The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-09-27
REPORTED TO THE HOUSE.
AGREEMENT REACHED BY THE
TARIFF CoNFERENCR

Twine-rhe sugar Schedule-special
Tax on Tobacco Sales by Small
Farmers Abolished - Timber and
Metal
WASHINGTON. Sept 26-The conference
committee on the tariff bin completed its
labors and reported the bill to the HOUSE
this afternoon. Agreement on certain items
was not reached until almost the last mo-
ment. but the last item was finally adjusted
and an unanimous report presented.
The committee had to deal with 464
amendments, many Of them involving
cardinal differences Of principle in treat
ment, and many were subjects of bitter
controversy between conflicting interests.
la the more important items OF this kind
the result Of committee action was as fol-
lows; The date when the bill is 10 take ef-
fect was made Oct. g; Feb. l next is fixed
as the ultimate date upon which goods
deposited on bond before October may be
withdrawn at the old rates Of duty.
TARIFF COMMISSION CLAUSE STRICKEN OUT.
All Of the paragraphs inserted by the Senate
providing for a customs commission were
stricken out by the conference The recipro-
city provision which was TO take effect
July l next, is changed TO take effect July
j, 1892. On binding twine the rate is fixed
at seven-tenths Of a cent, but on other
manila cordage the duty is advanced from
~ cents 70 "a per pound more than was
agreed upon by either house: Bagging for
cotton, gunny cloth, and all similar ma
terial suitable for covering cotton, com
posed in whole or part of hemp, fax, jute,
or jute butts valued at 6 cents or less per
square yard, Clio cents yard; more than
6 cents. $40 cents.
THE SUGAR SCHEDULE.
In the case of sugar the conference. in
the place of the uniform bounty of 2 cents,
on grades of so and above, provided by the
House, included maple sugar and adopted
the following conditions: That on and
after July 1, 1891. and until July /, 1906.
there shall be paid from any moneys in the
treasury not otherwise appropriated, and
under provisions of section 36S9,
OF the Revised Statutes, to
the producer of sugar testing not
less than 9OO by polariscope from beets.
sorghum or sugar cane grown within the
United States, or from maple sap produced
within the United States, bounty of 2
cents per pound; and upon such sugar test
ing less than 90e by polariscope, aud not
less than 80, bounty of ~ cents per
pound, under such rules and regulations as
the commissioner Of internal revenue, with
the approval Of the Secretary of the Treas
ury, shall prescribe.
FREE BELOW NO. 16.
In the case of imported sugars the House
line of No. l6 Dutch standard below which
sugar is to be free, is adopted; but upon
higher grades the result was COMPROMISED
as follows: All sugars above No. i6 Dutch
standard in color shall pay duty of five
tenths OF cent per pound; provided, that
all such sugars above No. 16 Dutch standard
in color shall pay one-tenth of l cent per
pound In addition to the rate herein
provided for when exported from. OF
the product of, any country when
and SO long as such country pays or
shall hereaft er pay. directly or indirectly, a
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 saccharine strength, and the Sec
retary of the Treasury shall prescribe suit
able rules and regulations TO carry this
provision into effect; and provided further
that all machinery purchased abroad and
erected In beet sugar factories and used in
the production of raw sugar in the United
States from beets produced therein
shall be admitted duty free till the first day
OF July, 1892, provided that any duty col
lected on any Of the above described ma
chinery purchased abroad and imported
into the United States for the uses above
indicated since Jan. l, 1890, shall be re-
funded on glucose, che House rate of three
fourths Of cent per pound is retained
DATE OF TAKING EFFECT.
Whereas, the Senate provided that the
sugar schedule and bounty provision was to
take effect March l, next, the conference
fixed upon April 1, as the date Of operation,
with proviso that No. Is sugar may be in
the meantime refined in bond or without
duty.
In the oased fresh or frozen fish from
American fisheries, made free by both
houses, the conference has imposed limita-
tion that they must be caught by American
vessels in fresh waters. Other fish are male
dutiable at three-fourths of cent Der
pound, split between the House and Senate
rates.
ON LUMBER.
In the case Of sawed boards and lumber
of white pine, the House recedes from it's
S1 80 rate, and the Senate rate of 81 Is
adopted, and a provision for the retention
OF old duties to cover the foreign export
duty Is retained. The duty on cedar posts
is fixed at 20 per cent, on hard cabinet
wood boards at Is per cent, and on veneers
at 20 per cent The Senate rate of 81 on
pine clapboards is allowed 10 stand, as well
as its rate on shingles of 20 cents Der
thousand for white pine, and 80 cents for
others.
INTERNAL REVENUE CHANGES.
OF changes made I'm the internal revenue
sections, the conferees' statement is as fol-
lows: The Senate struck out all the proyis-
ions OF the bill as passed by the House provid-
ing for the reduction of internal revenue
taxes and abolition of special taxes or an
nual license on dealers in tobacco and cigars.
and peddlers OF tobacco and cigars. The
conference committee restores these provis-
ions, and those reducing tax on manufac-
tured tobacco and snuff to 6 cents Der
pound, instead of 4 cents, as provided by
the House bill The paragraphs relating
to the sale of tobacco grown by
small farmers without being required to
pay a special tax have been restored. By
the restoration of these paragraphs nearly
zoe, 900 persons are relieved from the pay
ment of annoying special taxes, which are
now imposed by law. The reduction, which
will be made to the revenue by these
changes IN the internal revenue laws will be
over 81, 900 600, on the basis of receipts for
the fiscal year ending June 80, 1890, and
nearly 50, ,000, 600 on the basis of receipts of
the preceding fiscal year.
IRON AND STEEL PLATES.
On boiler and other plates, iron and steel,
new grades are established on those
valued at cents or less per pound, on
which rates run as follows: Below | cent
$40 of cent; below 4-10 cents. .85
cants rar r,ound. balaxx Q oauta S-1n 80 :.