The record-union., 1894-05-08
snecial to the Rrcoap-ux1ov.

ecutive session to-day senator Jones pre-
sented 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 a new bill,
or measure greatly different from the
Wilson bill, and from the Senate bill IN
any form in which it has been presented.
The bills heretofore presented by Senator
Vest and reported from the Finance
Committee are indorsed by the Com
promise Committee. There is great in
crease in the bill, and on some schedules
the increase is very marked. Senator
Harris announced that, Notwithstanding
consideration of the Chinese treaty had
not been finished, he would oppose much
executive sessions or the passage of any
bills during the morning hours until at
ter the tariff bill was disposed OF. lie
said he would now press for sessions be-
ginning at 10 o'clock in the morning, in
order that more speed might be made.
Following are the more important ar
ticles affected
The new sugar schedule provides: On
and after January l, 1895. there shall be
levied, collected and paid on all sugars
not above No. l6 Dutch standard IN color,
and on tank bottom syrups Of cane Juice.
or of beet juice, meladl, concentrated
meladi, concrete and concentrated molas-
ses, a duty of 40 per cent. ad valorem, and
on all sugars above No. l6 Dutch stand
ard in color there shall be levied. col
lected and paid a duty of one-eighth OF
one per cent. per pound in addition to
the said duty of 40 per cent. ad va
lorem. And all sugars, tank bottoms.
syrupS of cane juice or OF beet juice,
meladi, concentrated meladi, concrete or
concentrated molasses, which are i'm
ported from or are the product of any
country which at the time the same are
exported therefrom pays directly or in
directly a bounty on the export thereof,
shall pay duty of one-tenth of a cent
per pound in addition to the foregoing
rates; provided, that nothing herein con-
tanned shall be so construed as to abr0-
gate or in any manner impair or affect
the provisions of the treaty OF commercial
reciprocity concluded between the
United States and the King of the Ha-
waiian Islands on June 30. 1873, or the
provisions OF any Act of Congress hereto
fore passed for the execution of the
same. ON and after June l, 1895, there
shall be levied and collected and paid on
molasses testing 40 degrees or less by the
polariscope, and containing more than 20
per cent. of moisture, and molasses test
grees polariscope, a duty of two cents
per gallon; II testing above 40 degrees and
not above 90 degrees polariscope, duty
OF four cents per gallon.
Flax seed and poppy oil, 20 cents per
gallon. In olive oil for salad purposes
the House rate of 50 cents per gallon is
restored, instead of the Senate rate Of p
per cent.
A portion of the glass schedule is
changed so as to read as follows: Green
and colored nodded and 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-glass bottleware not spe-
cially provided for in this Act, five
eighths of one cent per pound; green
and colored. nodded or pressed, and
lime-glass bottles, holding not more than
one pint, and not less than half pint,
three-fourths of one cent per pound.
Walls holding less tnan one-fourth of a
pint, S5 cents per gross, whether filled or
untitled, whether their contents be duti-
able or free.
Another change in glass is as follows:
Unpublished cylinder, crown and cotton
window glass not exceeding 10xl5 inches
square, one cent per pound; above that
and not exceeding 24X30 inches square,
one and thfee-eigbthS cents per pound;
all above that one and three-quarter
cents per pound; provided, that unpol-
ished cylinder, crown and comm on win
dow glass, imported in boxes, shall con-
tain fifty square feet as nearly as will per-
nit, and duty shall be computed thereon
according to the actual weight of the
glass; plate glass, 24X6 inches, % cents
per square foot; all plate glass above
these dimensions, % cents per square;
looking-glass plates are dutiable at 10
per cent. ad valorem in addition to other
rates ehargeable thereon.
The pig-iron paragraph is amended to
read as follows: Iron in pigs, iron kent
ledge, spiegeleisen, ferromanganese, fer
rOSilicon, in rough and cast, scrap iron
and scrap steel. ST per ION; but nothing
shall be deemed scrap iron or scrap steel
except waste or refuse iron or steel III
only to be manufactured into beams
girders, joists, angles, car-truck channels.
I columns or posts, or parts of sections
of columns or posts, deck and bult
beams and building forms, together with
all other structural shapes of iron OF
steel, whether plain or punctured or fitted
for use, Six-tenths of cent per pound:
railway bars made ofiron or steel or rail
way bars made in part of steel, L rails
and punched iron or steel fiat rails,
even-twentieths of cent per pound"
Tin plate one and one-titth cents pei
pound, restoring the House rate.
The tobacco schedule is changed to read
as follows: Wrapped tobacco, IN
stemmed, imported in any bale, box OF
package, or in bulk, 81 90 per pound; II
stemmed, S2 % per pound; filled tobacco,
unstemmed, imported in any bale, box,
package or in bulk, 30 cents per pound; il
stemmed, 80 cents per pound; provided,
that wrapped tobacco, whenever used In
this Act, shall be taken to mean that
quality of leaf tobacco known CONNER
cially as wrapper tobacco; provided
further, that the term filler tobacco, when
ever used in this Act, shall be taken to
mean all leaf tobacco unmanufactured
not commercially known as wrapper to-
baeco; provided further, that If any leaf
tobacco in any bale, box, package or in
bulk should be the growth of different
countries. or shall differ in quality and
value. save as provided in the succeeding
provisions, then the contents of such
hale. box. package or in bulk shall be
snbiect to the same duty as wrapped to-
baceo: provided further, that if any box.
nackage or bulk or leaf tobacco of uni
form quality contains exceeding Is per
centum thereof OF leaves, suitable ia
color. fneness of texture and size for
wrappers for cigars, the entire contents OF
such bale. box, package or bulk shall
be subject to the same duty as wrapped
tobacco; provided further, that Collectors
shall not permit entry TO be made, except
under regulations to be prescribed by the
Secretary of the. Treasury, OF any leai
tobacco imported in any bale, box. pack
ace or in bulk, unless the invoices cover
ing the same shall specify in detail the