New-York tribune., 1894-03-21
TARIFF BILL CHANGES.
HOW THE MEASURE HAS BEEN MODIFIED
III THE SENATE: REvIsERs.

, THE DUTY ON COLLARS AND CUFFS ADVANCED
-srGAR TAX RETAINED RECIPROCITY
TREATIES TO BE ABRoGATED- -MoDIF1-
CATIONS OF THE ADMINlsTRA-
TIVE FEATURES.
Washington March 2O.-The Tariff bill as further
amended by the Democratic members of the Finance
Committee was laid before the full committee this
morning at 10 o'clock and given TO the press Z.
number Of important changes have been made ana
all figures here given compared with the bill re-
/ Gently made public by the Finance Committee ana
sent out in full by the United Press. The changes
are as follows:
/ SCHEDULE A-cHEMICAI.s. OILS. PAINTS ETC.
| Licorce. extracts of. etc, changed from % per
| cent ad valorem to cents pound.
! Castor oil from 80 per cent to 30 cents a gallon
Blues. such as Berlin, PrussIan. Chinese, etc. dry
or ground in OIL cents pound; and In pup or
! u,ixed Win water G cents a pound on the material
contained therein when dry instead oi ~ per 'e"'
Lime. including the value Of the covering or BAR
rel ed b5T T or p yrS per ground S Changed from
10 per cent al valorem to 81 per ton; ctceu' i'o''
10 cpast per poshed plate-gl1ss finished unfinished
AMI unsilvered not exceeding q by 90 inches suag
/ Increased from ~ to - cents per square 1901, an
above that increased from 80 to % cents per square
foot.
SCHEDULE c-METALs.
All sheets Of iron or steel common or black ex-
I
No % wire gauge. and all iron or steel commercially
known as common or black taggers iron or Steel
or which have been picked or cleaned by acld VI Wy
any other material or process or whicn ls So, Sp.u
rolled smoothed only not Posneu In %f g6 as re-
ported by the House bill and LETT by the oend'e IN
en- out by the previous Senate bill that the reduc-
ton provided for to sheets OF IRON or steer '1, ,
ner than No q wire gauge shall take effect o, anu
! after october l. 1884, has been reincorporated
Sheets plates of iron or steel or tagscrs IRON iron
of which these metals, either of them IS con-,
ponent part BY the dipping or any other e pror' Os,
and taggers tin. has been reduced rom ID ce -,
per to M cent PER S p2nnS &ad shs inf take
October /. 1894. which was stricken OUT mas Dee"
Cast-iron pipe OF every description increased from
Cnt nails and cut spikes Of iron or steel reduced
Kiyets OF iron or steel reduced from 80 per cent
CTo9s-cut saws MILL pit and drag saws reduced HseG
from p to u per cent circISr Sr saws: cen ta'
aluminium in cruae form. alloys Of all H Kind cbh3 in
which aluminium is the component material RAJ OF ei''ei
'@rh, The sggar sg;aT schedule % in fH is as follows:
Of Al h ssiTs rce tank me1a Encenrated meada
crete and concenrated molasseS teS,s a dytv of
cep 0ar nonnd and for every additional degree
or fraction OF degree above 80 ana not l sooVe ~ ~
LOO of a cent per pound additional ana above 'rs W
ana above IS degrees for every additional degfps
OF SoIi nav " ,mt2 OF iio0 OF a cent per pound
stona and gpn all G susaT ar eove No. Is by
the Dutch standard in color. there shall De isyea ~
ai.iltlon TO the duty imposed upon sugars testing
above degrees. molasses testing not doo'e %
rer o eaon i moasses testing above IS degrees
shall pay a duty Of 4 cents per gallon.
SCHEDULE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AND
PROVISIONS.
Oatmeal has been stricken from the section which
places A duty on buckwheat, corn, ETC. OF ~ per
cent al valorem but admits them including oat-
ro,l free from any country which imposes no I'M
port duty on the like prolucts when exported from
rive rnit.l States and in lieu thereof oatmeal Is
he9ns or seris changed from 20 per cent
al vaIorem T. . cents per bushel of % pounds as
Anchoyics. sardines ami other fish packet in OIL IN
tin boxes, or in any other & i1rm, reduced iro'' ''
TN. following paragraph has been stricken out
Eans or packages made of tin other metal con-
,alning shellhsh admitted free Of M duty not ,e e$
cecing one quart in conen,s mar n " na ackages: and
vbsn exceeding one quart shah be subject to an al;
duional duty OF cents per dozen Tor each a'''''oi
| half quart OF fractional part thereof.
SCHEDULE J-FIAX HEMP AND JuTE AND
MANUFACTURES or.
Ouc,o,h for floors stamped painted or printed.
,ncu,liog unoleun. cortcene. cork carpets inquired
or plain and all other oilcloth except silk ocoth)
and waterproof cloth. not specially provided for in
valued at - cents or less per square '"'
reduced from q per cent TO 20 per cent -. 81.
,;"lars and Guns composed wholly or in part OF
r' nbrts and all other articles OF wearing apparel OF
e"cry description not specially provided fQr IN tns
from - to - per cent al valoren. . ~. o,,
The schedule for wool and manufactures OF WOOL
silk and silk goods remains unchanged
; SCHEDULE M-PULP. PAPERS AND BOOKS
Papers known commercially as copying paper.
altering paper. silver paper. and tissue paper
white printed. or colored. made up in copying
books reams or in any other form and albnmen-
zed senstized paper Increased from ID " o' pe'
} cent al valorem
SCHEDULE N-SUNDRIES
rho following schedule: Ivory, vegetable ivory
glass bone or horn buttons. wholly or partially
manufactured % per cent al valorem mas oeen
changed so as to include buttons OF ivory ana
to strike out the word buttons" after the word
horn" leaving the duty the same.
Corns. manufactured, changed from ~ per oe'''
to 10 cents per pound.
Pines pipe bowls of all materials and all smok-
ers' articles whatsoever. not specially provided FOR
In this act. including cigarette books; riEaretIe
book covers pouches for smoking or chewlnS 10,
bacco and cigarette paper in all forms. increased
from 40 to 80 per cent ad valoren me n,
lows: All tobacco pipes and pipe bowls Of clay II
per cent ad talorem. ,
J and refined 3 cents a pound. in the House bill
instead Of 20 per cent al yaloreni, , on,,n are
> unchanged 80 ,,o.
There have been added to the free iist pheapp,es res
I bananas. cocoanuts hornstrips ana tips. NO ar
ticles were taken from the free list.
RECIPROCITY TREATIES ABRoGATED
The clause Of the section repeating that part oil
IN. Mckinley act providing for reciprocal treaties
has been amended to read as follows
THAT sections 3, Is and l6 of an act approved
October l. 1920 hereby repealed. and all agree
ments ARRANGEMENTS made or prociaimeu oe'
tween the United States and foreign governments
under the provisions OF said sections are hereby
abrogated Of which the President shall give such
notice to the authorities Of said foreign govern
l ments as may be required by the terms OF such
agreements or arrangements. go, IT.. !,
Section lO5 of the previous Senate BILL which d.
rected the President. Immediately upon the pa age
Of this act to notify the Government OF Hawail
that the United States intended 10 terminate the
treaty OF June 3, 1879. as provided III tne MI, nitn
''e..hs -. INC Of nnfica Is not found in