The times., 1897-07-20


than those which were provided by the
act of $50, and little lower than the
House rates.
Spirits, Vines. etc-The Senate rates on
spirits, wines, etc., are adopted in the
main.
,5oGuon and Cotton Goods-The duty of
20 per cent on imported cotton, as pro-
posed by the Senate, is not agreed TO, for
the reason that the only cotton imported
Is Egyptian cotton, which is a quality
hetween our uplands aud sea island, and
not produced here. The cotton schedule, as
whole, remains substantially the same as
in the bin as 1t passed the House. The
changes are mainly in the high grades OF
cotton underwear, with some modifica-
tions of hosiery.
Flax, Hemp, and Jute and Manufactures
--Hhe Senate changes In flax and hemp are
adopted. Compromise rates on manufac
lures OF jute, flax, etc, are agreed to, the
object being to develop the industry In
this country.
The Senate amendments to place burlaps,
bags cotton bagging and straw mattings
On the free list are disagreed to, and these
manufactures placed on the dutiable list
at reduced rates.
Paper and Pulp-The duties on wood
pulp for paper and on paper are converted
into specific form at substantially the
present ad yalorem rate, with a proyiso
added for an additional duty as against
any country that imposes an export duty
on pulp or woods The duties on manufac-
lures OF paper are substantially as they
passed the House.
Sundries This schedule remains sub
stanralv as II passed the House.
Coal, however, is reduced To 81 cents
per ton, aud coal slack, or culiIi, to 3
cents per ton, as proposed by Senate
amendment 674
A dury of / 5 per cent is placed on
hides OF caotle, which were placed on
the free list by the House. The Senate
| amendment t63Sl proposed a duty OF
90 per cent, but this was reduced to 8
per cent a proyiso is added for full
drawback of the duty paid on hides sub
sequently exported as leather
Paintings and statUary for private use
are made dutiable as provided by the
| House, but at 90 per cent
The free list as it passed the House is
in the main adopted, except that bolt
| ing cloths and several kinds of essential
oils have been added
The Eouse provision applying remedy
20 the wholesale introduction of goods
into this country free OF duty by
Americans visiting Europe is substan-
| TALLY adopted.
The House and Senate reciprocity plans
are united and adopted with notifications
| In the Senate plan any commercial treaty
| must be approved by Congress before
1 IL SCcS iubJ duu III tHe plan
chicle, silk laces, sugar, mineral waters
| and hides have been stricken out, and
| touka and vanilla heans added
The senate provision imposing an equiva-
lent countervailng duty on imports from
! foreign countries which have been paid an
export duty is adopted.
The Senate provision increasing the In
/ ternal revenue on cigarettes is agreed
20, with an amendment covering cigarettes
J wrapped in tobacco, and provisions to en-
| force the collection of the tax
| The Senate provision changing the law
| so as 20 allow no rebate on the tax on
! beer is agreed to.
The Senate provision for a stamp tax
/ on the issue and transfer of stock and on
bonds issCed by corporations is omitted
| from the bill.
The administrative sections added to the
bin by the Senate are substantially the
same as those passed by the House in the
! Fifty-fourth Congress, and are agreed to
with slight amendments
While this statement fTom the chairman
| of the committee is very interesting, it
does not give tie Details of the CHANGES
| that have been ma de in some of TIE i'm
| portant sc hedules, and these are well
worthy Of inv estigation On the part Of the
studenr of this very remarkable piece OF
legislation. The more important matters
| are herewith given. The sugar schedule,
which cannot but be gratifying to tie trust,
was published exclusively in The Times
| yesterday evening. In fun 1t reads as
| follows:
Sugars not above No. 16 Dutch standard
| in colcr, tank bottoms, sirups OF cane
! iuice, melada, concentrated melada, con
crete and concentrated molasses, testing
by the polariscope not above 75 degrees
| So-ioO of l cent per Pound, and for every
additional degree shown by the poIaIl-
Scopic test, 35-l000 CT 1 cent per Eound
additional, and fractions of a degree In
proportion; an1 on sugar above No. 16
Dutch standard in color, and on all sugar
which mas gone through Il process Of refin-
ing, 1 cent and 95-1OO of 1
cent per pound; molasses testing
above 40 degrees and not above So de-
grees,3 cents per gallon; testing SO degrees
and above, 6 cents per gallon; sugar drain
ings and sugar sweepngs shall be sub
ject to duty as molasses or sugar, as the
case may be, according to polaris copic
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 reel
procity concluded between the United States
and the King of the Hawaiian Islands on
the 81 9th day of January, 1875, or the pro-
visions of any act of Congress heretofore
passed for the execution of the same.
The Senate agreed to a slight advance
over it's rate in wrapper tobacco. from
S1.7o to 81 S5 pound, this rate being
fixed at the last moment after Democrats
were called in. The schedule now reads:
Wrapper tobacco, and filler tobacco
| when mixed or packed with more thar
10 per centum of wrapper tobacco, and
all leaf tobacco the product OF two or more
countries or dependencies when mixed
or packed together, IL unstemmed, 81. 50
per pound: if stemmed. So. so per pound
filler tobacco not specially provided for il
this act, If unstemmed. 50 cents per pound
if stemmed, so cents per pound"
The dutyon cigars, cigarettesand cheroot
remains at 81 per pound and 25 per cent
al valorem.
The chief items in the lumber schedule as
amended and agreed to in conference are
as follows.
Timber hewn, sided or squared mot less
than eight nches squarel, and round tim
ber used for spars or in building wnarves
/ cent per cubic foot.
Sawed boards, planks, deals and other
lumber of whitewood, sycamore and ba
wood, 81 per thousand feet, board meas
ure; sawed lumber, not specially provided
for IN this act, 50 per thousand feet, boa rd
measure; but when lumber of any sort il