Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-07-29
The Differences Between the House
and Senate Are Very Clear
ly Explained.
Mr.. Dingley States the Amount o.,
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 as
Finally Agreed Upon.

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 a
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ments were withdrawn.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 anticipatory i'm
portations. The bill next year. he cal
culated. would raise $225. ZOO. 900. $75.-
100000 more than the present law
Over SAC, 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 $1s5, 900.
New Sugar Schedule.
The full text of the sugar schedule as
finally agreed upon by the house and SEN
ate conferees is follows:
Sugars not above No. 16 Dutch standard
tn nln NH hnff nf % mo i1Iio
melada, concentrated melada, concrete.
and concentrated molasses, testing by the
polariscope not above rs degrees, .95 per
pound, and for every additional degree
shown by the polariscope test .035 of one
cent per pound additional, and fractions of
degree in proportion and on sugar above
No. 16 Dutch standard In color, and all
sugar which has gone through process of
refining, 1.95 cents per pound: mo1aSSeS
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 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 arect the pro-
visions of the treaty of commercial recipro-
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. on sugar cane. Saccharine Is
made $3.50 per pound and 10 per cent. ad
Vaiorem.
The confectionery paragraph Exchanged
to read 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 Is per cent
ad Yalorem; valued at more than Is cents
per pound 80 per cent. ad vaforem. 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 a statement concerning the conference
report in which it reviewed the changes
made. OF sugar the statement says:
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 raw
sugars not above 81 degrees, which would
have given a duty of 1.S9 IS degree
sugar and only i.26 81 degree sugar
are not adopted.
Beet Sugar.
In Difference to the wishes of those in
terested in beet sugar production, that tbs
might be retained as an Increased encour
Ggement to this industry. the duty raw
sugars is Increased .O714 cents, so t.
make the increase on them the same as tn,
increase on refined sugar, and thus leave
the differential between raw sugar and re
fined the same as in the house bill. And Il
meet the objection which has been urget
that the house rates on low grade raw
sugar show higher ad valorem than thos,
on the higher grades the duty on IS degre,
sugar is reduced .05 cent and then the duty
per degree increased regularly from o.
cent las proposed in the house bilD to .03i
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 Gas proposed originally by tn
house, TO 1S21s cents. and the duty on re
fined sugar is raised from 1.S71s cents Ia
proposed originally by the house, to 1.9
cents, thus giving the same difterential o
.12k cent between raw and refined sugar a
this point as was originally given by tn,
house. o
AS this arrangement will increase tn
revenue over s., 900 600 and at the sam
time give additional announcement to tn
production Of sugar in this country, 1t
thought to be desirable contamination.
Wool.
The changes in the wool schedule made 1
conference leave the duties on dispute
items follows:
first class, which shall be imported washed
shall be twice the amount of the duty t
which they would be subjected importe
unwa shed; and the duty ON woods of tn
first and second clas ses which shall be I'm
ported secured shall be three times tn
duty to which they would be subjected
imported unwashed. The duty on wool