Indiana State Sentinel, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 May 1894 — Page 1

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SOME HOPE IN THIS

The Senate May Act Yet This Month And Congress May Go Home the Fourth If Certain Senators Will Stay Bought TRAITORS ARE OBDURATE And May Not Live Up to Their Agreements. Hill, Murphy and Smith Still Doubtful, But Counted on by the Republicans. The Latter Confidently Predict TbaC o Tariff BUI Will Pass the Senate llopefnl Democrat Predict That a Tariff BUI W 111 Pom Tbl Month and That Conprfu Will Adjonrn by the Fourth of Jalr-Incomc Tax Amend menti Presented io the Senate Some Radical Changes Are Made. WASHINGTON". May 4. Notwithstanding the truce agreed upon between the democratic and republican senators whereby it was arranged that hostilities on th tariff should ceare until next Tuesday, there has not been a d.iy when there has been bolder talk and stronger protest on respective sides of the chamber than today. While the republican senators have allowed the democrats to infer that when the amendments are publicly announced and the assurance of a vote sufficient to pass the bill is given, they will yield to the majority, they assert privately that they know that the necessary votes cannot be obtained and declare that the democrats in the senate are gradually approaching more serious trouble than they have yet encountered; and, in making this statement, they assert that Senators Murphy and Smith are as doubtful as is Senator Hill, in the support of the bill, as it is to be amended. It is asserted that Senator Smith only cast his vote for the Gorman resolution in the democratic caucus yesterday upon the assurance that the resolution was not binding'. Democrats Confident. The democrats express the greatest confidence in the success cf the bill. Senator Faulkner said today that the bill would become a law before the 15th of June, and that congress would adjourn by the 4th of July. The democratic senators declared the tariff bill would pass the senate before the 1st of June. More than one asserted that both Senators Murphy and Fmith had given assurance of support. It is noticeable, however, that some of the democratic senators are canvassing the probabilities of securing the populist vote in the senate and they say that Senators Allen and Kyle will vote for the bill, so that they can lose II ill. Mu-phy and Smith if necessary and still have the requisite forty-three votes. The program, of the democratic managers Is to Introduce the tariff amendments on Monday, have them taken up in the full committee on finance on Tuesday and reported to the senate so as to continue the debate after that date. In the meantime they will proceed with their work of clearing up the executive calendar, while in the committee rooms they will arrange for the rene-ral o the battle, which they will try to carry by a cavalry- charge if the repubiVans do not make definite terms with them. Senator Mills Talks. Senator Mills, who was not at the caucus yesterday, was asked if his absence had any significance and emphatically paid that it had none. "I did not knovr anything about It," he said, "and if I had been there I would probably have talked against concessions, and then taken my medicine like the rest of them and agreed tc vote for the bill. I realize that ye are in the hands of a half dozen senators who can defeat the bill if they do not get what they want Since the bill was first made, concessions have been going on and Instead of cutting down as I desired should be done, they have been going up, and we cannot tell where they wlll end." He was asked why they did not arrange the differences in some way and get down to work. "That 13 what they are trying to do. They hope that this matter can be arranged after a while and the discussion of the bill proceed. The country is impatient of delay. It was when the silver repeal bill was pending. A great many did not believe the repeal would do any good, but they wanted the matter settled. I know something about public opinion, and I know that the people regard this delay as unnecessary, and are becoming very much disgusted." KixiuiC the Schedules. Senator Jones has put in the entire day in hi3 committee room and has had Senator Vest with him a part of the time. They have been engaged especially upon the wool and cotton schedules, which it Is believed are to be Uli further changed than they are understood to have been. Senator Murphy has interested himself In these schedules and there is little doubt that he will secure more liberal concession than have been granted. 'A delegation of gentlemen, consisting of Walter Stanton and George W, BramhaJl of New York and Charles A. Own, all of them Influential democrats, have been at the capital today as representatives of the woolen manufacturing interest, and Mr. Stanton said, after conferring with members of the committee, that he was very hopeful that the woolen schedule would be materially cnahged. He said they had asked for a compound duty and had shown the committee how it was impossible to make a strictly ad valorem duty serve the purpose of affording any protection to manufacturers. Mr. Stanton declared that the woolen manufacturers were asking concessions as democrats, and they had shown the committee that the changes they seek are such as the democratic party could afford to grant. "We don't," he said, "ask for a duty on wool, but we do ask for sufficient

duty on woolen products t: keep alive the factories which are now in existence." I.XCOJIE TAX AME.mMOT.

