Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-02-13
ESTABLISHED 1910.
STILL HIGHER DUTIES.
The Tariff Bill Of the Committee Of Ways
and Means,


The Tariff Bill Of the Committee Of Ways
and Means,
From the y. Y. World, Of Saturday.
The report Of Gen. Schenell for the
Ways and Means Committee justifies,
and much more than iustifies, the
character which we ascriDed to It, IA
advance, on Monday last. 1t is q dis
graceful rep0rt-contenptibie for the
DOttOmiess ignorance which 1t be-
trays in the committee Of every sound
principle of political economy; shame
less for the rapacity which it betrays
at members seeking nothing nut their
personal and pecuniaTy interests, and
who combine, by lOg-rOlling, TO secure
them. Besides the iniquitOus pro-
visions which we pointed out on
Monday, it contains provisions still
more braZen and audsciOu5 in
urhprance Of the purpose of the
members Of the Committee to line
their own pockets, though the purses
OF the people are emptIed. We have
subjected the bill 90 a careful analysis,
ana find that il actually increases the
duties on the following articles, over
and above the duties imposed by the
existing tariff, To the extent set down
in the following table. In the face Of
more than hundred million surplus,
we say, the following increased duties
are proposed by the prOtectiOn-plun-
derers Of the Ways and Means Com
mittee:
Articles. Increase.
Cotton cloths unbieachad ad-Il4c per yard.
Cotton cloths, hiescIe Ied-..-..l tc and 10 per ct.
Cotton undersairls, draw
ers. .................. dc per b.
Cotton Isce..--.......-....----5p per cent ad val
Linen laca..-.. .-..--..-..--lU per cent ad val.
Lace shavIs and sCar. .s......-lO per cent al val.
Webbing, bind nE, tassels,
hCrtcEs, made OF wool or
worstod -....-.-.......-...-.-l5p per cent ad val.
Buttons aud ornaments for
dresses. ofWAtch silk iSa
component plrJ,cOutain-
Mixed materials for dress
es, silk being cOnpo-
-nent part-.......-......--I0 per cent ad val.
Flax. uuCress d....-..-.-....-.--Sl 10 per ton.
Flax dr-ssed-.--.--.-..,.--....-.-. > per ton.
Tow. OF lax OF hemp per ton.
Jute and Sisal grass, vege-
rH1ie rJers -..-.-.-......--....s. per ton.
Hemp and jute carpettng-l1zc per square yd'
JUte mats. .-.......-.....--.-.-.5 per cent ad val
Yarns, OF llix. hemp or gutel0 per cent al val.
Wire rods cfIrun less than
5-l6 OF an inch II dame
asr0r square. per cent ad val.
2 ss1lp. ..s.l ID iG5e, I'd scroll
sroa. thinner fhan No.5
and gSgt On uEeT than -
W.re sl'= ,,.7,s e--1I l'' t'
scalp, tube. ana scroll
iron, thiuLC- than No.a
aud not thinner than IL
wire guGEe---.---. -----...--D per cent aU VA
,. -. 49, 'l 49, - -, | - ,-,- = -
-, ---1f-.,.T ,-C+
49, ~ -,
- IL, 1,a- D.,
et''5' - -, go a.
LLNA No'.i,, 60 - -
.ll4-- ~ o,.if III -5g-- .,5
---57-.-.' gR mar cant IA val
,leseI- - 40 u i-,--.-.,---, ,, 80 e.; Pc --' go
-Ey-l, 49, 80, -i' ,,..- ,.r-,t al val
-i.' -. H. ~ 49,. ~
- p ~ -- ~ mos. can't nd val
-, - = m l,,,-. 5l na- sf on, NUS
nuts. boli- of r3gyJs.... > per ct. the rest.
Tia plate ---.-...i..-.. - per cent o1 Val
Al l..-,s,y,,rs ',i -, IL s per cent nd val
Anairons. sadilous, ,tailors'
ana hel.eis IRONS stoves .. ,,.-r,
Cast-ir6a ana steel gas and
water pipe ------.-----.. le Per ID. ..,,..r
SO 81 g'.,Ti t ,'i.l e ' . or peg o'-'' '' ''''
biIiets. and rolisa or H.ip-
mered s,esl ii.l,'ll. q par ,,ts I5.ti-s
coil Ok s.r5 ..........-......-l72-IoOc per 10.
Railw y bars Of steel $50 per cent ad val.
ete5i q. r.iil|'y-iros'' Ivy. prog q NOR
steel carrlsge, locomotive.
and otl-r prii.; .;s-.--.-,--. .V5 per cent ad val
I'M. &c per Ib.
Brass, ia sheets OF wire..----lo 70 per cent ad val
St1 l...r--i -''''--ig -. pSl gar -i' II,
Niczsl matte o. sreiss Toe per 10.
Man aiietur5ia afIie.e' oi i,s--- -,.u.,5,..,
Ti1Ir braosIs.s. braid.. e5c 5 Der cent ad va.
hsir-cl7,l .-.--.-....-.--i9 per cent ad val
Nm .'..,,,s r,i, '' PEI -''i' ''- ''
billiard b-ILs-..-.-.-..---...-.5 per cent ad val
Fochst-1eea>' l1s.s-ii-o'l- .,,., -.4,-,r
Umbrellas. parasoIs-~iIII IJ per cent ana .
anu wol,.-o cJ, eliuss-i per cent ad val.
,.-.,,.-.-.I no. e--..7 ,..l-, anu a-t 1ls,-r
material ..............--...-I5 per cent ad val.
Mr.. Hooper, Of Massachusetts, who
had the textile part of the bill in
charge, jams On higher duties upon
cotton goods, webbing, and under
shirts. Mixed material for dresses,
which already pays 80 per cent. duty,
he forces UP 10 80 per cent. for the
benefit Of some NeW England sharp
er5 WHO, since many thrifty people
cannot now buy silks, would Keep
them from using iaDrlCS made OF cot
ton and silk.
General SchencS, Ia his blunderiDg
ignorance, would destroy the pOssl-
bility OF our developing here such a
gigantic industry I'D the growth OF jute
as we might easily do. 1t pays to-day
not $50, ,0JV into the Treasury, for we
consume S,CUU.0UJ pounds to Great
Britaiu's 2lS,00O, 900 pounds. And in
like manner with fax and hemp, lie
consults only the prejudices Of his con-
stituents, and in1c cts fresh blows on
their t0ytering industries. We might
say that ne n8nders to their prejudices,
but that would imply that General
Schenck is astute rather than stupid.
His recommendations on the parts Of
the bill submitted to his guidance as
Western member, are SO fatuOUs and
foolish in every point Of view that
for them.
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