Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-07-29

Conference Report Goes Through the
Upper House With a Rush-Full
Text of the Compromise Sugar
Scheduie-Essential Features Of the
Important measure.
The Dirgley tariff bill was passed
Saturday by a vote of 20 to 80, at
once signed and is now law. It's main
provisions are subjoIned:
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,
ulelada, concentrated melada, concrete.
and concentrated molasses, testing by the
polariscope not above rs degrees. .95 per
pound, and for every additional degree
| shown by the polariscope test .035 of one
cent per pound additional, and fractions OF
degree in proportions and on sugar above
No. 16 Dutch standard in color, and on all
sugar which has gone through a process of
refining, 1.95 cents per pound; molasses
| Testing above 90 degrees, and not above Sc
legrees, 8 cents per gallon; testing Sc de-
grees and above, cents per gallon; sugar
/ DRAWINGS and sugar sweepings shall De
subject to duty as molasses or sugar, as
| the case may be, according to polariscopic
| test. Provided, that nothing herein con-
| tanned shall be so construed as to abrogate
| or in any manner impair or affect the pro-
visions of the treaty OF commercial rectpro-
! 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 for the
execution of the same"
Duty on Sugar Cane.
The conference restored the house rate Of
| 20 per cent. on sugar cane. Saccharine IS
made $3.50 per pound and 10 per cent. ad
| Yalorem.
The confectionery paragraph is changed
| to read as follows:
Sugar candy and all confectionery not
specially provided for in this act,
| valued at IS cents per pound or less,
| 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 10 cents
| per pound, so per cent ad Valorem. The
weight and the value of the immediate COW
! erings, other than the outer packing case
or other covering, shall be included in the
| dutiable weight and the value of the mer-
! chandise."
The republican confereeS also made pub
| lie a statement concerning the conference
| report in which it 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 differ
! entail to one-fifth and providing for a re-
| duction of one-tenth of the duty on raw
! sugars not above 81 degrees, which would
| have given a duty of 1.39 on IS degree
! sugar and only 1.26 on 81 degree sugar,
are not aN1pted.
Beet Sugar.
I'm Difference to the wishes Of those in
! terested in beet sugar production, that the
senate rate of 1.95 cents on refined sugar
| might b1 retained as an increased encour-
agenent to this industry, the duty on raw
| sugars IS increased .0712 cents, so as to
make 3he increase on them the same as the
! increase on refined sugar, and thus leave
the differential between raw sugar and re-
| fined the same as in the house bill. And to
meet the objection which has been urged
T. Sat the house rates on low grade raw
sugar show a higher ad valorem than those
| on the higher grades the duty on Is degree
sugar is reduced .05 cent and then the duty
per degree increased regularly from .03
cent Gas proposed in the house bilD to .031a
cent in order to 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
| LIS cents Gas proposed originally by the
house, to 1929 cents. and the duty on re-
fined sugar is raised from 1.8715 cents Gas
proposed originally by the house, to 1876
! .1211a cent between raw and refined sugar at
! this point as was originally given by the
house.
"As this arrangement will increase the
| revenue over $2,000,000 and at the same
! time give additional encouragement to the
production of sugar I'm this country II Is
thought to be desirable contamination"
Wool.
The changes in the wool schedule made in
conference leave the duties on disputed
| items as follows:
Para graph 354-The duty on woods OF the
! first class, which shall be imported washed,
! shall be twice the amount of the duty to
! which they would be subjected imported
unWasheu; and the duty ON woods of the
| first and second classes which shall be i'm
| ported secured shall be three times the
| duty to which they would be subjected If
imported unwashed. The duty on woods
Of the third class, if imported in condition
j for use in carding or spinning Ito yarns, or
which shall not contain more than eight per
| cent. 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 oui first
! and second class wool.
! Paragraph 358-On woods of the third
class and on camePs hair of the third class,
! the value whereof shall be Il cents or less
! per pound, the duty shall be four cents per
! pound.
Paragraph 359-On woods of the third
class and on camePs hair of the third class
the value whereof shall exceed u cents per
| pound the duty shall be seven cents per
! pound.
Paragraph S62-Shoddy, rs cents per
| pound on oils, wool extract, yarn waste,
| thread waste, and all other wastes, COM
posed wholly or in part of WOOL and not
| specially provided for in this act, 20 cents
! per pound.
Paragraph 365-On yarns made wholly or
| III part of wool valued at not more than 80
| cents per pound the duty per pound shall
be 212 times the duty imposed by this act
on one pound of unwashed wool of the first
| class; valued at more than 80 cents per
| pound, the duty shall be 31a times the duty
| Imposed by this act on one pound of I'M
| washed wool Of the first class: and in addi-
! ton thereto, upon all the foregoing 40 per
| cent. ad Valorem.
Paragraph 367-On blankets and fannels
| for underwear, composed wholly or In part
of wool valued at no more than 10 cents
! per pound the duty per pound shall be the
! same as the duty imposed by this act on
| two pounds of unwashed wool of the first
class and in addition thereto 80 per cent.
! ad valorem; valued at more than 40 cents
and not more than SO cents per pound, the
duty per pound shall be three times the
duty imposed by this act on one pound OF
unwashed wool of the first ella SIS and in ad-
dition thereto So per cent. ad valorem.
On blankets composed wholly or in pat
of wool valued at more than so cents per
pound the duty per pound shall be three
times the duty imposed by this act on one
pound Of unwashed wool of the first ella SIS
and in addition thereto 10 per cent. ad valo-
rem. Flannels, composed wholly or in part
of wool valued at above 50 cents per pound
shall be classified and pay the same duty as
women's and children's dress goods, coat
in 1~oly OLE