Warren sheaf., 1897-07-29
T HAD I. 4 Y OTES TO SPARE.
Con serenoe Report on the Tariff
Bill Passes the House.

Adopted by = Vote Of 1s5 to 11s-The
Act Expected to Yield q Revenue
Of $225. 200. OO.OOO-Chanxes In
the Schedules.
Washington, July 20.-The confer
ence report on the tariff bill was adopt
ed by the house shortly after midnight
by vote of 1s5 to 11s and at noon to-
day the report will go to the senate for
action there. This eclipses all previous
records. The result was accomplished
after IL hours of continuous debate.
But two speeches were made by the re-
Publicans. one by Mr.. Dingley in open
ing the debate and one by Mr.. Payne. Of
New York, in closing it. The democrats
were thus forced to put forth speaker
after speaker, but their bombardment
OF the republican position was unan-
swered.
Every republican in the house who
was present voted for the report. The
democrats, with five exceptions, voted
against the report. The exceptions
were Slayden (Tex.). Broussard (La.),
Meyer ua.). Davey Ga.), Kleberg
(Tex.) The populists and silverites did
not vote solidly. Mr.. Shafroth (Col.)
and Mr.. Newlands (Nev.), silverites, alb
stained from voting. Mr.. Hartman
(silverite. Mont.) did not vote. The pop
ulists who voted against the report
were as follows: Baker, Barlow, Bot
kin, Fowler, Jett, Lewis, Marshall, Mar
, tin, Peters. Simpson, Strowd and Vim
cent. Four did not vote: Howard,
Kelly, Stark and Switzerland. The
other populists were absent. An an
alysis of the vote shows that 1SO repub-
licans and five democrats voted for the
report and 1O6 democrats and IL popu-
lists against it.
Expected to Raise 1925, ,OOO. 900.
AS to the question of revenue to be
raised by the bill, MIR. 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, 1000, 900, $75,-
000, 900 more than the present law. Over
$40,O00,000 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,oo0.ooo. 3.
The new tariff bill is to become oper-
ative Immediately it is signed by the
president. ..- .-- IT. -s.- 49,
The Sugar Paragraph.
The paragraph in relation to sugar
in full follows: 49,
Sugars not above No. 1e Dutch stand
ard in color tank bottoms, strups of cane
juice, melada, concentrated melada con-
crete and concentrated molasses testing
by the polariscope not above Is degrees
ninety-f1ve one-hundredths per pound and
for every additional degree shown by the
polariscopic test thtrty-hve one thou
sandths Of one cent per pound additional
and fractions Of a degree in proportion;
and on sugar above No. 16 Dutch stand
ard In color and on all sugar which has
gone through process of refining one cent
and ninety-dve hundredths of one cent per
pound; molasses testing above 40 degrees
and net above 56 degrees, three cents per
gallon; testing 56 degrees and above, six
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 contained shall be
so construed as to abrogate or in any man
ner impair or affect the provisions Of the
treaty Of commercial reciprocity concluded
between the United States and the king of
the Hawaiian islands on January 30. 1875.
OI lAS PEOtlSlOuS Ol AIy act OIL congress
heretofore passed for the execution Of the
same. F. p, #-ss5 a. - f AZ
The conference restored the house
rate OF 20 per cent. on sugar cane.
Saccharine is made one dollar and fifty
cents per pound and ten cents ad-
valorem.
The confectionery paragraph is
changed to read as follows:
specially provided for in this act, valued ut
Is cents per pound or less, and on sugars
after being refined when tinctured, colored,
or in any way adulterated, four cents per
pound and Is per cent. ad valorem: valued
at more than Is cents per pound, so per
cent ad va1orem. The weight and the value
of the immediate coverings. other than
the outer packing case or other coverings,
shall be included in the dutiable weight and
the value OF the merchandise.
.-ts 49, Other Schedules.
The statement of the republican con-
ferees made the following explanation
of the effect of the changes agreed upon
by the conferees in the schedules other
than the sugar schedules: 81.
Metals and Manufactures Of-The re-
ductfons OF duties on some forms of iron
and steel proposed by the senate are ac-
cepted in part as proposed and several new
paragraphs are introduced not heretofore
specifically provided for.
Cotton ties, which were placed on the
free list by the senate are restored to the
dutiable list at a reduced duty Of i've
*tenths Of one cent.
Tin plates are placed at the rate of
duty provided in the bill as it passed the
house. Eft8
Structural iron is reduced one-tenth OF
enc cent.
1.-The senate amendment (27O) on pocket
knives, which Is substantially the same as
the paragraph passed by the house, lis
agreed to. and compromise rates adopted
on guns.
THE house agrees to senate amendment