Los Cerrillos rustler. (Cerrillos, N.M.) 188?-1891, 1890-10-10
THE TARIFF BILL
How II Stands as Reported From
Conference.
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late yesterday afternoon n reported
the result 10 the House The commit
tee bad 20 deal with l6s amendments.
many Of them involving cardinal differ
snces Of principle in treatment and
many the subject Of bitter controversy
between conflicting interests
The date when the bill Is 70 take
effect vas made October @ February I
next Is fixed as the ultimate date upon
which goods deposited in bond before
October I may DO Withdrawn 1t the old
rates OF duty.
In the case Of sugar, the conference,
In place Of tho uniform bounty Of two
sents on grades Of 80 and above pro-
vided by the House. included maple
sugar and adopted the following pro-
vision: THAT on and after July J..
1921, and until July 1, 1905. thore shall
be paid from any moneys In the Treas
ury, not otherwise appropriated under
the provisions Of section 3.6s9 of the
Revised Statutes, 10 the producer OF sugar
testing not less than 90 degrees by tho
polariscopo from beets. sorghum or sugar
Rne grown within the United States,
or from maple sap produced within the
United States n bounty Of 2 cents per
pound; and upon such sugar testing less
than % degrees by the polariscope and
not less than so degrees a bounty of ~
cents per pound under such rules and
regulations as the Commissioner of In
ternal Revenue, with the approval Of
the Secretary Of the Treasury, shall
prescribe"
In the case OF imported sugars the
House line of 10 Dutch standard, below
which sugar Is TO be free, is adopted,
and on higher grades the result was a
compromise as follows: ',All sugars
above No. 10 Dutch standard in color
shall pay a duty OF ive-tenths OF one
cent per pound; provided that all sugars
above No. 10 Dutch standard in color
shall pay one-tenth OF one cent per
pound in addition TO the ratio 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, q
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 a lower character
and strength; and the Secretary OF the
Treasury shall prescribe suitable rules
and regulations 70 carry this provision
into effect And, provided further, that
all machinery purchased abroad and
erected in a beet sugar factory and used
in tho production Of raw sugar in the
United States from bects produced
therein shall be admitted duty free I'M
I'll 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 1, 1890, shall be refunded.
On glucose the House rate OF three
fourths OF a cent a pound is retained.
Whereas the Senate provided that the
sugar schedule and bounty provision
was TO take effect March 1 next, the con-
ference fixed upon April l as the date
OF operation, with a proviso that No. IS
sugar may be meantime refined in bond
without duty.
In the case OF fresh or frozen FISH
from American fisheries made free by
both houses the conference has imposed
the limitation that they must be caught
by American vessels in fresh water.
Other fish are made dutiable at three
fourths Of cent per pound, a split be-
tween the House and Senate rate.
On binder twine the rate is fixed at 0 Z
cents, but on other MANILA cordage the
rate is advanced from ~ cents to ia
cents per pound more than was agreed
on by either house.
All Of the paragraphs inserted by the
Senate providing for a customs COM
mission were stricken out by tn con-
ference.
In the case OF glass bottles, whore the
Senate reduced the rates, the confer
nee adopted a medium, fixing tho rates
IN sizes above one pint and more at l
cent per pound and on smaller sizes
down to o~ne-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 so
cents and 30 per cent "A compromise.
Reductions were made on the internal
revenue duties on tobacco.
In the case OF tin-plate the House rate
OF q cent per pound above sheet iron
rates up to July 1 next and 2 2-lO cents
after that date is retained.
The Senate rate OF a further addition
al duty OF 35 per cent on manufactures
Of tin-plate Is replaced by an absolute
single duty Of So per cent, and It's slip
ulation for free sixty-three pound tin
after 1896 in case OF failure OF domestic
works TO produce one-third of the con
sumption is retained.
In the case of sawed boards and lum-
ber of white pine the House recedes
from Its ST. so rate, the Senate rate of 81