, 1890-09-10
Qbe Tariff Bill Now Ready for
Final Action.
Aldrich's Reciprocity Amend
ment Agreed to.
The Senate Creates a Customs
Commission.

76o. Rejected.
In rerly to a question by Edmunds, the
presiding officer (Ingallsl ruled that I'M
der the arrangement cutting off debate to-
day. answering or asking questions by
senators would be prohibited.
Gibson offered two other amen3>
ments to the sugar section, which were
rejected.
Carlisle moved to strike out OF the
sugar section all paragraphs relating to
bounty. Rejected-yeas %, nays ga
party vote.
Gibson moved to strike out the sugar
section aud substitute the sugar clauses of
the Mills bill. Reiected-yeas rs.
navs 80.
Eustis moved to insert the provision
that the bounty shall apply to all sugar
produced in 1890. Rejected.
Pasco moved to amend the paragraph
relating to oranges by fixing special rates
for oranges imported in December, Janu-
AIRY, February or March. Rejected
Aldrich moved to insert the %proviso
that imported merchandise deposited in
any bonded warehouse prior to the LIST of
August, 1890, may be Withdrawn for con-
sumption al any time prior to the LIST of
November, 1890. on the payment of du-
ties in force prior TO the passage Of this
act.
Plumb moved as a substitute TO extend
the lime Of withdrawal to one year from
the passage of this at. Reiected-Yeas
%. nays "a.
Plumb moved to insert the LIST of Jan
-.r, Ignl a..taal - fIa L. sc Nnuna
Der, 1890. Rejected.
Aldrich' amendment was agreed to
yeas 80, nays 81.
Aldrich then moved the reciprocity
amendment proposed by him on Septem
bert |, and accepted the verbal modifica-
ton OF it suggested by Hoar.
Eyarts poved as a substitute the
amendment proposed by him at last
nights session and which merely directs
the president to communicate the facts to
congress. Reiected-yess 80 nays "a.
All the Democrats voted in the afirma-
tive, as did also Dolph, Evarts and
Daniels.
Edmunds also moved a modification OF
Aldrich's amendment in a similar sense.
Rejected-yeas 6, nays SO. The six
affirmative votes were given by Cameron,
Davis, Edmunds, Frye, Paddock and
Plumb.
Edmunds moved to strike out of
Aldrich's amendment the words "on aud
after the lst day OF July. 1891" Re
jected-yels 30, nays "a
Gray moved as a substitute for
Aidrich's amendment a section directing
the president. without further legislation,
to declare the ports vi the United States
free and open to all products of any
country of the American hemisphere
upon which no export duties are imposed
whenever aud 50 long as the government
Of such country admits to the ports there
OF, free of all national, provincial,
municipal and other taxes, flour, corn,
meal, preserved meats, vegetables, rice,
lumber, agricultural implements. ma
chinery. vessels or boats of iron, steel or
wood, etc the products OF the United
States. Rejected yeas 90, nays SO.
Aldrich's amendment read that with a
view to secure reciprocal trade with the
countries producing the following articles,
and for this purpose and alter the LIST day
OF July. 1891, whenever and so often as
the president shall be satisfied that the
government of any county producing and
exporting sugar, mol4sses, coffee, tea and
hides, raw and uncured, or any such ar
teles, imposes duties or other exactions
upon the agricultural o rother products of
the United States, which, 10 view of the
Tree Introduction of such sugar. mo-
l%asses, coffee, tea and hides INTO the
United States, he may deem to be recip-
roeally unequal and unreasonable, he
shall have power aud it shall be his duty
10 suspend, by proclamation to that effect,
the provision of this act relating to the
Tree Introduction of such sugar., molasses,
coffee, tea and hides, the production of
such country, for such time as he shall
deem just, and IN such case aud during
such suspension duties shall be levied col
lected aud paid upon sugar, molasses,
coffee, tea aud hides, the product of or
exported from such designated country. as
follows: All sugar not above No. 10,
Dutch standard in color shall pay a duty
on their palariscopic test, as follows. All
sugar not above 10 Dutch standard in
color, all tank bottom sirups of cane juice
or OF beet juice. malada concentrated, ma
lada concrete and concentrated molasses,
testing by palariscopo not above 75o, sew
en-tenths of one cent per pound, and for
every additional degree or fraction of de
gree, shown by the polariscoDic test two
nundreths OF one cent per pound addI-
uonal. All sugars above No. l3 Dutch
standard in color shall be classified BY the
Dutch standard Of color and pay duty as
follows: All sugar above No. Is and not
above No. l6 Dutch standard Of color,
one and three eighths cents per pound;
Al sugar above No. .l6 and not above
w. ~ Dutch standard of color
que and hve-eighths cents per pound: all
sugar above No. 20 Dutch standard OF
.onor' Two cents per pound. Molasses
testing above 56o, four cents per gallon.
sugar draining aud sugar sweepings
snail be subject to duty either as mo
iasses or sugar as the case may be accord
ing 10 polariscopic test. On coffee, three
cents per bound; on tea. ten cents per
ppound., Hides. raw or incurred, whether
Wy saited or picked, Apgora goat skins.
Jaw, without wool and manufactured;
asses skins, raw and manufactured. and
eAins' except sheep skins, with wool on.
one'haii cent per pound All the Demo-
Gratis voted against Aldrich's reciprocity
amendment and only two Republicans
Edmunds and Evarts.
Aidrich offered an additional section
providing that the sugar schedule and
,he1ty paragraphs shall take effect on
~, .he ist OF March. 1891, and that prior to
ne Is, OF February. 1891. sugars may be
duty.
Various other amendments offered by
nlorich were agreed to, including the fol-
owing: Declaring that all special taxes
saaii become due on the LIST Of July
thereafter, making the provision in para
graph 457, putting on the free list ami
mas imported specially for breeding pur-
poses, apply only to females; filing blank
lor dates on which duties shall be levied
on articles exempted from duty as the LIST