New-York tribune., 1897-07-18
TARIFF DEADLOCK BROKEN.


Ca' " 80 70 secure the assent Of the
,,.,rocrat,c members to he reporting OF 'ne oi,'
and TO thus be able to present
Ca-nross at the beginning OF the session
Monday, ,, ..rxe
rh. ,r.mbers Of the conference still preserve
.,. .,r,ctest silence IN regard 10 the c"""e
made II is learned, however from ".
~.,.. .c,,rce that large majority OF the sen
,,rr.rts were accepted This was rem
..,,a necessary by several circumstances
:, .rn.naments made by the Senate were
,.r,.i others were trivial and sun ot"ei
,,.as necessary 70 secur, harmony Oh 'o"s' -
.,.,, ava would have been made by 'he iio"'e
:. ,ha, hoav had had the bill under cohs''e'a
A.. for 90 long a time the senate hau' "
-, .,,.,ros as these were accepted withou'
oros,ion by the House conferrees i''
accented in most cases all the aI'era''o"s
-. .ho Senate in order TO secure the paS""e
~. ,n IN that body. Senator Jones' oi
,o,s,nr as ne did practically the pa'a"0'
,ow.r both I'm the Senate and In committee was
.rab,ed 70 secure many concessions TOT
,n,srest. in the Senate, and TINS ne heio Win
or. e.ception in the conference he even SUI
oosaed in securing a degree OF protec'oh io'
hoo, sugar greater than was given ei'her III '"e
Senate or the House Dill ,,,
The bill agreed upon will, when maze puo"0'
nresent an entirely new sugar scneuu'.'
ieast In the main item OF duty on ra" ai"
an.a susar-the fourth presented since the Dill
emerged from the Ways and Means Co'h'"''''''
PRACTICALLY NEW SUGAR sCHEDoLE' T.
vU,.r the announcement OF an agreement was
crst made to-day the indications were 'na'
,ha senate had surrendered everything IN the
sugar schedule TO the House. NO one not ~.
no.session Of all the facts could see now u couio
he otherwise. when 1t was known 'ha' '"e
House diferential Of one-eighth OF d ce"' ""0
80, accented. and the Senate provision Tor
throwing of one-tenth Of cent on io"-ei"ue
sr,ors raceded from. "You will discover. said
Senator Aldrich in discussing the matter a"o"s
his colleagues. that the Senate saves some
.,,,, aftar ALL and that II is not complete
.,-..,aa- on our rart" The wording or the
,.u narapraoh. which follows. shows that ne
was right: l.,
sugars not above No. 10 Dutch standard IN
.oIo- tank bottoms syrups of cane juice, mela-
40 concentrated melada concrete and concen-
,,ated molasses testing by the polarlscope not
ohove - degrees ninety-ive one-hundreoths oi
o,s cent per pound and for every additionai
Sagree shown by the poariscope test three anu
o,,e.half one-hundredths Of one cent per pouho
additional and fractions of degree In pro-
norton: and on sugar above No 10 Dutch stand
ard IN color and on all sugar which mas gone
through a process of refining. one-hrndreo anu
tventv-fve one-thousandths Of one cent per
pound additional
7, will be observed that the modification OF the
sugar schedule still leaves the rate on pure
sugar testing 100 degrees 100 cents per pouho'
which was the Senate rate. The dinerehtiai oii
refined sugar is, however. one-eighth Oh ce"'
per pound while the Senate dinerenuai was
one-ffth. The House also secures the eii'iiiha
ton of the tenth of a cent reduc'ioh al
lowed on low-grade sugars testing below 81
degrees by the poarisco2e
SOME OF THE OTHER CHANGES.
ro,,owine are among the more important
changes made in other schedules:
Hides IL per cent ad valorem. in place OF the
On ner cent fixed by the Senate. The House rep
resentatives made a strong fight to nave hioes
restored TO the free list, but they were coh'peeu
to submit 10 the demand OF the oenate .ooora
Wool frst-class. IL cents per pound secoho
class ~ cents per pound: third class 4 cents on
that below II cents per pound IN Vaiue' anu
cents on that above II cents IN VaIue; IHese
rates on third-clas wool were the result oi an
aarasment between the wOOl-growers and the
carpet manufacturers. g., o.
Lead ore-11a cents per pound pig lead "a
cents-the Senate rates.
Iron ore as fixed oy the senate
CoaI-Bituminous 81 cents per ton
Tobacco 81 - ner pound on imported wrap
pers. This is the Sonate rate IL Is a.so nu, unur
stood that the action of the Senate III strLkhs
out the internal revenue provisions on Tobacco
and leaving the existing law III iorce ""'
accepted by the House conferrees r,,,u {,
Cyanide of potassium, liz per cent. MS u
the Senate rate the House rate being - cents.
The reduction was demanded by the gola Hiiiels m .h
OF the West. cyanide being largely uSeu III 'is
reduction of auriferous ores
rate -, ..,.oa
as was that soda ash, the rate peihs 'hiee
eighths of cent per pound ,,
The Senate rates all fruits are retained
including one cent per pound on oranges, ieilohs
lines etc on wanuts the House rate Oh %
cents Der pound was restored. the Senate nav
ing lowered this rate to 2l2 cents
White pine lumber was restored to the =. House
classification and the House rate or ~ per
thousand feet instead Of the Senate rate of 81
The reciprocity clause has been transformer
into a modification OF both the senate anu
House schedules-that is, the number or articies
which can be used as a basis Tor reclprocit!
agreements has been increased, but the fresi-
dents discretion as TO rates ana the ratlhca
tion of treaties by the Senate. which was the
main feature OF the Senate provision mas oeeh
rejected. .
One of the biggest victories won by the House
was in the restoration TO the dutiable list OF
burlaps jute and tute baggng. cotton bagging.
gunny sacks floor mating and cotton ties
which the Senate placed on the free list Whlie
restored to the dutiabe list however. the rates
are lower than they have ever been on this class
OF articles ,
Another victory of the House was the elimina-
tion>of the Senate stamp tax on bonds ana STOCKS
II was decided that the machinery of collection
was too cumbersome. Raw cotton is restored
10 the free list originally fixed by the House
The Senate, with the aid OF some OF the Demo
cratic Senator'S. made cotton dutiable at 70 per
cent. - =,
The amendments agreed upon Will go 70 the
printer tomorrow. and the completed Dill VIII
he laid before the Democrats on Monday morn
ing Assurances have already been given by the
Democrats on the conference that there VIII be
no attempt to delay the report wnen .he .u u
coruittee meets But II is possible that the
Democrats may ask more time than the Repub-
lcans now anticipate. The Republicans believe
that the report can be MADE 10 the I1ouse ea' 49,
on Monday afternoon. and, II the present inten-