Omaha daily bee., 1897-07-20
THROUGH THE CONFERENCE STAGE.
Tariff BILL Considered and Approved
by the COmmfttee

by the Committee.
WASHINGTON, July 19.-The tariff bill
was pushed through the, conference stage
today after two hours discussion before the
full conference ommittee-democrats and
republicans-held in the senate finance COM
mittee room this morning. At the outset
the democratic conferees asked until Thurs
day morning to go over the report, saying
this course was preferable to going over it
with the republicans. To test this question
Mr.. Vest, democrat, of Missouri, moved an
adjournment until tomorrow, which was
defeated by strict party vote. The demo-
cratic conferees then offered amendments
to the report, but were met with the state
ment that it would merely consume time
to urge amendments, as they would be re-
jected. Representa- tives Wheeler democrat,
of Alabama offered amendments placing
cotton ties on the free list, also substitute
proposition for rebates on these articles.
These and other amendments were with
drawn, however, as there were no prospects
Of favorable action on them Shortly before
noon Mr.. Dirgley moved that the report be
submitted to the two houses. This prevailed
by party vote and the meeting adjourned
There was little clash during the discussion
and the democratic members of the con-
terence contented themselves with protest
against the report and the manner of agree
ing to it. The principal schedules, as
amended in conference, are as follows:
Sugar schedule:
The house differentia between raw and
| refined sugars and the general features of
the house schedule are preserved and the
senate amendments increasing the differen-
a to f oneb and ID S 6S 5Sr raw Fesu sus
ars not above 81 degrees, which would have
given duty of 1.29 on IS degree sugar and
adopted In Difference to the wishes of those
| interested In beet sugar production, that the
Retained as an eee
| to this industry, the duty an raw sugars is
| increased .0I5 cents, so as to make the IN
crease on them the same as the increase on on
refined sugar and thus leave the dfferential
| between raw sugar and refined the same as
| in the house bill And to meet the objection
which has been urged that the house rates
| on low grade raw sugar show a higher ad
| valorem than those on the higher grades
| the duty on % degree sugar is reduced 80 OF
one cent and then the duty per degree In
creased regularly from, .03 (as proposed IN
| house bilD to .035 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 m raised ais from 70 11 s5i Sas
and the duty on refined sugar is raised from
| / sly (as proposed originally by the house,
of .i25 between raw and refined sugar al
| this point, as was originally given by inc
house AS this arrangementa q m 1 VIII m neseast 1
| time give additional announcement to tht
production of sugar IN this country
| thought to be q desirable consummation.
The paragraph in relation to sugar in full
follows:
Sugars, not above No.. 16 Dutch STANDARD
in color, tank bottoms, syrups of cane juice
concentrated molasses testing. by the polar
| iscope not above 70 degreesd $500 cents pei
pound and for every addiAiensl nl dc degree show, wv,
pound additional and fractions of a degree
In proportion; and on sugar, above No i
| which has gone throughna process of rein
ing, l cent and ninety-fiye jhundredths of
cent per pound; molasses testing about =
nd moi al IN
cents per gallon; sugar araifings and suga
lasses or sugar as the case may be. accord
ing to polariscopic tesih Ifroyided tina
nothing herein contained shall be so con
impair affect the proyisions. of the treat
Of commercial reciprocity eoheiuded betweel
Hawaiian Islands on january 80, 1875, or tn
provisions of any act of congress hereto
fore passed for the execution of the same.
The conference restored the house rate o
20 per cent on sugar cane Saccharine
made S1.50 per pound and 10 per cent g.
valo!em. The confectionery paragraph
changed to read as follows:
Sugar candy and all confectionery not spe
cents per pound or less, and on sugars afte
being refined when tinctured colored or II
in Seg Cent ad yaoTe Sad at thai
Is cents per pound, 50 per cent ad yalorem
The weight and value of the immediate coy
or other covering shall be included in tn
dutiable weight and the value OF the mer
chandise
Lead ole remains at 1H cents per pound
lead bullion and pig lead 212 cents per pounS
The statement of the republican eonferet
made the following explanation OF the effee
Of the changes agreed upon by the con
ferees In the schedules other than the suga
schedule:
Metals and Manufactures Of-The redaC
| uons OF duties on some forms OF iron an