Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-07-24
The Differences Between the House
and Senate Are Very Clear
ly Explained.
Mr.. Dingley States tho Amount OF
Revenue That Is Expected to
Be Realized.
The Conference Bill as Passed by
the House and Sent to
the Senate.
Full Text of the Sugar Schedule =
Analysis of the Whole Bill ns
Finally Agreed Upon.


Washington, July 20.-The tariff bill
was pushed through the conference
stage yesterday after two hours dis
cussion 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 bagging
and cotton ties on the free list; also
substitute proposition for rebates on
these articles. These and other amend
ments were withdrawn, however, as
there was no prospect of favorable ac-
tion on them.
Revenue Expected.
AS to the question of revenue to be
raised by the bill, Mr.. Dingley, in his
speech. pointed out the difficulty re-
sulting from the large anticipatory i'm
portations. The bill next year, he cal
culated, would raise 1925, 100000, $751;
100000 more than the present law.
Over $4O,oOO,oOO 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 $1s5,0O0,000.
New Sugar Schedule.
The full text of the sugar schedule
finally agreed upon by the house and SEN
ate conferees is as follows:
Sugars not above No. 16 Dutch standard
in color tank bottoms, sirups of cane Juice,
melada concentrated melada, concrete,
and concentrated moasses, testing by the
polariscope not above rs degrees, .95 per
pound. and for every additional degree
shown by the polariscope test .OS5 of one
cent per pound additional, and fractions of
a degree in proportion: and on sugar above
No. 16 Dutch standard in color, and on all
sugar which has gone through process of
refining, 1.95 cents per pound; molasses
testing above 40 degrees, and not above 56
degrees, 3 cents per gallon; testing 66 de-
grees and above, 6 cents per gallon; sugar
DRAWINGS and sugar sweepngs 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
and the king of the Hawaiian islands on
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 $3.50 per pound and 10 per cent. ad
valorem.
The confectionery paragraph is changed
to read as follows:
sugar candy and all confectionery not
specially provided for in this act,
nd 1.G-
and on sugars after being refined when
tinctured, colored, or In any way adulter-
ated cents per pound and 10 per cent.
ad valorem; valued at more than 10 cents
per pound, so per cent ad valorem. The
weight and the value of the immediate COW
erings, other than the outer packing case
or other covering, shall be included in the
dutiable weight and the value of the mer-
chandise."
The republican conferees also made pub
lie statement concerning the conference
report in which it reviewed the changes
made OF sugar the statement says:
1.-THE house differential between raw and
refined sugars and the general features OF
the house schedule are preserved. and the
senate amendments increasing the differ
entail to one-fifth and providing for re-
duction of one-tenth of the duty on raw
sugars not above 81 degrees, which would
have given O. duty of 1.39 on SS degree
sugar and only 1.26 on 81 degree sugar
are not adopted.
Beet Sugar.
I'm Difference to the wishes of those in
terested in beet sugar production, that the
senate rate of LBS cents on refined sugar
might be retained as an increased encour-
agement to this industry, the duty on raw
sugars Is increased .071a cents, so as tc
make the increase on them the same as the
increase on refined sugar, and thus leave
the differential between raw sugar and re.
fined the same as in the house bill. And to
meet the objection which has been urgeo
that the house rates on low grade raw
sugar show a higher ad Valorem than those
on the higher grades the duty on 75 degree
sugar Is reduced .05 cent and then the duty
per degree increased regularly from .O'
cent las proposed in the house bilD to ,0Sl4
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 (as proposed originally by th'
house, to 1.S2ls cents, and the duty on re
fined sugar is raised from 1S7lh cents (a'
proposed originally by the house) to 10
cents. thus giving the same differential o
.12a cent between raw and refined sugar a
this point as was originally given by thS
house.
LAS this arrangement viii increase thu
revenue over $2.000.000 and at the sarn
time give additional encouragement TO th
production of sugar In this country, 1t i
thought to be desirable contamination.
Wool.
The changes In the wool schedule made II
conference leave the duties on dispute,
items as follows
Paragraph 354-The duty on wools of TIL
first class. which shall be imported washed
shall be twice the amount of the duty 4
which they would be subjected importe1
unwashed; and the duty ON woods of tn
first and second classes which shall be i'm
ported secured shall be three times tn
duty to which they would be subjected
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