Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-03-29

6O degrees shall pay duty OF cent
per pound, and for every additional
degree or fraction Of q degree above
80 and not above so degrees shown by
the polariscope test, shall pay one
one-hundredth of cent per pound ad-
ditional, and above 80 and not above
9S degrees, for every additional de-
gree or fraction Of q degree shown by
the polariscope test, shall pay duty
of two one-hundredths of a cent per
pound additional, and upon all sugars
testing above 50 degrees by the polar
iscope test, or above No. 16 by the
Dutch standard in ccl)r, there shall
be levied and collected duty OF one
eighth of cent per pound in addition
to the duty imposed upon sugars test
ing above 90 degrees. Molasses test
ing not above So degrees by the polar
iscope shall pay duty of 2 cents per
gallon. Molasses testing above 56
degrees shall pay duty OF 4 cents per
gallon"
The provisions abrogating the Ha-
waiian reciprocity treaty are struck
from the revised bill, and the clause of
the section repeating that part Of the
Mckinley act providing for reciprocal
IrodtleS ndS Decu hLuenueu w rodu dS
follows:
That sections 3, Is and I6 are re-
pealed and all agreements or arrange
ments made or proclaimed between the
United States and foreign governments
under the provisions OF said sections
are hereby abrogated, OF which the
President shall give such notice to the
authorities of said foreign govern
ments as may be required by the terms
of such agreements or arrangements.
Some Important Changes.
The most important change in the
administrative features Of the bill is
the action of the committee in striking
out the words highest duty as found
in the House bill, and regulating the
rates of duty on all goods coming In
under the similitude clause and substi-
tuting the words ~lowest duty" This
was the subject OF long argument In
Carlisle indorsed the provisions Of the
House bill The committee, therefore,
hade made the change and all goods
unenumerated or coming in under the
similitude clause will pay the highest
insteak of the lowest rate Of duty.
Other changes made in the revised
bill from the bill as agreed upon by
the subcommittee are as follows:
Glycerine changed back to the rates
fixed In the House bill, which are cent
pound for the crude and cents for the re-
fined, instead Of 20 per cent ad valorem
In the Senate sub committee bill; licorice,
4 per cent a pound. instead of 25 per cent
ad vAlorem In the Fen ate sub com n,ittee
bill and 8 cents q pound in the Wilson bill
Lime 10 placed at Is per cent nd valorem,
instead Of 20 per cent In the Senate sub
committee bill and 10 per cent In the VIII
son bill. and the duty IL made 70 include
the value Of the covering or barrelA
Plaster of paris, which was not changed
In the eenate sub b-committee bill from the
Wilson rate of 10 per cent nd valorem on
the ground article. Il 10 pay . duty Of u
per ton; calcined plaster of paris. a. % per
ton. instead of Is per cent I'D vaiorem In
the Wilson bill; cast polished plate
glass, finished or unfinished, and
unsilvered. not exceeding ~ by 80 inches
square. 20 cents per SQUARE foot instead of
IS cents M In the Wilson bill; all above
the dimension given. a6 cents per square
foot instead Of 30 cents as In the Wilson
bill All sheets of iron or steel common
or black, thinner than No rs wire gauge,
are changed from e-to of cent per pound
to q of cent per pound. and the provision
which the House bill carried. but which
was stricken out OF the original Senate
bill, that this change shall take effect
after Oct. 1. 1894. Is restored; tin plate,
terne-plate, and taggers tin- cent per
pound instead of I is cents, as In the
Wilson bill, the Senate sub committee not
having before changed the Wilson rate In
this paragraph the Wilson bill provision
that the rate shall take effect Oct 1. 1894.
Is restored.
Cast-irou pipe OF every description is to
pay 22k per cent ad valorem instead OF IS
per cent I'm the Wilson bill and 20 per cent
In the senate sub committee bill: cross cut
saws, mill, pit and drag saws is per cent
I'D valorsm instead Of Is per cent, the
Wilson bill rate; aluminium In crude form
10 Dor cent I'd valorem instead Of - psr
oont, the Wilson bill rata