The Globe-republican., 1890-10-01
THE TARIFF BILL.
How It Stands as Reported From
Conference.
a Bounty on Certain Binding Irvine
Must Pay q Duty-"irnitAtiOn" Articles
Excluded Effect of the Bill on
tho Revenues.

late yesterday afternoon and reported
the result to the House. The commit
tee had to deal with 4G4 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 6. February l
next is fixed as the ultimate date upon
which goods deposited in bond before
October may be withdrawn at the old
rates of duty.
IN the case of sugar. the conference,
an place of the uniform bounty of two
cents on grades of so and above pro-
vided by the House. included maple
sugar and adopted the following pro-
vision: That on and after July l,
1891, and until July 1, 1905. there shall
De paid from any moneys in the Treas
ury, not otherwise appropriated under
the provisions of section 1859 of the
Revised Statutes, to the producer of sugar
testing not less than 90 degrees by the
polariscope from beets sorghum or sugar
cane grown within the United States,
or from maple sap produced within the
United States bounty of cents per
pound; and upon such sugar testing less
Than 80 degrees by the polariscope and
not less than so degrees bounty of ~
cents per pound under such rules and
regulations as the Commissioner 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 l6 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 duty of five-tenths of one
cent per pound; provided that all sugars
above No. 16 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, a
bounty on the expectation Of any such
sugar which may DO included in this
grade which is greater than is
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 a beet sugar factory and used
in the production of raw sugar in the
United States from beets produced
therein shall be admitted duty free I'M
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 1, 1890, shall be refunded.
On glucose the House rate of three
fourths of a 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 I 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 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
sourths of cent per pound, a split be-
tween the House and Senate rate.
On binder twine the rate is fixed at OF I
cents, but on other MANILA cordage the
rate is advanced from 1 \ cents to ia |
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 a medium, fixing the rates |
on sizes above one pint and more at 1 |
cent per pound and on smaller sizes
down to one-quarter pint at IL cents |
and on sizes below at 80 cents per gross. |
Spectacles and eyeglasses or frames
are to pay &C per cont. instead of so |
cents and 80 per cent-a compromise.
Reductions were made on the internal |
revenue duties on tobacco
In the case Of tiu-plate the House rate |
of q cent per pound above sheet iron
rates up to July next and a-lO cents
after that date is retained.
The Senate rate Of further addition |
al duty of SIS per cent on manufactures |
of tin-plate is replaced by an absolute |
single duty of SIS per cent. and its stip- |
nlation for free sixty-three pound tin |
after 1895 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- !
Der Of white pine the House recedes |
from its 81 so rate. the Senate rate of 81 |
IS adopted and the provision for the re- |
tention of the old duties to cover a for |
eign export duty is retained.
The Senate struck out the bounty pro- |
visions proposed in the silk schedule of
the bill as passed by the House. Other
amendments which restore the language
and rates Of the present law were made.
In these the committee concurred.
In the liquor schedule the Senate |
made increases on the various forms Of |
wines and liquors The House rates
we're restored except on champagne and |
spirits, leaving still wines and malt