Senator Vest Submits the Change Agreed I pan. Senator Vet today offered amendments to the tariff providing for a change in the income tax feature of the bill. It does not change the tax of 2 per cent, nor the amount at which incomes should be subject to taxation, leaving it at $4.000 and upward. The object of the amendments is to relieve individual Investors in corporations of th - charge where their net incomes do not ixceed $4,000, but to have the profits of f Lie corporations taxed. It is also proposed to eliminate the alleged inquisitorial features of the income tax. Instead of compelling the individual to exhibit his books and papers the assessor may estimate the amount of tho income, and the person so assessed may appear and prove that he has been assessed too high if such is the case. The changes in detail are: Sees. 5!). 60 and CI are stricken out and the following section substituted therefor: That there shall be levied an! collected a tax of 2 per cent, annually on net profits or income above ordinary working or operating expenses of all banks, Kinking institutions, trust companies, savins Institutions, fire, marine, life and otner Insurance companies, railroad, canal, turnpike, canal navigation, slack water, telephone, telegram, telegraph, express, electric light, gas, water, street railway companies, and all other corporations or associations doing business for profit in the United States, no matter how created and organized: that said tax shall be paid on or before the 1st day of July, In each year; and if the president or other chief officer of any corporation, company or association shall neglect or refuse to file with the collector of the Internal revenue district in which said cor poration, company or association shall be located or engatred in business, a statemeat, verified by his oath or affirmation, showing the amount of net profits or income received by said corporation, company or association during the whole calendar year preceding the date of filiner said statement as hereinafter required, the corporation, company or association making default shall forfeit as a penalty the sum of $l,u,lO anl 10 per cent, of the amount of taxes due for each month until the amount is raid; the payment of said penalty to be enforced as provide! in other cases of neglect ajii refusal t j pay penaJtles under the internal revenue laws. The "net proiits or Income" of all corporations, companies or associations shall include the amount paid to shareholders and landholders or holders of CTtlricates of indebtedness of any kind or carried to the account of any fund or use! for construction, enlargement of plant, or any other expenditures or investment representing the net annual profits made or acquired by said corporation, company or association. Nothing herein contained shall apply to states, counties or municipalities, nor to corporations, companies or associations organized and conducted solely for charitable, religious or educational purposes; nor to the stocks, shares, funis or securities held by any fiduciary or trustees for charitable, religious or educational rurposes; nor to such builling and loan associations as are organized under the laws of any Mate or territory or of the District of Columbia, which, make loans to their shareholders to enable them to provide for themselves homes. The above is submitted for sections 53, 60 and 61 of the tariff bill. In which sec. 53 provided for levying 2 per cent, on banking and like corporations. Sec. 60 provided how the tax on such Institutions should be levied and collected. Sec. 61 provided for the 2 per cent, tax upon the Interest of stocks, dividends or profits of railroad, telephone, gas and like corporations and provided how it shall be collected. Other amendments insert the words "wilfully" in providing a penalty for false statements, as, for. Instance, in sec. 55. where a penalty of 50 per cent. is added for false statements. This is, of course, intended to prevent the infliction of penalties in case of unintentional false returns. It also deprives the revenue agent of the privilege of examining the books or accounts of persons accused of making false returns and restricts the examination to the person himself. In the main the amendments put corporations, companies or associations upon the same level as Individuals, giving them the privilege of proving the amount of income when the statement of income has been increased by the revenue agent. It also gives the corporations, companies and associations the rights granted to individuals to appeal from the deputy collector and from the collector's decision to that of the commissioner of internal revenue. It relieves them from the assessment of penalties as it does individuals, except upon reasonable notice of the time and place of hearing. The salaries of state, county and municipal officials ire relieved from the operations of the proposed tax law. The amendment providing for the time limitation of the operation of the act is made in sec. 51 and provides that the levying of the tax shall begin on Jan. 1, 1S93, and end Jar.. 1. 1900. An important amendment is made to sec. 55, which is as follows: Provided, also, that in computing the income of any person, corporation, company or association there shall not be included the amount received from any corporation, company or association as interests or dividends upon the bonds or stock of such corporation, company or association If the tax of 2 per cent, has been paid upon it3 net profit by said corporation, compiny or association as required by this act. The clause in paragraph 55 requiring estimates to be made upon the shares of persons in the gains or profits of companies in levying the income tax is stricken out. The Intention of these amendments is to prevent double taxation upon incomes received from corporations. Amendments are made to sec. 65, vprovidlng for returns of corporations so as to include companies and associations and place them upon the same terms under the law as corporations. After the Sogar Donnty. It has been considered probable that In the course of this session of the house there might be an attempt to attach to cne of the appropriations an amendment providing for the repeal of the sugar bounty clause of the McKinley act. There has been hesitation about " this matter among the democratic members, as it might be taken as an indication that they had some doubts about passing the tariff bill in the senate. Today Mr. Dockery introduced the following resolution, which was referred to the committee on rules: Resolved, That the committee on ways and mems is hereby directed to prepare and report to the house for consideration in connection with the legislative, executive and Judicial approprration bill as follows: That so much of the act entitled "an act to reduce reveune, equalize duties and for other purposes." approved Oct. 1, 1800, as firovides for and authorizes the issue of Icenses to produce sugar and for the payment of a bounty to the producers of sugar from beets, sorghum or cane grown In the United States or from maple sap produced within the United States, and the same is hereby repealed to take effect July 1, 1&S4, and thereafter it ghall be unlawful to issue any license to produce sugar or to pay any bounty for the production oC sugar of any klni, under the said act. Senator Jones of Arkansas said today that he hoped to be able tomorrow to follow up Senator Vest's presentation of the proposed changes In the income tax with the amendments which are to be made to the tariff rates in the bill. The engineers of the compromise have been especially engaged today upon the wool en schedule and the Indications now are that it will have a general overhauling. It has been arranged that the tariff debate shall be adjourned until Tuesday, the interval being spent by the senate in executive business. Neither democrats nor republican care to debate the bill until it is placed before the senate in the form contemplated by the caucus agreement of last night.

