The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-18
AGREEMENT
IS Reached
Republican COnferees Have
Seen Eye to Eye.
MANY CHANGES
HAVE BEEN MADE
Tariff Bill Will Reach the Demo-
Gratis on Monday.
Mr.. Dingley of the Opinion That the
Bill Will Become a Law and That
Congress Will Have Adjourned
Within a Week-There Are 9th
ers, However, Who Do Not Take
the Same View.

publican conferees on the tariff bill ad-
! journed at D. m. today. the announce
ment was made on behalf of each of the
houses, that they had agreed on all the
/ items of the bill and that the result of
the partisan conference would be sub
mitted to the Democratic members Of the
conference at full meeting to be held
on Monday.
This announcement had been made in
! formally to the Democratic members OF
the conference at noon. and had formed
( the subject of general speculation about
( the senate during the afternoon. 1t ap-
peared after the informal statement was
made that there still much to be
done in the way of putting the bill in
I shape. and the conferees spent six hours
/ in close application TO the work in hand.
| They We're. for the most part, merely
running over the bill. but there are still
which had been passed over until the
sugar schedule should be finally dis
posed Of The revision was not even
completed during the afternoon session
renew the work tonight.
I'VE canrot. said Senator Allison,
say just what the attendance of Demo-
Gratis on Monday will be. for there is
I still much 10 be done to get the bill in
readiness for them.
MAY WORK TO-DAY.
| II is understood that some of the men,
bers Will work tomorrow for the accom-
plishment of this purpose and it is hoped
70 have the bill printed and prepared
for the inspection of the Democrats by
10 o'clock Monday. The Republicans stfl
further hope to secure the assent of khe
| Democratic members in reporting the
bill after one session and they hope to
be able to present il TO congress at the be-
ginning of the session Monday.
The members of the conference still
preserve the strictest silence in regard
to the changes made, giving out no Of
fetal confirmation as 10 the conditions
! II ", he Il 1aor harr-
from an entirely reliable source. that a
| very large majority of the senate amend
ments we're accepted. This was rendered
I necessary by several circumstances n
number of amendments made by the
senate were verbal others were trivial
and still others We're made necessary to
would have been made by the house if
that body had had the bill under con-
sideration for so long a time as the sem
ate. All such changes as these We're
accepted without exception by the
house conferees. They accepted in most
cases an these alterations by the senate
in order to secure the passage of the bill
in that body.
Senator Jones of Nevada. holding. as
he did. practically the balance of power.
both in the senate and committee. was
enabled to secure many concessions for
western interests in the senate and these
he held without exception in the con-
a degree of protection for beet sugar
greater than was given either in the sem
ate or the house bill
A NEW SCHEDULE.
The bill as agreed upon will. when made
public. present an entirely new schedule
At least in the main item of duty on raw
and refined sugar-the IUDrr1 presented
since the bill emerged from the recesscs
of the ways and means committee.
When the announcements of an agree
ment was first made the indications were
that the senate had SURRENDERED every
thing in the sugar schedule to the
facts could see how it could be other
wise when il was known that the house
differential of one-eighth of a cent had
been accepted and the senate provision
for throwing off one-tenth of cent in
low grade sugars receded from.
You VIII discover, said Senator Aid
rich in discussing the matter among his
colleagues. that the senate saves some
thing after all and that it is not a COM
plete surrender on our part
SUGAR.
The wording of the sugar paragraph
was as follows and shows that he was
right:
Sugars not above No 16. Dutch stand
ard in color. tank bottoms. syT-ups of cane
juice. melada. concentrated meada con-
crete and concentrated molasSss testing
by the Dolariscope not above 10 degrees
s5-l00 OF cent per pound, and for every
additional degree shown by the polari- /
scope test, 31e-100 of l cent per pound ad-
ditional, and fractions of a degree in pro |
standard in color. and on all sugar which
has gone through a process of refining |
l2o cent per pound additional"
1t VIII be observed that the modsfica- |
ton of the sugar schedule still leaves the
rate on pure sugar testing 100 degrees 1 95 I
cents per pound. which was the senate
rate. The dinsrential on refined sugar is (
however. "a of cent Der pound. while /
the senate differential was Is. The house ]
also secured the elimination of the LILO
of a cent reduction allowed on Jaggorv /
and other low grade re hi
81 by the Dolariscope. II is claimed that (!
the increase on the high grades of sugar /
which will result from the increase of the !
poiarlScope graduation advance will add ,
materially to the protection to the beet /
sugar industry II is estimated that the 1
changes in the sugar schedule Will raise /
WOOL
Following are among the more import
ant changes made in other schedules:
Hides. % per cent ad yalorem in place /
of the 20 per cent fixed by the senate The |
house of representatives made a strong |
fight TO have hides restored to the free !
list but they We're compelled TO submit |
10 the untiring demand of the senate.
Wool as heretofore sent out: First !
class. IL cents per pound; second class. u /
cents per pound: third class ( cents on /
that below u cents per pound in value !
ard cents on that above y cents i'm 1
value These rates on third class woods I
were the result of an agreement between /
the wool growers and the carpet manu- |
facturers-
Lead ore. III cents per pound.
b Pig lead. % cents. the senate rate.
Iron ore as fixed by the senate
Coal. bituminous, 81 cents per ton.
Tobacco, 81. 20 per ton on imported |
wrappers. This is the senate rate 1t is
also understood that the action of the /
senate. striking out the internal revenue
provisions on tobacco and leaving the /
existing law in force. was accepted by I
the conferees.
Cyanide of potassium 1212 per cent. This
is the senate rate, the house rate being
% per cent. The reduction was demanded.l
by the gold miners of the west, cyanide
being largely used in the reduction of I
auriferous ores.
The senate rate on borax was also sus-
tained.
The senate rates on all fruits were re-
tanned, including cent per pound on or
anges. lemons, lines, etc.
On walnuts, the house rate of cents