New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-02-26
THE srw TARIFF BILL.

The House Of Representatives on Saturday
adopted an amendment or postscript TO tue Gen
erai Appropriation bill, by which the rates Of
Duties On Imports pay able under the su,si'tiog
Tariff (of l846) are TO be reduced from and sfief
the lit Of July reXt, as follows:
Schedule A, Comprising Brandy aud al other
Distilled Liquors. inducing Csrdiais,) from lJO
per cent. 10 20 per cent. nd yslorom.
Schedule B, GucudDg all Wines, Cigars, Sauf
ard other forms of manufactured Tobacco, Cut
Glass. Meats, Rsi.ns and other preserved Fruits.
Cane, Spices manufactures Of M,logaoy sod
Other fancy Woods. with few more articles OF
DO importance from Az per cent. ~ % per cent
ad vsloFem.
Schedule C., Including Iron 10 all shapes, Cot
ton fabrics, Wooden DO with exceptions CAT
pets. Arms Ale and Beer, ClosbiDg BUDuets, Box
es Cosl, Crocfery, China Cutlery, Furniture,
Fur msJufactures G,ss Tumblers, &c. not cu',
HITS, Hemp, Jewery, Lsces, Linen manufa'-
tures, Molss.es, Paper, Pepper, Plated Ware,
! SILK msDufactures, Soap, sugar, raw Tobacco
Umbrellas, WOOD (ccnmon) aud manufactures of
do willow do. Wofes of Btass Iron, Copper,
| Tn, &C., which bave hitherto pad 81 por cent.
sbaD hereafter pay "a Per cent, ad va!orem.
Wool, unmanu'ac.ured, hitherto paying 30 per
cent, will, after july next pay bat per cent.
Blankds, (sll kihds,) hitherto paying 20 per
cent, and FIapn.ls, hitherto paying %, will
both psy 20 per cent. hereafter, while the I'M
ported Wool used ia their manufacture will pay
but per cent. instead of3O.
Flax manufactures will continue to pay 30 per
cent. as at present.
Silk manufacturers hitherto paying 25per cent,
ore hereafter to psy q per cent,
Flax. raw, Silk raw, with or without the gum
hitherto paying - per cent. Manila, Seal Gra-s,
Birthstone, India Rubber, Indigo, Cocbiaeal,
Acids, &C., hitherto paying 10 per cent, or
over, shall hereafter be charged but per cent.
Books Ergrayines, Fiaxseed, Furs, dressed
or uDdressed, } Periodicals, &C. hitherto paying
10, will hereafter pay but per cent
Salt, Brazil Wood, Nader, and Dyessufs I'M
manufactured except as before enumerated Burr
Stones, Boiling Coihs, Seeds. Ice and Animals OF
all kinds to be hsnceiorth Free.
Articles not named above y i'll nearly all pay 20
per cent Lees than they have hitherto done.
This bill cOrrects 10 Any Of tue grosser blum
ders Of the act Of l9i6-ior instance, that OF
! charging Wool 80 per cent, aud admttiog that
same Wool in the form Of Blankets at 20, And In
that Of FlaIn els at IS per cent, and several more
such. 1t will help our sorely tried WOODEN man
ulacturers on whom the act Of 1916 took espe-
cial delight in wreskisg Its malice, aud whose
distress is, undoubtedly, one main cause of the
scquiescence Of the Massachusetts delegation in
its pssssge We believe 1t does not mean any
harm to our infant Si.k and Flax manufactures,
and we hope will 90 none. We deeply regret the
fact that 1t will bear hard on the Iron interest,
already sorely depressed, and We fear it will
prove the death blow of many furnaces
that have deserved better fate. We will
hope however, that the Senate will do something
in behalf Of Iron; for surely, this ia NOS the
time, with so large share Of our labor ing popu-
latOn out Of work and go beavy load of foreign
debt weighing us down, 70 close our ironworts
If any Senator thinks it is we trust he will look
at our returns Of ImpOr.atioDs at this emporium
for the last week, and think again before cdsuns
his vote for a reduction of the Iron duty. Penn
r,lvaDis is hardly dealt with by this bill, and W
think her two Senators have done enough q
Union-faviDg to entitle them to hearing from
the Senatorial msjority when they ask for miti
CATION of her sentence. The passage of the act IL
some shape seems now inevitable; let US hop:
and strive to NAH the best Of it.