The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-08-14
MIR. Dingley States the Amount OF
Revenue That Is Expected to
Be Realized.
The Conference Bill as Passed by
the House and Sent to
the Senate.
Full Text of the Sugar Schedule :
Analysis OF the whole Bill ms
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 il would
merely consume time 90 urge amend
ments, MS they would be rejected.
Mr.. Wheeler (dem., Ala.) offered
amendments placing cotton baESing
and cotton ties on the free list; also
substitute proposition for rebases on
these articles. These and other amend
ments were withdrawn, however. as
there was no prospect OF favorable ac-
ton on them.
Revenue Expected.
AS 10 the question OF revenue 10 be
raised by the bill, Mr.. Dingley. in his
speech. pointed out the difficulty re-
sulting from the large ansicipatory inn
portations. The bill neat year. he cal
culated. would raise $2l5,0OO,O0O, $751;
100000 more than the present law.
Over $f0,000.000 had been lost in this
years revenues by thu importations OF
wool and sugar and other things. the
duty on which was raised i'm the bill,
so that he calculated that the bill this
year would raise $iy5, 100000.
New suga. Schedule.
The full text OF ihe sugar schedule as
finally agreed upon by the house and SEN
ate conferees Is as follows:
Sugars not abovS No. 10 Dutch standard
in color tank bottoms, sirups OF cane juice.
melada, concentrated meladn, concrete,
and concentrated molasses. testing by the
poiariscope not above rs degrees. .95 per
pound, and for every additional degree
shown by the poiariscope test .0s5 OF one
cent per pound additional, and fractions OF
n degree in proportion and on sugar above
NO. i6 Dutch standard I'm color and on all
sugar which his gone through process OF
refining, 195 cents per pound. molasses
testing above 20 degrees, and not above &c
degrees. cents per gallon testing 5s de-
grees and above. cents per gallon; sugar
DRAWINGS ard sugar sweepings shall be
subject 10 duty as molasses or sugar as
the case may be, according 10 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 tie treaty OF commercial recipro-
city concluded between the United states
and tho king OF the Hawaiian Islands on
January 30, 1875, or the provisions or any
act OF congress heretofore passed for the
execution OF the same"
Duty ON sugar Cane.
The conference restored the house rate OF
90 per cent. on sugar cane. Sacchnrine IS
made si.E0 per pound and 10 per cent. ad
valorcm.
The confectionery paragraph Is changed
60 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 ndulter-
ated. cents per pound ana Is per cent.
ad valorsm; valued az more than 10 cents
per pound. 60 per cent. ad valorenl. The
weight and tho value OF the immediate COW
crings other than the outer packing case
or other covering, shall be inclndcd In the
duuable weight and the value OF the ner-
chandise"
The republican -onfcreos also made PUB
lie a statement CONFORMING the conference
report IN which it reviewed the changes
made. CT sugar the statement says:
The house differentdl between raw ind
refined Sugars and the general features OF
the house schedule are preserved, and the
senate amendments increasing the differ
ontial TO 9nc-hfth and providing for re-
ducfion OF one-tenth OF tho duty on raw
sugars not shove 81 degrees, which would
have given duty OF la9 on IS degree
sugar and only l.26 on 81 degree sugar,
arc not adopted.
Beet sugar.
.'In Difference TO the wishes OF thoss In
ferested In beet sugar production, th0t the
senate rate or 1876 cents on refined sugar
might be retained as an increased encour-
ngcmemt 10 this industry. the duty on raw
0ugars is Increased OLA cents, 80 40 10
make the Increase on them the same az the
Increase on refined sugar and thus leave
the difforential between raw sugar and re-
fined the same as IN the house bill. And 10
meet the objection which has been urged
that the house rates on low grade raw
sugar show a higher ad valOreri than those
on the higher grades the duty on rs degree
sugar is reduced 05 cent ana then the duty
per degree increased regularly from .03
cent Gas proposed In the house bilD 10 .0Sis
cent. In order 60 raise the duty on raw
sugars the same rs on rcfned.
ny this Arrangement the duty on raw
sugars OF 100 degrees purity Is raised from
LIS cents (aA proposed originally by the
house, TO iS2,s cent?. and the duty on re-
nned sugar - raised from l.S7is cents tas
proposed originally by the housed 20 1876
cents. thus giving the same diftcrcntial OF
-i2ia cent between raw and refined sugar M
this point as wa. originally given by the
house.
AS this arrs ayement will Increase the
revenue over 100000 and at the same
time give additional encoufagcfnent 20 the
production ct sugar M this country. n "a
thought 10 loo 4 desirable contamination"
Wool.
The chSABes In the wool schedule made IN
conference leave the duties on dlaputed
itcms "a tollows;
Pars.Taph s5i-Thc duty on woods OF the
1-ot c.ssa. which shall be imported washed.
ahall g twice the amount OF tho duty 10
whifn they would be subjected imported
tnw<ashcd: and tho duty on woods OF the
Sra and second classes which shall be inn
purted secured SHAH be three times the
duty 20 which they would be subjected m
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