The times., 1897-07-20
THE TRUSTS TARIFF BILL
Continued from First rage.

from tea 10 twenty pounds in each balls.
owing 10 the habit or taking out samples
and in the legitimate process OF drying.
BY pa ying the duty on the weight when
1T is entered experts say the Government
viii be the gamer in revenue on leaf
tobacco at least half million of do;-
lars annually, CT a sum suffidentto make
good the loss III revenue by reducing the
duty from 50 to $1.s5 pound
or course. as everybody expected. boraN
remains Where NT. Jones placed it-at tie
cxortitant rate OF cents a pound. The
effort TO give a foreign firm an absolute
monopoly by putting its coal-tar color on
the free list and keeping all the others
on the dutiable, failed utterly. The rank
injustice done by the Senate 10 the lithog
raphers failed, Tor the evil was corrected
In conference The fight over diamonds
resulted in the acceptance of the Senate
rate which means the highest revenue
producing capacity for those articles. The
bitterness of the shoe manufacturers over
the placing OF a duty on hides was soft
ened somewhat by the drawback provision
which was added in conference.
The Flax schedule is not properly pro-
puTtion.d The advances made I'm the
Senate at the request of Senators Davis
and Pettigrew on raw flax We're sustained,
but corresponding advances on threads
from this flax were not sustained in con-
ference. The advance made in yarns In
the Senate bill was not sustained, whereas
tie duty on linen piece goods was in
creased largely. This is a seeming in
consistency that should have been cor
rected, and which the manufacturers and
Importers OF flax fabrics were assured
would be corrected.
In the silk schedule there was an in
justice done the manufacturers of ruff
filings ana ruchings and other products OF
light silks, weighing from one-third to
one and a half ounces to the square yard
1t was not corrected in conference. as
numerous manufacturers of such goods
in New York were given tO understand
10y Mr. Plat of New York and members
of the conference it would be. A S the bill
was agreed to in conference these fab
RIGS will be subject TO a duty OF from 100
20 200 per cent, whereas the article made
therefrom pays a duty of not more than
60 pe- ceIt This injustice, it is claimed.
viii lead TO the closing of upwards of
sixty concerns ia New York city alone
President Sharrets, of tie board of gen.
eral appraisers New York, discussing the
bill last night, said: The bill in the main
IL an excellent one. There are some exeep-
tions which were no doubt made Necessary
by the opportunities Of interested Senators
whose aid was essential in order to secure
the early passage Of the bill Almost all
of the Objectionable features, from an
administrative point of view, have been
eliminated. The revenue from the sugar
schedule Willie greater than it would have
been under either the House or Senate
schedule"
In laying the conference report before
the House Nj Dingley submitted sue
cinct and concise statement. showing, in
brief. wnat changes had been made Ia
conference In the disagreeing items As
stated by the chairman OF the committee
these changes are shown to be as follows:
Chemical Schedule le.-Aniendmen, Nos
II ana 5 res.ore argOlS ana chiCle to the
autlahIe llst, at the rates provided by the
House.
Amendmeut 2 places bleaching powd
on the dutiable list, at the rate of one-fifth
Senate
Amendment 1O4 increases the duty on
soda ash from One-fourth OF l cent, as
provided by the House hill, 10 three
elgbshs OF cent, as provided by the Sen
ate amendment.
No 81 REDUCES the duty on cyanide of
potassium u 2 l-2 per cent az valorem,
as provided by the Senate.
No, los res.ores crude sulphur TO the
free list
No. 10 leaves tonka beans and vanilla
beans on the free list.
Noe. and 4 raise the duties on the
bordtes, as provided by the Senate.
The several amendments on lead paints
adJGst the rates 10 the increased duty on
lead The other amendments IN the chem
ical schedule concur with the Senate in
Gals and other articles. including linseed,
olive oil and cOal-tar dyes, and an increase
OF The rates on camphor and ground drugs.
Earths. EaTtheuware and Glassware .
CTOCkeTyware s restored TO the duties
provided by the bill it left the House
which are substantially the duties Of the
act OF $50.
Glassware is left, in the main. at the
rates provided by the House bill the re-
auctions being in paragraphs relating 20
bottles. nodded and pressed glassware,
and cylinder and crown glass.
Cement tll6 and 1171 is left at the duty
provided by the House Instead OF having tn G
duty increased as proposed by the Senate.
The duty or 81 per ten on gypsum Tocl
NO 1lSD- proposed by the Senate, is Te
duced 10 90 cents, and the duty on ground
ton.
China cay(No. 127)is left 1T 81 per toi
as provided by the House.
The duty on fuller's earth I34) is
slightly increased. but left at lower rat,
than proposed by the Senate.
Marble aS0D is placed at the increased
rates proposed by the Senate.
Metals, and Manufactures Of-The re
ducilOns or duties on some forms of iTor
and steel proposed by the Senate are ac
cepted In part a proposed, and several new
paragraphs are introduced not heretofore
specifically provided for
Cotton ties, which were placed on the
free list by the Senate, are restored TO the
QHtlaDle list at Il reduced duty of five
tenthS OF l cent.
Tin plates are placed at the rate of duty
provided IN the bill as it passed the House
Structural iron is reduced one-tenth ol
cent.
The Senate amendment (27OD on pocket
kmEes, which Is substantially the same
aS The paragraph passed by the House is
agreed TO, and compromise rates adopted
on guns
The House agrees to Senate amendment
3l6 Increasing the duty on Il ad ore to 1 .
cents, and the duty on pig lead (32I) Is
placed at . is cents
Nickel ore and nickel matte are left or
Tie Tree list, as provided by the House
Wood and Manufactures OF Wood-Al
sawed lumber except sawed timber exceed
ing eight Inches square, is left at the rate
OF 81 per thousand, as provided bv I'M
House. Planed lumber is also placed a
the House rates.
Sugar and MoIasses-The House differ
ehtlal bet Heen raw and refined sugars an,
the general features Of the House sched
ole are preserved, and the Senate amend
nents increasing the differential 10 one
nun and providing for a reduction of one
- Oh u oi Tue uuJy on raw sugars not abovt
- degrees, Which would have given a fnt,
OF 13S on SS-degTee sugar and only / 81
on oa-uegree sugar. are not adoprad IN
ueIefelce 10 The wishes Of those iute raste,
ra.oS 49, s1EaI production, that the Senat
ieIe OF 1 80 on refined sugar might he 70
taihed as an increased encoura cement !,
tnIs INDUSTRY, the duty on raw suparS 4
u thciedseu seven and one-half hundTefths