Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-07-31
THE NEW TARIFF.
Synopsis Of Bill as Agreed Upon
In Conference.
Oranges I'm the Various Schedules
Made by the Committee RNd
Reported to the
House.


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. they would be rejected.
Mr.. Wheeler 6dem., 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ments were withdrawn, however, as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-
ton 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 anticipa tory i'm
portations. The bill next year. he cal
culated. would raise 1925 100000, S75.-
100000 more than the present law.
Over $40. OOo, 900 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.oOo.oOo.
New 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 molasses, testing by the
polartscope not above rs desrees 95 per
pound, and for every additional degree
shown by the po1ariscope test OBS of one
cent per pound additional, and fractions of
degree in proportion: and on sugar above
No. 16 Dutch standard in color. and on all
sugar which has gone through a process of
refining, LBS cents per pound; molaSses
testing above 40 degrees, and not above Sc
degrees, cents per gallon; testing Sc de-
grees and above, cents per gallon; sugar
DRAWINGS and sugar sweepings shall he
subject to duty molaSSeS sugar. as
the case may be, according to polar1Scoplc
test. Provided, that nothing herein con-
tanned shall be SO construed as to abrogate
in any manner impair affect the pro-
Visions of the treaty of commercial rec1pro-
city concluded between the United States
and the king of the Hawaiian Islands on
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 sugar cane. Saccharine is
made $3.50 per pound and 10 per cent, ad
vaIorem.
The confectionery paragraph is changed
to read follows:
Sugar candy and all confectionery not
Se1ued prGVi1 cents io ner hound Or less
and on sugars after being refined when
tinctured, colored. or In any way adulter-
Eated, cents per pound and Is per cent.
ad valorem; valued at more than 10 cents
tper pound, so per cent. ad valorem- The
weight and the value of the Immediate COW
tertngs, 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 a statement concerning the conference
report in which 1t reviewed the changes
made. OF sugar the statement says:
1.-THE house differenttal between raw and
refined sugars and the general features of
the house schedule are preserved. and the
senate amendments increasing the differ
ential to one-ffth and providing for a re-
duction of one-tenth of the duty raw
have given duty of L39 on So degree
sugar and only 1-26 on 81 degree sugar,
are not adopted.
J I'm Difference to the wishes of those in
kerested In beet sugar production, that the
senate rate of LBS cents on refined sugar
agement to this industry, the duty on raw
sugars Is increased .071a cents, to
make the increase on them the same as the
increase on refined sugar. and thus leave
Che 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 va1orem 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 bill) to .031a
cent, IN order to raise the duty on raw
sugars the same as on refined
by this arrangement the duty
sugars of 100 degrees purity is raised from
LIS cents Gas proposed originally by the
house, to 1-S21a cents. and the duty on
fined sugar is raised from 1.S71a cents (as
proposed originally, by the house, to 1.95
cents, thus giving the same differential of
.121z cent between raw and refined sugar at
this point was originally given by the
house.
LAS this arrangement will increase the
revenue over $1,000. 900 and at the same
time give additional encouragement to the
production of sugar in this country, it is
thought to be a desirable consummation.'
Wool.
conference leave the duties disputed
items as follows:
Para graph 354-The duty woods of the
first class, which shall be imported washed,
shall be twice the amount of the duty to
which they would be subjected Imported
Iashed: and the duty woods of the
firss and second classes which shall be i'm
ported secured shall be three times the
duty to which they would be subjected If
imported unwashed- The duty woods
of the third class. II imported in condition
for use in carding or spinning into yarns. or
which shall not contain more than eight per
cent of dirt or other foreign substance.