The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-07-31
Mr.. Dingley States the Amount OF
Revenue That Is Expected to
Be Realized.
Tho Conference Bill as Passed by
the House and Sent to
the Senate.
Full Text of the Sugar Schedule =
AnnIysiS of the Whole Bill ms
Finally Agreed Upon.

Washington, July 20.-The tariff bill
was pushed through the conference
stage yesterday after two hours dis
cussior before the full conference COM
mittee--democrats and republicans.
The democratic conferees offered
amendments to the report, but were
met with the statement that it would
merely consume time to urge amend
ments, as they would be rejected.
Mr.. Wheeler (dem., Ala) offered
amendments placing cotton bagSing
and cotton ties on the free list; also a
substitute proposition for rebases on
these articles. These and other amend
ments were withdrawn, however. as
there was no prospect of favorable ac-
ton on them.
Revenue Expected.
AS to the question of re,enue to be
raised by the bill, Mr.. Dingley, in his
speech, pointed out the difficulty re-
sulting from the large an5icipatory inn
portations. The bill next year, he cal
culated, would raise $215 100000, $751;
100000 more than the present law.
Over S40,000,00O had been lost in this
years revenues by the importations of
wool and sugar and other things, the
duty on which was raised in the bill,
so that he calculated that the bill this
year would raise S1s5,00O,000.
New suga. Schedule.
The full text Of the sugar schedule as
finally agreed upon by the house and SEN
ate conferees Is as follows:
Sugars not abovs No. 16 Dutch standard
I'm color tank bottoms, sirups Of cane Juice.
melada, concentrated melada, concrete,
and concentrated molasses testing by the
polariscope not ebove rs degrees. .95 per
pound, and for every additional degree
shown by the polariscope test OBS of one
cent per pound additional, and fractions OF
a degree in proportion; and on sugar above
No. is Dutch standard in color. and on all
sugar which has gone through process OF
refining, lbs cents per pound: molasses
testing above 10 degrees, and not above Sc
degrees, 3 cents per gallon: testing Sc de-
gFees and above, 6 cents per gallon; sugar
DRAWINGS ard sugar sweepings shall be
subject to duty as molasses or sugar. as
the case may be, according to polariscopic
test. Provided. that nothing herein con-
tanned shall be so construed as to abrogate
or in any manner impair or AFFECT the pro-
visions OF the treaty of commercial recipro-
city concluded between the United States
January 80. 1875. or the provisions OF any
act of congress heretofore passed for the
execution OF the same"
Duty on Sugar Cane.
The CONFERENCE restored the house rate Of
20 per cent. on sugar cane. Saccharine Is
made H.0 per pound and 10 per cent. ad
VaIorem.
The confectionery paragraph Is changed
to read as follows:
sugar candy and all confectionery not
specially provided for in this act.
valued at Is cents per pound or less.
and on sugars after being refined when
tinctured, colored, or in any way adulter-
ated, cents per pound and 10 per cent.
I'D valorsm; valued at more than 10 cents
per pound, 60 per cent. ad valorem. The
weight and the value of the immediate COW
crings, other than the outer packing case
or other covering, shall be inclnded in the
dutiable weight and the value Of the nher-
chandise."
The republican eonferees also made Lub-
lie a statement concerning the conference
report In which 1t reviewed the changes
made. CT sugar the statement says:
The house differental between raw and
refined Sugars and tie general features OF
the house schedule are preserved, and the
senate amendments increasing the differ
entail to one-ffth and providing for re-
duction OF one-tenth of the duty on raw
sugars not shove 81 degrees. which would
have given a duty of 1.39 on IS dSgree
sugar and only 1.26 on 81 degree sugar,
arc not adopted.
Beet Sugar.
"In Difference to the wishes Of those in
terested In beet sugar production, THAI the
senate rate of 1.95 cents on refined sugar
might be retained as an increased ercour-
agcment to this industry, the duty on raw
sugars Is Increased OH cents, so as to
make the increase on them the same as the
increase on refined sugar, and thus leave
the differential between raw sugar and re-
Aned the same as In the house bill. And to
meet the objection which has been urged
that the house rates on low grade raw
sugar show a higher ad valoreni than those
on the higher grades the duty on rs degree
sugar Is reduced .05 cent and then the duty
per degree increased regularly from .03
cent las proposed in the house bilD to .03a
cent, In order TO raise the duty on raw
sugars the same as on refined.
by this arrangement the duty on raw
sugars Of 100 degrees purity is raised from
LIS cents las proposed originally by the
house, to l,S2ih cent?, and the duty on re-
fined sugar Is raised from 1.S7la cents (as
proposed originally by the house, to 1.95
cents. thus giving the same differental OF
-2h cent between raw and refined sugar at
this point as was originally given by the
house.
"As this ARA ayement will increase the
revenue over 100000 and at the same
time give additional announcement to the
production CT sugar In this country, II IL
thought to TO a desirable contamination"
Wool.
The changes In the wool schedule made In
conference leave the duties on disputed
Stems az follows:
Paragraph 354-The duty on woods of the
1-st class. which shall be imported washed,
sAall oe twice the amount OF the duty TO
vhitn they would be subjected imported
u1vashed; and the duty ON woods OF the
nrM and second classes which shall be Inn
ported secured shan be three timed the
duty TO which they would be subjected IL
smSorted UNIV Ahed- The DUTY Oh woods