The Portland daily press., 1894-05-08
The Widely Heralded Amendments
Made Public at Last.
MYSTERIOUS INFLUENCE SEEN
IN THE COTTON SCHEDULES.


Traaty is to Stand, Regardless of the
BilI-Interest in the House in the Sem
ate's Course-A Speech by Mr.. Milliken.
Washington, May 7-The Democratic men,
bers of the finance committee act1ng
through the committee of revision, late this
evening gave to thespublic the amendments
heralded as the compromise measure upou
which the Democratic party is to soHd1Iy
and, after a brief debate, pass the tariff Dill.
During the afternoon copies OF the amend
ments were laid on the desk of each Sena
tor. The number of the amendments Is a
little more than 400. Many changes are un-
important and consist of the restoration OF
House duties which the Senate decreased.
A number of articles are taken from the
free list, among these being agricultural
products. A duty of 40 per cent ad valorem
is placed on all raw sugars and an additional
eighth of cent on al l sugar above No. 16
Dutch standard with discriminating duty
of tenth of cent against those countries
that pay an export bounty. The Polariscopic
test is dropped from the schedule. This
section stipulates that the treaty with
Hawaii shall not be construed to be abro-
gated or in any manner impaired by the
passage of this act. The iron and glass
schedules are overhauled and changes de-
manded by manufacturers have been made.
Some are not so much in the nature OF in
creases as in the way of re-classifcat1on
and equalization of duties. Rumors as to
the mysterious influence at work in regard
to the wOolen and cotton schedule appear to
have had some ground as the changes in
these lines have been numerous and in some
cases very material. Coal, iron ore and lead
ore and lumber are not touched. In
schedule A, lime is changed from Is per
cent to cents hundred pounds.
In schedule B the chages include marble
of all kinds. In the block, rough or re-
quarried only, the duty is increased from 40
to so cents a cubic foot; marble sawed,
dressed or otherwise, inluding marble slabs,
mosaic cubes, marble paving tiles, is in
creased from rs cents a cubic foot to IS
cents. Manufactures of marble only and
onyx or aIabaster not especially provided
for in this act, are increased from 30 to 40
cents. In schedule L, cotton manufactures,
the first paragraph is stricken out and the
following substituted: Cotton thread and
carded yarn, warps or warp yarn in singles,
whether on beams or in bundles, skeinS or
thread of cotton, hereinafter provided for,
not colored, bleached, dyed or advanced be-
yond the conditions of singles by grouping
or twisting two or more single yarns to-
gether, five cents pound and in addition
thereto fourth of a cent pound for each
and every number of the same that sha II
exceed number twenty; if colored, bleached.
dyed, combed or advanced beyond the con-
dition of singles by grouping or twisting two
or more single yarns together, seven cents
pound and in addition thereto third of, a
cent pound for each and every number in
excess of the number 20, provided that none
of the forgeing exceeding go shall pay less
rate of duty than 40 per cent ad valorem."
A similar course is followed throughout
the cotton and wool schedules, many para
graphs being stricken out and others MAX
ing changes in line with the above inserted.