The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1897-07-30
THE NEW TARIFF.
Synopsis Of Bill as Agreed Upon
in Conference.
Changes In the Various scheduIex
Made by the Committee and
Reported to the
House.

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was pushed through the conference
stage yesterday after two hours dis
cussion before the full conference COM
mittee-democrats and republicans.
The democratic conferees offered
amendments to the report, but were
met with the statement that it would
merely consume time to urge amend
ments, as they would be rejected.
| Mr.. Wheeler (dem., Ala.) offered
amendments placing cotton bagging
and cotton ties on the free list; also
substitute proposition for rebates on
these articles. These and other amend
ments were withdrawn, however, as
there was no prospect of favorable ac-
ton on them.
| Revenue Expected.
| AS to the question of revenue to be
raised by the bill, Mr.. Dingley. in his
speech, pointed out the difficulty re-
sulting from the large anticipa tory i'm
portations. The bill next year, he cal
culated, would raise 1927, 100000. $75,-
100000 more than the present law.
Over $40,000O0O had been lost in this
years revenues by the importations of
wool and sugar and other things, the
duty on which was raised in the bill,
SO that he calculated that the bill this
year would raise s5,OOO,OOO.
l. New Sugar Schedule.
| The full text of the sugar schedule as
| finally agreed upon by the house and SEN
ate conferees is as follows:
Sugars not above No. 16 Dutch standard
In color tank bottoms, sirups of cane juice.
melada, concentrated melada, concrete,
and concentrated molasses, testing by the
| polariscope not above Is degrees, .95 per
| pound, and for every additional degree
| shown by the polariscope test OBS of one
| cent per pound additional, and fractions of
| a degree in proportion: and on sugar above
No. 16 Dutch standard in color, and on all
sugar which has gone through process of
| refining, LOS cents per pound; molasses
testing above 40 degrees, and not above Sc
degrees, cents per gallon; testing Sc de-
| grees and above, cents per gallon; sugar
DRAWINGS and sugar sweepings shall he
subject to duty as molasseS or sugar. as
the case may be, according to polariscopic
| test. Provided, that nothing herein con-
| tanned shall be so construed as to abrogate
or in any manner impair or affect the pro-
visions of the treaty of CONNER cial recipro-
| city concluded between the United States
and the king of the Hawaiian islands on
January 30. 1875, or the provisions of any
act of congress heretofore passed for the
| execution of the same"
Duty on Sugar Cane.
The conference restored the house rate of
| 20 per cent. on sugar cane. Saccharine is
made $3.50 per pound and 10 per cent. ad
| valorem.
The confectionery paragraph is changed
| to read as follows:
Sugar candy and all confectionery not
specially provided for in this act,
| valued at Is cents per pound or less,
| and on sugars after being refined when
| tinctured, colored, or in any way adulter-
|
| ad valorem; valued at more than 10 cents
| per pound, so per cent. ad valorem. The
| weight and the value of the immediate COW
| erings, other than the outer packing case
| or other covering, shall be included i'll the
dutiable weight and the value of the mer-
chandise."
The republican conferees also made pub
| lie a statement concerning the conference
| report in which it reviewed the changes
| made. OF sugar the staten ent says:
| 1.-The house differential between raw and
refined sugars and the general features of
the house schedule are preserved, and the
senate amendments increasing the differ
entail to one-fifth and providing for a re-
duction of one-tenth of the duty on raw
sugars not above 81 degrees, whics would
| have given a duty of 1.39 on So degree
sugar and only 1.26 on 81 degree sugar,
are not adopted.
'1n Difference to the wishes of those in
| terested in beet sugar production, that the
! senate rate of 1.95 cents on refined sugar
| might be retained as an increased encour-
| agement to this industry, the duty on raw
| sugars is increased 01a cents, 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 re
| fined the same as in the house bill. And to
| meet the objection which has been urged
| that the house rates on low grade raw
| sugar show a higher ad valorem than those
on the higher grades the duty on IS degree
sugar is reduced .O5 cent and then the duty
per degree increased regularly from .Oa
| cent las proposed in the house bilD to .031E
| cent. in order to raise the duty on raw
| sugars the same as on refined.
| by this arrangement the duty on raw
| sugars Of 100 degrees purity is raised from
LIS cents las proposed originally by the
| house, to 1.S2l2 cents, and the duty on re-
fined sugar is raised from 1.S74s cents (as
| proposed originally by the house, to los
| cents, thus giving the same dIfferential OF
| .12n cent between raw and refined sugar n!
this point as was originally given by the
| house
LAS this arrangement will increase the
revenue over $4,000 600 and at the same
| time give additional encouragement to the
| production of sugar in this country, it Il
thought to be a desirable contamination. -
| Wool.
The changes in the wool schedule made in
conference leave the duties on disputed
Items as follows:
Paragraph 35+The duty on woods of the
first class. which shall be imported washed
shall be twice the amount of the duty tC
which they would be subjected imported
unwashed: and the duty on woods of the
first and second classes which shall be i'm.
ported secured shall be three times the
| duty to which they would be subjected il
| imported unwaShed. The duty on woods
of the third class, If imported in condition
for use in carding or spinning into yarns OF
which shall not contain more than eight pc,
cent. of dirt OF other foreign substance
| shall be three times the duty to which
| they would otherwise be subjected The
| conference restored the house rates on frs
and second class wool.
Paragraph 35S-On woods of the third
class and on camers hair of the third class
| the value whereof shall be II cents or les,
per pound. the duty shall be four cents pc
pound.
Paragraph 35eOn woods of the thirt
class and on cameps hair of the third elias
the value whereof shall exceed II cents De
pound the duty shall be seven cents pc
pound.
Paragraph 362-Shoddy, Is cents pc
pound; on oils. wool extract, yarn waste
| thread waste. and all other wastes com
posed wholly or in part of wool, and no
specially provided for in this act, 20 cent
per pound.
Paragraph 3S5-On yarns made wholly o.
In part of wool valued at not more than 3
cents per pound the duty per pound shall
be 2h times the duty imposed by this &C
on one pound of unwashed wool of the frs
| class; valued at more than 80 cents pe
pound. the duty shall be 31s times the dut,
| imposed by this act on one pound of un
washed wool of the first class; and in addi
| ton thereto, upon. all the foregoing. 10 ne
cent. ad valorem.