Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-07-18
ocuATs TO BE CALLED IN
CONFERENCE To-MoRRow.
yIIggLY NEW SUGAR SCHEDULE.
srNHTE YIELDS MUCH
ruoVcH NOT EVERYTHING.
SLIP Tx DONE AWAY WITH.
.o Victories Also on Cotton
uassine and other Aricies-iiouse
.., IN uidcs-No Change rs Re
cards Tobacco.
CARDS Tob"ee

,..., conferrocs on the tariff bill,
..,.Ire the two houses Of Congress,
......,.I no 6 o'clock to-day, the an
-..,..rt was made, on behalf OF
., Ohm. houses. that they had agreed
I'D tr. items Of the bin, and the
.l. NJ tile partisan conference would
..trrI.I 20 the Democratic mem
49,. at 81 ml meeting to be held on
Monday -
.o-. cannot" said Senator Allison
... ..t what time We shall expect
,. Attendance Of the Democrats on
,.....,. for there is stl much to be
.... TO get the bill in readiness for
h.m"
r. .. understood that some OF the mem
o.. ,u work tomorrow for the ac-
.tment Of this purpose and 1t
q. t.r.l TO have the bin printed ana
...,.r.i for the inspection Of the Demo
,,.t. ty 30 o'clock Monday. The Ke-
..tr.ars snr further hope to secure
e.. assent OF the Democratic members
r. reporting Of the bin after one
..rr and TO thus be able to present
l. -, CONGRESS at the beginning Of the
session Monday.
rra members Of the conference still
,-,.erye the strictest silence in regard
q, the changes made. giving out no OIL
,r confirmation az 10 changes made
f.. tse bm It is learned, however, from
.r entirely reliable source. that very
,-.o majority Of the Senate amend
rsrts were accepted This was rem
laral necessary by several circum-
stances. A number Of amendments
made bv the Senate were verbal, and
others trivial. and stin others were
made necessary 10 secure harmony ana
would have been made by the House
40 that body had had the bill under
consideration for so long time as the
Senate had. Al such changes as these
WORE accented without question by the
House conferrecs They also accepted
an most cases all the alterations made
hv the Senate. in order 10 secure inc
passage Of the bill In that BODY.
J. p. JONESs "CINCH."
Senator Jones. Of Nevada, holding as
he dd practically tho balance Of power
both An the Senate and I'm the commit
foe was enabled TO secure many con-
cc.eions for western interests I'm the
Senate and these he held without eN-
ception FIN the conference. lie even sue
ceclcd in securing a degree or pIotec-
ton for bect-sugar.
The bin as agreed upon VIII "heh
made puIlIc. present am entirely new
fp
items OF duty on raw and refined sugar
the fourth presented since the bill
emerged from the recesses Of the ways
and Means Committee.
when the announcement of an agree
mert was first made to-day. the lhdl-
cations were that the Senate had sur
rendered everything in the sugar sche-
duis to the House. No one not I'm pos
session Of AN the facts could see how
% could be otherwise, when 10 was
known that the House dincrential or
ouo-tfchth Of cent had been accept
,f and the Senate provision for throw
lrr of oue-tenth Of a cent on low-grad"
sl.gars recolcd from. "You viii dis
cover" said Senator Aldrich, in dis
cuse.re Tire matter among his coll
leagues. chat the Senate saves some
thing after All. and that it is not q
complete surrender on our part" The
wording of the new paragraph, which
follows shows that he was right:
"srrars not above no. &c. Dutch stand
arI r color tank bottoms: syrups OF
c8ne-iuco mclada. concentrated melada,
concrete and concentrated mOlaeaes test
lrr 1y fhe polariscope not above 20 de-
eroas $500 90 cent per pound ana TOT
every additional degree shown by the
p.arscotIc test. Si4-1O0 of ] cent per
... ions dee
gree in proportion; and on sugar above
N' it Dutch standard I'M color, and on
aI sugar which has gone through a pro-
cess 0f refining 125-0Oo0 Of 1 cent per
pound additional"
twill ha observed that the modification
OF the sugar schedule still leaves the
r.a on pure sugar testing 100 degrees
D." cents icr pound which was the sem
ate I..f The diMereutial on refined
sugar i- however Is of a cent per
pound while the Senate dinerential was
oge gfh
Ihg House also recedcd from the elimi-
f.u1u of the 40 Of cent reduction al
lowed 900 iaeeery and other low-grade
sugars testing below 81 degrees by the
lo.arec0re
DO .s claimed that the increase on the
higher grades Of sugar which will re-
t..t ilom the increase Of the polarlscopic
graduation allowance will add materially
io the protection TO the beet sugar in-
t..If. The TcnDers necessarily receive
Incidental benefit
Following are among the more impor-
uAt changes made IN other schedules:
-WOOI-TOBACCO
Hides 30 per cent ad valorcm, in place
o- ilc Cd per cent, fixed by the Senate
I.. House OF Representatives made
tl'.f Nght 90 have hides restored 10 the
'et hsl but thcy Were compelled 20 sub
.." To- the unyeldng demand Of the
Senate.
"o. cas- heretofore sent ouD. first
V-.s ID cents per pound; second class, u
V'Na per pound; third class, 4 cents on
ut- below y cents per pound in value.
1.- cents on that above II cents in
'4.-e. These rates on third-class wool
peg. He result of am agreement between
lecturers
H. adore. ,. cent per pound; pig lead,
= Nehls-tHe Senate rates.
1''" ei0 as fixed by the Senate
49, unanimous 81 cents per ton.
o'",,' $40 per pound on imported |
"'"ii,l" This is the Senate rate 1t
90 "f' Understood the action OF the
o.'-'' ID striking out the internal reve-
I.ofisioa ON tobacco. ana leaving the |
'Di lt" .n force was accepted By the
"v-rt c0nlorocs
''"llle VI potassium, 121-2 per cent. |
inc Senate rate, the House rate |
s - cents. The reduction was de-
.'.,1 10y The gold miners OF the West.
--'e Dein8 largely used In he reduc- |
"oN OF auricrOus ores.
horacic acid g cents nor mound the
""ie rate. The Senate rate on bofax |