Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-10-04
THE TARIFF BILL.
How It Stands as Reported From
Conference.
A Bounty on Certain sugars-Bindlhg Irvine
Must Pay . discrimination" Articles
Excluded FtFtct Of the Bill ON
the Revenues.

late yesterday afternoon ana reporteo
the result to the House The commit
tee had TO deal with 464 amendments,
many Of them involving cardinal differ
ences OF principle in treatment and
many the subject OF bitter controversy
between conflicting interests.
The date when the bill is to take
effect was made October O. February l
next is fixed as the ultimate date upon
which goods deposited in bond before
October may be withdrawn ut the old
rates Of duty.
In the case OF sugar, the conference,
in place OF the uniform bounty OF two
cents on grades Of so and above pro-
vided by tho House. included maple
sugar and adopted the following pro-
vision: ''That on and after July !,
1884, and until July 1. 1905. there shall
be paid from any moneys In the Treas
ury, not otherwise appropriated under
the provisions OF section $3.50 OF the
Revised Statutes, to the producer OF sugar
testing not less than 90 degrees by the
polariscope from beets sorghum orsugar
cane grown within the United States
or from maple sap produced within the
United States, o bounty Of cents per
pound; and upon such sugar testing less
than 90 degrees by the polariscope and
not less than so degrees bounty OF IA
cents per pound under such rules and
regulations as the Commissioners OF In
ternal Revenue, with the approval Of
the Secretary Of tho Treasury, shall
prescribe"
In the case OF imported sugars the
House line of 16 Dutch standard, below
which sugar is to be free, is adopted,
and on higher grades the result was
compromise as follows: "All sugars
above No. 10 Dutch standard in color
shall pay a duty Of five-tenths OF one
cent per pound; provided that all sugars
above No. 1G Dutch standard in color
shall pay one-tenth Of one cent per
pound in addition to the rate herein
provided for when exported from, or the
product of any country when and so
long as such country pays or shall here
after pay, directly or indirectly,
bounty on the expectation OF any such
sugar which may be included in this
grade which is greater than is
paid on raw sugars OF lower character
and strength; and the Secretary Of the
Treasury shall prescribe suitable rules
and regulations to carry this provision
into effect And, provided further, that
all machinery purchased abroad and
erected in beet sugar factory and used
in the production Of raw sugar in the
United States from beets produced
therein shall be admitted duty free un-
til the first day OF July, 1892, provided
that any duty collected on any OF the
above described machinery purchased
abroad and imported from the United
States for the uses above indicated since
January l, 1890, shall be refunded.
On glucose the House rate OF three
fourths OF cent pound is retained.
Whereas the Senate provided that the
sugar schedule and bounty provision
was to take effect March next, the con-
ference fixed upon April l as the date
Of operation, with proviso that No. IS
sugar may be meantime refined in bond
without duty.
In the case Of fresh or frozen fsh
from American fisheries made free by
both houses the conference has imposed
the limitation that thoy must be caught
by American vessels in fresh water.
Other fish are made dutiable at three
fourths of cent per pound, split be-
tween the House and Senate rate.
On binder Irvine the rate is fixed at or
cents, but on other MANILA cordage the
rate is advanced from ~ cents to ~
cents per pound more than was agreed
on by either house.
All Of the paragraphs inserted by the
Senate providing for customs COM
mission" were stricken out by the con-
ference.
In the case of glass bottles where the
Senate reduced the rates, the confer
ence adopted medium, fixing the rates
on sizes above one pint and more at /
cent per pound and on smaller sizes
down to one-quarter pint at ~ cents
and on sizes below at so cents per gross
Spectacles and eyeglasses or frames
are to pay GO per cent instead OF 80
cents and so per cent "a compromise.
Reductions were made on the internal
revenue duties on tobacco.
In the case OF tin-plate the House rate
Of y cent per pound above sheet iron
rates up to July next and 2 2-1O cents
after that date is retained.
The Senate rate OF further addition
al duty Of IS per cent on manufactures
Of tin-plate is replaced by an absolute
single duty OF IS per cent, and Its slip
ulation for free sixty-three pound tin
after 1896 n case Of failure Of domestic
works to produce one-third Of the con-
sumption is retained.
In the CAPE Of sawed boards and lum-
Der of white pine the House recedes
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