Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-08-29
RECIPROCITY.
Text of the Amendment to the Tariff Bill
Relating to Sugar.

Text of the Amendment to the Tariff Bill
Relating to Sugar.
WASHINGTON. August 2Sth.-The follow.
ing is the text of the reciprocity amend.
ment to the tariff bill in the form of sec.
ton proposed to, day by Aldrich:
Section 2. That the exemptions from
duty of sugar, molasses, coffee, tea and
hides provided for in this Act, are made
with view to secure the reciprocal trade
with the 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
Government of any country producing and
exporting sugar molasses, coffee. tea and
hides, raw and uncured, or any such arti-
cles, imposes duties or other exactions
upon the agricultural or other products OF
the United States which, in view of the in
PRODUCTION of such sugar, molasses, coffee,
tea and hides into the United States be
may deem to be reciprocally unequal
and unjust, he shall have power,
and it shall be his duty. to suspend
by proclamation to that effect the provis-
ions of this Act relating to the free intro
duction of such sugar. coffee, molasses, tea
and hides, the production of such country,
for such time as he shall deem just, and in
SUCH ease duu uuIluS SuCH SuSpcuSiOu uU-
ties shall be levied, collected and paid upoA
sugar, molasses, coffee, tea and hides, the
product of or exported from such country
as follows, namely: All sugar not above
No 13, Dutch standard, shall pay duty on
their polariscopic test as follows, namely
Ali sugar not above No. 13, Dutch stand
ard in color. all tank bottoms, syrups of
cane juice or of beet juice, melada concen-
.trated, melada concrete and concentrated
molasses, testing by polariscope, not above
75 degrees, seven-tenths of one cent per
pound; and for every additional degree or
fraction of a degree shown by the polaris-
copic test, two-hundredths of one cent per
pound additional All sugar above No. 13,
Dutch standard in color, shall be classified
by the Dutch standard of color, and pay
duty as follows: All sugar above No. 13
and not above No. 16 Dutch standard of
color, one and three eighths cents per
pound: ali sugar above No. 16 and not
above No. 90 Dutch standard of color, one
and fite-eighths cents per pound; all sugars
above No. 20, Dutch standard of color, two
cents per pound. Molasses, testing about
$50, four cents per gallon. Sugar DRAWINGS
and sweepings shall be subject to duty
either as molasses or sugar, as the case
may be- according to the polariscopic test.
On coffee three cents per pound. On tea
ten cents per pound. Hides, raw or un-
cured, whether dry, salted or picked, an
CORA goat skins, raw without wool, unman-
ufactured, asses skins raw or manufactured,
and skins except sheep skins with wool
op, one and one-half cents per pound.
REAGAN INTRODUCES AN AMENDMENT.
WASHINGTON, August 2Sth.-Reagan to-
day introduced substitute for his proposed
amendment to the tariff bill proposing re-
ciprocal arrangements with Canada and
Mexico for the free admission of manufact-
ured articles and mineral products. The
substitute includes agricultural products.