Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-06-26

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Senate finance C0nn1etO~AooS
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washington. June IA FAX DesS
ing of the Senate Finance Committee nes
been held, 1t which the chairman NJ.
Morrill,, WAS authorized by stRict party
vote to report the Tariff bill with
amendments. A member OF the com
mittee says that, with the e1ception OF
the wool and agricultural schedules. -
bill is almost identically the same IS
the bill Of the Senate Finance Commit
tee reported in 1888 No formal re-
port accompanied the bill, nor it,
it certain that any viii H pre-
pared. A statement will be reported
to the Senate as soon - it can be
prepared, showing the effects OF the pro-
visions OF the bill upon the receipts q
customs, as compared with the receipts
under the present Law and those estt-
mated under the House bill 1t is the
understanding that the debate on the
bill will not begin until about July =
SO that ample time may be given for
study of the bill. 4 member OF the FL
nance Committee says that the Demo-
Gratis minated that IL opportunity
were given in advance 70 study the
schedules, the debate would be materi-
ally curtailed- The principal changes
made by the committee were in the
earthenware, metal. agricultural, fax.
hemp and jute and sundries scheduled
The tobacco schedule alone was uH~
changed.
The following are the principal
changes made by the Senate Committee
in the Tariff bill: The glassware CLASH.
fcations are changed and = large ge4-
eral reduction made; steel rails are res
duced from s1S- - to s11-20 per ton; mica
and crude nickel are put on the free
list: sawed boards, 81 per 1000. instead
of 81. so: no bounty is to be given for
less than 500 pounds of sugar annually,
and sugars between IS and 10
Dutch standard pay a duty of $40
of cent per pound; sugars above
16 pay Clio instead of 40 of a cent.
per pound. Tobacco is unchanged.
Slight reductions are made in many
items in the agricultural schedule, and
exporters of meat are not allowed a re-
bate on salt used in curing meats Nat
ural effervescing mineral waters are en-
tered free. The duty on cotton manu-
features is reduced all through the
schedule, also in the flax, hemp and jute
schedule. Only slight changes are made
in wool, the principal one be-
ing to correct typographical
error that the House refused to
correct. The bounty for silk and silk
cocoons raised and reeled in the United
States is stricken out. All buttons ex-
cept agate, pearl and shell are made
dutiahle as manufactures of the mater
ial of which they are Composed large
reduction. Works of art are taken from
the free list and made dutiable at 90.
per cent ad valorem. The limitation
of $500 as the value of wearing apparel
a person may bring into the United
States, is stricken out.
The committee struck out all the
changes made by the House bill in the
internal revenue regulations respecting
the tax on tobacco, the manufacture of
vinegar from alcoholic vapor and the
fortifcation of wines, leaving the law
as it stands at present. The internal
revenue tax on opium prepared for
smoking was increased from So to SO
per pound. Artists water color paints
are made dutiable according to class,
instead of so per cent ad valorem-
Birthstone and sulphur mot otherwise
provided for) are transferred to the free.
list instead of being made dutiable at
SS nor ton