Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-05-17
A COMPROMISE.
Many Changes in the Senate Tariff
Bill.
The New Sugar scheduIe-SIany Other
Changes Made In the Bill s at First
RepOrted-A Compromise
Measure.

made in the tariff bill by the amend
Inents introduced in the senate, as the
result of the democratic compromise,
are as follows:
The new sugar schedule provides: On and
after January J. 1885, there shall be levied, col
leeteo anc paid on all sugars, not above Nc 10,
Dutch standard, In color, and on all tank bot
toms, sirups OF cane juice, or Of beet Juice,
znelada, concentrated melada, concre and
concentrated molasses duty Of 20 per cent
sad valorem; and on all sugars above No IL,
Dutch standard, In color, there shall be levied,
collected ard paid duty OF one-eigth of per
cent per pound in addition TO the said duty OF
40 per c., Mt ad Valorem and all sugars,
tank bottoms, sirups of cane juice or beet juice,
meleda, 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 dt-
rectly indirectly bounty on the export
thereof shall pay duty OF one tenth of cent
per pound in addition to the foregoing rates.
Provided, that nothing herein contained shall
De 30 construed as 70 abroRate 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
ltslsnds on June 3D. 1875. the provisions of any
act OF congress heretofore passed for the execu-
tion Of the same.
On and after June /. 1895, there shall be levied,
collected and paid rnolasses testing forty de-
sgress or less by 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: If testing above fifty six de-
.grees polariscope, duty of cents per gallon
Tartaric acid, 20 per cent ad valorem; 10 in
the senate, 20 in the house bill
Alcoholic perfumery, including Cologne water
and other toilet waters and alcoholic compounds
not specially provided for in this act g per
gallon and 80 per cent ad valorem: senate and
house bills 81 per gallon and % ad valorem
All coal tar colors of dies. by whatever name
known and not specially provid for in this
a
bills 20.
New Paragraphs Inserted.
New paragraphs are inserted as follows:
Drugs, such as barks, beans. berries balsams,
buds, bulbs, dubious roots, excresences, fruits,
flowers, dried fbers, dried insects, grains,
gums and gum rosin, herbs leaves, lichens,
moss, nuts, roots and stems. spices, vegeta-
Ibles, 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 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 25
per cent ad valorem is made to apply to all
fish oils
EPSON salts are made dutiable at one fifth of
a cent per pound.
Morphia or morphine salts thereof so cents
per ounce senate and house bills so cents.
Flaxseed and poppy oil, % cents per gallon
instead of 10 cents in former bills.
In olive oil for salad purposes the house rate
. of 81 cents per gallon is restored instead of
senate committee rate of % per cent
A portion of the glass schedule is changed so
as to read follows: Green and colored
nodded or pressed, and flint and lime glass
bottles holding more than one pint, and demi-
johns and carboys, covered uncovered, I'd
other nodded or pressed green and colored and
fdint or lime glass bottle ware not especially
Tper pound. Green and colored nodded or
pressed and flint and lime glass bottles and
walls, holding not more than one pint and not
less than one quarter of a pint, three-fourths
l cent per pound; if holding less than one
fourth of a pint, 35 cents per gross whether
filled or untitled, whether their contents be
dutiable or free" Senate rate on above Az
per cent; house rate, 81 per cent
Another change in glass; is as follows: I'm
polished cylinder, crown and cotton window
2 glass not exceeding 10 by Is inches square, 1
cent per pound; above that and not exceeding
I6 by 24 inches square, N cents per pound;
above that and not exceeding "a by 30 inches
square, / q cents per pound; above that and
not exceeding "a by IS inches, l% cents per
pound: all above that tx cents per pound
Provided that unpublished cylinder, crown and
common window glass, imported in boxes, shall
contain so square feet, as nearly as space will
permit, and that duty shall be computed there
according to the actual weight of the glass.
There is a change of sizes as well as of rates,
and comparison cannot be made. Plate glass,
"a by 8 inches 23 cents per square foot-senate
= and house bill 20 cents all plate glass above
. ate and house, SO cents Looking glass plates
are added to glass and dutiable at 10 per cent
ad valorem, in addition to other rates charge
= able thereon.
The Iron Schedule.
The pig iron para raph Is amended to rea q
as follows. Iron in pigs, iron kentledge, spieg-
gesen. ferromanganese, ferro5ilicon. wrought
g 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 steel
& 1T only to be manufactured Beams, Orders
-joists. angles, channels, car channels, Us. col
. umns. posts, parts sectioas OF columns
, or posts deck and bulb beams and building
forms, together with all other structural shapes
OF iron or steel, whether plain or punctured or
fitted for use, six-tenthS Of q cent per pound;
senate bill IS, house bill 80 per cent
Railway bars, made Of iron or steel. or rail
way bars, made in part of steel, rails and
punched iron or steel fat rails, seven wen-
tieths of a 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, pocketknives, or erasers
q. of all kinds. valued a. not more than 80 cents
per dozen, 35 per cent ad valorem: valued at
more than 80 cents per dozen and not exceeding
80 cents per dozen IL cents per dozen; valued
=at more than 80 cents per dozen and not exceed
ing 81 per dozen, 2S cents per dozen; valued at
more than 81 per dozen and not exceeding SI5J
per dozen, 40 cents per dozen; valued at more
than 81. so per dozen and not more than 50 per
&. dozen rs cents per dozen; valued at more than
IS per Dozen 81 per cent ad valorem; and in
addition thereto. on all the above valued at
more than 80 cents per dozen. p per cent ad
-valorem; provided that blades, handles or any
other parts of any either of the articles
named In this paragraph. impor ted in any other
manner than assembled 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
b cents per dozen The senate and house bills
Is cents
Tobacco Schedules Changed.
The tobacco schedule is changed to read as
follows: Wrapper tobacco. unstemmed, i'm
ported in any bale. box or package, in bulk,
81 so per pound; if stemmed, 81 p per pound;
house and senate bills 81 and 81 25 respec lively
ON above articles Filler tobacco, unstemmed,
In any bale, box, package or in bulk,
IS cents per pound: II emmed- 81 cents per
pound: no change in rates. but TIE following
1proviso Is added:
Provided. the term wrapper tobacco, when
ever used in this act, shall be taken to mean
that quality of leaf tobacco known CONNER
Jcially as wrapper tobacco; provided further.
that the term filler tobacco. whenever used in
this act shall be taken to mean all leaf to-
oaeco manufactured. not commercially
known as wrapper tobacco: provided. further,
that IL any Leaf tobacco imported in any bale.
box, package, or in bulk, should be the growth
of different countries, shall diner In
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