The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-05
SENATORS GIVEN A SURPRISE.
THE TARIFF BILL UNEXPECTEDLY
REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE.

senator Jones Voted with the Re-
publIcnns to Send the Measure 90
the senate at Once and the Demo-
Gratis Were Defeated by Vote OF
10 5-NO Statement as to the
Amount OF Revenue 1t VIII Yield
10 he Made at Present-The Conn
ments of the Congressman BiascK
by Their PartIsanshIp.
Washington, May 4.-The tariff bill was
reported to the Senate to-day to the sur.
prise of the senator's and the public When
the Senate finance committee met to-day
the idea prevailed that the bill would be
held in committee for two or three days.
All the members of the committee were
present. The democrats examined the bill
for nearly an hour, making running COM
ments upon Il. They announced that they
were against the bill as a whole. They
soon understood that Senator Jones oE
Nevada was going to vote with the repub-
llcans and realized that there was no pos
sibllity OF changing the measure. They
had no desire to make any facetious oppo-
sition, and when a motion was made by the
republicans to report the bill at once tho
NbNS was pAbinpAA1 Adktus All tut AIPuBN
licans, with Senator Jones of Nevada,
voted for the motion and all the democrats
voted against Il, the vote standing 6 to ).
The republican members of the commit
tee say there is no statement to be made
now as to the effect of the bill, che amount
| Of revenue to be raised by il or the reduce
tions. When the bill is taken up in the
Senate, Mr.. Aldrich viii make such
| statement in the opening speech.
1T viii raise revenue enough" was ths
| comment OF Senator Allison, assented to
| by Senator Aldrich. They estimated,
| however, that the increased revenue to be
| raised from beer would be $l3O00,OO0 and
from tea $lO,0OOoOO.
Senator Jones of Arkansas said hs
| thought there would be about six weeks.
| debate on the bill.
Several sections in the last part of tins
| Dingley bill. which re-enact the present
| laws are stricken out This will have
the effect of leaving the present law stand
| and avoid discussion to a great extent.
The comments on the bill are. Of course.
| partisan. Some features are very much
| disliked by even republicans, but upon the
| whole the republicans commend and the
| democrats condemn II, though members OF
| the committee say that the sub-committee
has, in many particulars, improved upon
| the Dingley bill
The new bill is radically different from
the Dingley bill, practically amounting
| almost to another measure. Important
| schedules were revised entirely.
In reporting the bin Senator Aldrich
| gave notice that It would be called up on
| Tuesday, May IS. The time for the bill
| to take effect Is made July /, 1897, instead
of May l. as provided In the House bill.
and the words in the first paragraph, "or
| Withdrawn for consumption" are
| stricken out.
The sugar schedule Is as follows. "su-
| gars, not above No. 16 in Dutch standard
| in color, tank bottoms, syrups of cane
| juice and Of beet juice, melada, concentra-
| ted melada, concrete and concentrated mo-
lasses testing by the polariscope above 81
and not above So degrees, seventy-nins
| hundredths of one cent per pound;
and for every additional degree shown by
| the polariscope test, tWo-hundredths OF
one cent per pound, fractions of a degree
| IN proportion. Sugar above No. IS Dutch
| standard In color and sugar that has gone
| through a process Of refining, one-six-
| teenth Of one cent per pound; and in ad-
dition thereto, on all the foregoing 35 per
cent. Sugar not above No. 16 Dutch
standard In color, tank bottoms, syrups
Of cane Juice and beet juice. melada. con-
/ centrated melada, concrete and concen-
| trated molasses testing by the polariscope
not more than 81 degrees, 70 per cent. Mo-
/ lasses testing above 40 and not more than
/ IS degrees, cents per gallon; testing So
degrees and not above 70 degrees cents
| per gallon.
Machinery for the manufacture of beet
sugar rs admitted free
Sugar cane In It's natural state or un-
manufactured, 10 per cent. saccharine 81
| per pound and 10 per cent.
Hides are transferred from the free list
and the tax on beer is increased to Sl.H
per barrel until Jan. /, 1900, when Il Is to
| be 81.
The retroactive clause OF the DlngIey
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, dependen-
cy or colony shall pay or bestow. directly
or indirectly, any bounty or grant upon
the expectation OF any article or mer-
chandise 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 merchandise into the United
States, whether the same shall be imports
ed directly from the country Of production
or otherwise, and whether such article or
merchandise Is imported In the same con-
dition as when exported from the coun-
try of production or has been changed in
condition by manufacture or otherwise,
there shall be levied and paid In all such
tdHeSt III d1ulllOu 70 the uuDch OtuefWlS3
imposed by this act, an additional duty
equal 20 the net amount Of such bounty or
grant, however the same be paid or be-
slowed. The net amount OF all such boun-
ties or grants shall be from time TO timo
ascertained. determined and declared by
the Secretary OF the Treasury who shah
make all needful regulations for the iden-
tihcatlon OF such articles and merchandise
and for the assessment and collection OF
such additional duties"
The House provision keeping I'm force
the Hawaiian reciprocity treaty Is strck-
en- out, the effect being indirectly to abro-
gate the treaty and impose the same duty
on Hawaiian sugars as Is imposed on SUI
gars from other countries.
The lumber schedule Is changed by add
Ing after the word timber the words
'hewn. sawed, squared on round timber"
and the duty is fixed at the rate 1 cent per
cubic foot as In the House bill
The rate of 81 per thousand on all sawed
boards, etc. is retained. but when PLAN
ed on one side tho additional rate n made
Is instead of 30 cents per thousand fcet