Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-08-02
HARTER7S NEW TARIFF BILL
To Reduce ALI Tariff Duties One
Half.

Washington, d c., July 2S.-Repre-
sentative Harter Of Ohio has intro
duced in the house the following bill
which he proposes as a compromise
tariff measure:
On and after Sept l, 1894, all
tariff taxes or duties not herein other
wise provided for, shall be reduced
one-half, provided such reduction does
not bring them below 20 per cent.
ad 4alOrem, it being the intention Of
this act to allow tariff tax or duty
of not less than 20 per cent ad va
loren to remain upon all articles HOW
paying a higher rate. This shall not
be construed as in any way changing
existing taxes or duties upon articles
paying a lower rate of duty at this
time than 20 per cent. ad val0rem;
nor does this section in any way inter
fere with provisions Of sections 3 and
of this act. The secretary of the
treasury is hereby expressly author
lied and directed in all cases where
this act reduces the taxes Oh articles
which now pay a specific, or a specific
and an ad walorem duty below 20 per
cent, ad valOrem, to charge and col
lect upon al such articles on and after
Sept l, 1894, an ad valOrem duty OF
20 per cent. To the taxes or duties
added upon all articles which. if pro
duced or made in the United States
would be subject to an internal tax
or duty, the amount of such internal
tax or duty.
-. All tariff taxes and duties in
excess of II per cent. ad valorem shall
be reduced to and collected at the
uniform rate Of II per cent. ad va
loren, to which shall be added internal
taxes or duties as provided for in
Section l, that neither Sections I nor
2 shall in any way interfere with the
provisions made in Section Or of
this act.
3. a uniform duty or tax Of l per
cent. pound shall be levied and paid
upon all sugars. all tank bottoms, all
sugar DRAWINGS and sugar sweepings,
syrups Of cane Juice, melada, concen-
trated melada and concrete and Con-
centrated mOlasseS, and mOlasses I'M
ported into the United States from any
part Of the world. having 100 degrees
of saccharine strength and reduction
of 1-1O0 Of a cent a pound shall be
made for each degree of rs3ccharine
strength below 100 degrees.
II. A uniform duty of 4 cents a
pound upon all coffee, and of 8 cents
pound upon all tea imported into
the United States shall be levied and
paid.
/ -. The internal duty or tax upon
beer and all other malt liquors shall
be So a barrel Of thirty-one gallons,
and an internal duty or tax at the
same rate per gallon as is collected
upon beer and malt liquors shall be
levied and collected under rules TO be
prescribed by the secretary Of the
treasury upon all wines produced or
made in the United States.
SO. All laws or parts Of laws con-
fiicting with this act shall be and
the same are hereby repealed on Sept.
1, 1894, and the law giving bounties
to producers Of sugar in the United
States is also hereby repealed, and
such repeal shall take effect on Jan.
1, 1895"
Regarding the BILL Mr.. Harter made
the following statement:
Il. The bill, if passed, will provide
surplus evrey year, including the
first.
so. 1t is essentially compromise
bill, and not such one as l would
make if I could frame. 1t leaves The
taxes until Sept. 1, 1899, fully pei
cent. higher on an average than the
last national republican platform
asked q. e.: the difference between
American and foreign labor cost. Blu