Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-03-20
The TARIFF BILL.
Tie Measure as lmaDded by Tho
Finance Committee,
THE MOST IMPORTANT CHANGES.
The Sugar Schedule.-Lead and Lsad
ore Duiips.-1he hawaiian
Reciprocity Treaty.

mi,iee have completed the consider
,tlsp of the tariff bill and II was SUBJ
mlttsd TO the iul committee Of RrpuO-
l.c,rsand Democrats today. The most
,mportant change II IN tho sugar
.gb,dule, a change being made by
whIrh an additional duty Of cent per
,supd IL given on sugars above t3
lssfees by the polafiscOpc test, or
,rltrh are above No. Dutch standard
In The color test. The schedule as now
,,,,,Ii uron IN a. follows. "All sugars,
toEi bottoms, syfups Of cane juice or
bret Juice, mclada, concentrated
uoiadn, concrete aud concentrated
molassgs testing by uOlnfiHc0pc not
at6vc eighty degrees shall pay duty
N one pef cent pof pound, hui TOT
every additional degree or traction OF
a degree above eighty and not above
ninety degrees shown by the POLAR.
5rlpr trst shall pay l aud l'lOO VI
cent Der pound additional, above Ninety
and nOt above ninety.eight degrees
for every additional degree OF
fraction ~ n degree shown by
the toatiscope tcst, there shall
be raid duty OF : and l.lOO
u cent per pound additional and upon
nll sugars testing above niuety-oighl
Hegrors by the Tolarihcope test or above
No. by Dutch standard In color,
there fhall DO levied aud collected a
iuty NJ nf / cent per pound In adJi'
u0n 10 tho duty imposed upon the
sugars tuHting ABOVE ninety.uight de-
gfesf; molassrs testing not above nily-
TX degrees by polafisoopu shall pay n
duty of2 cents per COLON; molnsste
irrling above fluy.six degfeep shall
ruy n duty Of cents per gallon,
other changes agreed upon by the
rub.commlueu are; Lime nitecn Ter
cent I'd valutem instead OF ten per
cent Ia the Wils0n bill, the duty 10
include the value Of covering or barrels;
.aster Of paris, which In the Wilson
biil bore rate OF ten per cent, on tins
giUund article, Va taxed 81 per toni
galclucd plaster Of paris IN sl.25 pcf
ton instead VI 10 per cent ad valorem
10 the Wilson Dill; cast polished plate
glass, finished or unfinished nnd
unslivefed, not exceeding 70 by 90
lnchcs square 20 cents per square
foot Instead Of rs cent?; all ABOVE
the dimension given, 80 cents per
tquhfe foot instead NJ 80 cents; all
iutet Of iron or steel, common or
back, thinner than No. 2B wiro gauge,
aud black taggers iron or steel, picked
% cleaned, u changed from 0.l0 Of a
con, rer pound b. Of cent, and the
provision stricken out Of the original
senate bill that this change shall take
effect after October Lat, 1894, II restored;
tn plate, terne plate aud taggers tin, l
cent a pound instead Of l.l5 cents,
and the provision that the rate shall
take effect on October lst, 1894, II re-
stored; cast iron pipe,eyery description,
~ per cent Instead Of IS. Tue lead
aud i,ni ore duties are unchanged from
the Senate subcommittee rates ns Ofe,
iron ore aud coal duties. The pro.
visions abfogatiug the Hawaiian re-.
ciIrociiy treaty are stricken out and
asfuciilc declaration inserted repeating
tie reciprocity treaties negotiated
under tue Mckinley act
10 response TO questions, Voorhees,
taid there would be- no written report
10 accompany tho bill, but there would
tc a statement when the bill was
called W. Morrill,, a member Of the
fuAuco committee, said he was %.
posed both 10 tue income tax and 10
the change from specific 10 Ad yHlorem
duties.
Oatmeal IA 10 rer cent instead Of 20.
Collars and cuffs are unchanged, but
sNiits aud all other uupfovlded for arti.
clrY, partly Of linen, 90 per cent instead
of 70. Smokers articles 30 per cent,
% Ia the Wilson bill, except clay pipe
lowls, 10 per cent. Bananas, pine
apples and c0COanuts are restored TO the
Tee list. In the Internal revenue
schedules the present taxes on cigars
NIo substituted as TO cigars weighing
more than three pounds aud cigarettes
not weighing more than that.
iIhe provision 10 the income tax
amendment relating TO building ana
loan associations which were exempted
~ TIC House, aud which the Senate
subcommittee struck out, has been
restored with proyisO that the tax
snail not be levied ON such IN make
no loans except 10 shareholders
{, build homes, a now para
graph Is inserted, broadening the
uvhnitiou VI the term tobacco
manufacturer, and bringing within
The putvlew OF the revenue regulations
Vtrluus methods Of tobacco treatment,
nut e4emptiug the growers Of tobacco
tfom tue ueiiuitlOn.
The bill reported today provides
SPECIFICALLY for the repeal Of section
three OF the Mckinley act, tho reel.
ploclty section, aud inserts the follow
luR' "Ani the agreement or arrange
i9rhlH made VI proclaimed between the
United states aud tho foreign govern.
neulH under the provisions VI said
section are hereby Abrogated, Of which
lhu PRESIDENT shall give tuon notice / .
lN' authorities VI the sAld foreign
governments as may he required by the
''ihla Of such agreements or arrange.
Wruls," The following section which
was Inserted In the bill by the senate
sub lommltlee mas been eliminated
~ 'he hill, the effect heiug 10 leave
we Hawaiian treaty in tail f.rco and
e4ecl "lhat tho Preaileut Of
lhe uniied states shall imme iiatoly
~ on the passage OF this act give notice
w. 'hu government OF the Hawaiian
.alahd that the United States Intends
lo terminate the treaty uf June 3, 1870,
iuAue bsswuen the United States and
~ majesty, the king Of the Hawaiian
tAhus, ~ provided la tue iitth article
U, shlu treaty. anu II " hereby further
.uAeItl that after the expiration Of
we've months from tho time or
giving such notice said treaty. shall
20 Terminated anu liz provisions ceased
W ug obligatory upon the contracting
parties thereto"