The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1894-03-16
REVISED Tariff BILL
n 10 PREsEMTnDs 10 ran FULL
FINANCE COMMITTEE,
a Dsty ss Forty Cents. Per .rea Il.
/. PlaeeA On lFen Ore ana Cosl ana
0ne Cent Per Ps1aa sn sugsrlTAs
lneene Tax Retained, )

AAS1 UeS0 buUEs1tSSQ " S0e uu4uC0 CO0bS
mittee. The NOR important items In
the tariff bill just. presented to the full
committee are a. follows. Sugar mot
above 80 degrees Dolariscope test 1 cent
per pound; for every additional .degrve
or fraction not abnse 30 degrees, .Ol
cent additional, above 90 snd not above
20, .O2 per degree ind above 90 de.
grtes, q duty Of Ia cents per pound i,
molahtes, testiEg not above SO degrees
BY the polariscope, shall pay a duty Of. 2
cents per gallon; inolftses, testiox 60
degrees, shall pay q duty of 4.cents pxr
gallon.
Whisky at $1.1O. pei gallon, and the
bonded psriodv extended fromy shtsa;ao
eight years. ~ e -;
Iron ors. 10 cents ~ 'teas Lad Or;
with silver ores. Coal; bituminoui and
shale, 40 cents per ton. Cool or slack or
culm, 10 cents per ton; coke. Is per cent
I'd valoraM. - y
Sugar Schedule - The portion. Of the
hill repeating the sMgt bounty IL left in.
tact and the following provision is In,
serted: All sugars, tank bottous, syr-
ups of cane juice or Of beet Juice, melada,
concentrated mclada, concrete. tnti-coa-
crete molasses testing by the polarfscopi
not above 50 degrees, shall pay duty
0f 1 cent per pound, end for every adj
ditional degree or fraction Of q degree
above 80 and not above 90 degrees.
shown by the :,olariscope test shall pay
.Ol cent per POUND additional, aud above.
Cd and not above 06 degrees for every
additional degree shown BY the, polari-
scope test shall pay. duty cf ~ cents
Fer pound additional, and above 9G de-
grees by polarisccpe test shall pay
duty Of IL celts per polfl; :nclasscs
testing not above SO degrees by the
pclariscope shall pay a duty of 9 cents
per gallon;.. mclsrs,s testing above 80
degrees hy the polariseope shall pay 4
cents per gallon. No other changes are
made.
The internal revenue sectiooii.;- III the
bill covers the incom. tax with many
verbal but few essential changes; makes
tax of 2 cents on every puck Of play
ing cards, similar to the provisions in the
Wilson bill; tax on all tobacco, cigars
nnd cigarettes weighing over three
pounds per thousand of IS per thousand.
Paper cigarettes weighing less than three
pounds per thousand pay 81 per thou.
sand and those. wrapped in tobacco 60
cents per thousand.
A new provision Is added directing the
president to Immediately notify the :Ha-
waiian government that the United
States will terminate In twelve months
the treaty made with Hawaii in 1876
No change IL made in the rates fixed by
the Wilson bill on imported tobacco.
The senate bill changes the Wilson bils
rates On cigars and cigarettes. Tho vii.
son bill provided that "from and after
July !, 1904. there shall be, collected an
internal revenue tax on an cigarettes
wrapped in; paper weighing not more than
three pounds. q thousand, manufactured
for sale or offered for sale In the United
States, of 81 .pers thousand. This seq
tton Is changed In the senate bill to read
rs follows: That from and after July,
1904, there shall be levied and collected
an internal revenue axs,gs si.;nrs 81, an
descriptions. including ii "a a. swsish. e h.
ing more than three pounds per thonsand
uade of tobacco or any substitute there
of, IS per thousand; on cigarettes,
wrapped ,in paper, weighing not more
thnn three, pounds. pr: thousand, .naiial-
factured for sale in the Unitdl States
81 pcr Thousand; -on cigarettes wrapped
In tobacco; weighing less than three
pounds per thousand, 80, cents per thou
send.
The income tax retains the RITE of 2
per cent on the amount Of inccre over
$4,000, as prescribed n the Wilson bill,
The classes of income :.re broadenel by
adding to rents, pro6.s. .. laries, etc, the
words "or from .iny 1o,irce whateyer,"
! the persons to whom the tax applies are
every citizen of ths United States; and
every person residing therein, So.
The section covering the tax on .spirits
is new throughout and is substitute
for the, kouse" section struck ost.. The
main section of the senate bill ii: ::as foi.
lows: THAT on and after the first day:
of the second calendar month after tfaI
: passage Of this Act there shall be leyfed
and collected on ali distilled spirits in
bond at that time or that, ,iavr been q
MY BE- then Or. thereafter produced In
the United States. in which the tax-ls not
paid before that day, "a tax of,4l.1O on on
each proof. gallon, or wine gallon wheti
below proof, and proportionatsf tax 1t
like rate on all fractional parts. of
such proof or wiLe.. gallon; provided,
that in computing the tex on any pack.
age Of spirits all fractitnai parts of a
gallon lees than one-tenfh shail be- iex.
cluded.":. The bouding period H. changed
. 70 efsht. years. =. -. .!'''. ;..;