Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-04-06

~ degrees shall pay q duty of j cent
per pound, and for every additional
degree or fraction Of a degree above
80 and not above so degrees shown by
the polariscope test, shall pay one
one-hundredth of q cent per pound ad-
aitional, and above 80 and not above
% degrees, for every additional de-
gree or fraction of a degree shown by
the polariscope test, shall pay a duty
of two one-hundredths of u cent per
pound additional, and upon all sugars
testing above 90 degrees by the polar
iscOpe test, or above No. Ii by the
Dutch standard in color, there shall
DO levied and collected duty of one
eighth Of ! cent per pound in addition
to the duty imposed upon sugars test
ing above 9S degrees. Molasses test
ing not above Sc degrees by the polar
'iscope shall pay a duty of 2 cents per
gallon. M0lasses testing above 58
degrees shall pay q duty Of 4 cents per
gallon"
The provisions abrogating the Ha-
tHatian reciprocity treaty are struck
from the revised bill, and the clause of
the section repeating that part of the
Mckinley act providing for reciprocal
treaties has been amended to read as
follows:
That sections 3, 10 and 16 are re-
pealed and all agreements or arrange
ments made Or proclaimed betweenthe
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 govern
ments as may be required by the terms
OF such agreements or arrangements.
Some Important Changes.
The most important change in the
administrative features of the bill is
the action of the committee in striking
out the words highest duty" al found
in the House bill, and regulating the
rates OF duty On all goods coming in
under che similitude clause and substi-
tuting the words lowest duty" This
was the subject of long argument in
full committee, in which Secretary
Carlisle Endorsed the provisions of the
House bill. The committee. therefore,
hade made the change and all goods
unenumerated or coming in. under the
simllitude clause will pay the highest
insteak of the lowest rate Of duty.
Other changes made in the revised
bill from the bill as agreed upon by
She subcommittee + rs follows:
Glycerine changed back to the rates
axed in the House bill. which are 1 cent q
pound for the crude and 8 cents for the re-
2ned. instead OF 90 per cent I'D valorem
- the Senate sub .committee bill; l~icorice.
J per cent O pound. instead of 25 per cent
ad valorem in the senate SUBJ committee
bill and s cents q pound in the Wilson bill.
Z lvno Ia r1uNo1 aA 4 z n <,un nd ,ln~,..
.Nstead OF 20 per cent in the Senate sub.
committee bill and 10 per rent. in the Will
esn bill. and the duty is made to include
,ae value OF the covering or barrels
Plaster Of paris. which was not changed
In ,he Senate subcommittee bill from the
Wilson rate of ~ per cent ad valorem on
the ground article. Is to pay duty Of 81
per ton; cslcinod plaster of paris. 81. Is PER
son. instead OF IS per cent ad valorem In
the Wilson bill: cast polished plates
glass. finished or unfinished, and
wssilvered. not exceeding "a bys6 90 incnes.
20 cents per squurei foot Instead Of
IS cents rs In b Wilson bill; all above
che dimension given. IS cents Ter square
toot instead Of 81 cents as in the Wilson
oilL All sheets OF iron or steel common
or Slack, thinner than No. IS wire gauge.
xr. chsnged from, clio Of I cent per pound
tuX OF ! cont per pound, and the provision
which the House bill carried. but which
was stricken out Of the original Senate
bill. that this change shall AXE effect
after OCT I. 1894. Is restored; tim plate,
terne-plxts. and tasRers tin. I cent per
pound instead OF I Us cents. as ia tbs
Wilson bill. the Senate subcommittee not
having before changed the Wilson rata In
this paragraph the Wilson bill provision
that the rate shall take effect Oct /. 1894.
70 1aatsyed.
Cas..ison pipe Of every description Il to
Per CO.. In the Wilson. bill aud 20 per cent
in the senate svb.commlttee bill; cross.cut
sewA. mill. pit aud DRAG SAWS is per cent
"a valotem instsad Of IS per can't, tbs
Wilson bill rAtes aluminum In crude form
~ aer cent sedsyaloeen insteaA % IS poe
osaAs ~ NIpea III: rata