The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-09-27
liquor schedule the Senate made increases

liquor schedule the Senate made increases
on various forms Of wines and liquors.
The House rates were restored, except
on champagne and spirits, leaving still
wines and malt liquors at the existing rates
OF duty. a few changes were made for
the purpose of insuring additional security
to the revenue
The Senate's action in striking out the
duties on vegetables, hair, ramie rhea, or
china glass, was agreed to. Jute yarns, 80
per cent. ad valorem; bagging for cotton,
gunny cloth and all similar materials suit
able Tor covering cotton composed in whole
OF part OF hemp, lax, ju5e, or lute butts,
valued att cents or less per square yard,
GIG cents yard, and more than 6 cents,
$40 cents yard. All manufactures of
flax or hemp, so per cent. ad vaiorem, pro-
vlded that until january l, 1884, such man
ufacJures of fax containing more than
one hundred threads to the square inch,
shall pay IS per cent. advaloren instead
OF the above duty.
The conferees agreed to the Senate re-
ciprocity and retaliation amendment max
ing but one change which was in the date
which made it January 1892 Instead of July
next.
OF the changes made in the agricu, tural
schedules the conferees repot, is: 'lu the
agricultural schedules the House rate is
mainly retained, on oranges lemons and
lines, which tie House made dutiable at
double the resent rate in order to afford
protection and encouragement to the plan
tiers of California and Florida
The Senate reduced the rates somewhat
below the present law. The'sHouse con-
ferees yielded reluctantly Ansamendment
was added to that of the Senate, imposing
an additional duty of 30 per cent. on pack
ages in which oranges, lemons and lines
are imported.
The paragraph inserted by the Senate i'm
posing discriminating duty of 10 per cent.
on tea products of countries east of the
Cape OF Good Hope, when imported from
countries east of the Cape of Good Hope,
was struck out.
In the internal revenue features of the
bill nearly all the House provisions were
restored The provisions removing all re-
strictionS on farmers and growers of to-
bacco In regard to the sale OF leaf tobacco
are restored and a proviso added that the
farmer shall furnish any internal officer a
statement of his sales, etc. A fine of $500
is provided for violation of this pro
vision.
The conference committee struck out the
Senate amendments providing for tariff
commission.
The tax ON smoking and manufactured
tobacco and on snuff is placed at cents
per pound. Opium manufacturers are
taxed 800 per pound upon opium manu-
featured in the United States for smoking
purposes, and only persons who are citi-
zens of the United States are permitted to
engage in its manufacture.
The Senate amendment providing that
all special internal revenue taxes shall be-
become due July l. is retained.
Painting and statuary which the House
placed on the free list the conferees de-
cided to return to the dutiable list at ID per
cent. ad valorem one half per cent.
The administrative section relative to i'm
ported articles being forbidden entry where
the business mark of the domestic manu-
facturer is simulated reads as follows as
amended by the conference;
"On and after March l, 1884, no article of
imported merchandise which shall copy or
simulate the name or trademark OF any
domestic manufacturer shall be adj
mitted to entry at any custom house in the
United States"
The conferees speaking Of the effect the
bill on the revenues say they do not
believe there is any materially differ
ence between the House and Senate bills
in the matter of estimated reduction made
in the schedules. namely $50, 100000 and
Iu0lE dCOlOu ufto AOu- dllCObCd
that estimate except In restoring OF the
internal revenue provisions of the House
bill and ON that point they say that for the
year ending June 80, 1890, the receipts
from special taxes were Sl,515, 4o1 (;
from taxes on tobacco 1929. 1872 {;
and from snuff, $751; 3l. By the passage
of the bill the reduction in the revenue
from tobacco will be S4,5S1 $40 and from
snuff s1S4 ,433, making from these two
sources an aggregate of 81, 765, SOB Add
ing these figures to the reduction which
would follow in the abolition of special
taxes it would make a total reduction in
the internal revenue receipts of S6.2S1 ,2S4.
The limit of time WITHIN which other
governments may make arrangements for
entering into reciprocal arrangements
with the United STATED for the free impor-
tation into their countries Of American
agricultural products extends until jan
uary 1892.