The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-02-01
CON c R E S S.
HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, Janu


duced and referred as follows:
Iy Mr.. Willis-For the reconstruction o
all tariff and collection laws; also for III,
abolition Of prize money.
By Mr.. Ward-To repeal the duties OIL
packages, commissioners transportation
and the coloring Of goods; also TO provide
for the responsibility Of the governmen
for all imported mechandize while in it
custody; also for the reduction Of duty
on laCes manufactured by hand.
By Mr.. Morrison-To revise the tariff
referred to the Committee OH Ways anC
Means. The bill provides that on ant
after the first day Of July next in lieu o
dnties heretofore imposed on the i'm
portation OF goods, wares and merchan
die there shall be levied the following
rates: On all manufactured cotton, ex
cept jeans, drilling, bed-ticking, ginghams
pantaloon stuHs and goods of like de-
scription, not bleached, colored, &c.,
ounces per square yard, % cents pei
square yard; II bleached, 81 cents pei
square yard; If colorcd, stained, painted
or printed, 4 cents per square yard; j
bleached, AZ cents per square yard. i
stained, printed or painted 8 cents pei
square yard on cotton jeans, drillings, bee
ticking, ginghams, plaids, cottonades
pantaloon stufis and goods OF like de
Scriptions, or for similar use, If unbleach
ed, not exceeding five ounces to the
square yard; 4 cents; that Of bleached, 4!
cents per square yard; Of colored prints
&C., 8 cents per yard. There is also q
scale for goods Of lighter description on
all cotton goods Of every description, the
value OF which shall exceed 25 cents pei
square yard duty Of % per cent adva.
lorum; cotton, threads, yarn, warps
valued at not exceeding 40 cents per
pound, 10 cents; valued at over 40 cents
per pound, 90 cents; over 60 cents, &c
cents per pound; over so cents, 40 cents
per pound. Spool thread cotton 6 cents
per dozen; cotton goods, gimps and. gal
Ions, and cotton laccs, colored, 80 cents
ad valornm; cotton shirts and drawers
woven or made on CRANES, and on all
cotton hosiery, 80 per cent nd valorumi
and all other manufactures OF cotton, 80
per cent ad valorum. Iron in pigs S.
per ton; iron rolled, ] TO II cents per
pound mosaiac iron $40 per ton; rallied
bars, 10 per cent; boiler and plate iron }
cents perponnd; boiler ani-ethgr plate
iron not otherwise provided for,
$50 per ton. The bill provides
rates for other descriptions OF wire, hand
saws, needles, &c. All manufactures OF
steel, OF which steel shall be component
part and otherwise provided for, 30 per
cent alvalorcm; steel railway bars $40
per ton, railway bars made in. part Of
steel sis per ton, chains and traces 2
cents per pound. There are other rates
for other descriptions OF iron manniac-
lures. Lead in sheets and pipes . cents
per pound; copper in plates . cents per
pound; copper rolled, &c, 80 per cent ad
valorem; spun silks % per cent nd yalo-
rem;silks in the grain 25 per cent ad VA
loren; floss silks % per cent nd valorem;
sewing silks 30 per cent ad valorcm; all
goods, wares and merchandise not other
wise provided for OF silk 40 per cent nd
valorem; silk vestings, shawls, &c., 40p per
cent ad valorem; buttons and ornaments
40 per cent nd valorem; cigars, cigarettes
and chcroots, nil kinds, S3 80 per pound;
tobacco in leaf manufactured and not
stamped 40 cents per pound. Woods are
classified from 3 to IL, cents per pound;
woolen cloths and shawls and all manu-
foctures Of wool Of any description made
wholly or in part OF wool, 20 cents per
pound; tlannels and blankets, 20 TO 40
cents per pound; coffee, 8 cents per pound;
tea, Is cents per pound; Tin in bars and
block, 8 cents per pound; velvet carpets,
brutsels and tapestry, G5 cents per square
yard; oranges in boxes, is cents per box.
There are many other articles in the list.
The free list is large one.
BILLS INTRODUCED.
By Mr.. Marsh-To reimburse the State
OF Pennsylvania for money advanced to
pay the losses of her citizens during the
late war, and also to pay balance on
claims Of citizens OF Pennsylvania for
like losses.
Z. BY Mr.. Monroe-To establish an cdu-
catioual fund and to apply portion Of
the proceeds Of the public lands to pub.
lie education, and to provide for a more
complete endowment and support OF ma.
tional colleges for the advancement Of
scientific and industrial education.
BY Mr.. Caldwell-For sessions of the
us. Circuit Court at Humboldt, Tenn.
BY Mr.. Fort-To forbid Territories
from increasing their Indebtedness in aid
OF RAILROAD or other private corporations.
Also to prevent the useless slaughter OF
buhaloes.
BY Mr.. stone-Organizing a national
railroad company for the purpose Of con-
structing, operating and maintaining a
double track, cheap freight railroad from
the Atlantic seaboard to ST. Louis, Chica-
60 and Council Bluffs, with branches to
other centres Of population, production
and commerce. ..
By Mr.. Clark-To reimburse the Uni
versity OF Missouri for damages sustain
cd during the late war.
By Mr.. Guntcr-Granting three hun
dred and sixty acres Of land to each sur
vivor Of the Mountain Meadow massacre.
BY Mr.. Wilshire-For free transmits
sion through the mails Of all documents
printed by authority Of Congress.
BY Mr.. SlemmOns-Authorizing the
OF bridge across the Mis-
Sissippi river at Memphis.
Mr.. Morrison introduced n bill to
the appraisement OF goods,
wares and merchandise imported into The
United States and subject to ad valOrcm
duties. This bill defines the basis on
which dealers are 10 be assessed on I'M
ported merchandise, subject to ad valo-
rem duties, to be fair market value or
actual wholesale price OF such merchan-
disc in the principle places Of the country,
whence exported at tho time Of exporta-
tion, and repeal Of the law OF 1866, which
allows the importer TO separately add TO
the cost of boxing and casing, although
the same had been before included in the
cost OF the merchandise, as we'll as all
little petty charges for brakeage, carriage,
dock fees, &c. An omission OF any one
of these items by ncghct on the part Of
mn employe is now held to violate the in.
voice, and subjects the importer to heavy
penalties, and their retention on the sta
tute book rs elements for estimating the
value Of invoices obviously constitutes
the basis for the operation OF large class
OF informers, whose very existence is a
disgrace to any government.
Mr.. Buckner offered q resolution recit.
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