The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-01-31

THE TARIFF.
Bill Prepared by the Ways and
Means subcommittee.
DETAILS OF DUTIES IMPOSED.
A Reduction of Twenty Per Cent on
Present Rates.
COST OF COLLECTION REDUCED.
Changes and Improvements in the
Bonded Warehouse System.
COST OF COLLECTION REDUCED.
THE PRODUCE OF TIE FISHERIES.

Wood Gibson Banks, Tucker and Burchard, have
agreed upon a BILL which will be reported TO the full
committee tomorrow. The preparation of the bill
was assigned 10 Mr.. Wood, with the exception OF the
part having reference to sugar. which was prepared
by Mr. Gibson, of LOUISIANA Tho publication at this
time is with view of eiictng expressions OF puonV
opinion before final action.
GENERAL FEATURES OF THE BILL.
Tho general principles on which the Tariff bill is
based are reduction and smplih and with Sec
tions directly looking to enlargement OF our ior
cigu trade. The schedules and cassihcations Of Tue
present tariff followed. slight reduction Is
made averaging about twenty por cent OF the present
rates In the entire list though in wines, orahdies'
cigars articles OF like character there Is no
reduction. There are no compound duties, the
rates being either SPECIFIC or I'D vaiorem.
There is no free list Every article mat Is
not dutabIe is admitted free without specification or
enumeration. The present number OF articles III the
Tariff laws is reduced to about five hundred all told in
this bill Changes have been made from al vaiorem
70 specific dutos practicable. IL is claimed
hat this bin will reduce cost oil collection from
b. $50 600 10 less than SIS o0O 000 The bill proposes
70 raise Sl54 9i6 OO0 estimated by Treasury exports
,pon the average of the imports Tor the past SIX years.
Only s13S 600 900 collected last year The ioow
Ing is the text OF the BILL
A BILL 10 impose duties upon foreign imports, 10
trade ana commerce, 10 reuuoo t"A"'i""'
re ~ Enacted by he Senate and House Of Representa-
hires of lie United States Of America IN Congress as
sembted -. ,
Ammo Domini eighteen hundred ana seventy
nlue IN lieu of the duties heretofore levied,
assessed and collected on merchandise imported
into the United there shall levied, assessed
ana collected upon the following named articles tho
following rates OF duty and all merchandise not
herein provided for shall be free OF duty anu All
parts OF snail take elect upon tho day aore-
SAID
SCHEDULE A.-coTroN AND COTTON GOODS
On all manufactures Of cotton except Jeans
denlms drilhngs, ped tckings ginguams. paids,
cottonades pantaloon stun, ard goods OF Ike de-
scrpton), oleached. colored, STAINED, painteu
the square inch, counting INC warp vhd hh5' auu
exceeding IL weight hve ounces per square yard TWO
cents per square yard If beachec, two anu nan
cents per square yard colored, stained, painted,
or printed, three cents per square yard.
On liner or lighter goods OF like description, not
exceeding two hundred threads 10 the square lnch,
counting the warp and hliog, unbleacbed, Two and u
half cents per square yard oieachea three cents
printed four and hall cents per square yard.
on goods Of like description, exceeding Two hundred
threads 10 the sqeare inch, counting the warp aud
ming uubleached, Tour cents per square yard; ii
bleached, tour ana u han cents per square yard; II
colored, stained, panied or printed hve ana nan
cents per squire yard.
on all cotton jeans, denims. drIlings bed icKings
pinghans. paids, cottonades pantaoon stuils aud
goods OF like Gescription or Tor similar use, II I'M
bleachod, and not exceeding one ndrcd threads to
The square nch, counting the warp and nliing, and
exceeding Eve ounces to me ,qaare YARD Two and a
per square yaru II co,orcd, stained, painted or
printed, our cents per square yard
On inner lighter goods OF like description, not
exceeding hundred threads To the square inch
counting the warp ana nlhna, II uubleachcd, three
cents per square yard; If bieachcd three aud half
cents per square ard II coorcd, stained, painted
printed five cents per square yard.
