The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-01-29
The TarIH Ouesei.r


ine N. I. Tribune has . synopsis Of the three
dihsreut Tariff projects discussed BY the House
COMMITTEES Of Ways and Means. MIR. Phelps bill
provides for loan of $50, 900. II puts the
onty on oraudiss, wines ETC., at so cents gallon
spices, nuts, fruits, etc. at 80 per cent? iron and
all fabrics OF silk, WOOL hair and cordage, 25 Der
cent; all cottons, hemp, paints, oil, glass, At %
per cent; sackings, baizss, floor cloths at 2o wool
fax steel In bar, Is; linsced, rubber, cochineal
etc, tin and copper, at 6.
Mr.. Phillips bill proposes loan Of sol 900 900
Its plan of duties is:
Wool-Under the value Of 90 cents a POM free;
over 70, 20 per cent. Specific duties on Iron-In
bars, SIC per ton; Railroad Iron, $l2; Pig. x6
sngars-Brown, IL cent per lb; Loaf, 3 cents
Nntmegs, 20 CENTS all other Spices and Fruits spe
eifc duties. Linen. Cotton, Silk and woolen fab.
rics, 30 per cent. The free list remains as it IT,
Mr.. Phillips also raises the and per cent
schedules to 10, the II to Is, the 10 to 90 the "a
to 25.
The bill Of Messrs. Morrill,, Howard and Davis
includes, In accordance with the previous vote OF
the committee, loan sufficient to redeem ont.
standing Treasury Notes with interest, amount
s2l,oo0ooo. The principal items of their (propos.
sd) tariff are:
Specific Duty upon Iron--Pig, Sc; Railroad. 10.
Bars, 10. Hoop, Band, Sheet, &c., 81 per 100 lbs,
ana varying according to size. salt-5c. per
osSM-pfo~n, lc per 10; Clay ed, II3c:
Losf, Lump or Crushed, 212c. Linseed and Flax
seed-loc. per bushel. Linseed Oil-l5c per gall
ion. Copper-2c. per ID. Lead-lHc; Lead in
sheet. Pipe or Shot, 212c. Spices and Fruits
speci1c. Wool-Under the value of I6c per In
Tree; over that value, &c. per h. Woollens-Sne
cJhc-loc. per lb, and an additional duty thereto
varying from. Is 70 25 per cent ad ratoyem Car
pets-Spec, fc-Finer sorts, so, 35, 25, 20 cents.
cosrser sorts, al pdlorem,
Ihe intent OF the bill with regard TO woolIeus Ia
10 let In all low priced woolens at very low rates
increasing duties as the value increases: but no
proadcoths are to be admitted at less than sx
cents per pound, and in, addition at least fifteen
per cent ad cdtorem. 1t has been calculated that
u taxes two pounds of wool to make one pouud of
cioth: BY this plan, while the wool growers are
not forgotten, manufacturers will have no reason
20 complain. Cotton cloths, cambrics calicoes and
threads are all made specific, and other manufac
tares put at 70 and 80 per cent ad rdloreu Linens
low priced, 20 per cent dd rdloren finer oual
ties, 90 per cent dd rdloren. Deaines low priced
20 per cent al rdtoTem finer, 80 per cent ad yqlo-
rem. andy, specific, 81 per gallon; other spirits,
~ cents' Madeira and sherry, ce Its; champ
nock, ana burgundy, 81 per gallo i; cisret and 81.
ely, 81 cents Cigars. 40 cents per pound, and 10
per cent in addition thereto od ralorem. MANY
other articles are made specific.
The free list is changed slightly, but rather in,
creased. The old schedules ali put into three
sectioas-one OF ten per cent, one Of twenty and
one OF thirty-on all articles not otherwise provi.
ded for.
tits estimated that this tariff will produce sixty
millions OF dollars in year of average prosperity
which. with the miscellaneous receipts Of five or
six millions per ap I'm, is es much as the Govern.
ment ought to expend. including the paymeat OF
interest on the public debt.