Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-05-13
CHANGES IN TARIFF.
DINGLEY MEASURE HAS BEEN
REMODELED.
The Senate Committee Brings In
Report Showing Many Notifications
In the House Bill-Wil1 Not Be
Retroactive.
Measure a. Amended.

Committee on Finance Tuesday, is very
different measure from that which passed
the House, and the members of the COM
mittee intend to make still further amend
ments as soon as they have time to pre-
pare them. Among these will be broad
reciprocity clause as a substitute for that
which appears in the House bill. The
duty on tea and the additional tax on beer
are intended to be temporary, and for the
purpose of raising revenue.
Senator Aldrich presented the bill to the
Senate. The time for the bill to take eff
feet is made July 1, 1897, instead of May
l, as provided in the House. The sugar
schedule is wholly rewritten in the inter-
est of the trust The word bituminous is
stricken out and ali coal made dutiable at
IS cents per ton, with a proviso added
that the duty on coal and shale shall be 80
cents per ton, and on coal slack, or culma,
Is cents per ton. when imported from any
country, colony OF dependency that does
not impose upon coal or coal slack or cul-
ma higher rates of duty than those named
In this proviso.
The Senate has increased the internal
revenue duty ON beer by changing section
1889 of the revised statutes to read as fol-
lows:
Until Jan. 1, 1900, there shall be paid ON
all beer, lager beer, ale, porter, and other
similar fermented liquors, brewed or manu-
featured and sold or removed for consump-
ton or sale within the United States, by
whatever name such liquors may be called,
q tax of $1.44 for every barrel containing
not more than 81 gallons; and after Jan. 1,
1900, there shall be paid tax of 81 per BAR
rel on every barrel of such beer lager beer,
ale, porter, and other similar fermented liq-
uors.
The present rate is 81.
The retroactive clause of the Dingley
tariff bill is stricken from the Senate bill.
The entire House provision relating to re-
ciprocity has been stricken out and the
following section substituted:
That whenever any country, dependency
or colony shall pay or bestow, directly or In
directly, any bounty or grant upon the ex-
portation of any article or merchandise
from such country, dependency, or colony,
and such article or merchandise Is dutiable
the importation of any such article or mer-
chandise into the United States, whether
the same shall be imported directly from
the country Of production or otherwise, and
whether such article or merchandise Is i'm
ported in the same condition as when eX-
ported from the country Of production. or
has been changed in condition by manufac-
ture or otherwise, there shall be levied and
paid in all such cases, in addition to the
duties otherwise imposed by this act, an ad-
ditional duty equal to the net amount OF
such bounty or grant, however the same be
paid or bestowed.
The net amount of all such bounties or
grants shall be from time to time ascertain
ed, determined. and declared by the Secre-
tary of the Treasury, who shall make all
needful regulations for the identification of
such articles and merchandise, and for the
assessment and collection of such addi-
tlOnal duties.
The House provision in the tariff bill
keeping in force the Hawaiian reciprocity
treaty is stricken out, the effect being in
directly to abrogate the treaty and impose
the same duty ON Hawaiian sugars as is
imposed on sugars from other countries.
The provision in the House bill ON dis
titled wines is stricken out and the follow
ing substituted:
Still wines, including ginger wine or GIN
ger cordial and yermuth, in casks or pack
ages, other than bottles or jugs, If contain
ing IA per cent. or less, of absolute alcohol,
30 cents per gallon; If containing more than
IA per cent. Of absolute alcohol, so cents per
gallon. In bottles or jugs. per case Of one
dozen bottles, or jugs, containing each not
more than one quart, and more than one
pint, or "a bottles or jugs containing each
not more than one pint, 81 per case; and
such bottles or jugs shall be subject to a
duty Of & cents per pint or fractional part
thereof, but no separate or additional duty
shall be assessed on the bottles or jugs; pro-
vided, that any wines, ginger cordial, or
vermuth imported containing more than "a
per cent. of alcohol shall be classed as spir-
Its, and pay duty accordingly: And pro-
vided further. that there shall be no con-
structive or other allowance for breakage,
leakage, or damage on wines, liquors, cor
dials, or distilled spirits. Wines, cordials,
Ing bitters Of all kinds and bay rum, or bay
water, imported in bottles or jugs, shall be
packed in packages containing not less than
one dozen bottles or jugs In each package,
or duty shall be paid as If such package
contained at least one dozen bottles or jugs;
and all such bottles or jugs shall. unless
otherwise specially provided for in this act,
pay an additional duty Of cents for each
bottle or jug. The percentage of alcohol in
wines and fruit juices shall be determined
in such manner as the Secretary Of the
Treasury shall by regulation prescribe.
Lumber and Wool Changes.
The lumber schedule is changed by add
ing after the word timber the words
"Hewn, sided, or squared and round tiaaas-
Der Der, and the duty fixed at the rate Of
cent per cubic foot as in the House bill.
The rate Of 81 per ton on all sawed
boards, ETC., is retained, but when planed
on one side, the additional rate is made 35
instead of SO cents per 1000 feet board
W ucn IOASuCo, 0aAu
grooved the additional rate is made 20
cents per 1000 feet board measure instead
of 81; if planned on two sides and tongued
and grooved $1.O5 per 1000 instead Of
$3.50.
The House proviso for an additional
duty of % per cent ad valorem upon lum-
Der imported from any foreign country
which imposes an export duty is changed
so as to add the amount of the export duty
instead of any fixed sum.
Many and important changes were
made in the wool and wooden schedule.
First-class woods were reduced from II
cents per pound, as provided in the House
bill. to 8 cents per pound, and second-class
woods from II to 8 cents, whereas the
duties on woods of the third class were
raised.
The dividing line in this latter class was
placed at 10 cents value, woods under that
value being made dutiable at the rate of
4 cents per pound instead of 80 per cent
nd yalorem, as in the House bill.
Woods valued at more than 10 cents per
pound were placed at Z cents per pound
instead of so per cent ad yalorem.
The wool growers failed to secure all
the changes they desired in classification,
but It is understood that the rates fixed