Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1890-09-13
THE TARIFF BILL.
Important Amendments to the BIZ
Adopted by the Senate.
A Customs Commission of Five Members
Provided For-Toxt of tho Amend-
mont Providing for Reciprocal
Trade with Countries
Producing Certain
Articles.


Articles.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 10.-The Senate
yesterday adopted two important amend.
ments to the Tariff bill-one providing
for the appointment OF customs COM
mission of FIVE members to serve six
years, and the other the reciprocity
amendment offered by Mr.. Aldrich, pro-
viding for reciprocal trade with coun-
tries producing certain articles.
THE RECIPROCITY AMENDMENT.
The reciprocity amendment reads as follows:
That with n view to secure reciprocal trade
with countries producing the following articles,
and for this purpose on ana a,.er July !, iSg,,
satisfied that the government OF any country
producing and exporting sugars, molasses, cof:
fee, tea and 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 intro.
duction of such sugar, molasses, coffee. tea and
hides into the United States he may deem TO
be reciprocally unequal and unreasonable, ne
shall have the power and 1t shall be his duty 10
suspend by proclamation to that effect the pro
visions of this act relating TO the free introduc.
tion OF such sugar molasses, co1ee tea ana
hides, the production of such country for such
time as he shall deem just and in such case
and during such suspension duties shall be
levied, collected and paid upon sugar molasses,
ported from such designated country rs follows:
All sugars not above No. 10 Dutch standard
in color shall pay duty on their polariscop1c test
| as follows, namely: All sugars not above NO:
10 standard in color, oil tank bottoms, sirups OF
cane juice or of beet juice, melada, concen
| trated melada concrete and concentrated mo
| lasses testing by the polariScope not above sew
| enty.five degrees. seven tenths OF one cent per
| pound; and for every additional degree or trac
tion of degree shown by the polnriscopie test
| two hundredeths of one cent per pound addi
| tional. All sugars above No. IL Dutch standard
| in color shall be classified by the Dutch stand
| ard of color and pay duty as follows: All sugar
| ard of color one and three cighths cents per
| pound. All sugar above No. IL and not above
| No. 20 Dutch standard OF color, one ana hve-
| eighths cents per pound All sugars above No.
20 Dutch standard of color, two cents per pound.
Molasses testing above tiity'six degrees, 1our
| cents per gallon. Sugar DRAWINGS and sugar
sweepings shall be subject to duty either as mo
lasses or sugar, as the case may be. accord ng
to polariscopic test. On coffee three cents per
| pound. On tea ten cents per pound. Hides,
| raw or uncured, whether dry salted or picked,
Angora goat skins, raw, without the WOOL un'
| manufactured, ana skins. except sheepsklhs,
| with the wool on, one and one-half cents per
THE CUSTOMS COMMISSION
| The Customs Commission is to be composed
| of Ave disinterested persons to be appointed
by the President by and with the advice and
consent of the Senate The commissioners are
to continue in office six years, but any OF them
may be removed by the President for ineftci
ency, neglect of duty or malfeasance in office;
No more than three OF them are TO be appointed
from the same political party. They are to have
q salary of 81, COD, with travelling and other nee
essary expenses They are to be provided with
q clerk, stenographer and messenger ana such
other clerical assistants rs they may require
Their permanent office is to be in the city oi
Washington.
The duties OF the commission are to be: TIC
examine into and ascertain the average price o
commodities imported into the United States
both at wholesale and retail; both In the United
States and in the foreign places OF production
or
months preceding and twelve months following
any change in the rate OF customs duties I'M
posed upon such commodities, and this inquiry
shall be carried back for period OF twenty-five
years, and more, IL deemed advisable by suct
commission, and shall extend to all facts relat
ing to demand and supply, domestic and for
eign, which tend to influence prices OF sucf
commodities foreign and domestic and to ali
in determining the true effect OF the impor
duty or of the change therein in the severn
cases, upon domestic and foreign prices AM
upon productions of the same or other commodl
ties upon revenue, upon lmmlgrati9n; n upo, @
profits OF capital, rates OF wages ana the gen
eral welfare
To ascertain amounts in quantity and valu
of the importation of the prime pal commodi
ties during each OF said periods OF six month
preceding and succeeding any such change Il
custom duties. TO ascertain, as far as practic
able, the quantity and value of the same o
similar commodities produced in the Unite
States during the same respective periods.
To ascertain whether in any and what In
| stances the particular rates OF customs dutie
have operated to increase or diminish produC
tion in the United States and to cause a reduC
ton OF the first cost Of articles produced 10
consumption. and what other causes, If any
have operated similarly.
To ascertain in what particulars rates OF Gus
toms duties existing from time to time operat
injuriously or favorably to the development an
increase OF American manufactures and produt
tions; or operate lniuriously or favorably to tn
consumers of such manufactured articles an
productions in respect of causing or contribut
ing to the payment of unreasonable prices b
consumers, or the removal or reduction OF tn
same.
=. ascertain the effect of the customs dute
= upon the price of agricultural productions c
| the country and their sale in the United State
markets and their consumption in the Unite
| States
To ascertain the effect OF such customs dutie.
both actual and relative in respect to the en-
= ployment and the payment of remunerativ
: wages, both actual and relative, to labor in tn
United States. and comparison of the sam
l with the labor and wages in other countries
= To consider the effect of customs duties {
the absence OF them upon the agriculture
, commercial, manufacturing, mining and otht
3 industrial interests OF the people OF the Unite
. States.