Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-08-06

the Changes Made by tho House, All
of Which We're Ancrward Agreed
Upon by the Scnatc-Approvcd by
the President Within One Hour Af.
ter Its Passage.
Tho pinglcy tariff hill as amended is
now the law of the United States. The
conference report on the measure, which
had hccH accepted hy the House, was :tc-
cer'cd hy the Senate ut :,:04 o'clock Sat
ar'i:y afternoon, and by coincidence
President Mckinley approved the bill ut
The White House exactly one hour after
ward. Following are the changes agreed
upon Ivy the conference committees, and
which were aftcrward accepted by the
Senate:
:ew Sugar Schedule.
The full text of the sugar schedule as
fnally agreed upon by the house and sem
ate confcrees is as follows:
Sugars net above No. 1G Dutch standard
IN color tank bottoms. sirups OF cane juice,
nelada. concentrated melada, concrete.
and concentrated molasses. testing by the
polariscopc not above IS degrees, 95 per
pound. and for every additional degree
shown by the polariscope test .035 of one
cent per pound additional. and fractions of
u GessTet III I'Ic!lUTtlCI. ana on sugar above
No. III Dutch standard in color, and on all
sugar which has gone through n process of
refining. 1.95 cents per pound: molasses
testing above 40 degrees. and not above Sc
degrees. cents per gallon; testing Sc de-
grces and above. 6 cents per gallon: sugar
trainings and sugar sweepiEgs shall be
subject to duty as molasses or sugar. as
the case may he. according to polariscopic
test. Provided. that nothing herein con-
tained shall be so construed as to abrogate
or in any manner impair or affect the pro-
visions of the treaty of commercial recipro-
city concluded between the United States
and the king of the Hawaiian islands on
January 20. 1885, or the provisions of any
act of congress heretofore passed for the
execution of the same
Duty ON S.-nr Cane.
The conference restored the house rate of
70 per cent. on sugar cane. Sacchar!ne ia
made $l.5O per pound and 10 per cent. ad
vaiorcm.
The confectionery paragraph is changed
20 read as follows:
Sugar candy and all confectionery not
specially provided for in this act,
and on sugars after being refined when
tinctured. colored. or in any way adulter-
ated. cents per pound and Is per cent.
ad valorem: valued at more than Is cents
per pound. 80 per cent. ad valorem. Tho
weight and the value of the immediate COW
erinss. other than the outer packing case
or other covering. shall be included in the
1utiable weight and the value of the mcr-
ahsrndisc."
The republican conferees also made pub
nc a statement concerainG the conference
report in which it reviewed the changes
made OF sugar the statement says:
1.-THE house differential between raw and
-eijnlsd sugars and the general Textures of
tk:e house schedule are preserved and the
Eenate amendments Increasing the differ
an:iol n fifth ard nrnviIiuIr for pa
iuction of onc-tenth of the duty on raw
sugars not above 81 degrees. which would
have given Il duty Of l.5o on ss degree
sugar and only l.26 on 81 degree sugar.
are not adopted.
Beet Sugar.
''ln Difference to the wishes of those in
serested in beet sugar production, that the
senate rate of l.95 cents on refined sugar
might be retained as an increased encour-
hgernent to this industry. the duty on raw
sugars is increased G7ia cents. so as to
make the increase on them the same as the
increase on refined sugar. and thus leave
ffe ditferent!al between raw sugar and re-
fined the same as In the house bill. And to
meet the objection which has been urged
chat the house rates on low grade raw
1uEar show II higher ad valorcm than those
on the higher grades the duty on Is degree
sugar is reduced .G5 cent and then the duty
per degree increased regularly from .03
cent (a.s proposed In the house biiD to .0Sia
sugars the same as on refined.
"By this arrangement the duty on raw
sugars of 100 degrees purity is raised from
l75 cents Gas proposed originally by the
ancd sugar is raised from 1.S7ls cents Gas
proposed originally by the house) to l95
cents. thus giving the same differeEtial of
.12h cent between raw and refined sugar at
this point as was originally given by the
house.
"As this arrangement will increase the
revenue over S2000.000 and at the same
zine give additional encouragement to the
production of sugar in this country, 1t is
Thought to be desirable consulnmation."
Wool.
The changes in the wool schedule made in
conference leave the duties on disputed
itema as follows:
Paragraph 354-The duty on wools Of the
hrst class. which shall be imported washed
shail be twice the amount Of the duty to
which they would be subjected imported
0hwashed: and the duty or SooA of the
hrst and second classes which shall be i'm
ported secured shall be three times the
auty to which they would be subjected IL
amoorted unwashed The duty on wocls
of the third class II imported in condition
for use In carding or spinning into yarns. or
which Shall NOT contain more than eight per
sent. of dirt or other foreign substance.
Shall be three times the duty to which
they would otherwise be subjected. The
conference restored the house rates ON first
and second class wool.
Paragraph 35S-On woods of the third
class and on camel's hair Of the third class
the value whereof shall be IL cents or less
per pound. the duty shall be four cents pei
pound
Paragraph 35s-on woods of the third
class and on camcl's hair of the third clas.
the value whereof shall exceed IL cents pei
pound the duty shall be seven cents PEI
pound.
Paragraph sc2-shoddy. IS cents pc,
pound: on oils. wool extract. yurn waste
ahread 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 ss5-On yarns made wholly o.
an part of wool valued at not more than 8
cents per pound the duty per pound shall
be 2A times the duty imposed by this &C
on one pound of unwashed wool Of the frs
class: valued at more than 30 cents pc
pound. the duty shall be S1a times tho dut.
imposed by this act on one pound OF un
washed wool of the first class: and in nddi
fion thereto upon all the foregoing. 20 pc
cent. ad valorcm.
Paragraph 3G7-On blankets and flannel
YnOervypar cnnnnsed wholly n f,n r