The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-07-19
THE TARIFF JUGGLE
Reported to the House Be-
fore the Democratic
Conferees Gould
Read 1t.
BAILEy's BITTER THRUST
The Surrender to the Sugar Trust
Thrown Up in Dingley's
Face in Debate
BAILEy's BITTER THRUST

ence Committee called IN the Deniocrdle
members at ten o'clock this morning
Ameng the Democrats there was dis
position to allow the Republicans TO have
their way and make the report at once,
so that the debate in the lower branch
of Congress could proceed this afternoon.
Before the full committee met in the
room of the Finance Committee of the
Senate the Republican members held an
hours consultation in the Appropriations
Committee room, at which. as the hnai
act of their labors. they affixed their
signatures TO the conference report.
When the bill was submitted to the
Democrats. the Republicans said they
were ready to report and would report
the bill today. The Democrats We're
given an opportunity to sign the con-
ference report and withdrew for con-
sultation among themselves as to whether
or not they would sign.
The majority also made public state
ment concerning the conference report IN
which il reviewed the changes made VI
sugar the statement says
THE House differential between raw
and refined sugars and the general fea-
lures of the House schedule are presery-
ed, and the Senate amendments increas-
ing the differential to one-fifth and pro-
viding for reduction of one-tenth OF the
duty on raw sugars not above s. degrees,
which would have given a. duty OF lSs
on IS degree sugar and only 1.26 on 81
degree sugar, are not adopted. In
Difference to the wishes of those
interested in beet sugar produc-
ton, that the Senate rate of
So on refined sugar might be retained as
an increased encouragement 10 this in
dustry the duty on raw sugars is in
creased seven and one-half hundredths so
as to make the increase on them the
same as the increase on refined sugar
and thus leave the differential between
raw sugar and refined thessame as in the
House bill. And to meet the objection
which has been urged that the House
rates on low grade rasw sugar show a
higher advalorem than those on the high
er grades the duty on 70 degrees sugar is
reduced five-hundredths of one cent, and
then the duty per degree increased regu-
larly from three-hundredths tas proposed
in House bilD to three and a half hun
dredths in order to raise the duty on raw
sugars the same as on refined.
By this agreement the duty on raw
sugars of 100 degrees purity is raised from
10 IDS pfOpOSeQ Ol lS2ltd1lt ny LIE 41OuoCt
to 1922, and the duty. on refined sugar
is raised from Ls751 (as proposed origin
ally by the House, 10 1.95, thus giving the
same differential of twelve and a half
hundredths between raw and refined
sugar at this point as was originally
given by the House.
AS this arrangement will increase the
revenue over two millions of dollars and
OF fha oiE cd on
couragement to the production of sugar
in this country it is thought to be de-
sirable contamination.
The statement made the following ex-
PLANTATION of the changes made in the
ether schedules of the bill:-
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS.
A compromise between the House and
the Senate rates on cattle is agreed to.
In general, the. duties proposed on agri-
cultural products @ are the same as those
Oranges and lemons are raised from
the House rate of three-fourths of one
cent per pound to the Senate rate of one
Fish are placed at rates a little higher
than those which were provided by the
sPIRITs, WINES, ETC.
The Senate rates on spirits. wines. etc.,
COTTON AND COTTON GOODS.
The duty of 20 per cent. on imported
cotton, as proposed by the Senate, is not
cotton imported is Egyptian cotton, which
is quality between our uplands and sea
island, and not produced here
The cotton schedule as a whole remains
substantially the same as in the bill as
it passed the House. The changes are
mainly in the high grades of cotton un-
derwear. with some notifications OF
flax, HEMP AND JUTE AND MAN
UFACTURES.
The Senate changes in fax and hemp
are adopted. COMPROMISE rates on
manufactures of jute, flax. ETC., are
agreed to, the object being to develop
the industry in this country
The Senate amendments to place bur-
laps, bags. cotton bagging and straw
mattings on the free list are disagreed
to- and these manufactures placed on
the duttable list at reduced rates.
The House rates on wool of II cents on
class one and u cents on class two are
adopted, and the Senate specifies rates
on carpet wools agreed to with a modifi-
cation raising the dividing line so as to
place duty of four cents per pound on
such woods valued at twelve cents and
than twelve cents. The duties on manu-
factures of wool are placed at SUBJ
statially the same rates as In the act of
1890.
The duties on silks remain at substan-
TALLY. the same rates as provided by the
House.
The duties on wood pulp for paper and
on paper are converted into specific form
santaly noJse the ppaaed for aa an aa
tional duty as against any country tnat
imposes an export duty on pulp or woods.
The duties on manufactures or paper are
substantially as they passed the House.
2SUNDRIES
This schedule remains substantially as
1t passed the House
Goal however is reduced to 81 cents