Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1872-06-15

but it will react upon the party with tell
ing effect as the campaign goes on.
MAINE AND THE NEW TARIFF.
1t will be seen that owing to the watchfal
care and Jealous efforts of our delegation IN
Congress, the State of Maine is we'll protect
ed In her various interests under the new tar
if act which has now become a law. The
following is the schedule on lumber as finally
adopted, and as it is materially changed from
the abstract we published during the progress
of the bill, we append the official text:
All timber, squared or sided, not other
wise provided for, one cent per cubic foot.
Sawed boards, plank, deals and other lum-
Der Of hemlock, white wood, sycamore and
bass " God, 81 per thousand feet board meas
ure.
All other varieties of sawed lumber, 81 per
feet board measure Prorided, That
when lumber Of any sort is planed or finished
in addition to the rates herein provided, there
shall be levied and paid for each side so plan
ed or finished, 80 cents per thousand feet;
and if planed on one side and tongued and
grooved, 81 per thousand feet and if planned
on two sides and tongaed and grooved, Sl.50
per thousand feet.
Hubs for wheels, posts, last blocks, wagon
blocks, oar-blocks, gun blocks, heading
blocks and all like blocks or sticks, rough
hewn or sawed only, 20 per cent. ad valorem.
Pickets and palngs, 20 per cent. ad valor-
EN-.
Laths, 10 cents per thousand pieces.
All shingles, 35 cents per thousand.
Pine clapboards, 81 per thousand.
l. a.
House or cabinet furniture, in pieces or
EN-.
Cabinet wares and house furniture, finish
ed, IS per cent. ad valorem.
Casks and barrels, empty, and on sugar-box
shocks and packing boxes Of wood, not other
wise provided for, 80 per cent. ad valorem.
I. will be noticed that upon laths, shingles
and clapboards, the duty may not be so much
as under the existing law, which is upon all
lumber and manufactures of lumber, twenty
per cent. ad valorem. Upon shingles, how
ever, a duty is not so material. The specific
duty of So upon pine and spruce will be quite
satisfactory. and no questions can arise about
under valuations, as was common under the
ad valorem system. The duty on potatoes
has been reduced from 25 to IL sents per
bushel. The Senate placed them on the list
at 10 cents, but cents were added in the con-
ference between the two Houses.
The important measure for the relief of our
shipping interests and the restoration of Am
erican commerce is one for which the coun-
try is almost entirely indebted to the untiring
exertions of the Republican Congressman
from Maine, who pressed the subject with the
utmost energy to its final success. Speaker
Blaine is entitled to special recognition for
the powerful influence which he brought to
bear in its favor, without which its passage
would have been next to impossible, agains,
the sectional prejudices which opposed it.
The following is the entire section, which il
will be noticed, was amended ia conference
committee by eliminating several objection.
able features;
SEC. 10. That from and after the passage
of this act all lumber, timber, hemp, Manila
and iron and steel rods, bars and spikes, bolts
nails, and copper and composition metal
which may be necessary for the construction
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States for the purpose OF being employed il
the foreign trade, including the trade between
the Atlantic and Pacific ports of the United
States, and finished after the passage of thi,
act. may be imported in bond under such reg
ulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may
prescribe; and upon proof that such materials
have been used for the purpose aforesaid, nc
duties shall be paid thereon: Prorided, That
vessels receiving the benefit of this section
shall not be allowed to engage in the coast
wise trade of the United States more than two
months in any one year except upon payment
to the United States of the duties on which a
rebate is herein allowed And prorided fur
tier, That all articles of foreign production
needed for the repair of American vessels en-
gagged exclusively in foreign trade may be
withdrawn from bonded warehouses free Of
duty, under such regulations as the Secretary
of the Treasury may prescribe.
This measure comprises the main conces-
sions asked for by our shipping interests, and
we trust it will prove fruitful in stimulating
to renewed activity those importan mt industries
which have so long languished under adverse
circumstances.
The new tariff act, while sweeping off near
ly fifty-tour millions of annual taxation is in
many other respects great improvement and
its adoption will prove a mighty stimulus to
the business enterprise of the nation. The
act takes effect on and after the first lav of
August next Bangor Wing.
GENEP1y NEUyC