The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-05-18
A COMPROMISE.
Many Changes in the Senate Tariff
Bill.
The New Sugar scheduIe-Many Other
Changes Made In the Bill as at First
Reported-A Compromise
Measure.


ments introduced in the senate, as the
result of the democratic compromise,
are as follows:
The new sugar schedule provides: On and
after January l. 1895 there shall be levied, col
lected and paid on all sugars, not above No. Is
Dutch standard, in color, and on all tank bot
toms srups of cane Juice, or of beet Juice,
melada, concentrated mela1a, concre e and
concentrated molasses a duty OF 40 per cent
nd valorem; and on all sugars above No 10
Dutch standard IN color. there shall be levied,
collected ard paid duty of one-egth Of per
cent per pound in addition TO the said duty oil
90 per cent ad vslorem- and all sugars,
tank bottoms sirUps of cane juice or beet juice,
melada concentrated melada, concrete or con-
centrated molasses, which are imported from
or are the product Of any country which at the
time the same are exported therefrom pays d.
rectly or indirectly a bounty on the export
thereof shall pay n duty OF one-tenth of cent
per pound in addition to the foregoing rates.
Provided that nothing herein contained shall
be so construed as TO abrogate 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 Hawaiian
islands on June 80 1875. or the provisions OF any
act Of congress heretofore passed for the execu-
ton of the same
On and after June 1, 1895, there shall be levied.
collected and paid on mOlasses testing forty de-
gress or less BIZ the polariscope and containing
more than - per cent of moisture, and on mo-
lasses testing above forty degrees and not
above fifty-six degrees polariscope duty OF
cents per gallon: IL testing above ffty-six de-
grees polariscope, a duty of cents per gallon
Tartaric acid, 20 per cent ad valorem 10 in
the senate, - in the house bill
Alcoholic perfumery, including Cologne water
and other toilet waters aud alcoholic compounds
not specially provided for in this act 81 per
gallon and 30 per cent ad valorem: senate and
house bills So per gallon and y ad valorem
All coal-tar colors of dies, by whatever name
known and not specially provid for in this
act p per cent ad valorem: senate and house
bills %.
New Paragraphs Inserted.
New paragraphs are inserted as follows:
Drugs, such az barks, beans, berries. balsams
buds, bulbs, dubious roots, excresences, fruits,
flowers, dried hbers, dried insects, grains,
gums and gum rosin, herbs leaves, lichens,
moss, nuts, roots and stems spices vegeta
bles, seeds aromatic, seeds Of morbid growth
weeds and woods used expressly for dyeing
which are not edible, advanced in value or in
condition by refining or grinding. or by other
process Of manufacture, and not specially pro-
vided for in this act 10 per cent ad vIlorem
In the paragraph relating TO fish the word
prepared" is stricken out and the rate of 70
per cent ad valorem is made to apply to all
fish oils.
EPSON salts are made dutiable at one-ifth Of
q cent per pound.
Morphia or morphine salts thereof, 50 cents
per ounce; senate and house bills. 80 cents
Flaxseed and poppy oil, - cents per gallon
instead of Is cents in former bills.
In olive oil for salad purposes the house rate
Of IS cents per gallon is restored instead of
senate committee rate of y per cent
portion of the glass schedule is changed so
40
nodded or pressed, and flint and lime glass
bottles holding more than one pint, and dem
Johns and carboys, covered or uncovered, a"d
other nodded or pressed green and colored and
Clint or lime glass bottle ware not especially
provided for in this act, five eighths of cent
per pound. Green aud colored, nodded or
pressed and flint and lime glass bottles and
walls holding not more than enc pint and not
less than one quarter OF a pint threefourths
] cent per pound: If holding less than one
fourth of a pint IS cents per gross whether
Oiled or untitled. whether their contents be
-dutiable or free" Senate rate on above, ~
per cent house ate, 81 per cent
Another change in g ass is as follows: I'm
polished cylinder, crown and cotton window
glass not exceeding 10 by Is inches square, 1
cent per pound; above that and not exceeding
Is by "a inches square, IN cents per pound;
above that and not exceeding "a by 30 inches
square. Ia cents per pound; above that and
not exceeding "a by 81 inches, & cents per
pound: all above that IL cents per pound
Provided that unpublished cylin Ter, crown and
common window glass imported in boxes, shall
contain 80 square feet, as nearly as space will
permit, and that duty shall be computed there
on according to the actual weight of the glass
There is change of sizes as well as of rates.
and comparison cannot be made Plate glass,
o. by inches, % cents per square foot-senate
ami house bill p cents all plate glass above
these dimensions, 80 cents per square foot-sen-
sate aud house, 30 cents Looking glass plates
are added 10 gass and dutiable at 10 per cent
I'D vslorem, in addition to other rates charge
able the. con.
The Iron Schedule.
The pig iron para raph is amended to read
as follows. Iron in pigs iron kentledge, spieg-
gleisen. ferrCmanganese, ferroSilicon- wrought
and cast scrap iron and scrap STEEL 81 per
ton but nothing shall be deemed scrap iron or
scrap STEEL except waste or refuse iron or steel
1t only TO be manufactured Beams, Orders
ioists angles, channels, car channels. rs. col
umns or posts or parts or sections of columns
forms. together with all other structural shapes
of iron or steel. whether plain or punctured or
fitted for use, six-tenths OF a cent per pound
senate bill S. house bill - per cent
Railway bars, made OF iron or steel. or rail-
way bars made in part of steel, T rails and
tieths Of cent per pound senate bill 22H per
cent ad valorem; house bill. 20 per cent
Tin plate, Is cents per pound, restoring the
house rate. senate bill, per cent.
The cutlery schedule is changed to read as
follows: Penkniyes, poke knives or erasers
of all kinds, valued at not more than 80 cents
Per dozen, 2S per celt ad valorl m: valued at
more than 90 cents per dozen and not exceeding
80 cents per dozen. u cents per dozen: valued
al m dozen
ing 81 per dozen, p cents per dozen; valued at
more than 81 per dozen and not exceeding SIS
per dozen, 40 cents per dozen; valued at more
than sl.50 per dozen and not more than 50 per
dozen Is cents per dozen valued at more than
IS per dozen, 81 per cent al vaiorem and, in
addition thereto, on all the above valued at
more than 80 cents per dozen. % per cent sd
valorem; provided that blades, handles or any
other parts OF any or ei,her OF the articles
named in this paragraph. imported in any other
manner than Assem- bled in penknives. pocket
knives or erasers, shall be subject to no less
duty than herein provided for penknives.
pocketknives and erasers valued at more than
g. cents per dozen The senate ana house bills,
a cents
Tobacco Schedules Changed.
The tobacco schedule is changed to read as
follows: Wrapper tobacco unsiemmed, i'm
ported in any bale, box or package, or in bulk,
az 10 per pound. if stemmed, 50 p per pound:
house and senate bills 81 and 81 Is respec lively
on above articles. Filler tobacco, unstemmed,
imported in any bale. box, package or in bulk,
S. cents per pound IL emmed 50 cents per
pound no change in rates, but TIE following
proviso is added:
Provided the term wrapper tobacco, when
ever used IN this act shall be taken 10 mean
that quality Of leaf tobacco known CONNER
cially as wrapper tobacco provided, further.
that the term filer tobacco whenever used in
this act, shall be taken to mean all leaf to-
oacco manufactured. not commercially
known as wrapper tobaccG provided. further,
that If any Leaf tobacco imported 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
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