The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1890-10-03
THE TARIFF BILL.
How It Stands as reported From
Conference.
a Bounty on Certain BindIng Irvine
Must Pay 9 Duty-"Imrtatton" Articles
Excludsd-Eneet OF the Eui on
the Revenues.

the Revenues.
wAsHiSoToN, Sept 2T.-After ten daya
of hard work the conference committee
on the Tariff bill completed its work
late yesterday afternoon and reported
the result to the House Tho commit
tee had to deal with 464 amendments,
many of them involving cardinal differ
ences of principle in treatment and
many the subject of bitter controversy
between conflicting interests
The date when the bill is to take
effect was made October 6. February
next Is fxed as the ultimate date upon
which goods deposited in bond before
October may be Withdrawn at the old
rates of duty.
In the case of sugar. the conference,
in place of the uniform bounty of two
cents on grades of so and above pro-
vided by the House. included maple
sugar and adopted the following pro-
vision: THAT on and after July 1,
1891, and until July /, 1905. there shall
be paid from any moneys in the Treas
ury, not otherwise appropriated under
the provisions Of section 3.6S9 of the
Revised Statutes to the producer of sugar
testing not less than 90 degrees by the
polariscope from beets, sorghum or sugar
cane grown within the United States,
or from maple sap produced within the
United States. bounty of cents per
pound; and upon such sugar testing less
than 90 degrees by the polariscope and
not less than 80 degrees a bounty of ia
cents per pound under such rules and
regulations as the Commissioner of In
the Secretary of the Treasury, shall
prescribe"
In tho case of imported sugars the
HOUSE, line of 10 Dutch standard, below
which sugar is to be free, is adopted,
and on higher grades the result was a
compromise as follows: ''All sugars
above No. 10 Dutch standard In color
shall pay q duty of five-tenths of one
cent per pound; provided that all sugars
above No. 10 Dutch standard in color
shall pay one-tenth of one cent per
pound in addition to the ratio herein
provided for when exported from. or the
product of any country when and SO
long as such country pays or shall here
after pay, directly or indirectly, a
sugar which may be included in this
grade which is greater than is
paid on raw sugars of lower character
and strength; and the Seere tary of the
Treasury shall prescribe suitable rules
and regulation to carry this provision
into effect And, 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 I'M
til the first day of July, 1892, provided
that any duty collected on any of the
above described machinery purchased
abroad and imported from the United
States for the uses above indicated since
January 1, 1890, shall be refunded.
On glucose the House rate of three
ha of n nd iG rat ai
Whereas the Senate provided that the
sugar schedule and bounty provision
was to take effect March next the con-
ference fixed upon April 1 as the date
of operation, with a proviso that No. 10
sugar may be meantime refined in bond
without duty.
In the case of fresh or frozen fish
from American fisheries made free by
both houses the conference has imposed
the limitation that they must be caught
by American vessels in fresh water.
Other fish are made dutiable at three
fourths of cent per pound, split be-
tween the House and Senate rate.
On binder twLne the rate is fixed at 7
cents, hut on Other man la corIage The
ratio is advanced from X cents to IA
cents per pound more than was agreed
on by other house.
All of the paragraphs inserted by the
Senate providing for customs COM
mission" were stricken out by the con-
ference
In the case of glass bottles. where the
Senate reduced the rates. the confer
ence adopted a medium. fixing the rates
on sizes above one pint and more at
cent per pound and on smaller sizes
down to one-quarter pint at IL cents
and on sizes below at so cents per gross.
Spectacles and eyeglasses or frames
are to pay &C per cent instead of SO
cents and 80 per cent "a compromise.
Reductions were made on the in ternal
revenue duties on tobacco.
In the case of tin-plate the House rate
of - cent per pound above sheet iron
rates up to July L next and 2-10 cents
after that date is retained
The Senate rate of a further addition
al duty of 35 per cent on manufactures
of tin-plate is replaced by an absolute
single duty of IS per cent. and its stip-
after 1896 in case of failure of domestic
works to produce one-third of the con-
sumption is retained.
In the case OF sawed boards and lum-
ber of white pine the House recedes
from its 81. SO rate, the Senate rate of 81
Is adopted and the provision for the re-
tention of the old duties to cover for
eign export duty is re tained.
The Senate struck out the bounty pro-
the bill as passed by the House. Other
amendments which restore the language
and rates OF the present law were made.
In these the committee concurred-
In the liquor schedule the Senate
made increases on the 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.
The conferees agreed to the Senate
reciprocity and retaliation amendment
making but one change, which was in
the date-made January, 1892, instead
of July next
On the changes made in the agricult-
urat schedules the conferees' report
says: in the agricultural schedule the
House rates are mainly retained Garden
seeds have been reduced from 40 per
cent. as proposed by the House, to 20
per cent. the rate substituted by the
Senate, and turnip seed, which the Sem
ate placed en- the free list. transferred
to the dutiable list Or,