Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-20
Reciprocity and Retaliation in the
Tariff Measure.
AUTHORITY GIVEN THE PRESIDENT
Articles of Common Use Affected
by the New Duties.
CHANGES IN CONFERENCE

The reciprocity provision of the tariff bill
as agreed to by the conference contains
some OF the features of both the Senate
ana the House bills on this subject. II also
contains some retaliatory measures 1t
sets forth its purpose to be that of equal
izing the trade Of the United States with
foreign countries exporting to this country
the following articles: Argols, or crude
tartars, or wine lees, crude; brandies or
other spirits manufactured or distilled
from grain or other materials; cham
payne or all other sparkling wines; still
wines and vermuth: paintings and stat
uary."
The President is authorized to enter into
negotiations or commercial agreements in
which reciprocal concessions may be Sc
cured in favor of the products of the
United States. He is empowered to sus-
pend by proclamation the duties upon these
articles whenever equivalent concessions
may be obtained. as follows:
ARGOS, per cent ad valorem.
BrandieS or other grain spirits, H.75 per
gallon.
Champagne in bottles containing one
quart, 50 per dozen: containing one pint,
g per dozen: containing one-half pint,
$50 per dozen; containing more than one
quart. in addition to the So rate, $190 per
gallon.
Still wines and vermuth. 35 cents per
SallOn, ana Otner rates IN proportion, Wnere
the goods are bottled.
Paintings. etc. Is per cent ad valorem.
The President is empowered to revoke the
concession when satisfied that the agree
ment is not adhered to in good faith by
any other country with which an agree
ment shall have been made.
What may be termed the retaliatory
clause of the provision is that which en-
powers the President to suspend by procla
nation the provisions of this act provid-
ing for the free Introduction of coffee. tea,
tonquin or tanka beans and vanilla beans
coming from any country which imposes
duties upon products of the United States.
he may deem to be reciprocally unequal
and unreasonable. The rates which he is
thus empowered to fix are: On coffee, 3
cents per pound: on tea, 10 cents per
pound: ON tonka beans, 80 cents per pound:
on vanilla beans, 81 per pound; on cuts. 81.
The President is required to act within
two years in securing these reciprocal trade
treaties. and they are to be submitted to
the Senate for its ratification. Articles are
to be reduced to the extent of 20 per cent
in these treaties. and the President is spe-
officially authorized to enter into negotia-
tons which will place certain articles upon
the free list for a specified period of five
years.
The duty on coal in the bill as passed is
81 cents per ton.
Duty on Hides.
A duty of Is cents is placed on hides of
cattle, which were placed on the free list
by the House. The Senate amendment
proposed duty of 20 per cent. but this has
been reduced to Is per cent. A proviso is
added for full drawback Of the duty paid
on hides subsequently exported as leather.
Paintings and statuary for private use
are made dutiable as provided by the
House, but at 20 per cent.
The free list as 1t passed the House is
In the main adopted, except that boiling
cloths and several kinds of essential oils
have been added.
The House provision applying a remedy
to the wholesale Introduction of goods into
this country free of duty by Americans WIS.,
iting Europe is substantially adopted.
The Senate provision increasing the in