Aldrich's Tariff Bill

Senator Aldrich ín presenting tlie t;uiö bil! to the U. S. senate gave notice that it would be called up on Tuesday next the lStli inst. The time tor the bill to take effect is made July 1. 1897. instead of May 1, as provided in the house. The sugar scbedule s as follows: Sugars not above number 16. Dutch Standard, in color, tank bottoms syrups of cane Juice and of beet juice, inalada, coneentrated matada, concrete and concentrated molasses, testing by polariscope above 87 and not above 88 degrees, .79 of 1 per cent. per pound, and for every additional degree shown by the polariseope test .02 of 1 per cent. per pound,%and fractions of a degree in proportion. Sugar above number 16, Dutch Standard, in color, and sugar that has gone through a process of refitting 1.16 of 1 per cent. per pound; and in addition thereto un all the foregoing 36 per cent. ad valorem. Sugar not above number 16, Dutch Standard, in color, tank bottoms, syrups of cane juice and beet juice, melada, concentrated melada, concrete and concentrated molasses testing by the polariscope not more than 87 degrees, 75 per cent. ad valorem. Molasses testing above 40 and not more than 56 degrees. 4 cents per gallon: testing 56 and not above 70 degrees, L cents per gallon. liwt Sugar Btachlnery l'reo. Manhinery purchased abroad, imported and erected in any beet sugar faetory and actually used in the production of sugar in the United States from beet produoed therein within two years from the flrst day of July, 1897, shall be admitted free of duty, under such regulations as the secretary of the treasury may prescribe. Maple sugar and maple syrup 4 cents per pound; sugar cane in its natural state or manufactured, 10 per cent. ad valorem; saccharine $1 per pound and 10 per cent. ad valorem. Sugar candy and all confectionery valued at 15 cents per pound or less, 4 cents per pound; and 15 per cent. ad valorem. A duty is levied on tea at the rate of 10 cents per pound until Jan. 1. 1900: after 1900 it is admitted free of duty. The following is the provisión in regard to hides. which are transferred from the free list: Hides of cattle, raw or uncured, whether dry, salted or pickled, 1V2 cents per pound; provided that upon all leather exported made from imported hides there shall be allowed a drawback equal to the amount of duty paid on such hides. All Coal .Made Dutiable. Goal and shale - The word bituminous is stricken out and all coal made dutiable at 75 cents per ton with a proviso added that the duty on coal and shale shall be B0 cents per ton and on coal slack or culm, lü cents per ton, when imported frotn any country, colony or dependency that does not inipose upon coal or coai slack or culm higher rates of duty than these named In the proviso. Beer tax - The sánate has increased the infernal reverme duty on beer by changing section 3389 of the revised statutes to read as follows: Until Jan. 1, 1900, there shall be paid on all beer, lager beer, ale, porter and other similar fermetttfd liquors, brewed or raanufactureri and sold or removed for consumption or sale within the United States, by whatever name such liquors may be ealled, a tax at il. 44 for every oarre! eontaining not more than thirtyone gallons; and af ter Jan. 1, 1900, there shall be paid a tax of $1 per barrel on every barrel of such beer, lager beer, ale, porter and other similar fewnented liquors. (The present rate is $1.) The retroactive olause of the Dingley tariff bill is stricken from the senate bilí. "WitU Kegnril to Keoiprocity. The entire house provisión relating to reciproclty has been stricken out and the following section substituted: That whenever any country, flependency or colony shall pay or bestow, directly or indirectly any bounty or grant upon the exportation of any art lel e or merchai.dise from such country, dependency, or colony. and such article or mercha.ndise is dutiable under the provisons of this act, then pon the importation of any such article or merchandise into the United States, whether the same shall be imported directly from the country of production or othervvise, and whether such article or merchandise is imported in the same conrlition as when exported from the country of production or has been ehanged in condi.ion hy manufacture or otherwise, there shall be levied and paid in all such cases, in addition to the duties otherwise imposed by this act. an additional duty equal to the net amount of such bounty or grant. however the same be paid or bestowed. The net amount of all such bounties or grants shall be from time to time ascertained. deternined and deelared by the secietary of :he treasury. who shall make all needful regulations for the identification of such articles? and merchandise and for the assessment and eollection of such additional duties. The house provisión in the tariff bill keeping in force the Hawaiian reciirocity treaty is stricken out, the effect teing indirectly to abrógate the treaty and impose the same duty on Hawaiian sutiars as is imposed on sugars from other coun tries. J.umln'r Schedule C'hangecl. The lumb'er schedule is ehanged by adding after the word timber the words "Hewn, sided or squared and round timber," and the duty fixed at the rate of 1 cent per cubic foot as in the house bill. The rate of $2 per ton on all sawed boards, etc, is retained, ut when planed on one side, the additional rate is made 35 instead of 50 cents per thousand feet, board measure; when planed, tongued and grooved the additional rate is made 70 cents per thousand feet, board measure, instead of 51: if planed on two sides and tongued and grooved $1.05 per thousand instead of $1.50. The house proviso for an additional duty of 25 per cent. ad valorem upon lumber imported from any foreign country which imposes an export duty is ehanged so as to add the amount of the export duty instead oí any fixed sum. The duty on kindling wood in bundies is stricken out. Shingles, house rate 30; senate 25 cents per thousand. Manufactures of osier or willow, house rate 50, senate 40 per cent. ad valorem. Ghaiigre in Weol Scliednle. llany and important ehanges were made by the senate tariff_ the vi'uoï ánd vvoolet! schedule as passed by ■ . : : cl iss wools were reduced trom LI oei ■ pei ; as provided n the house bil!, to s eents per pound, and second eiass wools trom 12 to 9 cents, whereas the duries on wools of the thtrd-olass were va sed. The dividing- line in this Jatter class was placed at 10 cents value, woola under that value made dutiable at the rate of 4 cents per pound instead of 32 per cent. ad valorem as in the house bil!. Wools valued at more than 10 cents per pound were placed at 7 cents per pound instead of 30 per cent. ad valorem. The wool growers failed to secure all the changes they desired in classlflcatlon, but it is understood that the rates flxed on the wools themselves are satisfactory to them. Skirted wools of the firstclass as imported in 1890 and prior to that date are required to pay 1 cent per pound in addition to the rates imposed by this act on unwashed wools of class one. í'liniiffe in ToIkioco Taxfs. Tobacco - An important ehange was made in tobáceo taxesunder the internal revenue laws. Section 3368. relating to internal revenue taxes on tobáceo, was changed (revised statutes) to read as follows: "Upon tobáceo and snuff manufactured and sold, or removed for consumption or use, there shali be levied and collected the followinar taxes: On snuff, manufaetured oí tobáceo or any substitute for tobáceo, ground, dry, damp, plckled, scented or otherwise of all descriptions, when prepared for use a tax of 8 cents per pound. And snuff flour, when sold or removed for use or consumption. shall be taxed as snuff and shall be put up in packages and stamped in the same manner as snuff. On all chewing and smoking tobáceo, fine cut cavandish, plug or twist, cut or granula-ted, of every description; on tobáceo twlsted by hand or reduced into a conditlon to be consumed, or in any manner other than the ordinary mode of drying and curing, prepared for sale or consumption, even if prepared without the use of any machine or instrument and without belng pressed or sweetened: and on all fine cut, shorts and refuse scraps, clippings, cuttinga and sweepings of tobáceo, a tax of 8 cents per pound."