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and Vice President Stevenson. The bill
then will be taken to the president
who will then have ten days (exclu
sive Of Sundays), or until Monday, th,
27th, in which to act on the bill.
Rates Of Duty.
WARRINGTON, Aug. 14.-The senat.
bill which the caucus action (barrinl
the presidential veto) insures as the
law of the land in place of the McKip
ley act, provides the following rates
of duty upon the great staples which
have been the bones of contention:
All raw sugars, 40 per cent. ad valorem
sugars above No. l8 trefned) h per cent sd
ditional; sugars produced in bounty paying
countries, lilo per cent. additional to these
rates Hawaiian sugar is still free under thu
reciprocity treaty.
Iron ore. 40 per cent. per ton; pigs. "a pei
ton: iron or steel rails, 40 OF 1 per cent. pei
pound.
Lead ore and dross, u Of per cent. pei
pound; silver lead bearing ore, the same duty
on the lead contained therein.
Tobacco for wrappers, Sl.5O per pound I'm.
stemmed, s. Is per pound stemmed: cigars an6
cigarettes, 81 per pound and rs per cent. &C
valorem
Coal bituminous and large slack, Is cents
per ton.
Precious stones. cut and unset, 25 per cent
I'D valorem: set, 30 per cent uncut 10 pc,
cent: GLACIERS and miners diamonds free
Logs and sawed lumber and timber (savt
tropical woods) and wool are free.
Tin plate, l-l5 cents per pound after DC.
tober 1.
Marble, rough, so cents; dressed, IS cents
per foot tcubic).
White and red lead, ~ cents per pound.
Under the internal revenue sections Of the
bill, playing-cards are taxed 2 cents a pack
An income tax of per cent. on incomes above
a 900 Is provided for; also tax on corpora
tions Of 2 per cent. Whisky is taxed at 8l1(
per gallon and the bonded period Is hxed al
eight years.
Dlstiliers Active.
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 15.-There was
great activity in the United States in
ternal revenue Office here Tuesday fol
lowing the final passage of the tariff
bill. Distilfers are anxious to get
their whisky out of bond at the pres.
emit revenue rate of 80 cents, and the
receipts were phenomenally large.
There are in bond in this district
87,9l7 packages of whisky, containing
1,e17,541 gallons. The largest dis
tiller in the district has already
withdrawn all his whisky. With i'm.
porters of merchandise the situation
is different 1t is to their advantage
to leave goods in the bonded ware
house until the law goes into effect,
when the duties will be reduced { I'm
ports hggregating in value nearly
g., 900, 900, the largest ever bonded here
at one time, are now in the ware
house. The owners will take advan-
tage of the reduction in the new law.
At Peoria.
PEORIA, ILL.,, Aug. 15.-The scene
around the internal revenue office
Tuesday was one Of unusual activity
Distillers were there in large numbers
to pay the tax on thousands of gallons
of the surplus which has been stored in
various warehouses for number of
months. The collections, which for
weeks have been at low water mark,
on Tuesday, as expected, suddenly
jumped to more than $164, 900. The
sudden increase was the passage of the
tariff bill by the house.
The trust proposes to work off all
It's surplus now that it has the oppor-
tunity, and extra gaugers are being
called into service as rapidly as pos
sible. A large portion of the surplus
has already been regauged and the
rest will be just as rapidly as large
force can do SO. More excitement is
in distilling circles in the
next few days than ever known before.
Big Increase Expected.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 15.-Treasury Of
dcials anticipate very great increase
In the receipts from internal revenue
sources within the next ten days in
case the president allows the tariff
bill to become a law by withholding
his signature. During the next ten
days the internal revenue receipts
are expected to reach 81, SOC, 900 day
The customs officials of the treasury
expect ALSO marked increase il Gus
toms receipts from now on, and par
during the next month or 40.
Large quantities of goods now held
In the bonded warehouses of New
York, Boston and other large
cities will be withdrawn
rs soon as possible after the bill be-
,omes law to meet the demands Of
The fall trade. Dry goods and furnish
ing goods and notions Of all kinds will
form large item in these withdraw
ais. The reduction of SO cents pound
IN the duty on cigars is expected to
stimulate trade to some extent in that
lire elton.
At Chicago.
CHICAGO, Aug. IA few instances
If immediate improvement in local
business az result of the late tart Il
were found Tuesday. Bus1-
ness men generally were much graft
led that the end Of the lingering bat
lie had been announced, and opinion
prevailed that speedy recovery Of bust.
ness would result.
System Of Elevators Planned.
WEST SUPERIOR, Wis, Aug. lit 10
earned here on good authority that as
. result of cut in elevator storage
:ates the Northern Pacific will erect
It this point system Of elevators to
handle 5000, 900 or 4, 200, 600 bushels Of
wheat As soon as possible applica-