The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1894-03-29
THE son BILL,
Some Features of tho Isfil Amended by
the Senate Finance Committee.

Some Features of the Bfll as Amended by
the Senate Finance Committee.
| The Wilson tariff bill, as amended by the
Senate Committee on Finance was reported to
| the Senate last week by Chairman Voorhees,.
The most important change made by the bill
! is in the sugar schedule. a change being made
| by which an additional duty of one-eighth oil
| one cen. per pound is given, on all sugars test
| ing above So degrees by the polariscope test or
which are above numberil6 Dutch standard in
! color.
The provisions abrogating the Hawaiian
reciprocity treaty are struck from the revised
| bill and a specific declaration is inserted repeal
ing the reciprocity treaties negotiated under
| the Mckinley act.
The language of the illsrepealing the Nc
Kiney act has been modified to a considerable
extent. 1t reads:
"All agreements or arrangements made or
| proclaimed between the United States and
| foreign Governments under the provisions of
| said section are hereby abrogated, of which the
! President will give such notice to the authori-
ties of said foreign Governments as may be re-
| quired by the terms of such agreements or ar
| rangements"
Sections 10 and 16 OF the Mckinley law are
repealed specifically.
The lead and lead-ore duties are left IN
changed from the Senate subcommittee rates.
as are the iron-o and coal duties.
Glycerine is charged back to the rates fixed
in the House bill, which are one cent per pound
for the crude and three cents for refined in
stead OF 20 per cent. ad valorem in the Senate
subcommittee bill.
Lime is placed at Is per cent. ad valorem in
stead of 20 per cent. in the Senate sub.commit-
tee bill and 10 per cent. in the Wilson bill, and
the duty is made to include the value of the
covering or barrel; plaster of Paris, which was
not changed in the Senate sub. committee bill
from the Wilson rate of 10 per cent. ad valorem
on the ground article, is to pay duty of 10
cents per ton; calcined plaster of Paris $l.25
per ton instead of 10 per cent. ad valorem in
the Wilson bill.
Tin-plate, terne- plate and taggers' tin one
cent per pound instead of is cent, as in the
Wilson BILL The Senate subcommittee not hav-
ing before changed from the Wilson rate In
this paragraph the Wilson bill provision that
the rate shall take effect Oct /, 1894, is re-
stored; cast-iron pipe of every description, 225
per cent ad valorem instead of % per cent. in
the Wilson bill and 20 per cent. in the Senate
sub committee bill.
Collars and cuffs increased from As per cent
in the subcommittee bill to 81 per cent. in new
bill, Wilson bill 80 per cent. but shirts and all
other articles of every description not specially
provided for, composed wholly or in part Of
linen, 80 per cent. ad valorem instead OF SO per
cent, the Wilson bill rate; playing cards are
restored to the Wilson rate of 10 cents per pack
Instead of two cents per pack, as fixed by the
Senate sub committee.
In the internal revenue schedule the pro-
vision which the snb-com mittee inserted, first
taxing cigars and cigaretS weighing more than
three pounds So per thousand and cigarets in
paper weighing not more than three pounds 81
per thousand, and wrapped in tobacco so cents
per thousand, is stricken out, thus leaving the
taxes Oh these articles unchanged from the
present law.