St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-03-21
IN The LAST DITCH.
Wilson Tariff Bill Near the
Ramparts
OF THE BELEAGURED FORTRESS.
Commander Voorhees, Guns
Primed and Cooked
FOR TIE BATTLE ON APRIL 2.
EevepaI Important Changes
in the Bill.
or THE BELEAGURED FORTRESS.
FOR THE BATTLE ON AFRiL 2.
no RER0RT WITH The BILL.

40 REP0RT WITH THE BILL.
WASHINGTON, March 2O.-The tariff
bill was today fairly launched on lis
way 10 the senate. Mr.. Voorhees,, the
chairman of the finance committee, re-
porting il 20 the senate and giving notice
that OH April > he will take it I'D for
consideration. The rest of the day was
taken up by Senator George. OF Missis-
sjppi. IN discussion of the legal aspects
OF the Hawaiian question. defending the
action OF the president. There Is but
little interest manifested in the pro-
ceedingS. and there was very slim
attendance in the galleries, while the
Republican size was almost deserted.
Several unimportant bills were passed
in the afternoon. and after a brief
executive session the senate adjourned.
The most important change made in
the bill is in the sugar schedule. a
change being made by which all ad-
ditionai duty of one-eighth of one cent
per pound is given Oh ali sugars testing
above IS deg by the DOiarlScOpe test. or
Which are above 10 Dutch standard in
color. The text of
THE SUGAR Schedule
as now agreed dpon Is as follows: 'All
sugars. tank bottoms, ,syrups OF cane juice
or OF beet juice, nrlado, concentrated
melado, concrete and concentrated mo-
Iasses, testing 10y the polariscope not
above 50 degrees, shall pay a duty of
one cent per pound. and for every ad-
dItIOnal degree or fraction of 4 degree
above 50 and not above 30 degrees.
shown Dy the pOIariscOpe test. shall pay
One-one-hundTedth Of a cent per pound
additional: and above 30 and not above
9S negroes, for every additional degree
or fraction of degree shown by the
pOlariscope test. shall pay duty of two
one-hundredths of a cent per pound ad-
GitiOnal; and :upon all sugar testing
above 9S degrees Dy the polariscope, or
above No. is by the Dutch standard in
color, there shall be levied and collected
duty OF an eighth Of a cent per pound
in addition to the duty imposed upon
sugars testing above gS degrees. No
lasses testing not above IS degrees by
the poiariseope shall pay a duty of two
cents per gallon; mOIasses testing above
56 degrees shall pay duty of four cents
per gallon"
The provisions abrogating the Ha-
Waiian
RECIPROCITY TREATY
are struck from the revised bill, and a
specific declaration is inserted repeating
the reciprocity treaties negotiated under
the Mckinley act. Other changes made
in the revised bill from the bill as
agreed upon by the subcommittee are
as follows:
Giycerine is changed back to the
rates liked il the house bill. which are
one cent per pound for the crude and
three cents for refined. instead of 20 per
cent ad yalorem in the senate sub
committee bill: licorice. cents per
pound instead OF 25 per cent ad valorem
in the senate subcommittee bill. and
five cents per pound in the Wilson bill:
blues containing ferrocyamde OF iron
are restored to the Wilson bill rates.
which is six cents per pound, instead of
20 per cent ad vaiOrem. the senate sub
committee rates: lime is placed at IS
per cent ad Yalorem instead of 20 per
cent in the senate subcommittee bill and
10 per cent in the Wilson bill. and the
duty IS made TO include the value of
the covering or barrels: plaster of Paris.
which was not changed in the senate
subcommittee bill from the Wilson rate
OF 10 per cent ad Yalorem on the ground
article, IS to pay duty of 81 per ton:
caicined plaster of Paris. SI.25 per ton
instead OF 10 per cent ad yalorem in the
Wilson bill; cast polished
PLATE GLASS.
finished or unfinished. and unsilvered.
not exceeding 24 by 90 inches square.
20 cents per square foot. instead of Is
cents, as in the Wilson bill; all above
the dimension given.35 cents per square
foot. instead of 80 cents, as in the Viii
son bill; all sheets Of iron or steel.
picked or cleaned, are changed from
nine-,enths of one cent per pound to
three-fOurths OF one cent per pound.and
the provision which the house bill car
Tied. but which was stricken out of the
original bill. that the bill shall take
effect after Oct. l, 1894, Is restored: tin
plate. tern plate and taggers tin, one
cent per pound. instead of l I-5 cents,
as in the Wilson bill, the senate sub
committee not having before changed
from the Wilson rate. In this paragraph
the Wilson bill provision that the
rate shall take effect Oct. l, 1894, is re-
stored; cast iron pipe of every descrip-
tion, 221z per cent al Yalorem, instead
OF 25 per cent, as in the Wilson bill, and
20 per cent in the senate subcommittee
bill; cross-eut saws. mill pit and drag
saws, ID per cent ad valOrem, instead
Of p per cent, the Wilson bill rate:
aluminium. in crude form. Is per cent
al valOrem. instead of % per cent, the
Wilson bill rate The
LEAD AND LEAD ORE DUTIES
are left unchanged from the senate sub
committee rates, as are the iron ore and
coal duties.
Oatmeal, Is per cent ad vaIorem in
stead Of 20 per cent, the Wilson bill
TIte; castor beans are restored to the
Wilson rate of 25 cents per bushel.
The paragraph IN the Wilson bill re-
lating 10 ''canS or packages, made of tin
or other metal, containing shellfsh" is
struck cut entirely. Collars and cuffs
are left unchanged from the senate
subcommittee rate. but shirts and all
other articles OF every description not
especially provided for. composed
wholly or in part of linen, so per cent
ad valorem instead of OF per cent. the
wilson bill rare: playing cards are re-
s,vred TO the Wilson rate of 10 cents per