The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1897-05-12
The Finance Committee Reports
the Measure to the Senate.
Great Changes Are Made from the
House Bili-A synopsis OF some
of the Most Important
Features.

and beet Juice melada, concentrated me
lada, concrete and concentrated molasses
testing by the polariscope not more than
| 81 degrees, IS per cent. ad valorem. Mo-
| lasses, testing above 40 and not more than
| Sc degrees. four cents per gallon; testing
| 56 degrees. and not above 20 degrees. eight
cents per gallon.
Maple sugar and maple strip, four cents
per pound. glucose or grape sugar, III cents
| per pound; sugar cane in its natural state
| of manufacture, ten per cent. ad valorem (:
saccharine, one dollar per pound and ten per
cent. ad valorem. Sugar candy and all
! confectionery valued at is cents per
pound or less, four cents per pound and 10
per cent. ad Valorem.
A duty is levied on tea at the rate OF ten
cents per pound until January l. l9O0 after
1900 it is admitted free OF duty.
The following Is the provision in regard
! to hides, which are transferred from the
free list:
Hides Of cattle. raw or uncured. wheth-
| err dry, sailed or picked, ~ cents per
! pound; provided that upon all leather eX-
ported made from imported hides there
shall be allowed a drawback equal to the
amount Of duty paid on such hides.
In the coal and shale schedule the word
! bituminous Is stricken out. and all coal
made dutiable at 70 cents per ton.
Duty on Beer Increased.
The senate has increased the internal
revenue duty on beer by changing section
1899 Of the revised statutes TO read as fol-
( lows:
Until January l, 1900. there shall be paid
on all beer, lager beer, ale. porter and other
/ similar fermented liquors, brewed or man
! ufactured and sold, or removed for con-
sumption sale within the United States
! by whatever name such liquors may be
! called, a tax of S1.44 for every barrel con-
! tanning not more than 81 gallons. and after
! January !, 1900, there shall be paid a tax
! OF one dollar per barrel on every barrel
Of such beer, lager beer ale. porter and
! other similar fermented liquors. (The pres
! ent rate is one dollar)
Retaliation for Reciprocity.
The entire house provision relating TO
reciprocity has been stricken out and the
! following section substituted:
That whenever any country, dependency
or colony shall pay or bestow, directly or
! indirectly, any bounty or grant upon the
expectation of any article OF merchandise
from such country, dependency or colony,
! and such article or merchandise is duti-
able under the provisions OF this act, then
! upon the importation OF any such article or
merchandise into the United States.
whether the same shall be imported di-
rectly from the country Of production or
otherwise. and whether such article or
| merchandise is imported In the same con-
dition as when exported from the country
Of production or has been changed in condi-
ton by manufacture or otherwise, there
shall be levied and paid in all such cases.
in addition to the duties otherwise i'm
posed by this act, an additional 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 10 time ascer-
tanned, determined and declared by the
secretary 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-
tional duties
Lumber Schedule.
The lumber schedule is changed by add
ing after the word timber the words
"hewn, sided, squared and round timber"
and the duty fixed at the rate OF one cent
per cubic foot, as in the house bill.
The rate of two dollars per ton on all
sawed boards. ETC., is retained, but when
planed on one side the additional rate is
made 50 instead of 80 cents per 1000 feet
board measure, when planed, Iongued and
grocVed, the additional rate is made a.
cents per 1000 feet board measure, instead
of che dollar; if planed on both sides and
tongued and grooved. @i.U0 pet LOO instead
OF Sl6O
WOODEN Schedule.
Many ana important changes were made
by the senate tariff subcommittee in the
wool and wooden schedule as passed by the
house. First-class woods were reduced
from IL cents per pound, as provided in the
house bill, 10 eight cents per pound, anO
second-class woods from IL to nine cents,
whereas the duties on woods of the thru
class were raised. The dividing line In
this latter class was placed at ten cents
value, woods under that value being made
Gutiable at the rate OF four cents per
pound, instead OF 81 per cent al valorem,
as In the house bill. Woods valued at more
than ten cents per pound were placed al
seven cents per pound. instead OF % per
failed TO secure all the changes they de-
sired in classification, but IL is understood
that the rates fixed on the woods them
selves are satisfactory to them.
The duty on oranges, lemons and citrus
fruits is raised from three-quarters TO one
cent per pound, and reduced on prunes,
raisins, pluns and dried grapes from two
and one-half to two cents. Cattle valued
at less than ten dollars head are dutiable
at four dollars n head, and over ten dol
lars at six dollars.
The addition OF hides to the dutiable list,
made necessary various changes in the bill
concerning leather and articles made there
from "A substitute paragraph was prepared
iniegard 10 betting leather, the provisions OF
which are as follows: Band or betting
leather and sole leather, ~ per cent. ad
vGlorem: calf skins, tanned, dressed upper
leather. including patent, enamel etc.
chamois skins and other skins not spe-
clally enumerated, 20 per cent az Valorem:
book binders calf skins. kangaroo, sheep
and goat skins, including lamb and Kid
skins, dressed and finished. 20 per cent. adj
valorem; skins from morocco. tanned but
unfinished. ten per cent ad vaiorem:
pianoforte leather. 20 per cent. ad
valorem; boot and shoes made leather.
% per cent ad valOrem provided thal
leather cut into shoe uppers vamps shall
be classified as manufactures OF leather
and pay duty accordingly.
Agricultural Products.
The rate cattle importations IS
changed SO a s to provide for duty of four
dollars per head on cattle not valued at
more than ten dollars, and six dollars per
head where the value is greater. The house
bill made uniform rate of six dollars
The rates on rice were generally reduced
putting cleaned rice at lk cents per
pound instead OF two cents; uncleaned
rice at eight-tenths OF a cent instead OF
IL cents; rice flour. one-fourth instead O
one-half cent per pound.
Beans are reduced from so to 40 cents per
bushel; hay from four dollars to $3.50 per
ton: hops from 10 TO IL cents per pound
dried peas changed from one cent per pounr
TO ~ cents per Dushel
Potatoes are reduced from Is TO 20 cents
per bushel; fiaxseed or linsced from % 10
rs per bushcl and seed OF all kinds nor
specifically prOvaed Tor from ~ 10 25 pvI
cent ad valorem.
Free List.
The following ADDITIONS are made TO the
mousse free list. PenZoic. carbolic. oXGlic.
saticylic ana VaIerianic acids. all fast
black coal tar dyes. argots or crude tartarg
au,t tpes ,.fVsf.ls crude bpauXttc. mautilt