AGREE ON THE BILL

Democrats Accept the Tariff Compromise, The Vote in Caucus Standing 37 to 1, Senator Hill Alone Holding Out Against It. SIX MEMBERS ABSENT. But All Are Believed to Favor the Measure, Insuring Enough Votes to Pass the Same. Senator Gorman Makes a Conciliatory Speech. The Two Principal Speeches In Cnucns by Messrs. Jones and Hill The Former the Member of the Finance Committee Who lias Home the liriuit of the Work in Arranging the Compromise The Income Tax the Feature Whlrh Makes Hill Implacable The Speech of Senator Smith, Who Is Also Very Much Opposed to the Provision. WASHINGTON. May 3. By a vote of 37 to 1, fix of the forty-four democrats being absent, the democratic; senators in caucus today adopted a resolution agreeing to support the tariff bill of the finance committee, including the compromise amendments that have been agreed upon by the many conferences of democratic senators during the past two weeks. The resolution was presented by Senator Gorman of Maryland, the chairman of. the caucus, and discussed at some length, as the session lasted from a few minutes after 4 o'clock until nearly 7 o'clock. The six absent senators were: Mills, Murphy, Lindsay, Irby, Butler and Gibson. It was claimed that they were all accounted for and assurances were given that they would support the tariff bill. The only persons in whose absence there might be any significance are Senators Murphy and Mills, the understanding being that all others were in accord with any bill supported by the majority of the democratic senators. Senator Mills was not at the senate during the day, and the call for the caucus wa3 sent to his house. It is believed that he has some objections to the concessions that have been made, but he has previously announced that he would support any bill that provided for reductions in the present law. Senator Murphy's caucus notice was also sent to his residence, as he was absent from the capital. His position has all along been one of doubt, hut several democratic senators assert that he will support the bill and he is counted in the forty-three which are claimed bs certain to vote in favor of the bill. The other absentees are either out of the city or failed to secure notice in time. None of them have been counted as against the bill and it was said that they would Indorse the action of the caucus. Gorman Conciliatory. In presenting the resolution and stating the object of the caucus. Senator Gorman made a conciliatory speech. He said it was necessary to make concessions in order to secure the united support of the party,, and he further asserted that it wpuld need a democratic majority to pass the bill. He stated that concessions had been made on all sides and it was believed that the measure, with the proposed amendments, would now meet with the support which was absolutely necessary to pass a demo cratic tariff bill. Senator Jones of Arkansas, the mem ber of the llnance committee who has taken the most active part in the preparation of the amendments known as the compromise bill, made a speech in which he explained at length the pro posed amendments and told why they were necessary. He did not discuss nor read all of them, but selected the most important and those affecting the great est interests. Senator McPherson of New Jersey spoke in support of the resolution and dwelt at some length upon the con cessions which northern and east ern democrats had been obliged to make and what they had to give up in order to meet the de mands of the South and West. He claimed that the concessions that were talked of by the other senators were not wholly on one side. Senators Palmer and Vilas made long and vigorous speeches urging party har mony and the necessity of early action. Smith Supports It. Great interest centered in the speech of Senator Smith of New Jersey, and his remarks were received with .a great deal of satisfaction, for while he said he was not satisfied with the bill and was unalterably opposed to the income tax he was ready to support the meas ure with the amendments which had been agreed upon, although he claimed that what were called concessions by the southern and western men were but small compared with the concession which eastern senators made In support ing the bill with tne income tax pro visions. Senator Hill of New York was not placated. He spoke only a short tlne, but it was long enougn ro-r mm to con vlnce the caucus that his vote would r.ot be for the bill if the Income tax re mained in it. He Faid his position was well known; he had made his statement before the country and there was noth lng to add to what he had said. What ever the so-called concessions might be. they could not compensate for a rider in the bill which neither the needs of the country nor the party demanded Without saying so in direct terms, there were none who listened to him who believed that he would support the bill. The vote showed what those who had come into the caucus had expected. The conference has been going on among the democratic senators for two week and had given the leaders the information as to how the different senators stood, but they wanted official caucus action upon what, had been agreed to in the conference room. The -oil was called in order to place all on record, and thirty-seven senators voted in favor of the resolution and one (Senator Hill) against It. The

vote was received with gratification, as

