The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-16
DINGLEY's NEW BILL.
Reciprocity Scheme Elaborated BE
fore Fermentation In Hau~0

| Reciprocity Scheme Elaborated Be-
| fore Presentation to House.
WASHINGTON. March 15.-The new
| tariff bill, presented in the house today
| by Mr.. Dingley, does not differ IL the
main from that published in the
G / o e of Monday Added schedules
or those elaborated by the committee
after the first copy of the bill was
formulated are given below:
RECIPROCITY
The reciprocity scheme Of the bill author
/, lies the president TO make treaties with for
! eign countries by wh.ch he will lower tae-
| duties on certain goods ,lar return for Tecip-
rocal or equivalent concessions. to products
on manufactures of the United States. 10
further provides that with view to secure
reciprocal trade" with foreign governments
the president when he is satisfied that any
government OF country, or colony Of such
government, exporting to the United States,
coffee, tea, or hides, imposes duties or other
exactions upon the agricultural, manufactured
or other products CT the United States, which,
he may deem to be "reciprocally unequal and
unreasonable" shall have the power to sus-
pend by proclamation 1.-The free Introduction
of such coffee, tea hides, uncured,
whether dry, salted pickled Angora goat
skins, raw or manufactured, and SKINS
cept sheep skins with the wool on, Of the
products of such country or colony for such
time as he shall deem just"
During such suspension the duties shall be:
Coffee, 3 cents per pound; tea, 10 cents; hides,
Angora goat skins, asses skins, SKINS
cept sheep skins with the wool on, ~ cents
per pound. The articles on which duties will
| be lowered by reciprocity treaties and the
rates at which they VIII be entered under
such treaties follow: Crude tartar or wine
lees crude, l cent per pound; chicke, cents
per pound; brand1es, 81 per gallon; cham
payne and other sparkling wines, at the rate
OF 50 per dozen quarts; still wines, includ-
! ing ginger wine or ginger cordial and YER
muth. in cakes. so cents per gallon in bot
I a 70 afO nf
| quarts. Laces Of silk OF which silk IS
| the component material, or chief value, 55
per cent. Mineral waters and limitations 81
| natural mineral waters and artificial mineral
| waters in green colored glass bottles Of
not more than one pint, 20 cents per dozen;
quarts, e cents; not in bottles, 20 cents per
| gallon. Paintings, drawings and statuary, 20
| per cent Sugar, molasses ETC., 81 per cent
| Of the regular duty.
SUGAR
| The sugar schedule, as revised, is one OF
| the most important, and also one OF the
! shortest in the act. Sugars not above No.
! IS. DIS and concentrates testing not above
| IS degrees are dutiabe at one cent per pound
and 3-100 Of cent additional for each de-
! gree above; above No. Is and on all refined
| sugars, 1.S75 cents per pound; molasses above
| Sc degrees, cents per gallon. On sugars
| from bounty-paying countries additional
! duty equal to the amount Of the bounty Is
| levied. Sugars, tank bottoms etc.. the prod
| uct of any country which pays, directly or
| indirectly, bounty on the export thereon,
| as exported therefrom otherwise, shall
pay, in addition to the foregoing rates duty
equal to such bounty. or as much thereof as
! may be in excess of any tax collected by
such country upon such article, or upon the
| beet or cane from which 1t was produced.
| It Is provided this however does not affect
| the existing Hawaiian reciprocal treaty. 9th
| er duties in this schedule are: Maple sugar
| and syrup, cents per pound; glucose or
! grape sugar, III cents per pound; sugar cane
| In its natural state. or manufactured, 20
| per cent ad valorem. Saccharine 81 per
| pound and Is per cent ad valorem. Sugar
| candy and all confectionery and all other
| articles made wholly or in part OF sugar
/ valued at Is cents per pound or less, cents
| per pound and 20 per cent ad valorem valued
| at more than Is and not more than 35 cents
per pound, II cents per pound and 20 per
cent ad valorem above IS cents, 80 per cent
1 ad valorem.
SILKS AND SILK GOODS
Silk partly manufactured. not further ad-
vanced than corded or combed, 40 cents per
pound. Thrown silk (singles), tram or gan
canine, sewing silk, twist, floss and silk
| threads or yarns, except spun silk, 80 per
cent Spun silk, value not exceeding 81 a
! 81 to 81 so, 30 cents and Is per cent; $3.50 to
! 81, 40 cents and Is per cent; 81 to $3.50. so
cents and Is per cent; $50. so cents and 15
per cent; none to pay less than 30 per cent
Velvets, chenflles or other pile fabrics,
$3.50 per pound AID Is per cent; pushes 81 rs
and IS per cent none less than 50 per cent
Goods In the piece, not more than 20 per
| cent Of weight silk, 80 cents per pound; moro
than 20 and not more than 30 per cent silk
| s. cents. Dyed in the thread, not more than
| 25 per cent silk, rs cents, between % and 40
per cent, 81 10; more than 40 per cent, black,
! $1.50; other than black, 50; weight not in
! creased IN dyeing, 81; in the gum, 81 so; dyed
/ in the piece So 25; less than ] 1-3 ounces per
! square yard in the gum. So; less than one
| ounce. 81; not more than 1-3 ounce, IS; none
| less than 80 per cent.
! Handkerohiefs muflers, in
| piece, hem-stitched embroidered or trimmed.
| 10 per cent additional. Bandlngs. beltings,
| garters, webs suspenders, etc., not
| broidered, so per cent. Laces and articles
wholly or partly Of lace. edgings. fiouncings.
| veilings. neck ruffiing. OF which silk is the
| chief element. 60 per cent and when COM
posed in part OF India rubber. cents per
4 ounce additional.
All manufactures OF silk not specially pro-
vlded for, including such contain rubbe-.