Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-05-13
CHANGES IN TARIFF.
DlN0lEY MEASURE HAS BEEN
REMODELED.
The Senate Com mmittee Brings In a
Report Showing Many Notifications
in the House BiIl-WiIl Not Be
Retroactive.
Measure q. Amended

ments as soon as they have time TO pre-
pare them. Among these will be broad
| reciprocity clause as substitute for that
| which appears in the House bill. The
| duty on tea and the additional tax on beer
are intended TO be temporary, and for the
purpose of raising revenue.
Senator Aldrich presented the bill to the
| Senate. The time for the bill to take eff
| feet is made July 1. 1897. instead of May
| i, as provided in the House. The sugar
| schedule is wholly rewritten in the inter-
| est of the trust. The word btuminous is
| stricken out and all coal made dutiable at
| 40 cents per ton. with a proyiso added
| that the duty on coal and shale shall be GO
cents per ton, and on coal slack, or culma,
| IL cents per ton, when imported from any
| country, colony or dependency that does
not impose upon coal or coal slack or cul-
ma higher rates of duty than those named
| in this proviso.
The Senate has increased the internal
revenue duty on beer by changing section
1899 of the revised statutes to read as fol-
| lows:
| Until Jan. l, 1900 there shall be paid on
| all beer, lager beer, ale. porter. and other
similar fermented liquors. brewed or manu-
| factured and sold or removed for consump-
tion or sale within the United States. by
| whatever name such liquors may be called,
| tax of S1.44 for every barrel containing
not more than 81 gallons; and after Jan. l..
| 1900, there shall be paid tax OF 81 per bar
| rel on every barrel OF such beer lager beer,
| ale, porter, and other similar fermented liq-
uors.
| The present rate is 81.
The retroactive clause of the Dingley
tariff bill is stricken from the Senate bill.
The entire House provision relating TO re-
ciprocity has been stricken out and the
| following section substituted:
That whenever any country dependency
| or colony shall pay or bestow, directly or in
| directly, any bounty or grant upon the ex-
portation OF any article or merchandise
| from such country dependency, or colony,
| and such article or merchandise Is dutiable
under the provisions of this act. then, upon
| the Importation Of any such article or mer-
| chandise into the United States, whether
| the same shall be imported directly from
the country of production or otherwise, and
| whether such article or merchandise Is I'M
ported in the same condition as when ex-
ported from the country Of production. or
| has been changed In condition by manufac-
/ ture or otherwise, there shall be levied and
| paid In all such cases. In addition TO the
! duties otherwise imposed by this act, an ad-
| dltional duty equal TO the net amount OF
such bounty or grant. however the same be
paid or bestowed
| The net amount Of all such bounties or
| grants shall be from time to time ascertain
| ed. determined. and declared by the Secre,
| tary Of the Treasury, who shall make all
| needful regulations for the identification Of
| such articles and merchandise, and for the
| assessment and collection OF such addi-
| tional duties.
The House provision in the tariff bill
keeping in force the Hawaiian reciprocity
treaty is stricken out. the effect being in
directly to abrogate the treaty and impose
the same duty on Hawaiian sugars as is
imposed on sugars from other countries.
The provision in the House bill on dis
| titled wines is stricken out and the follow
| ing substituted:
| Still wines. including ginger wine or gin
| ger cordial and vermuth, I'm casks or pack
| ages. other than bottles or jugs, II contain
Ing ii per cent. or less. of absolute alcohol
| 30 cents per gallon: IL containing more than
| IA per cent. OF absolute alcohol. 30 cents per
| gallon. In bottles or jugs. per case OF one
| dozen bottles, or jugs, containing each not
/ more than one quart, and more than one
pint, or "a bottles or jugs containing each
| not more than one pint. 81 per case; and
any excess beyond these quantities found In
| such bottles or jugs shall be subject to n
| duty of cents per pint or fractional part
| thereof, but no separate or additional duty
| shall be assessed on the bottles or jugs; pro-
vided, that .ny wines. ginger cordial or
vermuth imported containing more than "a
per cent. of alcohol shall be classed as spir-
| Its, and pay duty accordingly. And pro-
vided further that there shall be no con-
| structive or other allowance for breakage
| leakage, or damage on wines. liquors, cor
dials. or distilled spirits. Wines, cordials
| brandy and other spirtuous liquors, includ-
| Ing bitters Of all kinds, and bay rum. or bay
water imported in bottles or jugs, shall be
packed In packages containing not less than
| one dozen bottles or jugs I'm each package,
or duty shall be paid as IL such package
| contained at least one dozen bottles or jugs;
| and all such bottles or jugs shall, unless
| otherwise specially provided for In this act
pay an additional duty of cents for each
bottle or jug. The percentage o: alcohol la
| wines and fruit juices shall be determined
/ In such manner as the Secretary of the
| Treasury shall by regulation prescribe.
| Lumber and Wool Changes.
| The lumber schedule is changed by add
| ing after the word timber the wordc
"Hewn. sided. or squared and round tim
ber," and the duty fixed at the rate of 1
| cent per cubic foot as in the House bill.
| The rate of 81 per ton on all sawed
boards. etc., is retained, but when planed
on one side, the additional rate is made 30
instead Of 80 cents per 1000 feet board
measure; when planed, tongued. and
| grooved the additional rate is made 10
cents per 1,O00 feet board measure instead
of 81; il planed on two sides and tongued
and grooved $1.05 per 1000 instead Of
| $1.5O.
| Ine House pfONlSO LOT an Nuultlondl
| duty of % per cent ad valorem upon lum-
Der imported from any foreign country
| which imposes an export duty Is changed
so as to add the amount of the export duty
| instead of any fixed sum.
Many and important changes were
made in the wool and woolen schedule.
| First class woods were reduced from IL
cents per pound, as provided in the House
bill, to cents per pound, and second-class
woods from II to o cents. whereas the
duties on woods of the third class were
/ raised.
The dividing line in this latter class was
placed at 10 cents value, woods under tina {
value being made dutiable at the rate of
4 cents per pound instead of 81 per ceut
nd valorem. as in the House bill.
Woods valued at more than 10 cents per
pound were placed at cents per pound
| instead of 80 per cent ad valorem.
The wool growers failed to secure all
the changes they desired in classification,
but Il Is understood that the rates fixed
on the woods themselves are satisfactory
| to them.
The steamfitters' strike In New York