many of the senators believed it signified that the tariff bill would pass. The senators present were: Bates, Tennessee; Berry, Arkansas; Blackburn, Kentucky: Bankhead. Louisiana: Brice, Ohio; CafTery. Louisiana; Call. Florida; Camden. West Virginia; Cockrell, Missouri; Coke, Texas; Daniel, Virginia; Faulkner. West lrginia: George. Missis sippi; Gordon. Georgia: Gorman, Maryland; Gray, Delaware; Harris, Tennes see; Hill New York; Hunton. Virginia; Jarvis. North Carolina; Jones. Arkansas; McLaurin. Mississippi; McPherson, New Jersey; Martin. Kansas; Mitchell. Wis consin; Morgan, Alabama; Palmer. Illinois; Pasco, Florida: Pugh. Alabania; Ransom. North Carolina: Roach, Nonn Dakota: Smith. New Jersey: Turple. In diana: West, Missouri; Vilas. Wisconsin; Voorhees. Indiana; Walsh. Georgia; White, California. VIEWS OF JOES AND HILL. The .rw York Senator I'nallerably Opposed to the Measure. The two principal speeches made dur ing the caucus were those of Senator Jones, explaining the reasons for and origin of the compromise, and giving some of the details of the amendments. and by Senator Hill in opposition to the bill as it is proposed to ame"nd it. Senator Jones saM that he has seen the necessity for amending' the bill and after giving the matter due consideration he concluded that it was possible that the bill, as first rejorted, had not been sufficiently considerate of the interests of all sections. He had then endeavored, in connection with others, to remedy these defects as he sw them, and in doing so had tried to consult senators representing all shades of opinion. He gave the reasons why the majority of the democratic senators representing the South and West wanted the income tax. and why the minority from the North and East were opposed to it, and said that while out of deference to the ma jority it had been kept In, the minority had been granted the concession or a limitation of the time the law should continue In force, and that while the period had not been lixed it would probably be placed at Ave years. He also said that many of the inquisitorial features of the bill had been omitted, but that the amount exempted and the rate of taxation had not been changed. He also said that the sugar schedule had been so changed so as to provide for an ad valorem duty of 40 per cent, and an additional duty of one-eighth of a cent on refined sugar, with a penalty of one-tenth of a cent on sugar imported from countries paying a bounty on sugar. The present law with the bounty to stand until the 1st of January next. He said that the ad valorem tax was not materially different srrom the sugar provisions the pending bill. He also stated that a large number of other amendments had been made, but did not mention them in detail, nor make any explanation of them except to say that in no case were the rates of duty fixed as high as in the McKinley law. He said in conclusion that an earnest effort had been made to harmonize all interests; that many concessions had been made to the eastern and northern democrats by changes from ad valorem to specific duties, and that it was hoped that when the. new bill should be presented it would command the solid democratic vote In the senate. Senator Hill. In his speech, took occasion to compliment Senator Jones for the patriotic and intelligent Interest he had displayed 4n. adjur ing .all differences, but "declared tnat.ro li reconcilable was his opposition to the income tax he should feel at liberty to offer any amendment ho saw proper to any paragraph in the bill, so long as the Income tax was a part of it, notwithstanding the resolution. He devoted himself largely to the income tax, and said that while he was pleased to hear some of the changes that had been made, he regretted that the income tax provision was still retained. He denounced the compromise on this account. He declared that the Income tax was not necessary for revenue purposes, and he defied any one to show that it was. He quoted the part of Senator Carlisle's recent interview admitting that an income tax was a war measure and said that he made no excuse for the effort to impose it at this time. He repeated what he had said in his public speech that no democratic national convention had declared for an Income tax. He also called attention to the fact that the demands of the democratic party for free raw material had been ignored, and said that wool was required to stand alone out of all the list as representing the fruits of this demand. He charged flatly that the income tax had been retained for the purpose of placating the South and West, and said that because if, for no other reason, New York would have to pay 30 per cent of the tax if imposed, he should antagonize the tax to the end. He declared that he was not mollified by the limitation of time. If the tax was right upon principle it should go on permanently; if not right it should be expunged entirely. It looked, he said, as if the change had been made for the sole purpose of getting votes. It could not be denied upon that ground, and he warned the party against the preparing a bill which would require too much defense, and called attention to the probability that it would be necessary to defend the sugar duty to refiners. He asserted that ten or twelve senators had opposed the tax, and said he had opposed it from the beginning with such a singleness of purpose that he had asked for no concessions In the bill as long as it should remaina statement which Senator Jones confirmed. BAND OF KIDNAPERS. Vomerons Disappearances Are Reported at St. Joseph, Mo. ST. JOSEPH, Mo., May 6. The police are working upon the theory that an organized band of kidnapers Is at work In thi3 city. In addition to the mysterious disappearance of W.' H. Harrison, a well-known traveling man, and two little daughters of Patrick Eay, as toll in these dispatches yesterday, the disappearance of three other small children are now reported. Yesterday afternoon Mrs. Gay's two little daughters left home to gather greens. At night they failed to reappear and although a search for them has been kept ever since, nothing in the nature of a clew to their whereabouts has b-sen discovered. Beside these one other child is also missing. All are under the age of twelve years. These mysterious disappearances, the strangest puirt of which is that they all occurred in broad daylight, have so alarmed parents that little ones are guarded with the utmost realousness. HE SHOVED THE QUEER. . Arrest of a 'Well-Known CI llirn of St. Joe for Counterfeiting. ST. JOSEPH. Mo., May 6.-For months past this city has been flooded with counterfeit dollars and half-dollars and although the government secret sarvlce has been at work on the case they Mere not until today able to locate the ging. Owing to an accident, R. G. Smith, a well-known citizen, was arrested tonight and locked up on the charge of circulating the spurious coin. When arrested he ha1 a large amount of the stuff in his possession and when confronted with the fact that he could not escape, made a full confession and. it is said, gave his partners in crime away. It is expected that a number of arrests will be ma4 tomorrow.

