The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-05-10
MANY CHANGES MADE
| NUMEROUS AMENDMENTS TO THE
WILSON TARIFF BILL. E
The Senate Committee Changes the
Measure i'm Many Respects-NIany
Articles Taxed Which the House
Bill Made Free.

The Senate Committee Changes the
Measure i'm Many Respects-Many
Articles Taxed Which the House
Bill Made Free,
Washington, May 8. - The principal
changes made in tie tariff bill by the
an eEdments introduced in the senate as
the result of the Democratic compromise
are as follows:
The new 81 gar schedule provides that
en- and after Jan. 1, 1895, there shall be
levied, collected and paid On all sugars
not above No. 16 Dutch standard in
color, and on all tank bottoms, syrups
Of cane juice, melada, concentrated me-
lada, concrete and concentrated mo-
lasses, duty of 40 per cent ad valorem,
end upon all sugars above No. 1G Dutch
standard in color there shall be levied,
collected and paid a duty of one-eighth
Of 1 cent per pound in addition to the
sud duty of 40 per cent ad valorem; and
all sugars, tank bottoms, syrups of cane
juice, or of beet juice, melada, con-
Ger trated melada, concrete or concen-
trated molasses which are imported from
or are the product Of any country which
at the time the same are exported there
from pays, indirectly or directly, bounty
,one-tenth of l cent per pound in addition
to the foregoing rates, provided, that
nothing herein contained shall be so con-
>strued as to abrogate or in any manner
impair or affect the provisions of the
treaty of commercial reciprocity conclud-
ed between the United States and Ha-
wall. That on Jan. 1, 1895, there shall
he levied, collected and paid on molasses
testing 40 degrees or less by the polari-
scope, and containing more than 20 per
cent of moisture and on molasses test
ing above 40 degrees and not above Sc
deg ees, polariscope, duty of 2 cents
per gallon; if testing above Sc degrees,
polariscope, duty of 4 cents per gal-
lon
In the paragraph relating to fish the
vcrd ''prepared' is stricken out ard the
rate of rs per cent ad valorem is made
to apply to all fish oils.
Tin plate, 1 1-5c per pound, restoring
the house rate; senate bill 1 per cent.
The tobacco schedule is changed to
read as follows: Wrapper tobacco, I'M
stemmed, imported in any bale, box or
package CT in bulk, $3.50 per pound; if
stemmed, $2.25 per pound; house and
senate bills, 81 and $1.25 respectively.
Filler tobacco, unstemmed, imported in
any bale, box, package or in bulk, IS
cents per pound; if stemmed, SO cents
per pound. Snuff and snuff -four manu-
featured Of tobacco, ground dry or damp
and picked, scented or otherwise, 50
cents per pound; senate and house bills,
40 cents.
The cigar paragraph is amended as
follows: Cigars, cigarettes, cheroots of
all kinds, 81 per pound and rs per cent
ad valorem, and paper cigars and cigar
cites, including wrappers, shall be sub
ject to the same duties as are herein i'm
posed on cigars. The duty on cigars in
the house and senate bills is So per
pound and Is per cent.
Butter and substitutes therefor, 4
cents per pound, which is the house rate;
senate bill, 20 per cent.
Cheese 4 cents per pound; senate and
house bills, IS per cent.
|: Milk, fresh, &c per gallon; senate and
house bills, Free
Broom corn, Sc per ton; senate and
house bills, free.
Cabbages, 2 cents each; senate and
house bills, free.
Eggs, 3 cents per dozen; senate and
house bills, free.
Hay, So per ton; the house and senate
rates, 20 per cent.
Honey, 1Oc per gallon, the house rate;
senate, 20 per cent.
Hops, Sc per pound, the house rate;
senate bill, 20 per cent.
Onions, zoe per bushel, the house rate;
senate bill, 20 per cent.
Potatoes, 15c per bushel; senate bill,
80 per cent; house bill, 10c per bushe].
Meats of all kinds, prepared or pre-
served, not specially provided for in this
act, 20 per cent.
Lard, 1c per pound; taken from free
list.
Poultry, house rate, not dressed, &c
per pound; dressed, &c per pound, are
restored; senate bill, 20 per cent.
Alcoholic preparations for medicinal
purposes are relieved from the duty Of
| $3.50 per gallon and made dutiable at
| SOC per pound.
In paragraph 276, wooden schedule,
f1ocks, mungo, garnetted waist, en-
| broidered noils or shoddy is inserted, and
| the rate is made 10 per cent ad valorem
senate and house bills, 25 per cent.
The date on which the reduction of
| rates provided for in manufactures of
| woods shall take effect is fixed for Jan.
| /, 1895, instead Of Dec. 2, 1894.
| Added to the free list are the following:
| Dire: sed fur pieces suitable for use IN the
| III; ufactures Of hatters' fur.
| In the free list after the words pc
| troleum, crude or refined, is inserted the
/ following:
Provided that if petroleum, crude OF
rvtr ed, is imported from any country
! which imposes a duty on the same ex-
Ported from the United States, then
there shall be levied, paid and collected
upon such petroleum, crude or refined
the rate of duty existing prior to the
psssage of this act.
The following is added to the para
graph in the free list relating to agri
cultural implements: provided that al
articles mentioned in this paragraph, il
imported from a country which lays ar
import duty on like articles imported
from the United States shall be subjec1
to the duties existing prior to the pass
age of this act"
There is a modification of the provis
ion to the same effect in the senate bill
The same addition regarding sulphuri
acid is made as the one above mentioned
! in reference to AGRICULTURAL implements