The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1902-02-25
IHE PHILIPPINE Bill
1t Went Through the Senate by q
Strict Party Vote.
ONE CHANGE MADE.
An Amendment Was Adopted RaStrlc,
ing the Operation of the Sedition
Laws EEc:ed by the PHI
ippIne Commission.

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amid considerable excitement
Man, a-,ardr,or+- r-ara o4raraa n
tC~ fAIHpplne Dill Out except those
offered by the committee only one,
an amendment restricting the opera-
.or, If Tho soai+io, 1o,,,s oroo+oa b,,
the IaIt COMMISSION was passed.
me amendment OF Mr.. Foraker' nA-
ing the rate OF duties levied upon PROD
ucts coming into the united states
from the philippines at 90 per cent OF
the Dlngiey rates, instead OF 10 per
cent, as hNed in the Dill, was lost bul
1t received large Republican vote.
Had the Democrats voted for 1t as
party it would have carried, but many
Democrats voted against it.
As passed, the measure provides that
| articles imported INTO the Phlupplhe
archipelago from the United Stats
| shall be required to pay the duties
levied against them by the Philip
! pine commission and paid upon IKE
articles imported into the archipelago
| from foreign countries; that articles
| imported into the United States from
| the Philippines shall pay duty OF 10
per cent Of the rates fixed by the Ding,
| ley law, less any export taxes pala
upon the articles sent from the Fhll-
| ippine archipelago as required by the
Philippine commission. All articles
now imported free into the UnlIeu
States shall be hereafter exempt from
export duty imposed IN the Phllip
pines.
The bill exempts the commerce pass
ing between The United States and the
Philippines from the operation OF the
navigation laws OF the United states
until July /, 1904, ana authorizes the
Philippine commission TO Issue II
censes to craft now engaged IN llght-
erage or exclusively harDor business
provided such craft are bullt IN tht
United States or IN the Fhlllpp!heS
and owned by cltizens OF tue Ohiteo
States or inhabitants Oh the Fhlhp-
pines.
The duties and taxes collected IN
pursuance OF this act shall be pa4o
into the treasury of the Philippine IS
lands and used for their dement,
All articles manufactured IN bonded
warehouses OF imported materials OF
of materials subject to internal reFe
nue. tax when shipped from the United
States to the Philippines shaIl be eX-
empt from the internal revenue, and