BUTLITTLEREFORM

In the Senate's System of Tariff Taxation, As Shown by the Compromise Amendments. VERY RADICAL CHANGES. The Identity of the Wilson Bill Almost Lost In the Effort to Placate the Senatorial Combine. The Changes More Xnnierons Than Those of the Finance Committee In Its Revision of the Hill as It Came from the Honse Text of the Chances from Both mils Senator Harris Says He W ill Make Strong Efforts to Make Progress with the Bill. WASHINGTON. May 7.-During the executive session today Senator Jones presented the amendments to the tariff bill which have been considered and agreed to by the democratic senators, known as the compromise committee. There are over 400 of them, and it makes a new bill or a measure greatly differing from the Wilson bill and from the senate bill in any form in which it has been presented. The amendments heretofore presented by Senator Vest and reported from tha finance committee are Indorsed by the compromise committee. This is a general Increase in the bill and in some schedules the Increases are very marked. Senator Harris remarked yesterday that notwithstanding the consideration of the Chinese treaty hadn't been finished he would oppose any i.iore executive sessions or the passage of any bills during the morning hour until after the tariff bill was disposed of. He also sail that he would now press for sessions beginning at 10 o'clock in the morning in or der that more speed might be made. The new sugar schedule provides: On and after Jan. 1, 1S93, there shall be levied and collected and paid on all sugars not above No. 16 Dutch standard in color and on all tank bottoms, syrups of cane juice or of beet juice, melada, concrete and concetrated molasses, a duty of 40 per centum ad valorem, and upon all sugars above No. 16 Dutch standard in color there shall be levied, collected and paid a duty of one-eighth of 1 cent per pound in addition to the said duty of 40 per centum ad valorem; and all sugars, tank bottoms, syrups of cane juice or of beet juice, melada, concentrated molasses, which are imported from or are the product cf any country which at the time the same are exported therefrom pays, directly or indirectly, a bounty on the export thereof, shall pay a duty of one-tenth of 1 cent per pound in addition to the foregoing rates: Provided, that nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to abrogate or in any manner impair or affect the provisions of the treaty of commercial reciprxlty concluded between the United States and the king of the Hawaiian islands one the 13th day of January, 1S75, or the provisions of any act of congress heretofore passed for the execution of the same. That on and after Jan. l. ls95. thre shall be levied and collected and paid on molasses, testing forty degress or less by the polariscope and containing more than 20 per centum of moisture, and on molasses testing above forty degress and not above fifty-six degrees polariscope, a duty of 2 cents per gillon; if testing above fiftysix degrees polariscope, a duty of 4 cents per gallon. Tartaric acid 20 per cent, ad valorem, 10 in senate, 20 in house bill. Alcoholic perfumery, Including cologne water and other toilet waters and alcoholic compounds not especially provided for In this act. $2 per gallon and CO per centum. All coal tar colors or dies, by whatever name known and not specially provided for in this act, 25 per cent, ad valorem, senate and house bill 20. New paragraphs inserted as follows: Drugs, such as barks, beans, berries, balsam, buds, bulbs, bulbous roots, excrescences, fruits, flowers, dried fibres, dried Insects, grains, gums, and gum rosin, herbs, leaves, lichens, mosses, nuts, roots and stems, spices, vegetables, seeds aromatic, seeds of morbid growth, weeds and woods used expressly for dying which are not edible, advanced in value or condition by refining or grinding, or by other process of manufacture and not specially provided for in this act, 10 per cent, ad valorem. In the paragraph relating to fish the word "prepared" is stricken out and the rate of 23 per cent, ad valorem is made to apply to all fish oils. Epsom salts are made dutiable at onefifth of a cent per pound. Morphia or morphine and salts thereof, 50 cents per ounce, senate and house bills, 75 cents. Flaxseed and poppy seed oil 20 cents per gallon Instead of 13 cents in former bills. In olive oil for salid purposes the house rate of 33 cents per gallon is restored instead of senate committee rate of 23 por cent. The Glnss Schedule. A portion of the glass schedule is changed so as to read as follows: "Green and colored, molded or pressed, and flint and lime glass bottles holding more than one pint and demijohns and carboys, covered or uncovered, and other molded or pressed green and colored and flint or lime bottle glassware, not especially provided for in this act, fiveeighths of 1 cent per pound. "Green