New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-12-19
DISCUSSING THE TAX On METALS.

WASHINGTON, nec. lS.-l ne kllouse Nohin"-
fee on Wnys ana Means this morning continued us con-
Grafton of the metals schedule and IA s NJ WORK on
that part Of it relating iron. The item Of files Of all
kinds was pased over for further inquiry Returning to
the section considered Saturday the words iron OF
were restored in the Trails clause The items embrnc-
ing files steel riyets and rods valued at cents pond
and less and iron and steel one inch IN length
passed for further inquiry and In the item OF steel
ngos gun material etc., the committee made the grade
from DO 70 cents instead Of from to Q. The items
approved to-day were:
Cast iron pipe of every description, one cent per
Castings Of iron not specially enumerated provided
for III this act, one and one-quarer OF one cent per
Cut nails and spikes Of iron steel, one and one
quarter of one cent per pound.
iron steel railway fish plates or splice bars one ana
MaicabIe iron castings not specially enumerated or
Wrought mon or steel spikes. nuts and washers and
horse mule or OK shoes two cents per pound.
Anyils, two cents pcr pound - .,, ~
Iron steel riSct>. bolts with or without threats or
nuts bolt blanks and finished hnscSBor hinge blanks
two and hIlt of one cent per pound
steel backsmith's hammers and sedgGs, track
tools, wedges and crowbars, two and one hall OF one
IRON or Steel a>lcs parts thereof axcbars axle banls
or rips for aycs without reference TO the stage or
state OF manufacture and enalf OF one cent per
Toye,ncs of iron and steel forged iron of whatever
shane or in whatever stage Of manufacture not specially
enumerated or provided Tor in this act two ana one
Horseshoe nails hobnais and wire nails and all other
Wrought iron steel nails not specially enumerated OF
provided for IN this act four cents per pound
Boiler ubcs ucs or stays, OF wrought IRON or stecl
three cents Ter pound other wrought IRON OF S.etl
tubes pipes, two and ncqualier Oh one cent per
pound. ,. - A..
three -Ourths OF one inch IN diameter Two cents per
nond; less than hreefOurhs of one inch and not less
than thrce-eghths OF one inch IN daneter Two ana one
ouarter of one cent per pound less than three-eghths
OF one inch In diameter three cents per pound. 49,,
md drag saws not over inches wide, ten cents per
lnca foot; nine inches wide, fifteen cents per
Circular saws thirty percentum ad valorem.
Hand, buck and all oil er sa US not specially chune
steel ingots cogged ineots, blooms and slabs weighing
less than hundred pounds each ana measuring less
IMAM lAe lncns M W ~ the inots cogead ingofs
or blooms and less than five inches III thickness or lef-
tuan ten inches IN width or the slabs dle blocks OF
nIanks iillcts and bars and apercd bevccd bars;
bands strips aud sheets o. all gauges and widths plates
OF all hicknesses and widths, steamer clakS ana otncf
shafts; rist crank pins; connecting rods ana piston
r0d; pressed sheared stamped shapes, OF blanks OF
sheet plate steel. or combination OF SueI anu Iol
| punched or not punched; Hammer houlds or sWngeu
steel gun mOlds not in bars, alloys used as substitutes
for steel tools all descriptions and shapes OF dry sand
loan iron moulded steel castings All Ol to npnNc
pound valued above two and one, Eali cents ana hot
one per pound valued at above nine cents per pound
a iron or steel bars. rods Of Whatever shape on strips
aud on sheets aud all iron or steel o irregular
ished I'm any way in addition To the ordinary process Oh
hot rolling hammerng, and on steel .cIrcuiar saw
dition to he rates provided in this act.
Iron or steel beams girdcrs OiSts angles, channels
car trtcks. channels. tees, columns and posts or
pnrts or sections of columns and posts, deck ana
bulb beams and building forms, together with AL other
structural shapes iO iron or steel one ana one null Oh
/ cent per pound -, ,.o,, go
steel wheel for railway purposes whether Whony OF
partly finished. and iron or Steel locomotive car anu
other rail Way ties, parts THEREOF wholly or Prly
| manufactured or iron steel 1ngOs, coSged hSOs,
blooms or banks for the same without regard TO the
degree of manufacture two and tlee-quaters O cent
| per pound. ., . .-. ~, iu.
Crucble cast steel rivet screw nail fence aud wire
coils and loose. not nEncr IMAM hulnbcr
ye wire gauge and valued above cents, ana not above
cents Der pound and three quarters OF per cent
uer uound valued above cents and not above cents
per pound 22 per pOund valued above cents per
| pound, three cents per pound -,-
IRON and steel wire lots smaller than Ilnbcr ten wire
gauge "a cents per pound smaller than huhhOef zen
and smaller than number eighteen wire gauge : =
! cents pcr pound; smaller than number eighteen ana
not smaller than number twcny-siX wire guagc34 cents
per pound smaller than No. twenty-sl& wire gauge 4
! cents per pound.