The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-05-09


It's Revision of the Bill as 1t Came
from the House-Text of the Changes
from Both BiIIs-SenatOr Harris
Says He VIII Make Strong Efforts to
Make Progress with the Bill.
WASHINGTON. May 7.-During the
executive session today 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 it makes
new bill or a measure greatly differing
from the Wilson bill and from the SEN
ate bill in any form in which it has been
presented. The amendments heretofore
presented by Senator Vest and reported
from the finance committee are indorsed
by the compromise committee. This is
a general increase in the bill and in some
schedules the increases are very marked.
Senator Harris remarked yesterday that
| Notwithstanding the consideration of the
Chinese treaty hadn't been finished he
would oppose any more executive ses-
sions or the passage of any bills during
| bill was disposed of. He also said that
he would now press for sessions begin
ming at 10 o'clock in the morning in or
der that more speed might be made.
The new sugar schedule provides: On
and after Jan. l. 1885, there shall be
| levied and collected ard 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,
| concrete and cOncetrated mOlasses, a
! duty of 40 per centum ad valorem, and
upon all sugars above No. is Dutch
| standard in color there shall be levied,
| collected and paid a duty of one-eighth
! of L cent per pound i'm addition to the
| said duty of 40 per centum ad valorem;
| and all sugars, tank bottoms. syrups of
| cane juice or of beet juice, melada, con-
! centrated molassss, 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 one-tenth of l cent per pound
in addition to the foregoing rates:
Provided, that nothing herein con-
tanned shall be so construed as to abro-
| gate or in any manner impair or affect
the provisions Of the treaty of CONNER
cial reciprocity concluded between the
| United States and the king of the
| Hawaiian islands one the 18th day Of
| January, 1875, or the provisions Of any
| act of congress heretofore passed for
the execution OF the same. That on and
| atter Jan. l. 1895, tnsre shall be levied
/ ana collected and paid on molasses, test
| ing forty degrees or less by the polar
| iscope and containing more than 20 per
| centum OF moisture, and on molasses
| testing above forty degrees and not above
| fifty-six degrees pOlariscope, a duty of
cents per gallon; if testing above fifty
| six degrees polariscope, a duty of cents
per gallon.
Tartaric acid 20 per cent. ad vaIorem,
10 in senate, 20 in house bill.
| Alcoholic perfumery, including cologne
water and other toilet waters and al
| cOholic compounds not especially pro-
| vided for in this act, 81 per gallon
and 80 per centum. All coal tar colors
| or dies. by whatever name known and
| not specially provided for in this act,
20 per cent. ad valorem, senate and
house bill 20. New paragraphs inserted
| as follows: Drugs, such as barks, beans,
berries, balsam, buds, bulbs, bulbous
| roots, eXcrescences, fruits, flowers, dried
| fibres, dried insects, grains. gums and
| gum rosin, herbs, leaves, lichens, mosses,
nuts, roots and stems, spices, vegetables,
| seeds aromatic, seeds of morbid growth,
| weeds and woods used expressly for dy-
| ing which are not edible. advanced in
value or condition by refining or grind
| ing. or by other process of manufacture
| and not specially provided for in this
| act, 10 per cent ad valorem.
In the paragraph relating to fish the
| word prepared" is stricken out and the
| rate of % per cent. ad valorem is made
| to apply to all fish oils.
EPSON salts are made dutiable at one
| fifth Of a cent per pound. Morphia or
| morphine and salts thereof, 80 cents per
| ounce, senate and house bills, rs cents.
| Flaxseed and poppy seed oil 20 cents
| per gallon instead of 10 cents in former
bills.
In olive oil for said purposes the house
| rate of 30 cents per gallon is restored
| instead of senate committee rate of 25
per cent.
The Glass Schedule.
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
than one pint and demijohns and car
boys, covered or uncovered, and other
nodded or pressed green and colored and
| flint or lime bottle glassware, not espe-
cially provided for in this act, five
eighths of l cent per pound.
| Green and colored, nodded or pressed,
and flint and lime glass bottles and vials
holding not more than one pint and not
| less than one-quarter of pint, three
| fourths of 1 cent. per pound; if hold
| ing less than one-fOurth OF q pint, 80
cents per gross, whether filled or untitled,
| whether their contents be dutiable or
| free
Senate rate on above 40 per cent; house
| rate, so per cent. Another change in
glass is as follows: unpublished cylin-
| der, crown and common window glass
not exceeding 10 by Is inches square, l
! cent per pound; above that, and not ex-
| ceeding 16 by "a inches square, IL cents
| per pound; above that, and not exceeding
! "a by 30 inches square, 1$ cents per
pound; above that, and not exceeding "a
! by SO inches square. rs cents per pound,
| al above that. Ia cents per pound, pro-
vided that unpublished sylinder, crown
| and common window glass, imported in
| boxes shall contain fifty square feet as
nearly as sizes will permit. and the duty
shall be computed thereon according TO
! the actual weight of the glass"
There is a change of sizes as well as OF
| rates and comparison cannot be made.
Plate glass. "a by inches, % cents
per square foot; senate and house bsll,