The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-16
DINGLEY'S NEW BILL.

Reciprocity Scheme Elaborated be-
fore Presentation to House.
WASHINGTON, March 15.-The new
tariff bill, presented in the house today
by Mr.. Dingley, does not differ IN the
main from that published in the
G o b e of Monday. Added schedules
or those elaborated by the committee
after the first copy Of the bill was
formulated are given below:
RECIPROCITY.
The reciprocity scheme of the bill author
ICES the president TO make treaties with for
eign countries by witch he will lower the
duties on certain goods Ian return for Tecip-
rocal or equivalent concessions to products
on manufactures of the United States. 1t
further provides that with a view to secure
reciprocal trade" with foreign governments,
the president, when he is satisfied that any
government Of a country, or colony Of such
government exporting to the United States,
coffee, tea, or hides. imposes duties or other
exactions upon the agricultural, manufactured
or other products Of the United States, which,
he may deem to be "recprocally unequal and
unreasonable" shall have the power to sus-
pend by proclamation the free introduction
Of such coffee, tea or hides, raw or uncured,
whether dry, sailed or pckled Angora goat
skins, raw manufactured, and skins, eX-
cept sheep skins with the wool on, of the
products Of such country or colony for such
time as he shall deem just"
During such suspension the duties shall be:
Coffee, cents per pound; tea, 10 cents; hides,
Angora goat skins. asses skins, skins, ex-
cept sheep skins with the wool on, ~ cents
per pound. The articles on which duties will
be lowered by reciprocity treaties and the
rates at which they Will be entered under
such treaties follow: Crude tartar or wine
lees, crude, cent per pound; chickle cents
per pound brandies, 81 per gallon; cham
payne and other sparkling Wines at the rate
of Sc per dozen quarts; still wines, includ-
cordial
muth. in cakes, 80 cents per gallon; in bot
ties or jugs at tie rate of 81 for a dozen
quarts. Laces Of silk, or Of which silk is
the component material, chief value, 55
per cent. Mineral waters and limitations Of
natural mineral waters and artificial mineral
waters in green or colored glass bottles Of
not more than one pint, 20 cents per dozen;
quarts, 28 cents; not in bottles. 20 cents per
gallon Paintings drawings and statuary, 20
per cent. Sugar, molasses, ETC., 81 per cent
OF the regular duty.
SUGAR
The sugar schedule, as revised, is one OF
the most important, and also one of the
shortest in the act. Sugars not above No.
10. DIS and concentrates, testing not above
% degrees are dutiable at one cent per pound
and 3-100 Of a cent additional for each de-
gree above; above No. 16 and on all refined
sugars, 1878 cents per pound; molasses above
56 degrees cents per gallon. On sugars
from bounty paying countries additional
duty equal to the amount of the bounty is
levied. Sugars tank bottoms etc. the prod
uct Of any country which pays, directly or
indirectly a bounty on the export thereon
whether imported directly and in condition
as exported therefrom, otherwise, shall
pay, in addition to the foregoing rates duty
equal to such bounty, or as much thereof as
may be in excess Of any tax collected by
such country upon such article, or upon the
beet cane from which 1t was produced.
1t IS provided this however, does not affect
the existing Hawaiian reciprocal treaty. 9th
er duties in this schedule are: Maple sugar
and syrup, 4 cents per pound; glucose or
grape sugar ~ cents per pound; sugar cane,
In its natural state or manufactured, 20
per cent ad valorem. Saccharine, 81 per
pound and Is per cent ad valorem. Sugar
candy and all confectionery and all other
valued at Is cents per pound or less cents
per pound and 20 per cent ad valorem: valued
at more than Is and not more than 50 cents
per pound, II cents per pound and 20 per
cent ad valorem; above IS cents, 80 per cent
ad valorem.
SILKS AND SILK GOODS.
Silk partly manufactured. not further ad-
vanced than corded or combed, 40 cents per
pound. Thrown silk (singles), tram gan
canine sewing silk, twist floss and silk
threads or yarns, except spun silk 80 per
cent. Spun silk, value not exceeding 81 a
pound, 20 cents per pound and Is per cent;
81 TO- 81 80. 80 cents and IS per cent; $50 to
81, 40 cents and Is per cent; 50 to $3.50. so
cents and Is per cent; 81 so, 80 cents and 15
per cent; none to pay less than 80 per cent.
Velvets, chenilles or other pile fabrics,
%A'OO pCl d-Au ID pen CC4lLs pluSlless 81 10
and Is per cent; none less than 50 per cent.
Goods in the piece, not more than 20 per
cent Of weight silk, so cents per pound moro
than 20 and not more than 30 per cent silk
So cents. Dyed in the thread, not more than
% per cent silk, Is cents, between q and 40
per cent 81 10; more than 40 per cent, black
81 80; other than black, 81; weight not in
creased in dyeing 81; in the gum, 81. so; dyed
in the piece, So. %; less than 1-3 ounces per
square yard in the gum, So; less than one
ounce, 81; not more than Ia ounce S.; none
less than 30 per cent.
Handkerchiefs muflers, same in
piece, hem-stitched, embroidered trimmed,
10 per cent additional. Bandings, beltngs,
carriers, webs, suspenders, etc., not
broidered, so per cent Laces and articles
wholly or partly Of lace. edgings douncings.
veilings neck rufiing, OF which silk is the
chief element, so per cent. and when COM
posed in part OF India rubber, cents per
ounce additional
All manufactures OF silk not specially pro-
vided for, including such as contain Tubbe-,
CoufIuuod Au Third En~A