The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1897-07-23
TO INCREASE REVENUES.
DINGLEY TARIFE BILL WIN TIE
3 PRINCIPAL CHANGES MAJD'"lN
- CONEERENc'..
In NJjority OF Important Cases tho House
TxF ConfercCs Carry the Day.
II,ho State. |

Dlil was puSncu IhiouSi I''N coilicl
ence stage today, aftor two hours dis
cussion before the full conference
committee, Democrats and Ropub
leans, held in the senate finance
committee room this morning. AT
the outset tho Democratic conforecs
asked until Tuesday morning to go
over the report, saying this course
were perferablo to going over it with
tho Republicans. TO tost this quos-
ton Mr. Vest moved an adjournment
until tomorrow, which was dofoatcd
by strict party voto.
The Democratic confcroos then
offered amendments to tho report
but woro mot with tho statement
that it would, merely consume timo
TO urge amendments rs they would
bo rejected. Representative Wheelor
of Alabama offered amendments
placing cotton ties on the FREQ list;
also a substitute proposition for re-
bates on these articles. These and
othor amendments wore withdrawn,
however, as there was no prospect of
favorable action on them Shortly
before noon Mr.. Dingley moved that
tho report bo submitted to the two
houses, This prevailed by party
vote and tho meeting adjourned.
There was little clash during tho dis
cussion and Democratic members of
The conferences contcntcd themselves
with a protest against tho report and
tho manner of agreeing TO it. A
statement was latcr issued concern
ing tho report, in which it reviewed
the changes. OF sugar tho stutc-
mcnt says:
"Tho house diflorcntials on raw
and refined sugars and the general
features Of tho house schedule arc
preserved and the scnato amcnd
ments increased tho dcl'erontial to
one-Gfth and providing for q reduc
ton to ono.tenth Of tho duty on raw
sugars not above 81 degrees, which
would havo givcn duty Of .sl.3O on
;S8 degree sugars, and only 1.26 on
'87 degree sugar, arc not adopted.
r I -
Interested in boot sugar production,
that the sonate ratc of .05 on reln-
ed sugar might bo retained as an in
'croasod encouragement to this indus
try, tho duty on raw sugars is i'll
creased seven and onc-half hun
Tdradths, so as to mako the increase
on them % tho increase on ro-
fined sugar and thus leave The diIlor
cntial between raw sugar and refined
tho same as in tho house bill. And
to meet tho objection which has boon
urged that tho house rates on low
grade raw sugar show q highor
ud valorcm than those Of tho highcr
grades, tho duty on Is dcgrco sugar
is reduced vo-hundrcdths of one cent
and then tho duty per degree in
creased from Observation-Disclosures pro-
posed in the house billy to to three
and half hundroGtGs in order to
ralse tho duty on raw sugars tho
samo as on rc1inod."
"By this arrangement tho duty on
raw sugars of 100 degrees purity is
raised from 1.75 (as proposed orig
inally by the house) to 1872 1-2, and
the duty on rofnod sugar is raised
from LS7 1 ! Gas proposed originally
by .Ene houso) TO I.0o, thus giving
S9o samo difforontial of ~ and half
hUndredths botweon raw and refined
,. sugar at this point as was originally
given by tho house. AS this arrange
mont will increase tho revenue ovor
two millions Of dollars and at tho
samo timo givo additional encourage
mHnt to tho protection Of sugar in
this country, it is thought to be do
sirable consumation."
The statement mado tho follow
ing explanation of tho changes mado
in Tho other schedules: ...
A compromise between tho house
and senate rates on cattle IS agreed
to. In general, the dutios proposed
on agricultural products arc the same
as those in tho law Of 1890.
: Oranges and lemons are raised
from tho house rate Of three fourths