Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-09-27
rFRoM A STAFF CORRESPONDENT

~ III uACS dlNNl " GlOSh lliS dihCihOOA
Mckinley walked into the House with the
conference report on the tariff bill under his
arm. The cheers with which he was greeted
from the Republicans testified to the pleas
ure with which the conclusion of the CON-
mittee's labors and the consequent speedy
adjournment of Congress was received.
As he said in answer to Mr.. McMillan's s
request that the consideration of the bill be
postponed until Monday, the members are
tired and want to get away, and there will
probably be no difficulty in securing an ad-
iournment by Tuesday or Wednesday of
next week, as is the present intention. More
than one OF the conferees were agreeably
surprised to find that it would be possible to
make the report to-day.
THE FINAL TOUCHES.
Last night it was very dubious and for
some hours to-day it seemed we'll nigh i'm
possible to get it ready before the two
Houses adjourned. The final touches were
given to the bill this morning, when it was
decided that it should 90 into effect on
October 6, and the rest of the day was
principally devoted to the clerical work of
preparing it and the accompanying state
ment for submission to the House and Sen
ate.
The programme for the consideration Of
the bill was briefly stated on the floor Of the
House by Mr. Mckinley. He proposes to
call it up Immediately after the reading Of
the journal tomorrow, and proceed at once
to debate. There is no agreement as to the
length of time that will'be consumed on
this part of the proceedings, but it is stated
Tonight that not more than TWO hours will
be allowed to each side for debate. A vote
will thus be reached about o'clock in the
afternoon.
In the Senate the bill will be taken up
on Monday and Senators Carlisle, Aldrich
and ingalls, are expected to make speeches.
COLONEL BAYNE's VIEWS.
< Representative Bayne said tonight to
TIE DISPATCH correspondent in regard to
the metal and glass schedules, that they
were eminently satisfactory to the interests
concerned. Both of these schedules"
said he, "are much more advantageous
than the existing law. 1 see that there has
been some complaint with regard to them,
but that is because they have not been
understood. Now, on iron, there has been
no complaint under existing law or of the
rates proposed " this new bill. 1t has al
ways been fairly we'll protected. But
there have been complaints in refer
ence to the existing duties on steel. The
manufacturers wanted specific duties
and they are provided in this bill.
Furthermore, the duties are higher all
through the schedule than under present
law. Take steel plates, for instance. The
present rate is 40 per cent ad valorem in the
existing law. Under the proposed new
classification, plates valued at one cent or
less per pound are dutiable at five-tenths
cents per pound, which is equal to 80 per
cent ad vaiorem. On plate worth three
iourths OF cent per pound. this duty would
be equivalent 10 75 per cent ad Valorem and
on plates worth one-half cent per
pound it would be equal to 101 per cent ad
ValOTem. Ii the rest of tine schedule is ex-
amined in the same way it will be found
that
THE RATES ARE HIGHER
than in existing laws. In the case of steel
cent ad valorem, and the proposed rate is
four-tenths of a cent per pound or 40 per
cent ad valorem, it is we'll known that thev
have been selling for some time at IRON SIG
10 sig per ton, and think the manufacture
ers will be content. With regard to glass,
also, tine proposed duties are higher than in
the present law, and L believe the manu-
facturers Will be satisfied, although they do
not get everything or which they asked"
The bill as it comes out of conference is
regarded as much nearer the House bill as
originally passed than it is like the Senate
bill There is much talk tonight of the
probabilities of Republican opposition to
the bill. Senators IRON the Northwest are
said to be indignant at the terms of the
agreement on sugar and twine, and there is
talk Of their voting to defeat the bill. Past
experiences, however, suggests that thev
Will do what the party leaders tell them to
do.
In the more important items OF this kind
the result of the committees action was as
follows:
The date when the bill is to take effect was
made October 6. February1 next is fixed as
the ultimate date upon which goods deposited
in bona before Oc ober may be withdrawn at
the old rates Of duty. In the case of sugar the
conference. in place of the uniform
BOUNTH OF TWO CENTS
on grades of so and above provided by the
House, included maple sugar, and adopted the
following provision: That on and after July /
1881, and until July l, 1906. there shall
be paid, from any moneys in the
treasury not otherwise Appropriated under the
provisions of section 36S9 of the revised
statutes, to the producer OF sugar testing not
less sO0 by the pnlariscope from beets, sorgum
or sugar cane grown within the United States
or from maple sap produced within the TTnited
States bounty of cents pef pound: and upOn
such sugar testing less than 800 degrees bv the
D0larlscOpe, and not less than 500 a bounty of
~ cents per pound under such rules and regu-
laIons as the Commissioner of Internal Reye-
nne, with the approval of the Secretary of the
Treasury. shall prescribe.
In the case OF imported sugars the House
line of l6 Dutch standard below which supar ia
free, is adopted, but on higher grades the result
was a compromise, as follows: All suUars
above number l6 Dutch standard in color shall
pay duty OF hve-tenths of one cent per nound.
provided that all sugars above number I6
Dutch standard in color shall paw one tenth of
one cent per pond in addition to the rate herein
provided for, when exported FROM or the pro-
duct of any country when and so long as such
country pays OF shall hereafter paw directly or
indirectly bounty in the expectation of any
such sugar which may be included in this grade
which is greater than is paid on raw sugars of
a lower saccharine strength, and the Secretary
OF the Treasury shall prescribe suitable rules
and regulations to carry this provision into
effect:
RATE ON BINDING TwINE.
Or binding tviae the rate is fxnd at 7.lo