and colored, molded or pressed, and flint and lime glass bottles and vials holding not more than one pint and not less than one-quarter of a pint, threefourths of 1 cent, per pound; if holding less than one-fourth of a pint, 35 cents per gross, whether filled or unfilled, whether their contents be dutiable or free." Senate rate on above 40 per cent.; house rate, CO per cent. Another change in glass is as follows: "Unpolished cylinder, crown and common window glass not exceeding 10 by 15 inches square, 1 cent per pound; above that, and not exceeding 16 by 24 inches square, 14 cents per pound; above that, and not exceeding 24 by 30 inches square, cents per pound; above that, and not exceeding 24 bv 36 Inches square, 1 cents per pound, ait above that,. 1; cents per pound, provided that unpolished sylinder, crown and common window glass. Imported in boxes, shall contain fifty square feet as nearly as sizes will permit, and the duty shall be computed thereon according to the actual weight of the glass." There is a change of sizes as well as of rates and comparison cannot be made. Plate glass, 24 by 6 inches. 23 cents per square foot; senate and liouse bill.

20 cents; all plate glass above these dimensions, SS cents per square foot; senate and house. 36 cents. Looking-glass plates are added to glasses dutiable at 10 1 per cent, ad valorem. In addition to ether rates chargeable thereon. Chancres A flfee t InfC Iron. The pig iron paragraph is amended to read as follows: Iron in pigs, iron kentledge, epiegeleison, ferromanganez, ferro3ilicon, wrought and cast scrap iron and scrap steel $4 per ton, but nothing shall be deemed scrap iron, or scrap steel except waste or refuse iron or steel fit only to be manufactured.

Beams, girders, joists, angles, channels, car truck channels, T. T. column and posts or parts of sections or columns and posts, deck and bulb beams and building forms, together with all other structural shapes of iron or steel, whether plain or punched, or fitted for use, 6-10 of a cent per pound; senate bill 3.", house bill 30 per cent. Rialway bars, made of iron or steel and railway bars made in part of steel T rails and punched iron or steel flat rails, 7-20 of a cent per pound; senate bill, 221 per cent, ad valorem; house bill. 20 per cent. Tin plate, 1 1-5 cents per pound, restoring the bouse rate; senate bill, 1 per cent. The cutlery schedule is changed to read as follows: Pen-knives, pocket-knives, or erasers of all kinds, valued at not more than 00 cents per dozen, 23 per cent, ad valorem; valued at more than 30 cents per dozen and not exceeding 50 cents per dozen, 12 cents per dozen; valued at more than 50 cents per dozen and not exceeding $1 per dozen. 25 cents per dozen; valued at mor i.ian $1 per dozen and not exceeding $1.50 per dozen, 40 cents per dozen; valued at more than $1.50 per dozen and not exceeding $3 per dozen. 75 cents per dozen; valued at more than $3 per dozen, 50 cents ad valorem; and in addition therto, on all the above values at more than 30 cents per dozen, 23 per centum ad valorem; provided that blades, handles, or any other parts of any or either of the articles named In this paragraph, imported in any other manner than assembled in pen-knives, poeketknlves or erasers, shall be subject to no less duty than herein provided for penknives, pocket-knives or erasers valued at more than 30 cents per dozen. In senate and house bills 45 per cent. The Toliarro Schedule. The tobacco schedule is changed to read as follows: Wrapper tobacco, unst?mmd, imported in any bale, box, package or in bulk, 51.50 per pound; if stemmed. $2.25 per pound; house and senate bills, $1 and $1.25, respectively, on above articles. Filler tobacco, unstemmed, imported in any bale, box, package or in bulk. 35 cents per pound; if stemmed, 50 cents per pound; no change In rates, but following proviso added: "Provided. That the term wrapper tobacco, whenever used in this act, shall be taken to mean that quality of leaf tobacco known commercially as wrapper tobacco; "Provided further. That the term filler tobacco, whenever used in this act, shall be taken to mean all leaf tobocco unmanufactured, not commercially known as wrapper tobacco; "Frovided further, That if any leaf tobacco imported in any bale, box. package or in bulk should b the growth of different countries, or shall differ in quality and value, save as provided in the succeeding provision, then the entire contents of such bale, box, package cr bulk shall be subject to the same duty as wrapper tobacco; provided further, that if any bale, box, package or bulk of leaf tobacco, of uniform quality, contains exceeding 15 per centum of leaves suitable in color, fineness or texture and size for wrappers for cigars, then the entire contents of such bale, box, package cr bulk shall be stibject to the same duty as wrapper tobacco; provided further, that