Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-07-02
The New TariGand the Old.

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I We have compared below some Of the
parts OF the new tariff now proposed In
congress, with that now in force for the,
Information of our readers. = {N sdt 10 on
The duty on wool, is unchanged exceptin
regard to what's called washed wool, Which
pays twice the duty imposed on inwashed,
while secured wool pays, as now, three
times the duty.r g Tbod 9sod,g 1H-i .r--tqy
On yoOlen clothipg, ready-made, the duty
is raised rom "A to 90 cents per pound, and
40 per cent. ad valorem. l31 - Hf9Y9s ga
Sheepskins, imported with the wool on,
are raised from 2O,teB0 per cent. ad valo-
/ Angora goatskins are counted with sheep
skins, and Angora hair with wool, which
involves heavyincrease Of duty i.7 .E
WoOlenrags now pay 10 per cent, but
are increasedto u cents per pound hocks
and wastes now pay cents per pound, and
are Increased to II cents per pound. l9niA3o,
Woolen shawls are raised from "a cents
per pound and 10 peTcent. ad valOrem, to
so cents per pound and 30 per cent, ad va
loTem.
Bunting s raised from so per cent. adva-
lorem to accents per square yard and 30 per-
cent. ad ValOrem. gl ugNe ey.-r .4rFg,
Aubusson and Administer carpets are set
at the lowest present rates-50 per cent. ad
Valorem. On SaxoQy, Wilton. and Tour
nay. carpets 30 per cent. sd valorem Is add
ed to the present duty! Hemp or jute car
petiug is raised from G19 cents per squar.
yard to 6 cents per square yard, ,, .,.,.-...
Salt now pays, in bulk, IS cents, and In
sacks, "a cents per 100 pounds. ItisIraised
to so cents in bulk, and 40 cents 10 sacks,
per 100 pounds. Copper ore is raised from 3
to 10 per cent. ad valQrem; copperin pigs,
ingots or bars is raised from 21155 to cents
per pound; copper sheeting now pays S1e
cents, and Is to, pay cents per pouna'
Brass, in pigs and bars, now pays 10 per
cent, and is raised to 80. Lead, in pigs or
bars, is raised from to cents per pound;
lead ore is raised from IL to 21s cents per
pound; lead sheets, pipe and shot are rais-
ed from 221 to 80 cents per pound, Zinc,
in pigs or blocks, now pays J. and Is rais-
ed ty % cents per pound; in sheets it now
pays 21a cents, and is raised to cents;
oxide Of zinc now pays ~ cents, andis
raised to 3 cents per pound. ~ -byca .JseE
On bituminous coal produced in, British
America, there, is reduction from $l.25
per tun, the present rate, TO 90 cents per
tun. The duty on cotton goods does not
appear to have been materially raised. On
steel wire the duty is raised from 215 to 3
cents per pound, with 20 per cent. ad valo-
rem, for the different sizes, to and cents
with 20 per cent. ad valorem. On steellinr
bars, Sheets &C.. the present duty Is raised
from and 81 cents to cents per pound,
and 10 per cent. ad valorem. CrOss-cut
saws now pay 10 cents, and are raised to IL
cents per liueal foot; millpit and drag
saws now pay ll211S and 20 CENTS but are
raised to 10 and 25e ents pei, foot. -. b..
Among the changes in regard to IRON we,
may enumerate: Anvils, raised nom 21s to
accents rlpoundj bars for railroads, from
IN 1On yxor1 ad q To aont nOund.
cables, from AZ, cents per pound to cents
and 81 cents per pound; chains, from" 21S
and cents to- and cents per pound;
chains of less than No.1l wire, from 30 per
cent tDs5Ioents per pound and Copper cent,
hammers, from ~ cents to q cents per
pound; plate iron, from Ia, IL and ~
cents ifdf po1nd to ~ III, D. IA 211S and
~ cents per pound; slabsa and bro0ms,,
trom / cent ttoslM cents per pound; screws,
from 35 per cent. 70 40 per cent; scrap iron
is lowered from IS per tun to So. .Wr0ugdt
tubes are raised from 816 to 4fcehts7 per
poundp wtret coppered1Or tinnedG Gfroms 3
81, and Accents per pound apd 16 per cents,
TeSsI5s re S St a 81 Sef % tn. RRiiTosd cSaIfs @ IfS
raised ff0m0 2 cehtsto 2H oeutsper p0Hnd.l
Wrought nails and epikes frOm d215S cents
per lp0und to 3 3apd A eents,sYaii,,. .aysr. .h,,,
/ We have been able to compare. the duties
on but few articles. IN most OF those we
have omitted, the method of enumeration.
andOf DECLARING the duty isso complicated,
and so ipgeniously altered from, the pres
Ient tariff, that it Is Impossible for any but
| experts to make The c0npafis0ti, and even
they win flAdis diiicult In some cases, we
Suspect. .sYehuD1 no gldgn esJl ogrd q
II The tariff except on 3 few articles, ap-
II pears to have been raised from Thirty to one
llhundred and fifty per cent.o qOhe some Of
the most hne6 66sahry ARTICLES hs for instance
ION manufactures OfliEonl thissincEease is 80