The Red Cloud chief., 1897-05-07
THE TARIFF CHANGES
DlNCLEY'S BILL is VERY
MUCH ALTERED.
Duties on Tea. Hides and CoaI-Dut'cs on
Deer ard Lead Orss-Extrn Duties
Against Foreign Bountics Changes In
Wool Schedules.


secured . clear majority Of tho SOM
mittec last night, Mr.. Jones Of Nevada
declaring that he would support the
measure, and under the agreement
with the Democrats Mr.. Aldrich pre-.
sented the bill TO the Senate to-day
and gave notice that IL would be called
up on Tuesday. May IS. The time for
tho bill to take effect Is madc July ],
1897, instead of April J, as provided in
the House, and the words in the first
paragraph 'or withdrawn for con-
sumption" are stricken out.
SUGAR DUTIES-A TAX ON TEA.
Under the sugar schedule. unrefined
sugars OF all kinds under 81 degrees
polariscope test will be required to
pay q duty Of 75-t0O Of a cent per
pound; on sugars between 81 and SO
degrees, 7o-i00 Of a cent per pound.
and 2-ioo Of a cent per pound extra
will be imposed on unrcfned sugars
above So degrees polariscopc. On re-
lined sugars the duty will be !. l6 cents
per pound. On nil there will also be a
duty Of IS per cent ad valorem. Mo.
iasses will pay from 4 to 8 cents per
gallon. es
Machinery purchased abroad, inn
ported and erected in any beet sugar
factory and actually used in the pro-
d~uction Of sugar in the United States
from bcets produced therein, within
two years from July 1, 1897, will be
admitted free Of duty under such reg.
~ulations Us the Secretary OF the Treas.
ury may prescribe.
Maple sugar and maple syrup will
pay 4 cents per round; glucose or grape
sugar ~ cents per pound; sugar zane
n its natural state or unmanufactured
20 per cent ad valorem; saccharine, 81
per pound and 10 per cent ad valorcm;
sugar candy and all confectionery val.
ued at Is cents per pound or less, 4
cents per pound and Is per cent ad
valorem.
A duty Is levied on tea ut the rate Of
10 cents per pound until January 1,
1900. After 1900 it is to be admitted
free of duty.
DUTIES ON HIDES AND COAL.
The following Is tho provision in re.
sard to hides, which arc transferred
from the free list: "Hidcs of cattle,
raw or uncured, whether dry, sailed
or picked, ~ cents per pound, pro-
vided that upon all leather exported
made from imported hides there shall
be allowed q drawback equal to the
amount Of duty paid on such hides"
The word bituminous 10 stricken out
OF h coa schedule and all coal made
dutisble 1t rs cents per ton with IL
proviso added that the duty on coal
and shale shall be 90 cents per ton
and on coal slack or culm IS cents per
ton, when imported from my country,
colony or dependency that does not
impose upon conl, or coal slack or culm
q higher rate OF duty than those
named in this proviso.
BEER TO PAY MORE TAX.
The internal revenue duty on beer
IS changed by changing section $3.50 OF
the revised statutes to rcnd as follows:
Until January !, 1900, there shall be
paid On all beer, lager beer, ale, por-
ter and other similar fermented IL
quors, brewed or manufactured and
sold or removed for consumption or
sale within the United States by what
ever name such liquors may be called,
a tax Of S1.4% for every barrel contain
ing net more than 81 gallons; and
after January 1, 1900, there shall be
paid . tax Of 81 per barrel on every
barrel Of such beer, lager beer, ale,
porter sud other similar fermented
liquors the present rate Is ST."
The retroactive clause of the Ding
ley tariff bill Is stricken from the SEN
ate bill.
DUTIES AGAINST BOUNTIES.
The entire House provision relating
TO reciprocity has been stricken out
and the following section substituted:
That whenever any country, depen-
dency or colony shall pay or bestow,
directly o Indirectly, any bounty or
grant upon the expectation Of any
article or merchandise from such coun-
try, dependency o. colony, and such
article or merchandise Is dutiablc un-
der the provisions of this ;',t, then
upon the importation Of any such
States, whether the same shall be i'm
ported directly from the country of
production or otherwise and whether
such article or merchandise is import.
cd In the same condition as when
exported from the country of pro-
duction or has been changed in
condition by manufacture or 9th
erwise, there shall be levied
and paid in all such cases, in addition
to the duties otherwise imposed by
this act, an additional duty equal To
the net moun Of such bounty or
grant, however the same be paid or
bestowed. The net amount OF all such
bountics or grants shall be from time
to time ascertained, determined and
declared by the secretary Of the treas
ury, who shall make oil needful regu-
lations for the Identification Of such
articles and merchandise and for the
assessment and collection Of such ad'
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