Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-05-05

ferred From the Free List, Coal
Made Dutiable at rs Cents and
the Tea Rate Fixed at 10 Gents
Until 19OO-The Law to Go Into
Effect July Instead Of May l,
as Provided in the House Bill.
Washington, May 4.-Senator Aldrich
presented the tariff bill to the Senate
to-day, and gave notice that il would be
called up on Tuesday, the 18th inst.
The time for the bill to take effect is
made July l, 1897, instead of May /, as
provided by the House, and the words
In the first paragraph "or withdrawn
for consumption" are stricken out
The sugar schedule is as follows:
Sugars not above No. 16, Dutch stand
ard, in color, tank bottoms, syrups of
cane juice and of beet juice, melada.
concentrated molasses testing by the
polariscope above 81 and not above SS
degrees, seventy-nine hundredths of
one per cent per pound. and for every
additional degree shown by the polar
iscopic test, two-hundredths of one per
cent per pound, and fractions of a de-
gree in proportion. Sugar above No.
16, Dutch standard, in color, and sugar
that has gone through process Of re-
fining, one and sixteen-hundredths Of
one per cent per pound and in addition
thereto on all the foregoing, 35 per
centum ad valorem. Sugars not above
16, Dutch standard in color, tank bot
toms, syrups Of cane juice and beet
juice, melada, concentrated melada,
concrete and concentrated molasses,
testing by the polariscope not more
than 81 degrees, 70 per cent ad valorem.
Molasses testing above 40 and not more
than 56 degrees cents per gallon;
testing 56 degrees and not above 70 de-
grees, 8 cents per gallon. Machinery
purchased abroad, imported and erected
in any beet sugar factory and actually
used in the production Of sugar in the
United States from beets produced
therein within two years from the first
day Of July, 1897 shall be admitted free
of duty under such regulations as the
secretary of the treasury may pre-
scribe Maple sugar and maple syrup.
cents per pound; glucose or grape
sugar, 112 cents per pound; sugar cane
in its natural state or manufactured,
10 per cent ad valorem; saccharine, 81
per pound and 10 per cent ad valorem.
Sugar candy and all confectionery val
ued at IS cents per pound or less. cents
per pound and Is cents ad valorem.
A duty is levied on tea at the rate OF
10 cents per pound until January I,
1900; after 1900 it is admitted free OF
duty.
The following is the provision in re-
gard to hides, which are transferred
from the free list: Hides Of cattle,
raw or uncured, whether dry salted or
picked. IL cents per pound, provided
that upon all leather exported made
from imported hides there shall be al
lowed a drawback equal to the amount
Of duty paid on such hides.
Coal and Shale Coal-The word btu
minous is stricken out and all coal
made dutiable at Is cents per ton, with
proviso added that the duty on coal
and shale shall be so cents per ton
and on coal slack or culm, - cents per
ton when imported from any country,
colony of dependency. that does not i'm
pose upon coal or slack coal higher
rates Of duty than those named IN thls
proviso.
Beer Tax-The Senate has increased
the internal revenue duty on beer by
changing section 1889 Of the Revised
Statutes to read as follows: Until jan
uarv l. 1900. there shall be paid on all
beer. lager beer, ale, porter and ter-
mented liquors. brewed or manufactur-
ed and sold or removed for consump-
ton or sale within the United States
bv whatever name such liquors shall be
called tax Of $1.44 for every barrel
containing not more than 81 gallons,
and after January l, 1900, there shall
be pair a tax Of 81 per barrel on every
barrel Of such beer, lager beer, ale,
porter and other similar termehted
liquors. The present rate is 81
The retroactive clause Of the Dlngley
tariff bill is stricken from the Senate
bill ,
The entire House provision relating
TO reciprocity has been stricken out
and the following section substituted
"That whenever any country, depend
ency or colony shall pay or besto~, d.
rectly or indirectly, any bounty OF
grant upon the expectation OF any ar
ticle of merchandise from such country
dependencv or colony, and such article
of merchandise is durable under the
nrovisions of this act, then upon the IN
nortatiop of any such article or mer-
rhandise into the United States, wheth-
or tho same shall be imported directly
from the country OF production or oth-
ervise and whether such article or IheI-
cbaudise is imported in the same condl-
tom as when exported from the country
of rroductiOn or has been changed IN
condition bv manufacture or otherwise,
tbore shall be levied and paid in all
such cases in addition to the duties
{ berwise imposed by this act, an ad-
ditional duty equal to the net amount
of sncb bounty or grant, however the
same be paid or bestowed. The net
amount of all such bounties or grants
hill be from time to time ascertaihed
determined and declared by the ser, a,.a
tary Of the Treasury. who shali nlaHo IN
all such needful regulations LOT 'n'