealed, and the several duties and rates of duty
prescribed in said section 2504 shall be and re-
MAN, as by that section, levied without abate-
ment of the 10 per centum, as provided in sec
tion 2503
Section 5. That the increase of duties pro
vided by this act shall not apply to any goods,
wares or merchandise actually on sbipboard
and bound to the United States on or before
the 10th day of February, 1875, nor on any
such goods, wares, or merchandise on deposit
In warehouses or public stores at the date of
the passage of this act
Section 6. Provides that nothing in the act
of February 8, 1875, (the Little tariff act)
shall be construed to impose any duty on bolt
ing cloths heretofore admitted free of duty, or
to require the use of stamps on entries of re-
ceipts in the pass books of savings banks.
TRUE.-The Scientific american calls careful
attention to the fact that inventors and manu-
facturers are careless about advertising, and
cites in the same article eight or ten cases of
recent occurrence where lively inquiry had
been created for articles, from the simple an
nouncement of their existing, but in which
merchants had to do without the goods, be-
canse they could not fiud them. This is Sc
we're commentary upon those people who make
things in order to sell them, but who fail to in
form customers where they may be had. 1t is
safe TO say, as rule, that anything that is
worth patenting is worth advertising
The Lords prayer was recently called to the
attention of the San Francisco School Board,
and after some discussion the Chair decided
"that the Lords Prayer is partisan and secta-
rian, aud that the use of il in our schools is