The Brookhaven leader., 1890-10-02
THE TARIFF BILL.
The Conference Report on the
Measure Completed.
The Senate Reciprocity Feature Retained
the Sugar Schedule Modified and
Small Duty Placed on
Binding Twlne.

WASHINGTON, Sept 27.-The confer
ence report on the Tariff bill, COM
pleted yesterday, provides that tho
new law shall go into effect October 6,
1890. The Senate reciprocity feature is
preserved in the bill, but the date for
it to go into effect has been changed
from July 1, 1891, to January 1. 1892.
The duty on binding twine of all
kinds is put at seven-tenths OF cent
per pound, and the provision for this
article is made to apply to binding
twine made in part from istle or tam
pico fiber, MANILA, sisal grass or sunal.
I The sugar schedule provides that all
sugars not above No. 16, Dutch stand
ard; all tank bottoms, all sugar drain
/ ings and sugar sweepings; sirups OF
/ cane juice, melada, concentrated me-
! lada and concrete, and concentrated
molasses, and molasses shall be placed
on the free list. This is the House pro-
vision, subject, however, to the restric-
tions Of the reciprocity feature, which
empowers the President to suspend the
free admission Of sugar, molasses, cof-
fee, tea and hides under certain condi-
tions.
The conference changed the time for
the bonded period to 60 into effect to
February 1, 1891. The provision rela-
tive to the bonded period allows mer-
chandise deposited prior to October 1,
| 1890. to be withdrawn at the present
rates of duty before the time the
bonded period goes into effect 1t is
also provided that when duties are
| based upon the weight of merchandise
deposited prior to October l, the duties
shall be levied upon the weight of the
merchandise at the time of its with
| drawal.
In the internal revenue features of
the bill, nearly all the House provisions
of the bill are restored. The provision
removing all restrictions on farmers
and growers of tobacco, in regard to the
| sale of leaf tobacco are restored aud a
| proviso added that the farmer shall fur
nisr on demand of any internal revenue
officer a statement of his sales, etc. A
fine of $500 is provided for violation of
this provision. The conference COM
mittee also struck out Senate amend
ments providing for tariff commission.
The tax on smoking and manufact-
ured tobacco and on snuff is placed at
cents per pound. Opium manufactur-
ers are taxed $40 per pound upon opium
manufactured in the United States for
smoking purposes, and only persons
who are citizens of the United States
are permitted to engage in its manu-
facture.
The Senate amendment providing
that all special internal revenue taxes
shall become due July l, 1891, is re-
jected.
In the free list number of changes,
most of them of no material interest,
were made. Raw and manufactured
bristles were stricken from the free list
in conference. The House provision
| placing on the free list American
caught fish, except salmon caught by
| American vessels, etc, is re-inserted.
The Senate provision concerning pure
mineral waters is allowed to remain.
The paragraph covering ores of gold,
silver and nickel and nickel matte is
retained, with proviso that the duty
on the copper contained in them shall
be one-half cent per pound.
Among the other Senate amendments
that were agreed to by the conference
committee are those covering plaster
of paris and sulphate of lime, unground
potashes, seeds and sulphuric acid of
not over one and one three hundred and
eighty thousandths specific gravity.
The conference amended a number
of the free list provisions, inserting in
the bill paragraphs providing for the
free admission of feathers and downs
for beds; peltries and other usual goods
Of Indians passing the boundary line of
the United States; tin ore, cassiterite
and tin in bars, blocks, pigs or granu-
lated, until January 1, 1898, and there
after as otherwise provided for; works
of art by American artists residing
temporarily abroad.
| The sugar schedule is amended so as
grant bounty OF IA cents per pound
ON sugar testing between so and 90
degrees polariscope test and cents on
sugar testing not less than 90 degrees,
from July 1, 1891, to July l, 1905.
THE bill as passed by the House and
Senate granted bounty of two cents
pound to sugar testing so degrees and
| overl.
The conferrees agreed to the Senate
amendments extending the bounty to
maple sugar and providing that no
bounty be paid on less than five hun
dred pounds. Sugar above No. 16 Dutch
Standard is to pay five-tenths of
cent pound duty and one-tenth of a
cent. additional if the country exporting
or producing it charges an export duty.
Machinery for the manufacture of beet
| sugar is to be admitted free units July
1, 1892, and any duty collected on such
machinery imported since January /,
1890 shall be refunded. Glucose is re-
tanned at the House rate-three-fourths
| of cent per pound.
The sugar schedule is made to take
effect on April 1, 1891, with a proviso
| that during the month of March sugars
may be retained in bond without pay
ment of duty, and transported in bond
| and sold in bonded warehouses under
| the provisions of existing laws.
The schedule covering imported to-
bacco and manufactures of tobacco, is
| left as it passed the Senate.
In the earthenware and glassware
schedule the House conferrees succeeded
in retaining nearly all of the House
items intact Fancy glass is made duti-
able at 60 per cent ad valorem, colored
glass bottles cent per pound for
pints, IL cents for quarters, and 80
| cents per gross for bottles holding less
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