The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-08-29


The next paragraph, 10 reduce the duty
on garden seeds from 40 10 ~ per cent. al
yalorem, was agreed To. A substitute was
reported from the finance committee TO
the paragraph about duty on tin cans con-
tanning shell fish. A! the suggestion of
Aldrich il was disagreed Ia, leaving the
paragraph just as IL came from the house.
The substitute of the finance committee
for the paragraph as To oranges, lemons
and lines was agreed Ia. Party lines were
entirely disrcgartled in the vote, many re-
publican senators voting against the COM
mittee amendment and many democratic
senators for IL.
In the paragraph relating 10 the extract
of meat, the clause that the dutiable
weight shall include the extract aud tins
or Jars. was. on motion of Carlisle, struck
out. The committee amendment adding
dcgras at cent per pound was, at the
suggestion of Aldrich, rejected, and an
additional paragraph inserted putting a
duty Of half a cent per pound on wool,
grease and degras.
Paragraphs were amended ION the re-
port Of the committed by reducing the
duty on chocolate and prepared cocoa
from To &C nts per pound,
In tine paragraph relating TO salt the
finance committee recommended the
striking out of the proviso for rebates.
Mcpherson moved 10 strike out the
whole paragraph taxing salt II cents per
100 pounds in packages, and cents in
bulk, so as TO leave salt OH the free list.
The vote on McPherson's motion was,
yeas l3, nays % mo quorum.
The bill was laid aside, between 10 and
II pages being disposed Of to-day. The
lard bill was presented 10 the senate and
referred to the committee on agriculture.
The following is the text of the reciproc-
ity amendment 10 the tariff bill and the
form of the new section as proposed to-
day by Aldrich: Section 2-That the ex-
emptions from duty of sugar, molasscs,
coffee, tea and hides, provided for in this
act are made with view to secure recip-
rocal trade with countries pro-
ducing these articles, aud for
this purpose on and after the
first day of July, 1891, whenever and
so often as the president shall he salts
| fled the government OF any country pro.
ducing and exporting sugars, molasses,
| coffee, tea and hides, raw and uncured, or
| any such articles, imposes duties or other
cxactions upon the agricultural or other
products of the United States, with the
view of the free Introduction of sucl
sugar, molasses. coffee, tea and hides
into the United States, he may deem Ia hc
reciprocally unequal and unjust, he shall
| have the power and il shall be his duty
| TO suspend, 10y a proclamation 10 that eff
\ effect, the provisions of this act
relating To the free introduction
Of such sugar, molasses, coffee. tea
and hides, the production Of such countr,
for such time as he shall deem fit; and
in such case and during such suspension
duties shall be levied, collected and pait
upon sugar, molasses, coffee. tea ant
hides, the product of or exported from
such designated country, as follows
| namely:
| All sugars not above No. IL. Dutcl
standard. in color shall pay duty on tnei
uolarsiopic test as follows, namely: Al
sugars not above No. Is, Dutch standart
in color, all tauk bottoms, syrups of can,
Juice or of beet 'nice, melada, concen
trated melada, concrete md concentrate
molasses. testing by polarisiopIc tests no
above 20 degrees, seyen-tenths o
one cent per pound; and fol
every additional degree or fraction o
degree shown by the polarisiopic test. tw,
hnndredths Of one per cent. per pound adj
ditional. All sugar above No. l3 Dutcl
standard in color shall be classified b.
the Dutch standard of color and pay
duty as follows:
All sugar above No. 13 and not above /,
Dutch standard of color, l% cents ne
pound. All sugar above No. l6 and moi
above No. 10 of color, Il. cents per pound
All gugars above No. ~ Dutch standard o
color, cents per pound. Molasses testinl
about % dcgrees,i cents per gallon. Suga
DRAWINGS and sugar sweepings shall b
subject TO duty either as molasses o
sugar as the case may he, according 4
the polarisopic test.