The Hawaiian gazette., 1896-01-21
THE SUGAR INDUSTRY.
Bill Introduced in the United States
Senate.
The Amendment to the Tariff Bill Of
fered by senator Perkins OF
California.

WASHINGTON ID. c.. Jan. 8 -
Senator Perkins is in receipt of 8
lengthy memorial from California
Utah, Nebraska and Kansas sugar
growers in favor of additional duty on
sugar.
In the Senate today he urged the
adoption of a resolution declaring il
to be the sense of that body that
among the amendments to the tariff
bill to be reported by the finance COM
mittee there should be one for the
better protection of domestic sugar
producers. m
Berry OF Arkansas objected that the
passage of this resolution might com.
nit the Senate in favor of q duty GU
sugar. The resolution was finally
adopted, not as an expression of the
Senate, but as mere suggestion to
the fiuance committee.
Senator Perkins will propose 10 the
committee and to the Senate that the
following provisions be adopted:
THAT from and after the passage of
this act until August l, 1898, there
shall be levied, collected and paid on
all sugars, tank bottoms, syrups of
cane juice or of beet juice, melada,
concentrated melada, concrete ami
concentrated molasses, testing by the
polariscope not above so deg, Ito
cents per pounds and for every degree
and fraction of degree above so deg,
as shown by polariscope not above 80,
200. cents per pound additional.
"All sugars testing by polariscope
not less than 80 but less than 81 deg.
by polsriscope shall pay duty of one
and thirty huDdredths of one cent per
pound, and an addition thereto three
bundredths of one cent on each degree
or fraction thereof, as shown by polar
iscope above 80 deg.
"All sugars testing 81 deg and
above by polariscope shall pay duty
of one and fifty-one huDdredtns of enc
cent per pound, and in addition there
to four hundredths of one cent per
pound for each degree or fraction OF
degree above 81 deg, as shown by
polsriscope.
Provided that upon all sugars
above No. Is Dutch standard in tolor
and upon all sugars which have been
discolored, there shall be levied col
lected and paid q duty of one-eIghth
of one cent per pound ad'idttDnal,
and all sugars, tank bottoms, s!rups
of cane juice, or of beet juice, melada
concentrated melada concrete OF con-
centrated molssses, which are import
ed from or are the product of any
couutr. which at the time the same
are exported therefrom applies, direct
ly or indirectly, bounty on the export
thereof, shall pay duty of One-tenih
OF one cent per pound in addition to
foregoing rates.
provided, that the importer Of the
sugar produced in a foreign country
the Government of which grants such
direct or Indirect hOunties may be re
lieved from this additional duty IN
der such regulation as the Secretary
of the Treasury may prescribe, in case
said importer produces certificate of
said Government that no indirect
bounty has been received upon said
sugar CACCco VI lbC teh<A NoiiCSbb
upon the beet or cane from which it
was produced, and that no direct
bounty has been or shall be paid,
provided further, that nothing
herein contained shall be construed as
to abrogate or in any manner impair
or affect the provision of the treaty of
commercial reciprocity Concluded be-
tween the United States and the King
OF the Hawaiian Islands of the 30th
day OF January, 1873, or provisions of
any act Of Congress heretofore passed
for the execution of the same. a
THAT there shall! ne levi-d, collect
ed and paid on molasses testing above
40 degrees and not above Sc degrees
polariscope, duty of 2 cents per gall
Ion; If testing above Sc degrees polar
iscope, duty of 4 cents per gallon.
Sugar candy and all confectionery
La. ade wholly or in part of sugar and
on sugar after being refined, when
tinctured, colored or in any way adul
terated, 50 per cent ad valorem; glu-
close or grape sugar, Is per cent; sac
charine, 25 per cent ad valorem."