Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-29
Proposed by Senator Aldrich, Who
is in Charge of the Pend
ing Tariff Bill.
TIE PRESIDENT TO HAVE POWER
10 Restore the Duties on Sugar, Tea and
Coffee if Other Countries Do
Not Come to Time.
BETTER PROGRESS UPON TIE MEASURE
Plumb Demands and Receives Protection for the
Castor Oil Bean.

WASHINGTON, August 2S.-Another
move toward reciprocity was made to-day
when Senator Aldrich, the Chairman of the
committee in charge of the tariff bill, pro-
posed the following amendment:
That the exemptions from duty of sugar,
molasses- coffee. tea and hides provided for In
this act are made with view to secure recIp-
rocal trade with countries producing these
articles; and for this purpose on and after the
first day of July, 1891, whenever and SO often as
the President shall be satisfied that the Gov
ernment of the country producing and export
hides, raw and uncured, or any of
such articles imposes duties or
other exactions upon the agricultural
or other products of the United States. which,
In view OF the free introduction of sugar, mo-
lasses, coffee, tea and hides into the United
States, he may deem to be reciprocally UNEQUAL
and unjust, he shall have the power, and it
shall be his duty TO suspend, BY proclamation
TO that effect the provisions of this act relat-
ing to the free introduction of such sugar, mo-
lasses, coffee. tea and hides, the production of
such country for such time as he shall deem
Just and in such case and during such suspen-
sion duties shall be levied, collected and paid
upon sugar, molasses, coffee, tea and hides, the
product of or exported from such designated
country as follows namely:
THE PROPOSED DUTIES.
All sugars not above No. 13 Dutch standard
in color, shall pay duties'on their polariscopic
test as follows, namely: All sugars not above
No. IL Dutch standard in color, all tank bot
toms, syrups Of cane juice or of beet Juice,
melada, concentrated melada concrete and
coneentratedmolasses,t testing by the polariscope
not above 75o, seven-tenths of l cent per pound;
and for every additional degree or fraction of
degree shown by the polariscopIc test two
hundredths of cent per pound additional. All
sugars above No Ii Dutch standard in color
SHAH be classified by the Dutch standard of
color and pay duty as follows Allsugar above
No. IL and not above No, l6 Dutch standard in
color, rs cents per pound; all sugar above No.
36 and NOT above No 70 Dutch standard Of color
1H cents per pound; all sugar above No. 20
Dutch standard of color, cents per pound,
Molasses, testing about $50, 4cents per gal
Ion; sugar DRAWINGS and sugar sweepings shall
De subject to duty either as molasses or sugar.
hs the case may be, according to polariscopic
lest On coffee, cents per pound. On tea, 10
cents per pound. Hides raw or uncured
whether dry, salted or picked, Angora goat
tactured, skins, except sheep skins with the
wool on, IL cents per pound.
THE RATE ON RICE.
The consideration of the bill was resumed
ct paragraph 246, page Sc, relating to rice
Il
Committee being to reduce the duty on
cleaned rice from to L \ cents a pound; on
uncleaned rice from IL TO cent a pound,
and on rice flour, rice meat and broken rice
from Il to 4 cent per pound. Finally the
paragraph was amended BY making the duty
on cleaned rice cents a pound; on un-
cleaned rice II cents; on paddy q cent
and on rice Hour, rice meat and broken rice
4 cent perpound-this being modification
OF the committees amendment
No amendments were offered to paragraphs
from 247 to 253, relating to rye, rye -four
wheat, wheat flour, butter, cheese and fresh
milk.
MIR. Carlisle moved to strike out of para
graph 254, relating to condensed milk, the
words sugar of milk, cents pound"
Rejected-Yeas. Il 81; nays, "a The COM
mittee amendment to strike out the proviso
Tor drawback on the sugar, was agreed to.
REDUCTION IN RAILWAY BARS.
At this point of the bill, paragraph 135,
(Which had been passed over in its regular
order) was taken up. 1t relates to railway
bars, and the committee amendment, which
reduces the rate from 6-10 to $40 cent per
pound, was agreed to.
Paragraph 164, relating to shotguns, which |
had also been passed over without action,
was then taken up, the question being on
the amendment of the Finance Committee |
to substitute for the ad valorem rate of IS |
per cent in the House bill, specific duties |
according to the values with 35 per cent ad |
In addition. The committee amend |
ment modified by reducing the duty on the |
FIRST class of shotguns (valued at not more |
than $6) from 81 to 81 so, was agreed to. 4
The regular course OF the bill was re-
sumed at the heading "farm and field |
products" on page 58 No amendments ex- |
cept the committee amendments were offered |
to paragraphs from 255 to 26S.
A PLEA FOR CASTOR OIL.
Mr.. Plumb moved to increase the duty on |
pastor beans or seeds, paragraph 269) from
81 70 30 cents per bushel. Agreed to. The
committee amendment to paragraph go, to
reduce the duty on haxseed, linseed and
other oil seeds from 30 to % cents a bushel,
was (at the suggestion Of Mr.. Aldrich),
rejected.
Paragraphs 264 (relating to hops) and 271
lrelating to garden seeds) were passed over
without setion-Mr. German having pro-
posed to REDUCED the duty on hops
from ID to cents pound, and Mr.. Aldrich
o reduce the duty on garden seed from 40 to
% per cent ad vslorem. Paragraph 27s IRE
ating to preserved fsh) went over without
Action-an amendment having been offered
% il to-day by Mr.. Aldrich.
The substitute reported from the Finance
Committee to paragraph 2S1, as to duty on
he tin cans containing shell fish, was, at
be suggestion of Mr.. Aldrich, disagreed to,
eaving the paragraph just as it came from
he House.
PARTY LINES BROKEN.
The substitute of the Finance Committee
or paragraph 2S6, as to oranges, lemons and
lines, was agreed to-yeas, 2s; nays, Is.
Party lines were entirely disregarded in the
Fote, many Republican Senators voting
'gsinst the committee amendments, and
many Democratic Senators for it.
No amendments except those Of the COM
nittee were offered to any Of the paragraphs
rom 267 to 297. In paragraph 29S, relating
o extract of meat, the clause that the dutia-
lie weight shall include the extract and the
ins or jars, was, on motion Of Mr.. Carlisle,
truck ont.
The committee amendment adding degras
o paragraph 301 at cent pound was, at
he suggestion Of Mr.. Aldrich, rejected, and
IN additional paragraph was inserted, put
ing duty of n cent o pound on wool
yrease and degras. Paragraphs 303 and 304
Eere amended, on the report of the commit
ee, BY reducing the duty on chocolate and
prepared cocoa from to cents pound.
Paragraph 271 was gone back to, taken mp
md amended by reducing the duty on gar
len seeds from 40 to 20 per cent.
WITHOUT A QUORUM.
In paragraph 3O7, relating to salt, the.
Finance Committee recommended the strIk-
ng out of the proviso for rebate Mr.. Nc
oherson moved to strike out the whole para
'raph taxing salt II cents per 100 pounds in
,ackages and 8 cents in bulk, 80 as to leave
alt on the free list The vote on Mr.. Nc
'herson's motion was-yeas, 13; nays, 22-
70 quorum.
The bill was laid aside, go paragraphs
between 10 and IL uares1 having been dis |