Omaha daily bee., 1883-01-17

employed on shore dusy, uajcss the
secretary OF the rayy shall d.io'mine
thas tho employ meat Of ,his..a On
sTch duty 10 required by public IN
t%Arest, AVID shall so slate iu the cider
employment, and also the duration
Of such service, barord which time ne
shall not continue"
DORSEY RESIGNS.
Ex-senator Dorsey has written a
letter res'g1ing thu fiji g cf secretary
If the republican national committee.
ruE HEIRS OF PULASKI.
TAO subcommittee of the house
Committee on war claims will consider
the relief bill granting $3.50, 000 to
the heirs of Count Pulaski.
HAzEN's DENIAL.
General Hazsn denouncss es false
the charges in the anonymous circular
3 ,inst higher officers Of the signal
corps. The circular was called forth
by the proposition 70 trantf,r the
signal corps to the interior depart
ment.
CONTRIBUTIONS.
Everett B. Sanders, receiver of pub.
lie moneys at Wausan, Wis; John
W. C!s,k, Michigan, sgsat 70 tIudrsus
at Colorado River agency, A'iz>na,
The president nominated Edward
Sommecvilie Indian agent at Umatiila
agency, Oregon.
The president signs the civil SER
vice bill to-day.
TIE TARIFF BllL
was reported to the houus to day
from the wsys and means committee,
accompanied by a brief evIew COW
ering only thrse psgas eff letter pa.
per, which statas that in q matter
involving 30 many diGAnct PROPOSE
tions as the tariff bill touching as
they do existing investments of cap
ital, the hope Of unanimlty OF opin.
ion i'll 30 large a con- mittee as that
Of the ways and meeus, could not
BE- entertained, and the bill is not the
unanimous report of the committee.
Comparing the rates proposed by
the ways n means committee in this
bill with the exiating tariff rate the
following are perhaps the m ost impor.
tant changes: The duty on iron is
reduced on an average of three-tenths
of l cent per pound aud the great
asst reduction in the metal schedule
is in steel railway bats, from whi;h
about Sill per ton in the duty is
taken. Wooden manufactures are
reduced nearly 10 per cent on an av.
erage below ths present rates. TIE
tariff commission has. proposed q re.
duction of about 20 per cent. The
duty on cotton manufactures probably
average over 2 cents per tq1sre yard
below the present rates. The rates
on glass are not materially changed
from those of thepresent laws, though
many alterations have been made in
the classification IS lgsr rates we're
considerably reduced to day, the cut.
ting down being mainly in the lowest
grades; taking into consideration
changes in the provisions for "test.
Ing" the average rates are said to
be lowered ABOUT 90 per cen from ex-
listing duties. This schedule, as finally
revised by the committee to-day is as
follows: "All sugars not above No.
13 Dutch standard In color, shall pay
a duty on their polariscope test as fol-
lows, viz: All sugars not above No
Is Dutch standard in color, all tank
bottoms. syrups Of cane juice or of
beet juice, melsda, conc sntrated mel.
ada, concrete or concentrated molss.
SEES, testing BY the polariscops, not
above 70 degrees, shall pay a duty Of
n and twenty-five %hundredths cents
per pound, and for every additional
degree, or fraction of degree, shown
by the polariscope test, they shall pay
four hundreths of one cant
per pound additional. All sugars
above No. Is, D itch standard in color
shall be classified by the Dutch
standard of color and psy a duty as
folio ws: All sugars above No. Is and
not above No. l6, Dutch standard,
3 cents per pound; all sugar above
No, l6 and not above No. 20, Dntoh
standard, $40 100 cents per pound;
all sugars above No. 20, Dutch stand
ard, $50 100 cents per pound. Mo-
lasses testing not above SO degrees, by
the polsr.scope, SHALL pay II duty of D
cents per gallon; molasses testing
above 56 degrees Phsil pay b duty OF
q cents per gallon. Sugar DRAWINGS,
20 per centum I'D valorsm; sugar caa
dies, not coiorsi,t cents per pound
All other confectionery not specially
enumerated or provided tor in tt IL
act, made wholly or in part of sugar,
and on sugars al Ter being refined,
when tinctured, colored or in any way
ad~u!terated, valued at 80 cents per
pound or less, 10 cents per pound;
confectionery valued above 80 cents
Fer pound or when sold by box, psck-
age or other wise than by pound, 90
per centum ad vslorem."
The Importance Of the ways and
mems tariff bill is diminished by Ike
probability of the tariff measure beipn
considered in the senate as an amend
meat to the house bill for reduction
of internal tsxes, which will bs the
basic Of all possible legislation on the
subject the present session.
AN APPROPRIATION.
Mr.. Carpenter, of Iowa, has sub
mitted a conference report on the
agricultural appropriation bill. e was
agreed to. The bill as agreed to ap.
proprlate& $l3, 900 more than ga it
passed the house The total amount
appropriated is $405. $40
PARTY PLANS.
The subcommittee Of the national
republican executive committee, con.
sid efing the question of the basis of