on eooss Of Ike description, exceeding two hun
hred threads 10 the square inch, counting warp
md Glng, II unoeached live cents por square yard
n bea he'd, six cents per square yard; II coiored,
.ad nf.sI
yard: Provided, That upon AL PLAIN woven cotton
goods. not included IN the foregoing schedule, un-
square yard; oleaohed, valued al over TWEEN
~ cents per square yard, coored, valued
over I ana Ir
valued twenty cents per square yard, aud all
other cotton goods oil every description, the value Of
which shall exceed twenty five cents per quarc yard
,here shall be levied, collected, and pad DUTY OF
thirty per centum ad vaorcm:And provided iurtner,
That Cotton goods having more tbau two hundred
!nreads 10 the square inch, counting the warp anu
u!ng, shall DC admitted TO "A less rate OF Guy than is
provided Tor goods which are oil that number OF
threads
Cotton thread, yarn, warps, or warp yarn, not
wound upon spoos, whether single or adj
twisting two single yarns together,
whether on beams bundles skeins or cops, or IA
any other form, valued AT not exceeding iorty cents
per pound. ten cents per pound; valued at over ory
Genus per pound, aud not exceeding sixty cents pei
pound, twenty cents per pound; valued al over sixty
cents per pound, and not exceeding eighty cents pei
pound, thirty-Gve cents per pound; va.ued at over
eighty cents per pound. sixty cents per pound.
spool thread of cotton, SIX cents per eozen spools
containing on each spool not exceeding hundred
yards OF thread; exceeding one hundred yards, ioI
spool or fractional part thereof of hun
dred yards, seven cents per dozen spoos
On ali manufactures VI cotton, or Of which coti OF
shall DO poncnt OF chieI value, 1uty OF twenty
nSe per centum al val0rcm.
SCHEDULE B-EARrns AND EARTnESwARE
All unpublished cylinder epamellcd, crown, colored
and ground wIndow-glass not exceeding iorty inchc
Ia length aud width one cent per square loot on al
sizes OF The above glass exceeding forty inches ii
length and width, two cents per square foot
Cylinder and crown glass, polished, not ex
ceeding len by fifteen inches square, Two cent
per square loot; above that, and not exceed
ing sixteen ~ twenty.our inches square
three and hall per square foot above that,
not exceeding twenty -iour by thirty inches square
i've cents per square loot; that aud exceed
log twcnty-lour by sixty inches, nileen cents pc
square loot; all above that thirty-nvc cents pei
square foot
FluIed, rolled, or rough plate glass, not including
crown, cylinder, or common window glass, not ex
c,eGipg ten by fifteen inches square, seventy-nv
cents per one hundred square feet; above that ant
not exceeding sixteen by twcnty-our inches square
anreequa,sers o, Que cent per SQUARE 100,
by thirty inches square, one cent per squar
loot; ali ABOVE that, one and half cent.
per square loot; on all polished cylinder glass
Bilycrcd, additional duty OF twenty-five per cenium
IN addition to the rates above specified. And al
nuted, rolled or rough plate glass weighing over on,
hundred pounds per one hundred square feet, shall
pay an additional duty on the excesg, at the sam
rates herein imposed
ten by fifteen nenes square. two and half cents pc
square loot; above That, and not exceedin
sixteen by twcnty-four inches square, iou
cents per square ioos; above that, and no
exceeding twenty-lour by thirty inches square
ten cents per square iooti above that, and not OK
ng TIVE by sxty inches square,
cents per square foot; all above that lily cents
square loot
Cast polshed plate glass, silvored, or looking glass
plates not exceeding ten by nlteen inches square
nve per squarc foot above that not exceed
ing sixteen by twcntyiour inches square, eight cent
fpnf All We n
Jour w hrly inches square, fifteen cents per squar
foot; above that, ana not exceeding tweuty-our b.
Sky incucs square, MY cents per square loot; al
aDoye that eighty cent per square loot But no look
ing glass plates plate glass eiivercd, when framed
snail pay less rate OF DUTY than thai IMPOSED upoi
similar glass of like description not framed
bul shall be liable to pay addition thereto thirty 10
centum ad vllorem upon such iratnes
Ana all other articles Of glass, or OF which gas
snail DO the component oi cnei value, not oIherwis