The record-union., 1897-07-20


made but one change in the schedule
relating to spirits, wines, etc, proper.
The Senate rate of 80 cents per gallon
on still wines containing less than IA
per cent. of absolute alcohol, in pack
ages, was changed to 40 cents per gal
| Ion. The House rate was TO cents.
The rate on mineral waters was COM
promised, being made 20 cents per doz-
1 en- on pit bottles, 81 cents per dozen on
quart bottles. The House rate of 40
cents and the Senate rate of "A cents.
Fruits-Paragraph 262 in regard to
! apples, ETC., was amended so as to omit
currants, and the House rate of = cents
per pound on such dried fruits as ap-
Piles, peaches, pears and berries, pre-
| pared in any manner, was restored.
The grape paragraph was altered so
as to require the payment of 20 cents
per cubic foot "of the capacity of the
barrels or packages"
Orange and lemon peels preserved
and cocoanut meat, ETC., We're restored
| to the House rate of cents per pound.
On unshelled filberts and walnuts the
| House rate of ; cents per pound pre-
vailed, while on shelled fiberts and
walnuts the Senate rate of cents per
pound was sustained
The conference struck out the Sem
ate amendment providing for a duty
of cents per pound on dead game
| Paragraph 2S2, relating to cocoa, was
amended by leaving out cocoanut oil
Reciprocity cause.-the reciprocity
provision as agreed to by the confer
ence contains some of the features of
| both the Senate and the House bills
on this schedule. Also makes some
retaliatory measures. 1t sets forth it's
purpose to be that of "equaling the
trade of the United States with foreign
countries exporting to this country the
following articles: Argols, or crude tar
tars; or wine lees crude; brandies or
other spirits manufactured or distilled
! from grain or other materials; cham
pagne or all other sparkling wines;
still wines and vermouth paintings and
statuary.
| The President is authorized to enter
into negotiations or commercial agree
ments in which the reciprocal conces-
sions may be secured in favor of the
products of the United States. He is
empowered to suspend by proclama ton
the duties upon these articles whenever
equivalent concessions may be obtained
as follows:
What may be termed the retaliatory
clause of the provision is that which
empowers the President to suspend by
proclamation the provisions of this Act
providing for the free Introduction of
coffee, tea, tonquin or tanka beans and
vanilla beans coming from any country
which imposes duties upon products of
| the United States which he may deem
to be reciprocally unequal and unrea-
sOnable The rates which he is thus
empowered to impose are: On coffee,
3 cents per pound; on tea, 10 cents per
| pound; on tanka beans, 30 cents per
pound; on vanilla beans, 50 per pound.
| The President is required to act
Within two years in securing these re-
| ciprocal trade treaties, and they are to
| be submitted to the Senate for it's rat
| ification. Articles are to be reduced
to the extent of 20 per cent. in these
treaties and the President is specifical
| ly authorized to enter into negotiations
which place certain articles upon the
free list for a specified period of five
years.
Internal revenue proviSionS-The Sem
ate provision increasing the internal
revenue tax on cigarettes is agreed to
with an amendment covering cigarettes
wrapped in tobacco and provisions to
enforce the collection of taxes. The
Senate provision changing the law so as
to allow no rebate on beer is agreed to.
The Senate provision for a stamp tax
on the issue and transfer of stock and
on bonds issued by corporations is
omitted from the bill.
The administrative provisions added
to the bill by the Senate are substan-
TALLY the same as those passed by the
House in the Fifty-fourth Congress,
and are agreed to with slight amend
mentS