The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-05-08
SENATE TARIFF BILL.
Sweeping Changes in the Measure
As 1t Passed the House.
GENERAL INCREASE IN THE BILL
There Are over Four Hundred Amend
ments, and In tho Schedules the In
oroases Are Worry Marked-Ths Increase
in suRar--A Few of the Changes.

ments, and In the Schedules the In
oreases Are Very Marked-Ths Inorsass
in suEar--A Few of the Changes.
WASHINGTON, May s--During the ex-
ecutive session yesterday Senator Jones
presented the amendments to the tariff
bill which have been considered and
agreed TO by the Democratic senators
known as the compromise committee.
There are over 400 Of them, and IL makes a
new BILL or measure greatly differing
from the Wilson bill and from the senate
bill In any form in which It has been pre-
sented The amendments heretofore pre-
sented by Senator Vest and reported from
the finance committee are endorsed by the
compromise committee. There is q gen
eral Increase in the bill and in some sched-
ules the increases are very marked. SEN
ator Harris announced that notwithstand-
ing the consideration of the Chinese treaty
had not been finished that he would OPP
pose any more executive sessions, or the
passing Of any bills during the morning
hour until after the tariff bill are disposed
Of. He also said that he would now press
Tor sessions beginning at 10 o'clock in the
morning in order that more speed might
be made.
| In the amended measure are the follow
| ing:
The new sugar schedule provides: On
and after Jan. l, 1898, there shall be levied,
collected and paid on all sugars not above
| No. 16 Dutch standard in color, and on all
tank bottoms, syrups Of cane juice or of
| beet Juice, melada, concentrated melada,
| concrete and concentrated molasses duty
| of 40 per centum ad valOrem, and upon
| all sugars above No. 10 Dutch standard in
| color there shall be levied collected and
| paid duty of a of 1 cent per pound, In
addition to the said duty of 40 per centum
| ad valorem; and all sugars, tank bottoms,
| syrups of cane juice or of beet juice, me
| lada, concentrated melada, concrete or
| concentrated molasses which are imported
from or are the product of any country
which at the time the same are exported
therefrom pays, directly or indirectly, a
bounty on the export thereof shall pay a
duty of 1-10 of / cent per pound In addition
to the foregoing rates; provided, that
nothing herein contained shall be so con-
strued as to abrogate or in any manner
IMPAIR or affect the provisions of the
treaty of commercial reciprocity concluded
between the United States and Hawaii on
the Both day Of January, 1875, or the pro-
passed for the execution of the same.
On and after Jan 1, 1895, there shall be
levied, collected and paid on molassea
testing 40 degs or less by the polariscope,
and containing more than 20 per cent. OF
moisture, and on molasses testing above
40 degs and not above SO degs paloris-
cope, a duty of cents per gallon; If test
, ing above SO degs. pOlariscope duty OF 4
cents per gallon.
A portion of the glass schedule is
changed so as to read as follows: Green
and colored, nodded or pressed, and flint
and lime glass bottles holding more thar
/, one pint, and demijohns and carboys, GOV
cred or uncovered, and other nodded ol
pressed green and colored and flint ol
, lime bottle glassware, not specially pro
, vided for in this act, y OF / cent pei
pound.
!. Green and colored nodded and pressed
and flint and lime glass bottles, and vial
' holding not more than a of a pint, z Of
per cent. per pound; If holding less thar
a of pint, 95 cents per gross, whethei
J filled or untitled, whether contents b.
!. dutiable or free.
Unpublished cylinder, crown and com
a | mon window glass not exceeding 10 by 1
u inches square, / cent per pound; abov
u that, and not exceeding 10 by "a inche
: square, II cents per pound; above tina
. and not exceeding "A by 80 inches square
. ls6 cents per pound; abov that and no
exceeding "a by 36 inches square, IA cent
per pound; all above tn at, "a cents pc
: pound.
;, Provided, that unpublished oyclindel
'e crown and common window glass, in
ported in boxes, shall contain so squar
feet as nearly as sizes will permit, ali
the duty shall be computed thereon az
p cording to the actual weight of the glass
50 Plate glass, "a by inches, 23 cents pc
square; all plate glass above these diner
y sions, 3s cents per square foot. Loo kin
10 glass plates are added to glasses dutiabl
+ at 10 per cent. ad vslorem in addition
N other rates chargeable thereon.
- The pig iron paragraph is amended
~ read as follows: Iron in pigs, iron Ken
ledge, spiegleison, ferromanganese, ferr
silicon, wrought and cast scrap iron an
scrap steel, a per ton, but nothing sha
Ut be deemed scrap iron or scrap steel excel
IT waste or refuse iron or steel fit only to
aS manufactured
"a The boiler plate paragraph is amendt
ty TO read; Boiler and other plate iron or ste
e. except saw plates hereinafter provided 70
TO not thinner than No. 10 wire gaug
lis sheared or unsheEred, and skelp iron
' steel. sheared or rolled in grooves, value
at / cent per pound or less, q cent p
-, pound; valued above l cent and not abo
TX IL cents, 6-l0 Of cent per pound; N
on above 4 cents per pound, 80 per cent.
ISL valorem; valued at over cents per poun
M 25 per cent ad valorem provided that {
W. iron or steel thinner than No. 10 wi
he guage shall pay duty as iron or ste
'h sheets
'ry The tobacco sc hedule is changed to res
Wrapper tobacco, unstemmed, import
. in any bale, box, package, orin bulk, 81
per pound; if stemmed S225 per pour
Filler tobacco, unste mined, imported
any bale, box, package, or in bulk,
= per pound; if stemmed 80 cents per pour
= Provided, that the term wrapper tobac
MI whenever used in this act shall be TAX
h to mean that quality of leaf tobac
w known commercially as wrapper tobac
" The cigar paragraph is amended TO rel
n Cigars, cigarettes, cheroots of all kin
4 ne lr.ns