Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1894-05-10
THE TARIFF BILL.
Proposed Amendments to the
Measure.

ator Jones presented amendments
to the Tariff bill which have been
considered and agreed to by the
Democratic Senators known as
the Compromise Committee.
There are about four hundred Of
them and it makes a new bill, or
a measure greatly differing from
the Wilson bill and from the Sen
ate bill in any form in which it
has been presented. The amend
ments heretofore presented by
Senator Vest and reported from
the Finance Committee are en-
dorsed by the Compromise Com
mitteo.
There is a general increase III
the bill, and in some schedules
the increases are very marked.
Many Of the changes are unim-
portant, and consist Of a restora-
tom Of the House duties which
the Senate had -decreased. A
number of articles have been
taken from the free list, chief
among these being agricultural
products.
Probably. as the result OF the
criticism that the bin has been
drawn on sectional lines, the
committee has reduced the duty
on rice.
Another very important amend
ment is that relative to leaf to-
bacco. in which there is d very
material increase in the rates OF
duty. The chemical schedule,
against which the Republicans
have levelled some of their argu-
ments, has been reconstructed III
many particulars, and here, as
in the other schedules, the change
is noted from an cd Ua}0rem to
specific duties, to say nothing of
the increase in the rates. The
iron and glass schedules have
been o~varhauled and changes de
mandeC by manufacturers have
been made, some of them not so
much in the nature of increases
as they are in the way Of reclass-
ification and the equalization OF
duties. The rumors that have
been floating aboutfor some days
of the mysterious influences at
work in regard to the Woollen
and cotton schedules appear to
have had some ground, for the
changes on these lines have been
numerous, and in some cases very
material. Coal, iron ore, lead ore
and lumber were not touched.
The lead trust was not the gamer
by these amendments for there
was not an increase on the duty
in lead products. Nothing was
done with whiskey, but if all the
rumors in connection with the
article be true. it is very likely
that a vigorous fight will be made
to put the tax on whiskey back
to one dollar a gallon which the
bill carried when it came from
the House.
The tobacco schedule is
changed to read as follows,
Wrapper tobacco, unstemmed,
imported in any bale, package OF
in bulk, one dollarand fifty cents
per pound; if stemmed two dol
lars and twenty-five cents pei
pound. House and Senate bills
81. and $1.25 respectively, OF
above articles. Filler tobacco,
unstemmed, imported III any
bale, box, package or in bulk
thirty-fve cents per pound; il
stemmed fifty cents per pound
no change in rates, but following
proviso is added: provided
that the wrapper tobacco, where
ever used in this act, shall be
taken to near that quality o.
leaf tobacco; provided further.
that if any leaf tobacco imported
in any bale, box, package, or il
bulk shall be the grouth Of differ
ent countries, or shall differ il
quality and value, save as pro
vided in the succeeding provis
ion, ther the entire contents o
such bale, box, package or il
bulks, shall be subject to tn
same duty as wrapper tobacco.
Snuff and snuff flour, manu-
featured of tobacco. ground, Dir,
or damp, and picked, scented
or otherwise, of all descriptions
so cents per pound. Senate ant
House bills 40 cents.
The cigar paragraph is amend
ed to read as follows: Cigars
cigarettes, cheroots of all kind
81 per pound and % cent. od "a
loren, and paper cigars and Gig
arettes, including wrappers, shall
be subject to the same duties a
are herein imposed upon cigars.
Rice, free of outer hull, I of
cent per pound; House and Sen
ate 1 cent; paddy or rice having
outer hull, J cent per pound
House and Senate bills Z cent pc
pound.
The sugar schedule: Son an,
after January 1st, 1895, Their
shall be levied collected and pai'
on all sugars not above No. l
Dutch standard in color, and o.
al tank bottoms, syrups of can
juice or of beet juice, melada
concentrated molasses, a duty Q
forty per centum I'D Udforem an
upon all sugars above Nc. |
Dutch standard in color ther
shall be levied, collected, an
paid a duty of one-eighth Of on
per cent. per pound in additio
to the said duty Of forty per cen