The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-03-29
WILSON TARIFF BILL Is AGAIN
REPORTED.
Supnr Tax Increased, Reciprocity Sp"e'"-
caily Repealed and the Hawaiian Are"'J
Left StandinC-A Number of Changes In
Administrative Features.
Many Alterations Made.

the senate was called to order at noon'
Mr.. Voorhees,, chairman of the COM
mittee. reported from that commlttae
the ILL. introducing it in a lew words.
The most important change made IN
thu bill is in the sugar schedule. "a
change being made b.. which an addl-
tional duty Of one-eighth of | per cent.
a pound is given or ali sugars testing
above % degrees by the polarlscope
test, or which are above No. l6 Dutch
standard in color.
The text OF the sugar schedule as
now agreed upon i, as follows:
"!All u9ars tank bottoms. syrups OF
cane Juice or of beet juice meIada,
cone! etc and concentrated m laSscj
testing by the polariscope net above
- degree, shall pay q duty of | cent
re: pound. and 70, every additional
degree o." fraction of Il deg &c above
so and not above 20 degrees shown by
the p~olariscopc test. shall pay Il
Cne-hunarcdth OF cen; per pound adj
ditional, and above 50 al d not alb G
% degrees. for every additional de-
gree or fraction Of a degree shown by
the polariscopc tsst. snail pay 4 duty
of two one-hundrcdths OF 4 cent D T.
pound additional. and upon all sug ms
testing above 9S degrcr, by the p.lar-
iscopc te {, o" above No. is by the
Dutcn standard in C -. the g shall
be levied an collected dat Of one
eighth of ! ccnt per pound in additi n
tothe duty imposed upon sugas ic t.
ing above - degrees. MOla.scs test
mo not above 81 degrcCs b., the p lar
iscopc shall pay q duty OF > cents per
aallOn. Mola~es testing above -
degrees shall pay a duty OF cents per
gallon"
The provisions abrog iting the lIa-
wailan reciprocity treaty IL struci
from the 4evised bill. and the Ct use OF
the section rcpealing that part OF the
Mckin.e act provioi1g for reel 70 al
treaties has been amended t. read rs
follows:
That sc-tiln; 3. l. q d rs are re.
p alcd and ali agreement NJ arrange
ments made o. proclaim d between til ].
lnit6d Sta.e> and foreign governments
under the provisions Of said sect; rs
are hereby a%brogated, Of which the
Pre- Sident shall give oh TO ice to the
authorities Of laid foreign govern
IN MT as may be re4uired by the terms
OF such agreements Or arrangements.
Some lmportan: Ciirnge..
The most importan. change in the
administrative eaturcj of the bill is
the action of the committee in st liking
out the words highest duty" as found
in the House bill, and regulating the
rates OF duty on all goods comiag in
under the sinilitude clause and sursti-
tuting the word, lowest duty This
was the subject of u long argument in
full committee. in which Secretary
Carlisle indorsed the provi.io IL Of The
House bill. The committee. therefore.
hadc maze the change and AL goods
uncnumerated or coming in under lhc
similitudc clause will pay tlc highest
Other changes mad. in the revised
bill from the bill as agtced upon by
the subcommittee are as follows:
Gycerine changed back to ,hc rates
fixed in the House bill, which are | cent a
pound for the crude and 3 cents for the re-
fined. instead Of p Pc cent ad valorem
in the Senate subcommittee bill; ~lcor.ce,
4 per cent. a pound, instead OF % per cent.
ad valorem in the senate SUBJ com mittee
bill and 5 cents a pound in the Wilson Dill.
Lime Is place at Is per cent ad valoren,
instead OF 20 per cent. in the Senate SUBJ
committee bill and 10 per cent. in the VIII
son bill. and the duty is made to include
She value of the GOVERN: or barrels.
Plaster Of paris. which was NOT changed
n he senate subcommittee bill from the
Wilson rate Of 10 per cent. ad valorem ON
ihe ground article. is to pay a duty If 81
per ton; calcined plaster Of paris, 81 IS rer
ton, instead of Is per cent al vaiorem in
the wilson bill; cast polished platte
glass. hnished or unfinished, ANA
unsilvered. not exceeding ~ by 10 inc.e,
square, 20 cents per square foot instead @.
i cents rs in the Wilson bill: an above
the dimension given. rs cents Ter >uu.re
foot instead OF % cents as in the Wilson
bill. All sheets Of iron or steel, commo,
or black, thinner than No. - wire gauge
are changed from 9-l0 of 1 cent per paund
to - Of l cent per pouni, and the provision
when the House bill carried. but which
was stricken out of the original senate
Dill, that this change shall take eY,,,
after DC. /. 1894, is restored: tin
tcrne-piate. and tasgers tin. | cor mar
pound instead of l 1-5 cents, a. in ~.
wilson plll, the Senate sub COMMITTEES nor
having before changed the Wilson r,to In
this parasfaph Tue wilson bill proyisiup
mat me rate snail take effect Oct /. 1884.
Is restored.
Cast-iron pipe of every description is IN
pay 2212 per cent ad valorem instead ~ %
per cent in the Wilson bill and 20 pcr con,
In the Senate SUBJ committee bill: cross-cut
saws MILL pit and drag saws l. per cent,
al valorem instead of - er cent. rho
Wilson bill rate; aluminium in cruin So
IL per cent, adj valorem instead of ~ Icr
cent. the Wilson bill rate. ~
No Change in Lead. Iron or Coal.
Inc lead and lead ore duties are left nm
changed from the senate ub-committcs
rates. rs are the iron ore and coal duties
oatmeal pays Is per cent ad valorem
insVeau OF - per cent. the Wilson bill rate.
,as'or oean' are restored 10 tho Wilson
rate OF 20 cents per bushel,
me paragraph in the Wilson bill relat-
ing 10 "can' or packages. made of tin or
other metal. containing she'll isb.n is
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