Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-05-10

and agreed to by the democratic sen
atOrS known as the compromise COM
mittee. There were over 400 of them
and it makes Il new bill, OF Il measure
greatly differing from the Wilson bill
and from the senate bill in any form
in which it has been presented.
The amendments heretofore pre-
scented by Senator Vest and reported
from the finance committee are en-
dorSed by the compromise committee.
There is a general increase in the bill
are very marked.
The changes made in the tariff bill
in part are as follows
The new sugar schedule provides
that on and after Jan. l, 1895, there
shall be levied on all sugars not above
Is duties standard and on all tank
bottoms, syrups of cane juice, or con-
centrated molasses, duty of 40 per
centum advalorem and upon all
sugars above 10 duties standard duty
of one-eighth of a cent per pound in
addition; and all sugars, etc, i'm
ported from or the product of any
country which pays bounty shall
pay a duty of tenth of cent per
pound in addition, provided nothing
herein contained shall abrOgate or i'm
pair the provisions Of the treaty of
commercial reciprocity concluded be-
tween the United States and the King
of the Hawaiian Islands on the thir
tieth day of January 1875.
On and after January /, 1895, there
shall be levied on mOlasSes testing 40
degrees or less pOlariZcOpe, and con
tanning more than 20 per centum mois-
ture and on molaSSeS testing above 10
degrees and not above % degrees, pc
larizcope, duty of cents per gallon,
if testing above 5G degrees pOlarizcope
u duty of cents per gallon.
The pig iron paragraph is amended
to read as follows:
Iron in pigs, iron kentledge, Spiegel-
eisen, ferromanganez, ferro silicon,
wrought and cast scrap iron and scrap
steel, 81 per ton. All structural shapes
iron or steel six tenthS of Il cent per
pound. The house bill was 80 per cent.
Railway bars, iron or steel or in part
steel, II rails and punched iron or steel
fiat rails, seyen-tWentiethS of a cent
per pound: senate bill % II per cent.
al yalorem; house bill 20 per cent.
Tin plate one and a fifth cents per
pound, restoring the house rate; sen
ate bill l per cent.
The tobacco schedule is changed to
N-P1 tnh1ncn
stemmed, $3.50 per pound; if stemmed,
$2.25 per pound; house and senate
bills 81 and $1.25 respectively. Filler
tobacco, Stemmed and unStemmed, no
change in rates, but the provisions of
importation were changed materially.
Snuff and snuff flour manufactured of
tobacco of all descriptions, 90 cents
per pound; senate and house bills, 40
cents.
The cigar paragraph is amended to
read as follows:
Cigars, cigarettes, cheroOtS of all
kinds, 81 per pound and % per cent
advalorem, and paper cigars and Gig
arettes, including wrappers, shall be
subject to the same duties as herein
imposed on cigars. The duty on cigars
in the house and senate bills was So
per pound and % per cent. respec-
lively.
Butter and substitutes therefor
cents per pound, which is the house
rate; senate bill 20 per cont.
Cheese four cents per pound, the
senate and house bill % Per cent.
Broom corn So per ton; senate and
house bills free.
Cabbages two cents each; senate and
house bills free.
Eggs three cents per dozen; senate
and house bill free.
Hay 81 per ton; senate rate 20 per
cent
Potatoes fifteen cents per bushel
senate bill 80 per cent; house bill 1C
cents per bushel.
Meats of all kinds, prepared or pre-
served not specially provided for in
the act, 20 per cent
Alcoholic preparations for medicinal
purposes are relieved from the duty of
$50 per gallon and made dutiable at
90 cents per pound.
All manufactures of flax, hemp. iute
or other vegetable fibre except cotton
not especially provided for, 80 per cent
house and senate bills 80.
In the wooden schedule, frocks. nun
go, garnetted Waste and carboniZef
noils Or shoddy, inserted, the rate il
made 10 per cent. ad valorem. Senat'
onI bn,1co hills, o. ,,o,, oap+
The paragraph relating to woolel
and worsted cloths is changed to rea'
as follows: On knit fabrics, and a.
fabrics made on knitting machines o
parel and on Shawls made wholly o
in part of wooden worsted, hair of tn
goat, alapaca or other animals, no
exceeding 40 cents per pound, 30 pc
cent; valued at more than 40 cent
per pound, 80 per cent. house bill 8;
senate bill 40.
On blankets, wool and fiannels fC
underwear and felts composed who'll
or in part of wool, hair of camel, goa
alapaca, or other animal, valued 6
not more than 80 cents per pound;
per centuIm advalorem, at more tina
80 and at not more than 40 cents pc
pound, 80 per centum advalorem; va
ued at more than 40 cents per poun
80 per centum advalOrem. tt
women's and childrens dress good
coat lining, Italian cloth, bunting {
goods of similar description. or man
features including such as have al