The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-05-17
CHANGES IN TARIFFS.
MANY ALTERATIONS HAVE BEEN
MADE IN THE BILL.
Result of tho Compromise y the
Democratic In the Senate-Dutc, Are In.
creased-Schedules In tho Measure Which
Suit the ajority.
Mutllato Wilson's Measure

Mutilate Wilson's Measure.
During the executive session Mon
| day Senator Jones presented the
amendments to the tariff bill, which
have been considered ana agreed to by
the Democratic Senator's, known as the
, compromise committee. There are
! over 400 OF them, ana it makes q new
bill, or q measure greatly Offering
/ from the Wilson bill and from the SEN
ate bill in any form in which it has
been presented. The amendments
heretofore presented by Senator Vest
and reported from the Finance Com
mittee are indorsed by the compromise
committee. There is q ger eral in
! crease in the bill, and in some sched-
| ules the increases are very marked.
The new sugar schedule provides:
On aud after Jan. /. 1895. there shall DO
levied. collected and paid on all sugars
not bove No 16 Dutch standard in color
and on all tank bottoms s1rups Of cane
juice or OF beet juice melada, concern
trated melada. concrete and concentrated
molasses duty OF 80 er centum I'D valo-
rem. and upon all sugars above No. Is
Dutch standard in color there shall be
!
eighth OF l cent per POUND in addition to
the said duty OF 40 per censum ad valorem:
and all sugars tank bottoms. sirups Of
cane juice or o: beet juice. melada. con-
| centrated 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. directly or Indirectly. u bounty
| en- the export thereof. shall pay a duty OF
| one-tenth OF cent per pound In addition to
the foregoing rates Provided that nothing
! herein con! aimed sh all be SO construed a.
TO abrogate or In any manner impair or
| affect the provisions Ut the treaty OF COM
| mercial reciprocity concluded be- ween the
United states and the king OF the Hawaiian
Islands Oh Jan. 80. 1878. or the visions
OF any act OF Congress heretofore passed
| for the execution OF the same: that on and
after Jan. I. 1895. there shall be levied.
! collected and paid on molasses testing 10
| degrees or less by the polaFiscope and con-
| taining 20 per centum OF moisture, and on
moiasses testing above 40 de -rees and not
above So de 'rees polari.cope. duty OF
| cents per gallon: IL testing above Sc de-
| grees pO'ariscope u duty OF cents Del
gallon
Changes In Other Schedules.
| Other changes in the bill are:
| Tartaric acid. 20 per cent. ad valorem;
| 10 in Senate 90 in House bill
Alcoholic perfumery. including Cologne
. water and other toilet wn'ers aud a!co-
holtc compounds not specially provided
for in this act. S: a gallon and so pc,
! centum ad valorem: Senate and House
bills. So a gallon and % nd valorem
; All coal-tar colors or dyes by whatever
name known and not specially provided
Tor in this act. 25 per cent: Senate and
! House bills. 90.
New paragraphs inserted as follows:
| Drugs, such as barks. beans. berries.
balsams. buds. bulbs. dubious roots, cx
crescences. fruits flowers. dried fber>.
| dried insects. grains. gums and gum resin.
| herbs. leaves. lichens. moses. nuts. roots
and stems. spices. veceta blc-. seeds faro
matic), seeds OF morbid growth. weeds and
| woods used expressl; for dyeiny. which
j are not edible. advanced in value or con
f, dition by refining or grinding by Other
| process OF manufacture and not specially
| provided for in this act, 10 per cent &C
+! valOrem.
| In the paragraph relating to fish the word
"prepared" IL stricken out and the rate OF
| 20 per cent ad vaiOrem is M ado to apply &
| all fish oils
EPSON salts are made dutiable at is o.
a cent per pound. Other changes are
Morphia or morphine salts thereof, so cent
per ounce Flaxseed and poppy oil. Il
cents per gallon instead OF Is cents in for
! mer bills
On olive oil for salad purposes the House
rate OF IS cents per gallon Is restored. in.
! stead OF the Senate Committee rate OF .
per cent
| Glass Schedule Changed.
A portion of the glass schedule is changed
10 US to read as follows:
Green and colored. nodded or pressed
| and flint and lime glass bottles in.
more than one pint and demijohns and car
boys covered OF uncovered, and other mold
! ed or pressed green and coiored aud fin,
| or lime glass bottleware not specially FRO
vided for in this act. tve-eighths OF cen,
per pound. Green and colored, nodded Q,
| pressed and tlint and lime glass bottles ant
| not less than one-QuArter OF a pint three
fourths OF one cent per pound: II holdin,
less than one fourth OF pint IS cents pei
gross whether filed or untitled. whethe
their contents be dutiable or free
The Senate rate on the above is 40 pc
| cent House rate. 30 per cent. Another
change in glass Is as follows:
Unl olished cylinder. crown. and cotto,
window glass. not exceeding 10 by l.
inches square. l cent per pound; abov,
that. and not exceeding IL by - inche
square, IA cents per pound; above that
and not exceeding - by 80 inches square
| ia cents per pound: atOve that, and no
exceeding IS by 36 inches square. 1ss cent
per pound; all above that IA cents pc
pound.
Provided. that UNI olished cylinder
crown. and window glass. imported II
boxes. shall contain ffty square feet u
nearly sizes will permit, and that dut
shall be committed thereon according l
the actual weight OF the glass
There Is change OF sizes as we'll as o
rates. and comparisons cannot DO made
| Plate glass. - by 50 inches. is taxed .
sents per square foot: Senate aud Hous
Hills 20 cents; all plate-glass above thes
dimensions, IS cents per square foot: Sen
ate and Hose bills. sc cents Looking
glass plates De added to glasses. dutia bI
at 10 per cent. ad valorem. in addition I
other rates chargeable thereon
Changes In Iron Duties
The pig-irou paragraph is amended {
read as follows:
Iron in pigs. iron kentledge. Spiegelei
sen. ferromanganese ferro- silicon. wrougn
and cast scrap-ir, n and scrap steel. 81 pc
ton; bu. nothing shall be deemed scrap
iron or scrap steel except waste or refus
iron or steel. fit only to be manufactured
, Beams. girders. lois,s. angles. channel:
car-truck channels. y" columns rr post.