The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-03-20
AMENDED TARIFF.
Bill Laid Before Full Fin
ance Committee This
Morning.
M'KINLEY RECIPROCITY REPEALED
Goods Coming in Under the Simili-
tude Clause Must Pay the
Highest Duty.
Reported to the Senate--Debate to
Begin April 2.

WASHINGTON, D. c., March 20. 1S94.-Mr
voorhees,, Chairman of the Finance Com
mittee, reported the Tariff bill to the Senate
soon after the reading OF the Journal
Mr. Morrill, one of the Republican mem
bers of the committee, stated that SO far as
the Republican members of the committee
were concerned, they did not object to the
reporting of the bill, but were opposed to
the income tax feature in it and the change
from specific to ad yalorem duties
Mr.. VOORHEES, gave notice that he would
call up the bill for consideration April 2.
Bill Reported to Full Committee.
WASHINGTON, D. c., March 20, 1S94-The
tariff bill in its latest printed shape, as
changed by the Democratic majority of the
Senate Finance Committee, was laid before
the full committee this morning.
Among the changes are these:-
The duty on collars and cuffs is increased
from As per cent to IS per cent. ad valorem;
the only additions to the free list are horn
strips and tips and cecoanuts.
Section iO5 which provided that the Presi-
dent shall notify the Hawaiian Government
of the intention of this Government to abro-
gaze UQo deatJ VI 1917 uflS pCcA suA ASAoAA
out.
RECIPROCITY PROVISION REPEALED.
The clause of the section repeating that
part of the NICK inley act providing for recl-
procal treaties has been amended to read as
follows:-
are hereby repealed and all agreements or
arrangements made or proclaimed between
the United States and foreign governments
under the provisions of said sections are
hereby abrogated, of which the President
shall give such notice to the authorities OF
said foreign governments as may be required
by the terms of such agreementsa or ar
rangements."
AN IMPORTANT CHANGE.
The most important change in the ad-
ministrative features of the bill is the action
of the committee in striking out the words
s'highest duty" as found in the House bill,
and regulating the rates of duty on all goods
coming in under the similitude clause and
substituting therefor the words Lowest
duty
This was the subject of q long argument in
full committee. in which Secretary Cariisie s-
endorseei the provisions of the House bill .s---
kThe committee, therefore, has made the
Aange, and all goods unenumerated or COM
in under the siInilitude clause will pay
~ highest instead of the lowest rate OF
duty.
THE SUGAR SCHEDULE.
All sugars, tank bottoms, syrups of cane
juice or of beet juice, melada, concentrated
melada, concrete and concentrated molasses
testing by the polariscope not above eighty
degrees shall pay duty OF one
cent per pound, and for every
additional degree or fraction Of degree
above 80 and not above so degrees shown
by the polariscope test, shall pay one
one-hundredth of a cent per pound ad-
ditional, and above 80 and not above SO
degrees, for every additional degree or
fraction of degree shown by the poiari-
scope test. shall pay duty of two one-hun-
dredths of a cent per pound additional,
and upon all sugar testing above So degrees
by polariscope test, or above num-
ber Is by the Dutch standard IN color:
there shall be levied and collected q duty Of
one-eighth of one cent per pound In addi-
ton to the duty imposed upon sugars testing
above 9S degrees molasses testing not above
Sc degrees by the polariscope shall pay a
duty of two cents per gallon: molasses test
ing above So degrees shall pay duty of four
cents per gallon.