The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-03-21
TARIFF BILL COMPLETED.
the Senate Finance Committee Submit
the Amended Measure.

WASHINGTON. March 20.-The finance
committee have completed the considera'
ton OF the tariff bill, and 1t was submitted
to the senate today. The sugar schedule
as now agreed upon, was ''all sugars,
tank bottoms, syrups of cane juice. or OF
beet juice melain, concentrated melain;
concrete and concentrated molasses test
ing by polariscope not above so degrees
shall pay duty Of one cent per pound,
and for every additional degree or fraction
of a degree above 50 and not above
90 degrees shown by polariscope test.
shall be LOO of cent per
pound additional and above 80 and
not above 90 degrees, for every addi-
tional degree or fraction of degree shown
by polariscope test, shall pay duty OF
2-100 Of cent per pound additional and
upon all sugar testing above SO degrees
polariscope test, above No. Is by the
Dutch standard in color, there shall be
levied and collected duty of one-eighth of
a cent per pound in addition to the duty
imposed upon sugars testing above IS de-
grees. Moiasses testing not above 81 de-
grees by polarscope shall pay duty of 2
above So degrees shall pay duty of cents
per gallon.
When the bill was first reported to the
senate subcommittee. a great many
changes were made in the workings OF the
administrative portion OF the Wilson bill.
Some additional changes have been made
since then. In section 4, the house bill
provided that in levying duty upon two
articles of similar material, quality and
texture. and upon mixed articles, the
highest rate of duty chargeable under this
act should be levied. The senate sub
COMMITTEES struck out highest and in
serted lowest" This has been changed
back again and made the same as it was in
the Wilson bill.
La section 8, relating to the delivery of
imported packages to the importer, iC Is
provided that such delivery shall not be
made until the packages are plainly
Marked" and the words Except under
such regulations as the secretary of the
treasury may prescribe" are stricken out.
In section % the subcommittee struck
out of the Wilson bill the following: And
provided, further, that the draw back on
any article allowed under existing law
shall be continued at the rate herein pro-
vided." This is restored in the new bill.
The following in the same section of the
Wilson bill, which WAS not disturbed by
the senate subcommittee, is now struck
out from the revised bill: Provided,
further, that a drawback shall be allowed
equal TO the duty pdiu, less one per cen tuul,
upon any imported bsgging made of jute.
but ON this, which shall have been used
as outside covering for lint
cotton when exported, the rate and amount
of such drawback to be ascertalned under
such regulations as the secretary of the
treasury may prescribe"
1t adds to administrative features
Sin section %. providing for an
additional or corrected entry of the impor-
ter. The Wilson bill provided that inspec-
tors should levy an additional duty to the
amount of the lawful duty on the article,
that is to say. the duty upon the merchan
disc in question shall be double upon the
amount added by the appraising officer.
This has been changed since bill was re-
ported and now provides that an addition
al duty of one per cent of the total APP
praised value for each per cent than SUCH
appraised value exceed the value declared
10 the entry This, the new bill further
provides, shall only apply to the article
under valued, and shall not exceed 40 per
cent of the appraised value OF sucn ar
ticles."
The law in relation to the appointment
Of appraisers Is left as at present, the full
committee deciding not to accept the Will
son bill changes. A new provision has
been added To the bill providing that the
word value" relating TO goods shall
mean actual market value, or wholesale
price"
Section A of the bill is stricken out. IL
provided that no allowance for damage to
goods imported shall hereafter be made.