The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-05-11
H TARIFF / L

With the Republicans of the Finance
Committee--The eading Changes
Made by Senate Committee.
WASHINGTON, May 1.-The tariff bill
was reported to the Senate TO day to
the surprise of Senators and the pub
lie. When the Senate Finance Com.
met to-day the idea prevailed
that the bill would be held in commit
tee for two days. All the members of
the committee were present. The
Democrats examined the bill for nearly
hour, making comments upon it.
They announced that they were against
the bill as q whole. They soon under
stood that Senator Jones, Of Nevada, was
going to vote with the Republicans and
realized that there was no possibility
of changing the measure. They had
no DEERE to make any factious opposi
ton, and when a motion was made by
the Republicans to report the bill at
once, the vote was promptly taken. ALI
the Republicans with Senator Jones, of
Nevada, voted for the motion and all
the Democrats voted against it., the
vote stood 6 to 5.
The Republican members Of the com
mittee cay there is no state ment to be
made now as to the effect of the bill,
the amount of revenue to be raised by
it, or the reductions. When the bill is
taken up in the Senate Senator Aldrich
will make such a statement in the
opening speech.
ut will raise enough" was the com
ment OF Senator Allison, assented to by
Senator Aldrich. They estimated, how
ever, that the increased revenue to be
raised from beer would be $13, 600, 600
and from tea $40, 600, coo.
Senator Jones, of Arkansas, said he
thought there would be about six weeks
debate on the bill.
Several sections of the last part of
the Dingley bill. which re enacted the
present law are stricken out. This will
have the effect of leaving the present
law standing and avoid discussion to a
great extent.
The comments on the bill are, of
course, partisan Some features are
very much disliked by even Republi
cans, but upon the whole the Republi,
cans commend and the Democrats on
denim it, though members of the com
mittee say that the sub committee has
in many particulars, improved upon
the Dingley bill. The new bill ia rad
ically different from the Dingley bill,
practically amounting almost to an
other measure. Many important SEIZED.
ules yer rewritten entirely.
In reporting the bill, Senator AldrIch
gave notice that it would be called up
on Tuesday, the 18Th instant.
The time for the bill to take effect is
made July 1, 1897, instead of May LIST,
as provided in the House. and the
words in the first paragraph "or with
drawn for consumption" are stricken
out.
H SUGAR SCHEDULE.
The sugar schedule is as follows:
Sugars not above No. Is Dutch stand
ard IN color, tank bottoms, syrups of
cane juice and beet juice, melada, con
centrated melada, concrete and con,
centrated molesses testing by the polar
scope above 81 and not above So de
grees, seventy-nine hUrdredths of a
cent per pound, and for every add
tional degree shown by the ~polarsccpe
test two hundred5hs of one cent per
pound, and fractions of a degree in
proportion. Sugar above No. 16 Dutch
standard in color and sugar that has
gone through a process of refining one
and sixteen-hUndredths of one cent per
pound; and in addition thereto, on all
the foregoing IS per cent. Sugars not
above No. 16 Dutch standard in color,
tank bottoms, syrups of CAM juice and
beet juice, melada, concentrated Rela-
da, concrete and concentrated moIas-
ses, testing by the ~polarscope not more
than 81 degrees, rs per cent. Moiasses
above 40 and no more than IS
degrees, 4 cents per gallon; testing &c
degrees and not above 20 degrees 8
cents per gallon. Machinery for the
manufacture of beet sugar admitted
free. Sugar cane in it's natural state
or unmanutectured, 10 per cent, sac
charine, 81 per pound and 10 per cent.
Hides are transferred from the free
list and the tax on beer increased to
A per barrel until January 1st, 1900,
when it is to be 81.
RECIPROCITY.
The retroactive clause Of the Dingley
tariff bill is stricken from the Senate
bill. The entire House provision relat-