The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1894-03-13
THE SENATE AMENDMENTS.
important Changes in the Wilso
Tariff Bill

| WASHINGTON, D. c., March S.--The
| Wilson tariff bill, which passed the
House of Representatives February
lst, was laid before the full member
ship of the Senate committee on fl
! nance this morning at ii o'clock. in the
amended form upon which tho Demo-
cratic majority OF that committee had
finally agreed, after one whole month
of consideration and numerous changes
of front upon all thief more important
objects of taxation.
simultaneously w&h the presenta-
tion of the bill to the full committee it
was given out for publication through
the press.
/ The chief features upon which pub
lie interest conferred were the pro
visions in regard to the tariff on sugar,
iron one, lead. wool and and its manu-
iactures, cotton manufactures and the
internal revenue taxes on whiskey and
tobacco. 81
All sugars, tank bottoms. Syrups of
cane juice or of beet juice, mclada, con
ccDtrated melada concrete and concen-
trated molasses testing by poiariscope
not above eighty degrees, shall pay a
duty OF one cent per pound and for
every additional degree or fraction of
degree above eighty and not above
ninety degrees shown by the polaris-
cope test, shall pay ono one -hundredth
OF cont per pound additional and
above ninety and not above ninety-six
degrees, for every additional degree or
/ fraction of degree shown by the
polariscope test, shall pay duty of
| two One-hundredths of cent per pound
additional, and above ninety-six de-
grees by pOlariscope test shall pay q
duty of one and four-tenths cents per
pound molasses testing not above fifty
six degrees by polariscope shall pay a
duty of two cents per gallon; malasses
testing above fifty-six degrees shall pay
duty OF four cents per gallon.
! Iron ore, including manganiferous
| iron ore, also dross or residium from
burnt pyritcs, forty cents per ton.
Coal is taken from the free list and
madc dutiable also at forty cents ton
and coke at fifteen cents.
Load ore, which in the Wilson bill
was fifteen per cent. ad valorem lead
orc and lead dross three-fourth OF one
cont. per pound, provided that silver
ore and all other ores containing lead
! shall pay duty of three fourths of one
cent. per pound on the lead contained
therein, according to sample and assay
at the reports Of entry.
Raw wool is left on the free list ex-
actly as in the Wilson bill, the pro-
vision to go into effect August y, 1891.
The whiskey tax is raised to one dol
lar and ten conts and the bonded
periods extended five years, that is,
from three to eight years. Cigars So
q thousand; cigarettes in papers ST
a thousand; cigarettes in tobacco so
cents. thousand.
Lumber remains on the free list.
The income tax provision of two per
cent remains in the bill, but the tax
on non-residents is stricken out.
The Woolen schedule shows few
changes, and where it is changed there
is about five per cent. reduction.
There are no changes in the cotton
schedule. Collars and cuffs are in.
creased from 30 to 45 per cent ad
valorem.
The date for the going into effect Of
OF the bill is changed from June tc
June 30, and duty is levied on articles
imported or withdrawn from consump
tiOn.
In the internal revenue section is q
new provision directing the President
to Immediately notify the Hawaiian
government that the United States
will terminate in twelve months the
treaty with Hawaii made in 1875. Nc
change is made in the rates fixed by
the Wilson bill on imported tobacco