collectors shall not permit entry to be made, except under regulations to be prescribed by the secretary of the treasury, of any leaf tobacco imported in any bale, box, package or in bulk, unless the invoices covering the same shall specify in detail the charac ter of the leaf tobacco in such bale, box, package or in bulk, whether wrapped or filler tobacco, quebrado or self-working bales, as the case may be; and, provided further, that in the examination for classification of any invoice of imported leaf tobacco at least one bale, if less than ten bales, and one bale in every ten bales and more, if deemed necessary by the appraising officer, shall be examined by the appraiser or person authorized by law to make such examination, and for the purpose of fixing the classification and amount of duty chargeable on such invoice of leaf tobacco the examination of ten hands out of each examined bale thereof shall be taken to be a legal examination." Snuff and snuff flour, manufac -tu red of tobacco, ground dry or damp and pickled, scented or otherwise, of all descriptions, 50 cents per pound; senate and house bills, 40 cents. The cigar paragraph Is amended to read as follows: Cigars. cigarettes. cheroots of all kinds, $4 per pound and 25 ; vr cent, ad valorem and Maers cigars and cigarettes, including wrappers, shall be subject V the same duties as are herein imposed upon eiParThe duty on cigars in the house anl senate bills is $3 per pound and 23 per cent. Agricultural Products. Putter and substitutes therefor, 4 cents iK-r pound, which is the house rates; senate bill 20 per cent. Cheese, 4 cents ier iound; senate and house bills 25 ier cent. Milk, fresh, 3 cents per gallon; senate and house bills free. Broom corn. ?t per ton; senate and house bills free. Cabbages, 2 cents each; senate and house bills free. Eggs, 3 cents per dozen; senate and house bills free. Hay, $2 per ton. the house rate; the senate bill 20 per cent. Honey, 10 cents per gallon, the house rate; senate bill 20 per cent. Hops. 8 cents per pound, the house rate; senate bill 20 per cent. Onions, 20 cents per bushed, the house rate; senate bill 20 per cent. The house rates in the paragraph devoting to peas are restored so that the paragraph reads as follows: Peas, dried. 20 cents per bushel, split pens, 50 oents per bushel of sixty pounds and peas in carton papers, or othr small packages, 1 cent per pound; senate bill 20 per cent. Potatoes, 15 cents per bushel; senate bill r.O per cent, house bill 10 cents per bushel. Meats of all kinds, prepared or preserved not specially provided for in this act, 20 per cent. Lard, 1 cent per pound; tiken from free list. ' Poultry, house rates. not dressed. 2 cents per pound; dressed, 3 cents per pound, are restored; senate bill, 20 per cent, are restored; senate bill. 20 per cal purposes are relieved from the duty of $1.&Q per gallon and made dutiable at 50 cents per pound. Paragraph 250 in regard to cotton thread is stricken out, and the following Inserted: "Cotton thread and carded yarn, wraps or wrap yarn in singles, whether on beams or in bundles, skeins or cops, or in any other form except spool thread of cotton hereinafter provided for, not colored, bleached, dyed or advanced beyond the conditions of singles by grouping or twisting two or more single yams together. 5 cents per

pound and in addition thereto, one-fourth , of 1 cent per pound, for each and every' number of the sime snail exceed No. 20: If colored, bleached, dyed, combed, advanced beyond the condition of singles by grouping or twisting two or mora1 single yarns together. 7 cer. ts per pound J and in addition one-third of 1 cent per :

pound for each and every number In excess of No. 2). Provided, that none of tha foregoing excepting Xo. CO shall pay a less rate of duty than 40 per centum ad. valorem." The classification is merely charged, i making comparison impossible. Spool; thread of cotton, containing on eaclvj spool not exceeding 100 yards of thread,' 5J2 cents per dozen: house and senate bills, cents: exceeding lv yards and for eery additional P) yards, 5'j per dozen; house and senate bills. i2 cents. Changes iu Cottons. Fara graph 235 relating to cotton cloth, is strkken out and the following inserted : "Cotton cloth, not bleached, dyed, colored, stained, painted or printed, exceeding fifty and not exeeding 100 threads to the square inch, counting the warp and filling, and not exceeding tix square ards to the pound, 14 cents per squar yard; exceeding six and not exceeding nine square yards to the pound l1? cents per square yard; exceeding nine squara yards to the yound. lt cents j-r s juare yard; if bleached, and not exceeding six square yards to the pound, l-i events per square yard; exeeding six and not exceeding nine yards to the pound, Is cents per square yards; exceeding nins square yards to the pound, 2- cents per yard; If dyed, colored, stained, runted or printed and not exceeding six square yards to the pound. 