The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-09-27
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Conference Report on Tariff
Bill Submitted.
THE HOUSE WILL ACT At ONCE.
Mr.. Mckinley Hopes for Adjournment
by Tuesday Evening.
The HOUSE WILL ACT At ONCE.
Tho Senate Yields to tho House-Bind-
ing Twine Pays Duty and Sugar Under
Grade 16 IL Free-Total Reductions Of
Revenue Sixty-six Millions Annually.

noon and reported the result to the House. Zhe
committee had to deal with 4t4 amendments.
Ia the more important items the result of the
committees labors was as follows:
The Gate when the bill shall take effect 10
make Oct0ber6.
February next is fixed as the ultimate dkte
upon which goods deposited in bod be I3re
October II may be Withdrawn at the old rate of
duty.
In the case of sugar the conference, in place
OF uniform bounty OF cents on grades OF bet
and other sugar provided by the House. In
cluded maple sugar and adopted the following
trovison: On and after July /, 1891, and uiltil
July ]. 1905. there shall be paid from any m6n-
eys in the treasury not otherwise apportioned
under the provisions of section 1859 OF the r.
vised Statutes to the producer of sugar testing
not less than 90 degrees by the polarscope from
beets, sorghum or sugar-cane grown within the
United States, or from maple sap produced with.
In the United States, . bounty of cents per
pound. and upon such sugar testing less than 90
Degrees and not less than eighty degrees
bounty OF ~ cents per pound, under such rules
and regulations as the commissioner of internal
revenue, with the approval of the secretary of
the treasury. shall prescribe.
In the case of imported sugars the House line
OF No. 16 Dutch standard. below which sugar
will be free. is adopted, but On the higher
grades the result was compromise as follows:
All sugars above No. 16 in color shall pay q
duty of 5-l0 OF cent per pound; provided that
all sugars above No. 16 in color shall pay LILO of
cent per pound in addition to the rate herein
provided for, when exported from or the product
OF any country, when and SO long as such coun-
try pays or shall hereafter pay, directly
or indirectly, bounty on the exporta-
tion OF any such sugar which may
be included in this grade, which is greater than
ID paid on sugars of lower sacchar1ne strength;
and the secretary Of the treasury shall prescribe
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vision into effect; ana provided further, that all
machinery purchased abroad and erected in a
beet sugar factory and used In the production
of raw sugar in the United States from beets
produced therein, shall be admitted duty free
until the LIST day of July, 1898: provided, that
any duty collected on any of the above de-
scribed machinery purchased abroad and i'm.
ported into the United States for the uses above
indicated, since January /, 1890, shall be re.
funded.
On glucose the House rate of q cent per
pound is retained.
Whereas the Senate provided that the sugar
schedule and the bounty provision were to take
effect March next, the conference fixed upon
April / as the date of operation, with proviso
that No. 1S sugar may be in the meantime re-
fined in bond without duty.
In the case of fresh or frozen fish from
American fisheries, made free by both houses,
the conference has imposed Limitation that
they must be caught by American vessels in
fresh waters. Other Dish are made dutiable at
q cent per pound, split between the House
and Senate.
On binding twine the rate is fixed at 7.lo
cent, but on other MANILA cordage the rate is
advanced from IA to ~ cents per pound more
than was agreed upon by either house.
All of the paragraphs inserted by the Senate,
providing for customs commission is now
stricken out by the conference
In the case of glass bottles, where the Senate
reduced the rates the conference adopted a
edium. fixing the rates on sizes OF one pint and
more at cent per pound and small sizes down
to - pint at ~ cents. and on sizes below, so
cents per gross. On plain pressed glassware q
single rate of 60 per cent 10 adopted, instead of
a higher compound rate. and the same is done
in the case of cut and decorated glassware The
40 per cent. House rate, struck out by the Senate
on chemical glassware. is reinstate1. Sixty per
cent. is fixed for thin and heavy globe glass, in
stead of the House rate struck out by the Sem
ate. and so in the case of porcelain glass.
uniform 60 per cent. rate is placed on unpol-
ished cylinder, crown and window glass. Where
the Senate made an average reduction OF h
cent the conference adopted medium of IL
cent reduction, as well as the Senate provision
that each box shall contain fifty square feet
On pyrites the Senate rate OF "a cent per
pound on that containing copper is retained
On boiler ana other plate iron new grades are
established, valued at cents or less per pound,
on which the rates are as follows: Below /
cent, 8 lilo cents below $40 cents, 65-1O0 cent
per pound; below cents. $40 cent per pound
On higher grades the rates fxed are: Above
cents, 40 cents; above cents, / $40 cents:
above cents, cents; above 2 cents $40
cents: above 10 cents, SO cents; above I3 cents
As per cent. Plates thinner than No 10 are to
pay duty as sheets. The finer Senate gauges for
hoop-iron are adopted and for railway bars of
iron or steel the House rate, 610 cent per pound.
obtains. In tin plate the House rate, q of a
cent per pound above sheet iron to July next
ana 2-1o cents after that date. is retained. The
Senate ratio OF o further additional duty of
IS per cent on manufactures of
tin plate is replaced by an absolute
single ddty OF 55 per cent, and the stipulation
for free 63-pound till after 1896 in case of failure
OF domestic works to produce one-third of the
consumption, is retained On steel ingots
and blooms the Senate rate dover by lilo cents
per pound) is retained on grades below $40
cents in value, and above that the higher House
rate prevails On iron and steel bars or plates.
cold rolled or blued, the higher House rates are
retained.
Nickel in the matte or other crude form is re-
stored 10 the free list. Nickel, nickel oxide. AL
10y IN which nickel is of chief value, paws 10
cents pound; zinc in blocks or pigs, IL cents
a pound; manufactures not specially provided
X, N,
lead, copper, nickel, pewter, zinc, gold or any
other metal, As per cent ad vslorem
IL the case of sawed boards and lumber of
white pine the senate rate OF 81 is adopted. and
the provision for retention of the old duties tn
cover the foreign export duty is retained.
In the internal revenue features Of the bill
nearly all the House provisions are restored.
The provisions removing all the restrictions on
farmers and growers OF tobacco in regard 10 the
sale OF leaf tobacco are restored and prov 80
added that the farmers shall furnish any internal
off or statement of his sa.es, etc. fine of
$500 is provided for the violation of this proyis.
ion. The conference committee struck out the
senate amendment providing Tor a tariff com.
mission The tax on smoking and manufac-
tured tobacco and on snuffis placed at cents
per pound
Opium manufacturers ere taxed $40 per
mound on opium manufactured in the United
states for smoking purposes, and only persons
who are citizens of the United States are per-
nitted to engage in its manufacture.
The senate amendment providing that all
special internal revenue taxes shall become due
July /. 1891, are retained.
The rates established in the wool schedules
when the amendments We're made were "a fol-
ows: woolen or worsted yarns from hair OF
the camel goat alpaca or other animals valued
above so cents a pound, two and half times
tne duty on unwashed wool OF the first class: ON
wooleu or worsted cloths valued at so cents per
pound three times the duty on unuashed wool
of the first class: on clothing r ady sde and
articles of wearing apparel of every description,
made up or manufactured wholly or in cart,