Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-01-17
TIIETARTFF-PROy or THE
NEW BILL.
From the New York Express


The tariff question is, for the time, one
Of most absorbing interest, and we give be-
low some Of the provisions Of the bill,
whsch is based upon the form of Mr. Wells.
SNe see that the demands Of the wool
growers have, in the main, been acceded
to, and that the steel interest is secured by
the adoption Of the House rates on cast and
other steel otherwise, as a whole, the bill
continues she existiaF tariff Its first
noticeable feature, say the Tribune, "ia the
ample protection gigea TO The cotton mdautdc-
turing Of Ne,g England" The high rates Of
the House bill on imported cotton goods
are mostly adopted. Some Of these rates,
full az they were, have been increased.
The committee has given the wool-growers
what the House bill gave them-l0 cents
and 10 per cent, Gd gulo~cm The duties
on cloths and shawls are reduced from
House rates Of SOC. specific to Acc. The
rates of the House bill on dress goods,
italian cloths braids bindings and
worsteds, are preserved The House
rates on carpets are cut down, and the
duties in the existing tariff are substituted
The carpet men went home happy, with
assurances that they were all right The
changes in the abstract in the morRing
papers are about one-third of those which
Wells proposed bill has undergone Ia the
committee room. There will be an i'm
mense pressure on the Senate when the bill
comes mp, we are told, 10 change il nearly
from top 10 bottom
FURTHER PROVISIONS IN rHE NEW ELL.
The duties on brandy and other alcoholic
II
first class, imported unwashed, and valued
at q cents and less per pound, the duty is
now six cents, a rate Mr.. Wells bill would
retain. The committee fix the duty at 10
cents, and 10 per cent al UIlOyem. Upon
sheepskins and Angora goatskins which in
the present tariff and the bill of Mr. Wells
are 20 FER cent, the new bill imposes 80
per cent. This difference rules in ali the
grades of raw wool. In manufactured
wooden goods, broadcloths, cassimeres, etc,
on which Mr.. Wells proposes a duty of %
per cent. and 40 per cent. ad tdi0re7n, the
new bill imposes 40 per cent and 30 per
cent. al UulOrem. a proportionate increase
in made in blankets and yarns, for which
Mr. Wells proposes duty Of 10 cents per
pound, and the committee 20, for qualities
Of less value than 40 per cent. per pound.
In other qualities the same rates are fixed,
goods valued above 80 cents paying duly
of go cents, with 30 per cent. dd rllorsm
Woolen hosiery is taxed at 49 cents instead
OF 20, and hats and caps at so, instead Of
p. In weddings, iringes, etc, proper
tionate increase Is reported by the Com
mittee They also increase the duty upon
silk goods generally. The committee make
no changes in the duties proposed by Wells
upon coal, and leave the free list with little
change. An important addition to the
Wells bill is the section of the House bin
which allows a drawback ON the imported
materials used in the manufacture Of farm
| ing machines and other tools, and a new
section provides for a drawback upon iron
copper and oordage, used in the construc-
| ti@ of sailing vessels.
The Tribune declares that never, as now,
did We need high protection Merchants,
| laboring men, and consumers generally.
think Just the contrary. The people need
cheaper goods and lower taxes, objects not
to be accomplished by a high protective
tariff