The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-20
TARIFF BILL PUT THROUGH.
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duty paid on hides subsequently exported
as leather
Paintings and statuary for private use
remain dutiable as provided by the House,
but At 20 per cent.
The free list. as 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 remedy
to the wholesale introduction of goods
into this country free OF duty by Ameri-
cans visiting Europe, is substantially
adopted.
The House and the Senate reciprocity
plans are united and adopted with modi-
ticatious. In the Senate plan any CONNER
cial treaty must be approved by congress
before il goes into effect, and in the House
plan chicle silk. laces, sugar, mineral min
serial waters and hides have been stricken
and tonka and vanilla beans have been
added.
The Senate provision imposing an equiv
alent countervailing duty on imports from
foreign countries which have paid an eX-
port duty is adopted.
The Senate provision increasing the in
ternal revenue tax on cigarettes is agreed
to. with an amendment covering cigarettes
wrapped in tobacco. and provisions to
enforce the collection of the tax.
The Senate provision changing the law
so as TO allow no rebate on the tax on beer
is agreed to.
The Senate provision for stamp tax on
the issue and transfer of stocks and bonds
issued by corporations is omitted from the
bill.
The administrative sections added to the
bill by the Senate are substantially the
same as those passed by the House in the
F'ifty-fourth congress. and are agreed to
with slight amendments.
The chemical schedule amendments No.
II and 43 restore argols and chicle to the
dutiable list at the rate provided for by
the House.
Amendment u places bleaching powders
on the dutiable list at the rate of one-hfth
of one cent per pound, as provided by the
Senate.
Amendment 1Oi increases the duty on
soda ash from one-quarter of one cent,
as provided by the House bill. to three
eighths of one cent, as provided by the
Senate amendment
Amendment No. 81 reduces the duty on
cyanide of potassium to 1917 per cent. ad
valorem, as provided by the Senate.
No los restores crude sulphur to the free
list.
No. 10 leaves tonka beans and vanilla
beans on the free list.
Nos. and IA raise the duties on borateS
as provided by the Senate.
The several amendments on lead paints
adjust the rates to the increased duty on
lead The other amendments in the chem
ical schedule concur with the Senate with
slight deductions of rates on many chemi-
Gals and other articles including llnseed,
olive oil and coal tar dyes and an increase
of the rates on camphor and ground drugs.
Crockery ware as restored to the duties
provided by the bill as it passed the House,
which are substantially the duties of the
act of 1890
Glassware is left in the main at the rates
provided by the House bill, the reductions
being in the paragraphs relating to bot
ties, moulded and pressed glassware and
cylinder and crown glass
Cement is left at the duty provided by
the House instead of having the duty in
creased as proposed by the Senate. The
duty of 81 per ton on gypsum rock, pro-
posed by the Senate is reduced to so cents,
and the duty on ground and calcined plas-
ter raised to 1925 per ton.
China clay is left at 81 per ton, as pro-
vided by the House. The duty on fullers
earth is slightly increased, but left at
a lower rate than proposed by the Sem
ate.
Marble is placed at the increased rates
proposed by the Senate. The reductions
of duties on some forms of iron and steel
proposed by the Senate are accepted in
part as proposed and several new para
officially provided for.
Cotton ties. which were placed on the
free list by the Senate, are restored to the
dutiable list at a reduced duty of $40 or
/ cent.
Tin plates are placed at the rate of duty
provided for in the bill as il passed the
House Structural iron is reduced 40 of
l cent.
The Senate amendment on pocket
xpiVQC rrh 10 OF oil
as the paragraph passed by the House.
Is agreed to, and compromise rates adopted
on guns.
The House agrees to Senate amendment
S16, increasing the duty on lead ore libc,
and the duty on pig lead Is placed at PA
cents
Nickel ore and nickel matter are left on
the free list, as provided by the House.
All sawed lumber except sawed timber
exceeding eight inches square, Is left at
the rate of 81 per thousand. as provided
by the House. Planed lumber is also
placed at the House rates.
As agreed to by the conferees the duty
on wrapper tobacco is placed at $i.S per
pound, a compromise between the House
rate of 81 and the Senate rate of 81. rs. and
accepts the Senate reduction on filler to-
bacco. This ended the statement. Fol-
lowing Is an additional summary OF
Agricultural Schedule-Raw cotton,
which the Senate made dutiable at the
rate of 20 per cent. ad valorem, was re-
stored TO the free list
The difference between the two houses
on beans was compromised, being made
IS cents per bushel instead OF 40 cents by
the Senate and 30 cents by the House
The conference restored the House rate
Of cent a pound on garlic. instead OF
y of cent, as fixed by the Senate.
Paragraph go. in relation to peas, was
changed so as to include seed peas with
peas In the bulk, and the House rate OF
40 cents per bushel restored.
The Senate rate Of 30 per centum ad va
lorem on natural flowers was reduced to
p per cent. Green house stocks were ad-
ded TO the articles made dutiable at Is
per centum ad valorem
The duty on seeds not specially provided
for was made 20 per cent, the Senate rate
being p and the House rate 20 per cent.
The paragraph In regard 10 packed fish
was amended as fixed by the Senate so as
to be made TO apply specifically to fish
In packages
Paragraph 26l was amended so az to
specifically provide that fresh mackerel