Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-05-04
The TARIFF BILL.
Provisions Of the Measure as Re-
ported 10 The Senate.
CHANGES IN THE Wool SCHEDULE.
rhe Retroactive Clause OF the Dingley
Bill stricken Out-lhe Sugar
scht dule.

dill will DO reported to the Senate
today. The sugar echedule 10 as fol.
lowe:
Sugar not above No. IS, Dutch
standard, 10 color tank bottoms, syrups,
zane juice anu beet juice, melada,
concentrated melads, concrete and
concentrated moiasses tested by polari-
lcope above 81 anu not above So de-
Hrees, seventy nine hundredths OF one
cent per pound, and TOR every addl-
, lional degree shown by the poiariscopic
lest two hundredths OF one cent a
D. und and irscti0ns of Jegree in
proportion. Sugar above No. 16,
Duton standard, in color, anu sugar
that has gone through the process OF
refining ,ope and sixteen hu ndredths Of
u cent pound; anu In addition thereto
ou all foregoing, IS per cent ad
valorem. SUGAR n ct above number 10
Dutch standard In color tank bottoms,
tyrups, cane juice and beet juice,
melaua, concentrated melsdn, con-
crete and concentrated molasses, test.
Ing by the polarisoore not more than
81 degrees, rs per cent nd vsl0fem.
more than So degrees, 4 cents q gallo |;
testing 55 degrees ana not above 40
degrees, 5 cents a gallon.
Machinery purchased abroad, I'M
ported and erected in any beet sugar
factory and actually useo in the pre-
uuction OF sugar In the United States
from beets produced therein within
Two years from tho first day OF July,
1897, shall be admitted Tree Of duty
under such regulations as the secretary
of the treasury may prescribe.
Maple sugar and maple syrup four
cents u pound, glucue or grape sugar.
Ore-half OF q cent a pound; sugar cane
IN natural state or manufactured, 10
per cent ad valorem; ssccsrine, one
dollar a pound and 10 per cent al
valoren. Sugar oandy and all con-
fectionery valued at 10 cents pound
or less, 4 cents a pound and Is per
cent au valorem.
A duty is levied on tea at the rate OF
10 cents q pound until January /,
1900, after which 1t lie admitted free OF
duty. The following ia the provision
In regard TO hides transferred from the
list.
'Hides OF cattle, dry, sailed or
picked, ID cents o pound, provided
that upon all leather exported made
from imported bides. there shall he
allowed drawback equal to the
amount OF duty paid ON such hides.o
The retroactive clause of the Ding
ley bill Is stricken from the Senate
, bill. The entire House provision re-.
lating to reciprocity is stricken out and
sections substituted, providing that
whenever the country shall pay a
Ln.. Son nv M
article OF merchandise, dutiable under
this act, then upon the importation OF
apy such article into the United
States, there shall be levied upon It,
addition TO duty imposed by this act, q
uuty equal to the net amount OF such
bounty, to be ascertalned by the secre-
tAry OF the treasury.
The House provision keeping In
force the Hawaiian reciprocity treaty
ig stricken out. The effect being In
directly to abrogate the treaty and
impose the same duly on Hawaiian
sugars as on sugars from other coun.
tries.
The provision OF the House bill On
Distilled wines ia stricken out and the
following substituted:
Still winep, In casks, II containing
IA per cent or less absolute alcohol, 81
cents gallon; II containing more
than IA per cent absolute alcohol, SO
cents q gallon.
In bottles or jugs, per case OF dozen,
containing each not more than quart
and more than pint, or twenty.iour
bottles or jugs containing each not
more than pint, 81 per case. Wines,
ginger, cordial or vermuth imported,
containing more than "a per cent al.
cohoI, shall be CHASED as spirits and
pay DUTY accordingly.
The per centage or alcohol shall be
determined In such manner ss the
secretary Of the treasury shall pre-
scribe.
Lead ores are increased from cent
to one aud half cent a pound.
All coal 10 made dutiable Is cents a
ton with the provision that the duty
shall be 80 cents on coal imported
from any country that does not in pose
higher rateof DUTY than those named
In this bill.
The Senate hss increased the In.
ternal revenue duty on beer 10 dollar
and fOrty.fouf cents barrel until
January l, 1900. Thereafter II shall
pay the present. rate, one dollar.
Many important changes were made
~ 'uo WOui anu WoOioh bCucuuIt.
First class woods were reduced from IL
cunts pound to s csnts, and eeconu
class woods from IL to 0, where
DO the cuties on woods OF the
third class were raised. The diviu-
ing line class were placed at 10
cents value, woods unders that Lvalue
being made uutia1le at 4 cents "A
pound instead OF 81 per cent ad vale.
rem ns in the House bill. Woods
valued more than 10 cents a. pound
were placed at Z cents pound instead
OF bO per cent nd valoIem. Wool
growers Jailed 10 secure all the changes
they desired in classification, but 1t 10
understood the rates fixed on woods
are satisfactory To them.
skirted woods, fret class, as imported
In ls9O and prior, are required to pay
centa pound in addition to the rates
Imposed by this act on unwashed
woods, class one. There is reduction
on oils from 80 10 20 cents a pound.
The new tariff bill raises the duty on
oranges, lemons and citr0us fruits
from TO cent per pound, reduces
prunsp, raiains, plums anu dried gIapes
from "a 10 cents.
Cattle valued less than $40 a head
are duliabls at 81 heao, over $40
ut SO.
THE HAWAIIAN RECIPROCITY.
The sfscto Of the action OF the finane Q