The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1876-03-15
THE NEW TARIFF BILL.
What 1t Proposes to Do---The Changes
Made In the Dutinblc Articles.


Mr.. Morrison, schairman..of..the ways
and means committee, has introduced in
the United States House Of Representa-
tives new tariff bill. Therprinciple of
the bill is, in the first place, to abolish
all combined duties, simplifying the
tariff by fixing specific rate Of duty,
and making that specific rate a fixed
rate, twenty-five or thirty per cent,
ad valorens; and secondly, to reduce in
general the duties on those articles the
importation Of which is now prohibited
by the high duties that are imposed
upon them.
The new bill lowers tho duty on wool
more than one-half, and reduces CORE
spondingly all duties on woolen fabrics.
It places on the free list every article,
with the exception of raw wool, in
cluding dyes, ETC., which is used, IN
manufacturing, the consumption Of
which now amounts to $,000,00O an
nually. This is chiefly in the interest
of the manufacturers.
It imposes a duty on coffee and tea
which, although light, will yield a
revenue Of $19, ,000, 900 per annum.
It changes the duty on cigars to .
specific duty, 30 as to do away with all
differentiation.
Its most important rates as fixed are
as follows
Manufactured cottons, not exceeding
one hundred threads to the square inch,
two and one-half cents per square yard.
BIeached ditto, three and one-haf
cents.
Colored and stained ditto, three and
o1e-haf cents.
Finer goods, unbleached, three cents.
Bleaohed ditto, three and one-half
cents.
Colored ditto, four and one-haf cents.
Goods OF the same description and
lighter, unbleached, three cents.
Bleached ditto, three and one-halt
cents.
Colored ditto, four and one-half cents.
Finer goods, not exceeding two hun
dred threads to the square inch, un-
bleached, four cents.
Bleached ditto, four and one-half
cents. .. .
Colored and printed ditto, five cents.
Goods of lighter description, exceed
ing two hundred threads, four and one
half cents.
Unbleached ditto, five cents and
seven and one-half cents.
Yarns, uniform rate of duty, ten
cents, twenty cents, thirty cents and
forty cents per pound.
Spool thread, six cents per dozen and
nine ccnts per dozen.
Gimps, galloons and laces, thirty per
cent. =
Cotton shirts and drawers and hosiery,
thirty per cent.
Cotton braids, laces and trimmings,
thirty per cent. p,
Wool of the first quality, six cents per
pound and ten cents per pound. ,,
Wool Of the second class, five conts
per pound and ten cents per pound.
Wool of the third class, three cents
per pound.
Wooden cloths and shawls, seventy
cents per pound. -, :,
Flannels and woolen fabrics, twenty
1 cents, thirty cents, forty cents and fifty
cents per pound.
| .ltallan clotns, nlne cenIs auo nAseon
cents per square yard.
CARPETS, ninety cents, si1ty-ave cents
and forty cents per square yard.
Pig iron, SIS per ton.
Bar iron, one cent, one-half cent, and
three quarters OF cent per pound.
Wire, three cents, four cents, and five
cents per pound.
Sheet iron, one cent per pound.
Railroad iron, $40 per ton.
Steel rails, $15 per ton.
Cigars, So. 80 per pound. ,
Leaf tobacco, forty cents per pound
Silks, twenty-five, thirty and forty
per cent.
Coffee, four cents per pound.
Tea, ten cents per pound.
The free list comprises all articles O
aniline dyes, medicine, and all row ma
terials,