The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-05-10

Last Nights Dispatches.
WASHINGTON.


| WASHINGTON. May S.-To day Repre-
sentative Washburn of Minnesota. intro
duced bill appropriating $500.00 fo
the construction and operation of reservoir
| to improve the navigation of the Missis
gable waters leading into the same. Ths
bill provides that the work shall be con
structed and operated under the Secretary
of War. No dam or other works shall b,
erected or undertaken until all private
damages which may result from fowagt
or other causes shall be adjusted, either
| By agreement with the parties to be in
jured or iB such other manner as the Sec
retary of War shall determine. Any
| award for private damages shall be subject
/ to appeal TO the District of Court of the
district where such damages shall arise.
An attempt was made to have this appro
priation Incorporated in the River and
| Harbor bill, but the Committe on Com
| merce objected on the ground that it would
endanger their bill. Ii is perhaps as well.
| as IL is lntimated that that bill is In danger
OF Q veto should it pass President Hayes
had really vetoed the last River and Har-
Dor bill. but yielded TO entreaties and
withdrew his disapproval at the las, mo-
ment of the Forty Fifth Congress. 1t is
feared by some. that this being the last
year OF his term he cannot be induced to
withhold his veto, especially as the bill is
much larger than that of last year.
The sugar bill. which the ways and
means committee to-day agreed to report
to the house. it is understood to night, is
not considered by the majority of the com
mittee az the best measure which could
have been adopted, but inasmueh as any
drk1a
impractlcable, the committee decided to
report it to the house without recommen-
dation, for the purpose of bringing the
subject directly before the house. At the
meeting of the committee to-day several
propositions for advalorem tariff were pre-
sented. but were all voted down as
impracticable. The amendment proposed
Tuesday by Frye. was renewed to-day by
Carlisle. who gave notice that he should
move it as a substitute for the Tucker
bill when the subject comes before the
house
The house ways and means committee
finally agreed upon representative fuckers
tariff bull this morning, and ordered it to
be favorably reported to the house. The
portion In relation to sugar was agreed to
as separate measure, and will also be
favorably reported to the house. The pro-
visions of the tariff bill proper reed to
to-day are as follows: Salt is stricken out
from the bill entirely. The duty therefore
remains as at present-l2 cents per 100
pounds in bulk. Upon screws of all
descriptions the duty is placed at and Z
cents, instead of 5 and s cents per pound.
as agreed upon yesterday. The duty
upon wood pulp is reduced from 90 to 10
per cent advaiorem; jute butts from sc
20 A. \
all other ibres or fbreus material for the
manufacture OF paper. from So and $25 to
the uniform rate Of $40 per ton; sized
or glazed paper for printing, from 25
to 20 per cent; unsized, for books and
newspapers exclusively, from 20 to Is per
cent; manufactures Of paper or of which
paper is a component spart, not otherwise
provided for, from 35 to 25 per cent.
Plows, shovels, hoes and other like articles
of which iron or steel is component
material, used for agriculture, mining or
mechanical purposes, from 35 to 25 per
cent advaIorem.
The sugar bill agreed to is as follows |
Upon tank bottoms, syrup of sugar cane
juice, melado and concentrated molasses,
the duty is fixed II cents per pound, In
stead of the present duty. which is equiys-
lent to 81 As per cent; upon sugars not
above No 7,sduties standard. % Ito cents
per pound instead of the present duty,
equivalent to 20 per cent advaiorem
above No. and not above Is, instead of
two rates, equivalent to 60 79 and 60 65 |
per cent at present imposed, above No. Is !
and not above No. l6, d, s, 2S 100 cents, |
instead of Ga 80 per cent; not above No. |
20, d. g.. 3l7 100 cents, instead of 80 50 |
per cent; above No. 20, d. s., SO 100 cents
instead of 65 OIL per cent: upon all sugar
and sall confectionery maee wholly or in
part of sugar after being refined. ID; when
,inctured. colored or any way adalturated
of all descriptions, q uniform duty of SO
per cent ad volorens. instead of the three
rates now imposed, OF Is cents per pound |
10 cents per pound and so per cent ad
provided. however, that upou all
sugars not above 7, d s. which test above
S5 degrees the duty shall be 23 cents per
pound, and the Secretary of the Treasury
is authorized to employ under the regula-
ton, in conformity with law, snch meaus
by chemical analysis. polariscope or other
wise, as shall be best adopted to adjust
upon all sugars the rates of dety thereon
imposed by this act.