The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-02-28
Capital Doings on Monday.
A TARIFF BILL.

WASHINGTON, February 27.-The bill
introduced in the House to-day by
Long, of Massachusetts,, at the request
of the Home Market Club, of Boston,
to amend the laws relating to duties on
sugars, taxes on tobacco and distilled
spirits, etc., fixes the following rates of
duty: Sugar below the number 10
Dutch standard, and less than rs de-
grees polariseope test, 700ths cents per
pound, and 200ths additional for every
additional degree, concentrated Melada
is to be classed as sugar; above IL and
not above 16 Dutch standard, 1.3700ths
cents per pound; above 16 and not
above 20, Dutch standard, ~ cents per
pound; above %, Dutch standar d +,
1700ths cents per pound; molasses be-
low Sc degrees polariscope test, 2 cents
per gallon.
There is bounty clause in the bill al
lowing bounty of 81 for every ton of
beet or sugar cane raised and manu-
featured into sugarin the United States,
and for every one hundred pounds OF
sugar or molasses produced from maple
trees. No part of the drawback upon
expectations of i'm ported merchandise,
or of articles made from imported me-
terials, shall hereafter be retained in the
United States. All fees of customs Off
GERS upon entries of imported goods for
expectation, and all fees relating to in
spection, measurements, clearances,
manifests, ETC., of vessels, are abolished.
Taxes on domestic tobacco are to be
reduced 80 per cent, as are also special
taxes on retail dealers of the same COM
modify. Provision is made for the
withdrawal, free of tax, from bonded
warehouses, of distilled spirits or
alcohol, to be used for scientific or
manufacturing purposes, or in the arts.
FOR THE ADMISSION OF WYOMING.
The bill introduced to-day by Carey,
of Wyoming, for the form alton and ad-
mission into the Union of the State of
Wyoming, provides that the Governor
of the Territory shall order an election
for the selection of delegates to form a
State constitution; but that election
shall not be held previous to June LIST,
1889. The constitutional convention
under the provisions of the bill will con-
sist of about sixty members. The bill
further provides for grant of land to
the State for school purposes to the
amount of 100000 acres, one hundred
sections of land for an agricultural
college, eighty sections for public build
ings, twenty-five sections for peniten-
tiary, and ten sections for an insane
asylum. The bill provides for grant to
the State of 5000, 600 acres of arid lands
on condition that the State shall re-
claim, or cause such lands to be re-
claimed, and shall not part with its
title to any subdivision of said lands
until reclamation is complete. Carey
SAYS the Territory is as well prepared
for State government as fifteen States
were at the date of their admission;
that the Territory without Congress
sional aid, supports compulsory
school system, and maintains free
University; that the Territory is well
provided with good courts and school
houses that it takes care of its insane
and convicts; that the Territory an
nually expends for the Territorial and
municipal government, the support of
public schools and public Improvements
$500, 900, and that the general govern
ment does not contribute on an average
naore than $4,000 The boundaries of
the proposed State are the same as
those of the Territory.
AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT.
The Court of Claims to-day, gave judg-