The morning call., 1894-03-21

ment relating to building aud loan asso-
Citations, which were exempted by the
House, and which the Senate sub-commit-
tee struck out. have been restored. with
the provision that the tax shall not be
levied on such al make no loans except to
shareholders to build homes.
A new paragraph is inserted broadening
the definition of the term tobacco manu-
facturer," and bringing within the pur-
view of revenue regulations ihe various
methods of tobacco treatment, but eXempt-
ing growers of tobacco from the definition,
The provision for the repeal of section
3 OF The Mckinley act substituted the fol-
lowing, abrogatipg the treaties made un-
der this section; "And the agreements or
arrangements made or proclaimed between
the United s ates and foreign governments
under the provisions of said section are
hereby sbrogated. of which the President
shall give such notice to the authorities OF
said foreign governments as may be re-
Quire6 by the terms of such agreements or
arrangements"
The following section was inserted in
the bill by the Senate subcommittee. but
has been eliminated, the effect being to
leave the Hawaiian treaty in full force
and effect: "That the President of the
United States shall Immediately upon the
passage of this act give notice to the Gov
ernment of the Hawaiian Islands that the
United States intends TO terminate the
treaty of June 3, 1875. made between the
United States aud his Majesty the King of
the Hawaiian Islands. as provided in
Article ' of the treaty; and it is hereby
furtbar on apfad fhaf of
OF twelve months from the time of giving
such notice said treaty shall be term u ated
and its provisions cease 10 be obligatory
upon the contracting parties thereto"
When the bill was first reported by the
Senate subcommittee a great many
changes were made in the wording of the
administrative portion of the w lson bill.
Some additional changes have been made
since then. In section 4 The House bill
provided that in levying duty upon two ar
ticles of similar material, quantity and
texture, and upon such articles the high
est rate of duty under this act should be
levied. The Senate sub-committee struck
out highest" and inserted "loweSt." This
had been changed back again and it is the
same as in the Wilson bill.
In section 5. relating to the delivery OF
imported packages to The importers, it is
provided that such delivery shall not be
made until the packages are plainly
marked and the words, Except under
such regulations as the Secretary of the
Treasury may deem proper" are stricken
out. In section % the subcommittee
struck out Of the Wilson bill the follow
ing:
And provided, further. that the draw
back on any article allowed on existing
laws shall be continued as the rate here
in provided" This is restored in the new
bill.
The following. in the same section of the
Wilson bin, which was not disturbed by
the Senate subcommittee, is now struck
out from the revised bill: provided, fur
ther. that a drawback shall be allowed
equal to the duty paid less per centum.
upon any imported bagging made of jute,
except such as shall have been used ex-
cusively as outside covering for lint cot
ton when exported. the rate AID amount
of such draw back to be ascertained under
such regulations as the Secretary of the
Treasury may prescribe"
il adds to the administrative features
changed: ''ln section 20. providing for an
additional or corrected entry OF The i'm
porter, the Wilson bill provided that in
spectors should levy an additional duty
equal to the amount of lawful duty on the
article; that is TO say, the duty upon the
merchandise in question shall be double
upon the amount added by the appraising
officer"
This has been changed since the bill
was committed, and now provides that an
additional duty of / per cent of the total
appraised value for each per cent that
such appraised value exceeds the value de-
clared in the entry. This, the new bill
further provides. shall only apply to the
article undervaued. and shall not exceed
40 per cent of the appraised value of such
articles.
The law in relation to the appoin tment
of appraisers is left as at present, the full
com mmittee deciding not to accept the Will
son bill changes. A new provision has
been added TO the bill providing that the
woId value" relating TO goods, shall
mean ''actual market value, or wholesale
price,
Section a of the bill is stricken out. 1t
provided that an allowance for damage to
goods imported shall hereafter be made.