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Show BvTjf' ' "'" The Sugar Tariff. fl "" 4TOi ' ' '" -uX - -Washington, Murch 0. Tho Republi- fl -can members of the Ways and Means fl committee nearly disposed today of the fl .sugar scheduls. They agreed unani- B anou8ly to impose specific duties ou su- fl " -gar. They make tho duty on sugar fl testing 00 degrees, polariscopic test, fl 1.05 cents a pound, or about l$Bc. fl Above and below 00 degrees tho duties B wiU bo levied correspondingly, being Wk 3-100 of a cent mote each degree above fl 30. and 3-100 of a cent less for ouch de- . .grco below 90. This will make tho duty fl About lc. for Bttgar of 75 degrees or fl less. fl It was ncreed that the discriminat- I ing duty against sugar from export fl bounty paying countries should bo the H .not amount of the expoit bounty. It fl will vary with each country as the ex- fl .port bounty varies. c. fl For tho purpose of reciprocity tho fl president was authorized to reduce tho fl . duty J of a cent a pound when coming 9 from countries which, in his opinion, fl gave reciptocal advantages. m Tho differential between raw and re- fl - ' oined Bitgar was not fixed today, but it fl ' 'Vill bo about Hal a cent a pound. I ' The committee was unanimously op- -posed t0 tt Federal bounty. I , The increased duty probably will "bring tho revenue from sugar up to I 50,000,000 a year. Under tho )Vileon 1 ' fc law it is 10,000,000. 1 A poll of tho Senate made yesterday 1 tya Now York paper upon tho question I whether there will be a majority for the I maBsago of a tariff bill, places Senotots 1 -Cannon of Utah and Heitilejd of Idaho 1 ' as favorablo to tho bill. Senators Clark I and W.irron of Wyoming are also im- 1 nounced as certain to vote for tho I measure. The passage of tho bill iB I likely to turn upon the protection given I to Bitgar, which will eccttro tho votes of 1 Senators Cattery and McEninery of I Louisana, tho indications nro that no I ' bill can pass tvhich does not provide for 1 ' proper protection to tho cane and beet I t sugar industries . I - ' -' . " m It I rfi w it M |