The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-05
TARIFF BILL REPORTED
Will Be Called Up for Considera-
tion May 10.
RETROACTIVE CLAUSE DROPPED.

Lumber schedule-sugsr Schedule.
F, Washington, May 5.-Senator Aldrich
| presented the tariff bill to the senate
| Tuesday and gave notice that it would
be called up on Tuesday, the 18th inst
| The time for the bill to take effect is
made July l. 1897, instead of May 1. as
| provided in the house.
The sugar schedule is as follows: Su-
gars not above number 16, Dutch stand
| ard, in color, tank bottoms syrups Of
cane juice and of beet juice. malada,
concentrated malada, concrete and con-
| centrated molasses, testing by polari-
scope above 81 and not above SO degrees.
| 20 of l per cent. per pound, and for
| every additional degree shown by the
| polariscope test .02 of l per cent. per
| pound, and fractions of a degree in pro-
| portion. Sugar above number 16, Dutch
| standard, In color, and sugar that has
| gone through a process of refining lie
| Of / per cent. per pound and in addi-
| ton thereto on all the foregoing SO per
| cent. ad valorem.
Sugar not above number 16, Dutch
standard, in color, tank bottoms syrups
| of cane juice and beet juice, melada
| concentrated melada, concrete and con-
| centrated molasses testing by the polar
| iscope not more than 81 degrees, 20 per
cent. ad valorem. Molasses testing
above 40 and not more than So degrees,
cents per gallon testing sc and not
above 20 degrees, cents per gallon.
| Beet Sugar Machinery Free.
Machinery purchased abroad, import
cd o.,I f,, fa..
! tory and actually used in the produc-
ton of sugar in the United States from
beet produced therein within two years
| from the first day of July, 1897, shall
be admitted free of duty, under such
| regulations as the secretary of the treas
ury may prescribe. Maple sugar and
| maple syrup cents per pound; sugar
cane in it's natural state or manufact-
J ured, 10 per cent. ad valorem; sacchar-
| inc 81 per pound and 10 per cent. ad
valorem. Sugar candy and all confec-
| tionery valued at IS cents per pound or
less A cents per pound; and Is per cent.
I ad valorem. A duty is levied on tea at
the rate Of 10 cents per pound until Jan.
| ], 1900; after 1900 it is admitted free
| of duty.
The following is the provision in re-
gard to hides. which are transferred
from the free list: Hides of cattle, raw
or uncured, whether dry, salted or
! picked, 1h cents per pound; provided
that upon all leather exported made
from imported hides there shall be al
lowed a drawback equal to the amount
of duty paid on such hides.
All Coal Made DutiabIe.
Coal and shale-The word bituminous
T.
BILE at IS cents per ton with a provisO
added that the duty on coal and shale
shall be 60 cents per ton and on coal
slack or culm, Is cents per ton, when
imported from any country, colony or
dependency that does not impose upon
coal or coal slack or culm higher rates
of duty than these named in the pro-
viso
Beer taX-The senate has increased
the internal revenue duty on beer by
changing section 1899 of the revised
statutes to read as follows: Until Jan.
], 1900, there shall be paid on all beer,
lager beer, ale, porter and other SINH
lar fermented liquors, brewed or manu-
featured and sold or removed for con-
sumption or sale within the United
States, by whatever name such liquors
may be called, tax of S1.44 for every
barrel containing not more than thirty
one gallons: and after Jan. 1. 1900, there
shall be paid a tax of 81 per barrel on
every barrel of such beer. lager beer.
ale. porter and other similar fermented
liquors. CThe present rate is SD
The retroactive clause of the bingley
tariff bill is stricken from the senate
bill.
With Regard To Reciprocity.
The entire house provision relating to
reciprocity has been stricken out and
the following section substituted: That
whenever any country. dependency or
colony shall pay or bestow, directly or
indirectly any bounty or grant upon
the expectation Of any article or mer-
chandise from such country, dependen-
cy, or colony, and such article or mer-
chandise is dutiable under the provis-
ions of this act, then upon the impor-
tatlon of any such article or merchan-
disc into the United States. whether the
same shall be imported directly from
the country of production or otherwise,
and whether such article or merchan-
disc is imported In the same condition as
when exported from the country of pro-
duction or has been changed In condi- |
tion by manufacture or otherwise, there |
shall be levied and paid i'm all such |
cases, I'm addition to the duties other |
wise imposed by this act, an additional |
duty equal to the net amount of such |
bounty or grant, however the same be |
paid or bestowed. The net amount of |
all such bounties or grants shall be |
from time to time ascertained, deter
mined and declared by the secretary Of |
the- treasury, who shall make all need |
full regulations for the Identification of
such articles and merchandise and for |
the assessment and collection of such /
additional duties.
The house provision In the tariff bill
keeping In force the Hawaiian reci-
procity treaty Is stricken out, the effect
being indirectly to abrogate the treaty
and impose the same duty on Hawaiian
sugars ~ n imposed on sugars from
other countries.
Isusber Schedule Changed.
The lnmher schedule 70 changed by
sdding pf>nr the word timber the
WORDS "l1gwn, sided or squared and
round timber !. snd ~ 11n>muour