The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-09-10

such suspension 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;
All sugars not above No. 13, Dutch standard In
esoI1r, pay duty on on their polaIisSopic test as
Dutch standard in color. all tank bottoms,
syrupS of cane juice or of beet Juice, melada,
concentrated melada, concrete and concen-
trated molasses, testing by the polariscope not
above seventy-fve degrees seven tenths OF one
cent per pound, and for every additional degree
or fraction Of degree shown by the polariscopic
test, two hundredths of one cent per pound ad
ditiopal.
Ali sugar above No. 10 Dutch standard in
color shall be classified by the Dutch standard
Of color and pay duty as follows namely:
All sugar above No IS and not above No. 16
Dutch standard of color, 1S cent per pound;
all sugar above No. 16 and not above No. 20
Dutch standard of color 15S cents per pound;
all sugar above No. 90 Dutch standard Of color 2
cents per pound; molasses testing above fifty
six de rees cents per pound.
sugar DRAWINGS and sugar 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 incurred, whether dry, salted or
picked; Angora goat skin, raw without WOOL
unmanufactured; and skins, excepting sheep
skins with wool, III cents per pound.
HOW THE VOTE STOOD.
All the democrats voted against Mr..
Aldrich's reciprocity amendment and only
two republicans, Messrs. Edmunds and
Evarts.
Mr.. Aldrich offered an additional section
providing that the sugar schedule and
bounty paragraphs shall take effect March
l, 1891, and that prior to Feb. l, 1891, sugars
may be refined In bond without payment Of
duty.
Mr.. Gibson moved to change March 1, 1891, :
to July l., 1891, and that the existing
orar far ak 30 L., NIL
The motion was rejected by a vote of 27
yeas to "a nays.
MIR. Aldrichs amendment was agreed to.
OTHER AMENDMENTS.
Various other amendments were offered
by Mr.. Aldrich and agreed TO, including the
following: Declaring that all special taxes
shall become due on July l, 1891, aud on
every first of July thereafter; making the
proviso In paragraph 457, putting on the
free list animals imported specially for
breeding purposes, apply only to females;
filling the blanks for the dates on which
duties shall be levied or articles exempted
from duty as Oct l, 1890.
The committee amendment TO paragraph
703, placing upon the free list all sugars not
above No. 16 Dutch standard (which had
been passed over without action, was taken
up. The amendment was to substitute No.
l3 foraNo. 16. 1t was agreed to-yeas 3s,
udYS ID. Inc ropuDnCauS VINO VOJeQ III Ile
negative were Messrs. Allison, Cullom,
Davis, Mitchell, Moody, Pierce, Sherman,
Spooner, Teller, Wilson of Iowa, and
Wolcott. The democratic vote was about
evenly divided.
DIVIDENDS NOT TO BE TAXED.
Mr. Plumb moved an amendment impos-
ing a tax of 3per cent. on the dividends of
corporations The motion was rejected
yeas 2S, nays /.
viding that where the existence of trusts OF
combinations to control the intr oduction or
sale of any article is proved to the satisfac-
ton of a court, similar articles of foreign
production are to be admitted free of duty.
The motion was rejected-yeas 81, nays 33.
Mr.. Plumb offered an amendment for Lhe
appointment of a commission of five disin-
terested perso to be known as the customs
commission, with permanent office in the
city of Washington. This was agreed to
yeas 81, nays 80 On this vote party lines
we're not observed.
Mr.. Daniel offered an amendment that
the duty on leaf tobacco suitable for cigar
wrappers shall not take effect until July l,
1891. The amendment was rejected.
REPORTED TO THE SENATE.
The bill was then reported to the Senate
and all the amendments that had been
adopted in committee of the whole were
which separate votes were demanded. The
first of these was Mr.. Plumb's amendment
for a customs commission, on which Mr..
German demanded a separate vote. The
amendment was agreed to-yeas 81,
nays 80.
Mr.. Daniel demanded separate vote on
the committee amendment striking out the
internal revenue sections In relation to
tobacco. The amend was agreed Co,
md tba nut-VaaR
nays 25.
The next vote was on the reciprocity
amendment offered by Mr.. Aldrich for the
finance committee. 1t was agreed to-yeas
3S, nays 49, AS on the former vote in COM
mittee of the whole, Messrs. Edmunds aud
Evarts were the only two republicans in
the negative.
SUGAR FREE OF DUTY.
The next vote was on the amendment to
paragraph 7o3, lowering the sugar standard
to be admitted free of duty from No. 10 to
No. IS. 1t was agreed to--yeas SO, nays
"a, as follows:
YHAs-Messrs. Aldrich, Allen. Blackburn,
Blodgett, Butler, Cameron Carlisle, casey,
Chandler, Cullom. Dawes; Dixon, Eyarts Faux
Hscock, Hoar, ingalls,, Jones OF Nevada, NC
MILAN, Henderson, Moody Morgan, Paddock,
Pasco, Platt, Plumb, Power. Quay, Reagan,
Sanders, Stewart, stookbridge and Wash
NAYs-Messrs. Bate, Berry, Cockrell Coke,
Colquitt, Daniel. Davis Harris, Jones OF Ark
ansas, Mitchell. Pierce, Pugh. Ransom, Sher-
man, Spooner, Squire, Teller, Vance, Vest,
Voorhees, Walthalf Wilson, of Iowa. Wilson of
Indiana and Wolcott-2.
BEFORE THE SENATE FOR AMENDMENT.
All the reserved amendments having been
disposed of, the presiding officer announced
that the bill was now before the Senate for
amendment.
Mr.. Butler moved to put on the free list
bagglng made of jute, MANILA. sisal or
other fibre Except hemp or flax for wrap
ping cotton bales. The motion was re-
1ected, yeas 81, nays 80.
Mr.. Plumb offered an amendment
providing that wherever specific aud
ad valorem duties on an article shall
be more than 100 per cent. of its for
eign value, the duty assessed upon it shall
be 100 per cent. ad valorem instead of the
compound rate. The amendment was re-
jected. yeas 26, nays 80 Mr.. Plumb was
the only republican voting in the atfirma-
tive.
Mr.. Morgan offered his amendment al
lowing an export premium of per cent. on
corn, wheat, rye, barley, oats, hay, straw,
potatoes, cotton, live domestic animals, etc.
1t was rejected.
Mr.. Plumb called for separate vote on
the committee amendment striking out of
the bill the provision for bounty of 81 per
pound on silk reeled from cocoons produced