2'-4 cents per square yard; exceeding six and not t-xceeJUg nine squ; re yards to the younJ. cents per square yard: exee-ding nine square yards to the pound. cents per square yard. "Provided that rn all cotton cl.v.h not exceeding l'jO threads to th? square inch. i counting t!ie warp a.d filling, not bleached, dyed, coli red, ,-tained, pi.nted or printed, valu-d at over 7 cnts por yard. 25 per centum a 1 valorem: bleached valued at over ! cent? p. r square yard, 25 per centum ad valorem, and dyed, colored, stained, painted or p.-inu- 1. valued at over 12 cents per -quare yard, there shall be k-vi?d. collected and a dutv of Ci ier cent, ad valorem." Collars and cutis 3') ce:us per dozen and in addition tiMet. 0 r cent, ad valorem: hnu.-e bill. Zj per cent., and senate bill. 55. All manufactures of flax. hemp, jute or other vegetabi-.-ü bres except cotton, not siecially provided br in this act, 35 per cent.; house and senate bids. 3. Paragraph 27". relating to laces and handkerchiefs, is changed so as to Include all such articles without specifications at 4'1 per cent. In paragraph 27i woolen schedule, flocks, mur.go. garnettd waste and carbonized noils, or shoddy is Inserted the rate is made 15 per cent, ad valorem; senate and house bills, 25 per1 cent. ChnnKcn in the Wool Sohednle. Faragraph 2M, relating in former bills to woolen cloths, is changed to read a follows: On knit fabrics and all fabrics mada on knitting machines or funics, including wearing apparel and on shawls, mada wholly or in part of wool, worsted, hair of the camel.' goat, alpaca or other animals, valued at not exceeding 40 cents per pound, 35 per cent.; valued at mor than 40 cents per pound, 40 per cent.; senate bill, 35 per cent.; house bill. 40. On blankets. hat3 of wool and flanne'.J for underwear and felts for paper-makers' use and printing machines, composed wholly or in part cf wool, the hair of camel, goat, alpaca or other animals, valued at r.ot more than 30 cents per pound, 25 per centum ad valorem; valued at more than 30 and not more than 4') cents per pound, ?: per centum ad valorem; valued at more than 40 cents per pound, 35 per cent, ad valorem. Th change consisting in restoring the quoted words in the house bill. On women's and children's dress goods, coat linings, Italians' cloth, bunting or goods of similar description or character. cr "all manufactures, including such as have any, rubber as a exponent material," com-! posed wholly or in part of wool, worsted, the hair of the camel, goat, alpaca or other animal, and not specially provided for in this act. th? house rate of 40 per cent, is restored. Senate bill is 33 per cent, and the followin? words added: "Valued at not over $1 per pound, 4o p:-r centum ni valorem; If finiehed. valued at more than t0 cents and not more than 51 per pound, 45 peri cent, ad valorem; and on all the forego-' ing. valued at more than Jl per pound, 50 per cent." On ready-made clothing,, composed of any of above mentioned materials, house rate of 45 por cent, is re stored; senate bill. 40 rr cent. The provision also creates imitations of furs. The following paragraph, stricken out of the house bill by the s.-nate committee. Is now restored: On clecaks, dolmans, talmas, ulsters or other outside garments for ladies' and children's apparel, ami go, ids of similar description or used f r like purposes, compiled wholly or in part cd wool, worsted, the hair of the camel, goat, alpaca, other animals, made up or manufactured, wholly or in part and the rat changed from 45 to 50 per centum ad..' valorem. Brussels carpet, figured or plain, all carpets or carpeting of like c haracter cf description, 35 per cent, ad valorem! house and senate bills, 30 per cent. Vep-et and tapestry velvet carpets, figured or plain, printed on the warp Or otherwise, and all carp, ts or carpeting cf like character er description. 25 per centum ad valorem: house and senate bills, 30 per cent. Tapestry Brussels car pets and carpeting of like character cf description, printed on the warp or otherwise, 35 p r cent, ad valorem: house ani senate bills. 30 per cent. Treble ingrain, three-ply and all chain Venetian Carpets. 35 per c:ent. ad valorem: house and senate bills. 30 per cent. Wool. Dutch and two-ply Ingrain carpets. 30 per cent.; house and senate bills. 25 per cent. Druggets and bookings, printed, colored or otherwise, felt carpeting, figur.-l rr plain, 30 per centum ad valorem; s-eate and house bills, 25 per cent. Carpets and carpeting of wool, fax ors cotton or composed in part of either, not specially provided for in this act. to per centum ad valorem; senate anl hcuo bills, 33 per centum. Awcrded Highest Honors World'a Fair. H6 MOST PERFECT MADE A pure Crape Crcm of Tartar Powder. Fre from Ammonia, Alum or any other adulterant. 40 YEARS THE STANDARD,