The record-union., 1897-07-20

or sugar, as the case may be, according
to the polariscopic test.
Provided that nothing herein con-
tained shall be SO construed as to alb
rogate or in any manner impair or af-
feet the provisions of the treaty of
commercial reciprocity concluded be-
tween the United States and the King
of the Hawaiian Islands on January
80 1870, or the provisions of any Act
of Congress heretofore passed for the
execution of the same"
The conference restored the House
rate of 20 per cent. on sugar cane. Sac
charine is made 81 30 per pound. and
10 per cent. ad valorem
The confectionery paragraph is
changed to read as follows: Sugar
candy and all confectionery not espe-
cially provided for in this Act, valued
at 10 cents per pound or less. and on
sugars after being refined when tine
tured, colored or in any way made
adulterated, 4 cents pound and 10
per cent. ad valorem; valued at more
than 10 cents per pound, 30 per cent.
ad valorem. The weight and value of
the immediate coverings, other than
the outer packing case or other cover
ing, shall be included in the dutiable
weight and the value of the merchan-
disc"
The statement of the Republican con-
ferrees made the following explanation
of the changes agreed upon by the con-
ferrees in the several schedules:
Metals and manufactures of-The re-
ductions of duties on some forms of
irnr
are accepted in part as proposed, and
several new para graphs 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
five-tenths of one cent.
Tin plates are placed at the rate of
duty provided in the bill as it passed
the House.
Structural iron is reduced to one
tenth of one cent
The Senate amendment (270) on
pocket-knives, which is substantially
the same as the paragraph passed by
the House, is agreed to and a compro-
mise rate is adopted on guns.
The House agrees to Senate amend
ment (3l6) increasing the duty on lead
ore to 112 and on pig lead to 21s cents.
Nickel ore and nickel matte are left
on the free list as provided by the
House.
Chemical schedule - Amendments
Nos. IL and 43 restore argols and chi
Gle to the dutiable list at the rates pro-
vided by the House.
Amendment II places bleaching pow
he A11+ +ioh IYS+
one-fifth Of a cent per pound, as pro-
vided by the Senate
Amendment 104 increases the duty on
soda ash from One-fourth of a cent. as
provided by the House bill, to three
eighths of a cent, as provided by the
Senate
Amendment No. % reduced the duty
on cyanide of potassia to 1919 per cent.
ad valorem. as provided by the Senate
No. 10S restores crude sulphur to the
free list.
No. 110 leaves tonka beans and van
lila beans on the free list
Nos. 3 and IA raise the duty on bo-
rates as provided by the Senate
The several amendments on lead
paint adjust the rates to the increased
duty on lead. The other amendments
in the chemical schedule concur with
the Senate in slight reductions of rates
on many chemicals and other articles
including linseed olive oils and coal
tar dyes, and an increase of the rates
on camphor and ground drugs.
Earths earthenware and glassware
Crockeryware is restored to the duties
provided by the bill as it passed the
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ties of the Act of 1890
Glassware is left in the main at the
rate provided by the House bill, the re-
ductions being in paragraphs relating
to bottles, nodded and pressed glass
ware and cylinder and crown glass.
Cement GIG and I'D is left at the
duty provided by the House
The duty of 81 per ton on gypsum rock
(No. 11S). proposed by the Senate, is re-
duced to 80 cents. and the duty on
ground and calcined plaster raised to
81 % per ton.
China clay (No 12O is left at 50 per
ton, as provided by the House
The duty on .fuller's earth Q32) is
slightly increased, but left at a lower
rate than proposed by the Senate.
Marble 900 is placed at the in
creased rates proposed by the Senate.
Agricultural products-A compromise
between the House and Senate rates
in cattle Gid is agreed to.
In general the duties proposed on ag-
ricultural products are the same as
those in the Act Of 1890.
Oranges and lemons are raised from
the House rate of three quarters of a
cent per pound to the Senate rate of
one cent.
Cotton and cotton goods-The duty of
20 per cent. on imported cotton, as pro-
vided by the Senate, is not agreed to,
for the reason that the only cotton i'm
ported is Egyptian cotton, which is
quality not produced here. The cotton
schedule, as a whole, remains substan-
TALLY the same as in the bill passed
by the House.
Flax. hemp and jute manufactures
The Senate changes in flax and hemp
are adopted Compromise rates on
manufactures of jute, fax, etc, are
agreed to- the object being to develop
the industry in this country.
The Senate amendments, to place
burlaps, bags, cotton bagging and
straw mattings on the free list, are dis
agreed to, and these manufactures
placed on the dutiable list at reduced
rates.