The record-union., 1894-07-25

sugar imported from countries paying
bounty on sugar, and also to continue
for this year enough of the county paid
under the Mckinley law onsugar grown
in this country to make the duty equal to
two cents per pound. The Louisiana
men reminded the caucus of the result OF
the last caucus and demsaded that the
agreement then made be lived up to.
During the caucus Senator Harris, in
reply to questions, explained his views
upon the parliamentary status OF the bill.
He stated that he considered Villas mo-
ton out of order, but indicated that the
motion might be changed so as to render
it in order.
The only motion made during the af-
ternoon was one by Senator Jarvis to
send the bill back to conference without
instructions, and while nothing like
vote was taken the indications are now
that this motion will prevail in the end.
Almost every Senator present made
brief addresses during the continuance OF
the conference.
HARTER'S COMPROMISE MEASURE.
WASHINGTON, July yA.-Representative
Harter OF Ohio to-day introduced in the
House the following bill, which he pro-
poses as compromise measure:
On and after september /. 1894, all tariff
taxes or duties not herein otherwise pro-
vided for shall be reduced ene-half, pro-
Ylded such reductions do not bring them
below 20 per cent. ad valorem, it being
the intention OF this Act to allow tariff
tax or duty of not less than 20 per cent.
ad valorem to remain upon all articles
now paying higher rate. This shall not
be construed as in any way changing the
existing taxes or duties upon articles
paying lower rate of duty at this time
than 20 per cent ad valorem. Nor does
this section in any interfere with Sec
tions and 4 of this Act. The Secretary
of the Treasury is hereby expressly au-
thcriZed and directed in all cases where
this Act reduces the tax on articles which
now pay a specific or specific ad val
orem duty below 20 per cent. ad valorem
to charge and collect upon all such arti
cles on and after September l, 1894, an ad
valorem duty of 20 per cent. To the
taxes or duties provided for in this Act
there shall be added upon all articles
which, ii produced or made in the United
States, would be subject to an internal
tax or duty, the amount Of such internal
tax or duty.
Second-An tariff taxes and duties in
excess of II per cent. ad valorem shall be
reduced to and collected at the uniform
rate of II per cent. ad valorem, to which
shall be added internal taxes or duties as
provided for in Section l; that neither
-
with the provisions made in Sections 3 or
4 of this Act
Thlrd-A uniform duty or tax of l cent
per pound shall be levied and paid upon
all sugars, all sugar DRAWINGS and sugar
sweepings, syrups of cane juice, melada,
concentrated melada and concrete and
Concentrates molasses and molaSses i'm
ported into the United States from any
part of the world having 100 degrees of
saccharine strength. and reduction of 100
OF cent pound shall be made for each
degree OF saccharine strength below 100
degrees.
Fourth-A uniform duty of cents per
pound upon all coffee and cents per
pound upon all tea imported into the
United States shall be levied and paid.
Flfth-The internal duty or tax upon
beer or other malt liquors shall be 81 per
barrel OF thirty-one gallons, and an in
ternal duty or tax at the same rate per
gallon as is collected upon beer and malt
liquors shall be levied and collected, un-
der rules to be prescribed by the Secre-
tary Of the Treasury, upon all wines pro-
duced or made in the United States.
Sixth-All laws or parts of laws in
same are hereby repealed on September
l. 1894, and the law giving bounties to
producers of sugar in the United States
is also hereby repealed, and such repeal
shall take effect January /, 1855.
Regarding the bill Mr.. Harter made the
following statement: First, the bill, if
past, will provide a surplus every year,
including the first. Second, it is essen
TALLY compromise bill, and not such
one as | would make if l could frame
measure. 1t leaves the taxes until Sep
tember /, 1899, fully 8 per cent. higher
on an average than the last Ma
tional Republican platform asked,
4. e., the difference between American
and foreign labor cost, but they
are nevertheless lower than the average
rates of either the Wilson or the Senate
bill. Third, the sugar interest is given
no protection, for the reason that its
refusal to give reasonable information
concerning that business is considered
prIma facie evidence that it is far beyond
any such need. Fourth, the increased
tax Of one-tifth of one cent glass on
beer will be borne by the brewers and
retailers out of their large profits, and
will not add to the price or reduce the
size of the glass bought by the drinker,
and the tax upon wine, being the same as
beer, will not be burdensome or oppress-
i've to any consumer. Fifth, the tax upon
tea and coffee is at the extremely low
rate of about one mill per cent, and may
be called a pure revenue tax. Sixth, un-
der this bill no iucome tax is required,
and no increase of the whisky tax is
needed"