Morris tribune., 1882-12-14
THE TARIFF COMMISSION.


The report of the tariff commission says
that their theory had been to make SYM
,metrical revision and reduction of the tar
i'll, keeping in view the relation which each
article on the list bore to every other
They had then made the rate as low as it
possibly could be with view to the sue
cessful protection of American industries.
Itwould be found upon study of their
Recommendations that nothing in them
could be touched without injury to business
interests as whole, while at the same time
they had left a sufficient margin for the
protection of the various manufacturing en-
terprises which had been developed in this
country and were at work in competition
with the skilled labor of the world.
There are some general features of the re-
port which are prominent, such as the abo-
Gtion almost entirely of compound duties
and the adoption of specific rates in place of
a combination of both specific ana ad valor-
EN-. There has also been a sweeping
change made by the abolition of all fees,
| charges and commissions, which upon
some classes of goods will be equivalent to
| q reduction of the tariff rate. This is espec-
| tally true of pottery and other bulky arti-
Giles.
The tariff on Bessemer stee. rails has been
| reduced from $2S to $1S a ton. and on
blooms it is put down to I of cent pound.
The duty on raw wool has been made speci-
| fc instead of compound as before, and has
been slightly reduced. The commission
| recommends that .on first-class clothing
woods, such as are commonly sheared in
the west the duty be 10 cents pound on
| those valued at less than 80 cents and II
cents a pound on thos. valued at over 80
cents. 1t is the same on woods Of the Sec
ond class known as combings. The exist
ing tariff which is compound, is equva-
lent TO about 123 cents pound on an aver
age for such woods as are produced by the
western growers, The recommended tariff
| will only be about q cents less. This is
on unwashed wool. On washed it is about
twice as much. On some wooden goods the
compound duties are retained, but upon
| lower gradeslthere is recommended very
large reduction of the tariff. The tariff on
the lower grades of wooden blankets is re-
duced about so per cent.
There is reduction of about 16 per cent
on carpets. The tariff on ready-made
clothing is cut down about one-fourth.
The free list is given a far wider scope
than ever before and is headed by wood
4 pulp. Spices and all green fruits except
oranges, lemons and grapes are also on the
free list. The dye extracts and crude chem
icals used in the manufacture of medicines
are on the free list as is uuinine. A sin
gle copy of any foreign pubIle-don, book,
pamphlet or newspaper is reco#i attended to
come in free of duty in order Cat articles
of this kind may be sent from abroad
through the mails, There is reduction oil
Is per cent. on printing paper. The cotton
schedule has been changed from A to 1,
and has been very much condensed.
There is reduction of about 80 per cent
on cottons with all compound tariffs abol-
ished. gzE
4 There is new schedule on sugars and q
revolution in the method of levying
the tariff is recommended. The commits
sion recommends that all sugars which
are known as below Grade thirteen be
abolishing the Dutch standard. Above
this grade the commission recommends
the retention of the Dutch Standard system
/ The effect of the recommendation would
be considerable reduction of the duty
On oranges, lemons and grapes, the only
dutiable fruits under the proposed revision
there is simply specific duty of so much
per box. The duty on all medical prepa
rations is reduced from 40 to Is per cent
iron ore is abolished, owing to the varia
ton of values, and specific duty of 81
per cent ton, which amounts to about 5
per cent reduction, is recommended
: Analene dyes are now paying over 100 pei
cent. and the commission recommends
that they shall pay 40 per cent. duty. On
salt there is reduction recommended OF
J the article which comes in sacks and bar
rels of from IL cents per 100, the presen
duty, to 10 cents per 100, and upon salt in
bulk from 8 scents per 100 to cents per 100
Duties on tobacco are removed and the
duty on cigars, cigarettes, etc., are made S.
q pound. There is no change recommended
in the duty on lumber and none on grain
5 The duty on fire crackers and playing cards
is raised from so per cent. ad valorem to 10(
per cent. ad valorem. The tariff on all sill
! goods has been very heavily reduced. TAX
ing the recommendation as whole, tn,
part of the tariff list, ranging in all import
ant features from 20 to so per cent. TIL,
only notable exception Is in the case of the
pottery industry, which the commission
: found it was impossible to reduce withou
running the business of American manufact
o urers.
: THE SCHEDULES.
Schedule D-Woods: There have bee
4. no changes in this schedule. Sugar: It
recommended that the polariscope test b
adopted, and an average decrease OF abor
Is per cent be made. .-.-...
Schedule F-Tobacco: There have bee
no changes in this sc hedule. except th
abolition of compound duties and the SUI
stitution of specific duties.
} Schedule G-Proyisions: As tho dutie.
on this schedule are very low few recon
mendations of decrease have been made
A slight decrease has been made in the dut
. on rice, and the rutes of the other item
enumerated in this schedule have bee
made more harmonious The duties o.
/ dried fruits mustard, and several othe
e minor articles have been reduced.
Schedule -H-Liquors: Practically n
changes have been made in this schedule
excepting that the rebate of per cent al
lowed for breakages has been abolished an
the schedules rearranged.
Schedule I-Cottons: The new schedul
: viii operate to simplify the present tariff b
the abolition of all common duties, contra
f dictory sections and ambiguous expressions
e and by the substitution of six divisions. /
| has been necessary in ORDER to make an &C
j equate specific duty on the higher price
cloths, to make a distinction in the ur
!, bleached goods at above 8 CENTS bleachet
! goods at above 10 cents, and on printe
: goods above Is cents per square yard, ant
q on these goods an ad valorem duty of
t per cent. is recommended instead of4 Il
: the section relating TO cotton thread, yarn
| warps or warp yarns there has been gen.
| eral reduction of 25 to 80 per cent.
Schedule K-Wool and woolens: TIL
reduction suggested is fully 20 per cent. an
t for the great bulk of fabrics from Is t
t 40 per cent. Comparatively less reductio
is proposed on the finer, lighter and mol
costly cloths.
! Schedule L-silk: Specific duties hav
been substituted for an ad valore1
4 wherever the former could be made to al
: ply. The duties recommended indicate
reduction of something more than % p.
q cent.
, Schedule M-Papers and books News
papers and periodicals have been made fire
of duty and some other changes of mine
importance made, and the duties reduce
: on an average fully 20 per cent.
A Dakota Scandal in Court
Laura Allen, the divorced wife of A.
e Allen of Lincoln, OAK, has began $50,
action of SANDER in Chicago court agaiu
her husband. She charges him with ha
ing caused her arrest on the charge of arso
a also with publishing in Dakota, repo
) / that no xxyoc a xuop,o,, of i1J-fo,,,o o~I H.