Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-09-30
elimination Of
PREFERENTIAL
UNEXPECTED

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Willett & Gray's Sugar Trade
Journal says under date OF September
Is. with reference to the tariff bill:
The following letter. which We have
received from Senator Bristow, ap-
pears TO make il clear thar the elm
ination OF limit Of No. Is ID. s. in
color win apply only TO raw sugar,
after passage of the new Tarih Bill,
and that the duty of I90c per ID. viii
continue (until March /, 1919 to be
assessed on "ail sugar which has gone
through process of refining, as pro
yided in the law now in force.
Also, the new bill now provides
that The present rates Of duty win
continue to be assessed on all grades
until March /, 1914:
Il have your letter of the 18th In
slant. In my opinion the amendment
which | offered to the sugar. schedule
OF the tariff bill and which was adopt
ed, simply strikes ont of the present
law the words and on sugar above
No. Is Dutch Standard in color, and
leaves the remainder, Of the para
graph intact without modification or
change. 1t win become effective inn
mediateiy upon the signing of the
present bill by the President / have
considered carefully the suggestions
you make, and cannot see how any
other reasonable Interpretation can
be placed upon it.
Il understand that the matter Of
the duties 70 be assessed on sugar be-
tween the passage of the bill and
March I. 1914. has been cleared up.
Shortly before the passage of the bin,
the senate passed an amendment to
the committee amendment, fixing the
date for taking effect Of the new
rates on March 1, 1914, reading as
follows: Until which date the rates
of duty provided by paragraph ZIG Of
the Tariff Act approved August 5,
1909, shall remain In force
Very truly yours,
fSignedl JOSEPH l. BRISTOW.
tariff, Cuban Reciprocity.
The clause in the Tariff Bill relat-
ing to the Cuban Reciprocity Treaty,
as amended by the senate. now reads:
B. That nothing in this act con-
tained shall be so construed as to alb
r0gate or in any manner impair or
AFFECT the provisions Of the treaty Of
commercial reciprocity concluded be-
tween the United States and the Re-
public Of Cuba on the eleventh day
OF December. 1902. or the provisions
Of the Act of Congress heretofore
passed for. the execution of the same
except In so far as paragraph ITO of
Schedule e, section I, may be deter.
mined to be ii conflict with the provi-
so to article eight Of said treaty
Members of the senate committee
consider that this provision, as now
woffled, leaves - deabt but that Gu.
ban sugars will continue to be admit
ted under the new tariff at the pres
ent concession Of 20 per cent on the
duty assessed on other foreign sugars,
the new rate on foreign 96 degrees
test being 1256c, which will make the.
new rate on Cuban 96 degrees test;
1.0048c per ID. until May /, 1916.
when all sugars viii be admitted free
of duty. as provided iii the bill.
The debate in the senate on August
80. 1913, makes It plain that this Is.
the intent.
Tariff.
WASHINGTON, Sept. II, 1915. "A
final determined effort Is now being
made to extend. for two months, the
effective date on which the new dn-
ties carried IN the sugar schedule
shall become operative. It is pro-
posed to make the date May instead
of March 1, 1914 The entire Louisi-
ana delegation In Congress Is heading
the movement
The conference committee on the
Tariff Bill is being urged to permit
the change indicated The argument
advanced is that the refiners Of sugar
would be compelled to pay the regu-
lar price for two additional months. /
This would mean. approximately, "a
cents per 100 pounds more for the en-
tire domestic crop.
What action the con1erees win take
on the representatio being made Is
entirely probleInaticai. kThe impress
sion prevails that no further change
In the sugar schedule win be made |
and the Date Of March / win stand |
as fixed By the senate
The conference committee hopes to |
complete its 1abors and report the bill |
back to both Houses of Congress by
the end OF this week.