The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-07-30
Mr. Dfngley States the Amount Of
Revenue That Is Expected to
Be Realized.
The Conference Bill as Passed by
the House and Sent to
the Senate.
Fuu Text of the Sugar Schedule -
Analysis of the Whole Bill n
Finally Agreed Upon.

Washington, July 2o.-The tariff bill
was pushed through the conference
stage yesterday after two hours dis
cussion before the full conference COM
mittee-democrats and republicans.
The democratic conferees offered
amendments to the report, but were
met with the statement that it would
merely consume time to urge amend
ments, as they would be rejected.
Mr.. Wheeler (dem., Ala.) offered
amendments placing cotton bagging
and cotton ties on the free list; also
substitute proposition for rebates on
these articles. These and other amend
ments were withdrawn, however, as
there was no prospect of favorable &C.
ton on them.
Revenue Expected.
As to the question of revenue to be
raised by the bill, Mr.. Dingley, in his
speech, pointed out the difficulty re-
sulting from the large anticipatory i'm
portations. The bill next year, he cal
culated, would raise S225. 100000, $751;
100000 more than the present law.
Over $4,000. 900 had been lost in this
years revenues by the importations of
wool and sugar and other things, the
duty on which was raised in the bill,
so that he calculated that the bill this
year would raise S1S5.000,000.
New Sugar Schedule.
The full text of the sugar schedule as
finally agreed upon by the house and SEN
ate conferees is as follows:
Sugars not above No. is Dutch standard
in color tank bottoms, sirups Of cane juice,
melada, concentrated melada, concrete,
and concentrated molasses, testing by the
polariscope not above 10 degrees, 20 per
mound and for every additional degree
shown nv the polariscope test .0SS of one
cent per pound additional, and fractions OF
a degree in proportion: and on sugar above
No. Is Dutch standard in color, and on all
sugar which has gone through process OF
refining 195 cents per pound; molasses
testing above 90 degrees, and not above 30
degrees, cents per gallon: testing Sc de-
erees and above, cents per gallon; sugar
DRAWINGS and sugar sweeplngs shaI De
subject to duty as molasses or sugar, as
the case may be, according TO polarlscoplc
test Provided, that nothing herein con-
tanned shall be so construed as to abrosate
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 80, 1875. or the provisions of any
act Of congress heretofore passed TOT the
execution of the same"
Duty on Sugar Cane.
The conference restored the house rate Of
% per cent on sugar cane. Saccharine Is
made $50 per pound and 10 per cent al
valorem-
The confectionery paragraph Is changed
to read as follows:
specially provided for in this act
valued at Is cents per pound or less
and on sugars after being refined WheD
tinctured, colored, or in any way aduIter-
ated, 4 cents per pound and 10 per cent.
al yalorem; valued at more than 10 cents
nor Mound 50 per cent. ad valorem- The
weight and the value Of the immediate COW
erines other than the outer packing case
or other covering, shall be included IN the
dutiable weight and the value OF the meE-
chandise.'
The republican confsrees also made pup
lie a statement concerning the conference
report in which IL reviewed the changes
made OF sugar the statement says
The house differential between raw and
refined sugars and the general features OF
the house schedule are preserved. and the
senate amendments increasing the diner
entail 10 one-fifLh and providing for a re-
ducrion OF one-tenth OF the duty on nav
sugars not above s. degrees, which would
have given a duty Of lS9 on $ degree
sugar and only L-26 on s. degree sugar
are not adopted
Beet Sugar.
IN Difference 70 the wishes Of those in
reresre1 in beet sugar production, tnaS the
senate rate Of 1.S5 cents on refined sugar
might be retained as n increased encouI-
agement TO this industry, the duty on raw
eIrars i Increased Oh cents, 50 as 10
make the increase on them the same as the
increase on refined sugar. and thus IeaNe
The differential between raw sugar ana re
fined the same as in the house bill Ana 10
meet the objection which has been urged
that the house rates on low grace "a"
sugar show higher ad valorem than those
on the higher grades the duty on 20 degree
sugar IS reduced .05 cent and then the duty
per degree increased regularly from -uS
cent (as proposed in the house bid 10 -O5la
cent in order 10 raise the duty on raw
sugars the same as on refined.
BY this arrangement the duty on raw
sugars Of 100 degrees purity Is raised from
rs cents las proposed originally by the
house, 10 1921 cents. ana the duty on re-
fined sugar is raised from ls112 cents (as
proposed originally by the house TO 1S5
cents. thus giving the same differen1ial OF
I21S cent between raw and refined sugar a;
this point as was originally gwen by the
house.
revenue over g 10000 and al the same
time give additional encouragement 10 the
production Of sugar in this country, II i
thought 10 be a desirable contamination y
Wool.
The changes in the wool schedule made IN
conference leave the duties on disputed
items as follows:
Paragraph 354-The duty on woods Of the
first class, which shall be imported washed
shall be twice the amount Of the duty tc
which they would be subjected imported
unwashed: and the duty on WOODS of the
first and second classes which shall be i'm
ported secured shall be three times The
duty 10 which they would be subjected il
imported unwashed. The duty on WOODS