The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-12-14
THE TARIFF COMMISSION,
The Country Agreeably Surprised
BY Proposed Reductions Of Taxa

III, keeping IN view the relauOQ which each
article on the list bore to every other.
They had then made the rate as low as it
possibly could be with q view to the sue
cessful protection of American industries.
hWould be found upon q study of their
that nothing in them
could be touched without injury to business
interests a. a whole, while at the same time
they had left . su tiicient 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-
iton almost entirely of compound duties
and the adoption of specific rates in place of
. combination of both specific and ad val0r-
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
reduction of the tariff rate. THIS is espec-
tally true of pottery and other bulky arti-
cle6.
The tariff on Bessemer stee. rails has been
reduced from $28 to $18 a ton, and on
blooms it is put down to I of cent pound.
The duty on raw wool has been made speci-
He instead of compound as before, and has
been slightly reduced. The commission
recommends that on first-class clothing
woods, such as are commonly SHARED in
the west the duty be 10 cents pound on
those valued at less than 80 cents and IL
cents pound OH thos valued at over 80
cents. It is the same on woods of the sec.
ond class known as combings. The exist
Ing tariff, which is compound, is equ1va-
lent 10 about 124 cents a pound on an aver
ago 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 "a much. On some wooden goods the
compound duties are retained, but upon
lower grades!there is recommended very
large reduction Of the tariff. The tariff on
the lower grades of wooden blankets is re-
duced about 50 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
pulp. Spices and all green fruits except
oranges, lemons and grapes are also onfthe
free list. The dye extracts and crude chem
icals used in the manufacture of medicines
are on the free list. as is ouinine. A sin
gle copy OF any Foreign publ1uzuon, book,
pamphlet or newspaper is reco4s.nended to
come In free of duty in order &aat articles
of this kind may be sent from abroad
Is per cent. on printing paper. The cotton
schedule has been changed from A to I,
and his been very much condensed.
There Is reduction of about 80 per cent
on cottons with all compound tariffs abol-
ished.
There Is new schedule on sugars and
revolution In the method of levying
tho tariff is recommended. The commits
sion recommends that all sugars which
are known as below Grade thirteen be
dutiable according to the polariscope test
abolishing the Dutch standard. Above
this grade the commission recommends
The effect Of the recommendation would
be q 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
ad valorem. The ad valorem duty on
iron ore is abolished, owing to the varia-
ton of values, and specific duty of 50
per cent ton, which amounts to about 5
per cent. reduction, is recommended.
Analene dyes are now paying over 100 per
cent. and the commission recommends
that they shall pay 40 per cent. duty. On
salt there is reduction recommended on
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 int
bulk from scents per 100 to 6 cents per lOO
Duties on tobacco are removed, and the
duty on cigars, cigarettes, etc., are made So
. pound. There is no change recommended
in the duty on lumber and none on grain
The dety on fire crackers and playing cards
Is raised from SO per cent. ad valorem to 100
per cent. ad valorem. The tariff on all silk
goods has been very heavily reduced. TAX
Ing the Recommendation as whole, the
revision will involve reduction on the
part OF the tariff list, ranging ia all import
ant features from 20 to 80 per cent. Tht:
only notable exception is in the case of the
pottery industry, which the commission.
found it was impossible to reduce without,
running tho business of American inanufact,
urers.
Schedule D-Woods: There lave been
no changes in this schedule. Sugar: It Is
that the polariscope test be
adopted, and an average decrease OF about
Is per cent be made.
Schedule F-robacco: There have been
no changes in this sc hedule. except the
abolition of compound duties and the SUBJ
stitution of specific duties.
Schedule G-Provisions: AS thu duties
ON this schedule are very low few recon-
mendations of decrease have been made.
slight decrease has been made in the duty
on rice, and the rates of the other items
In this schedule have been
made more Harmonious The duties on
dried fruits, mustard, and several other
minor articles have been reduced.
Schedule H-Liquors: Practically no
changes have been made in this schedule,
excepting that the rebate of PET cent. al
lowed for breakages has been abolished and
The schedules rearfanged.
Schedule lotions: The new schedule
will operate to simplify the present tariff by
the abolition of all: coinmoh duties, contra
dictory sections and ambiguous expressions,
and by the substitution of six divisions. 1t
has been necessary in order, to make an ad-
equate specific duty on the higher priced
cloths, to make q DISTINCTION in the un-
bleached goods at above cents, bleached
goods at above 10 cents, and on printed
goods above Is cents per square yard, and
On these goods an ad valorem duty of 40
per cent. is recommended instead of4. In
Inc section relating TO cotton thread, yarn,
Warps or warp yarns there has been gen.
erel reuuctlOn OF 70 TO ~ per cent.
Schedule K-Wool and woolens: The
reduction suggested is fully 20 per cent. and
Tor the great bulk of fabrics from 10 to
10 per cent. Comparatively less reduction
g proposed on the finer, lighter and more
costly cloths.
Schedule -silk: Specific duties have
been substituted for an ad valorem
wherever tho former could be made to ap-
ply. The duties recommended indicate q
reduction Of something more than % per
sent.
Schedule M-Papers and books: News.
papers and periodicals have been made free
If duty and some other changes ofminor
Importance made, and the duties reduced
IN an average fully 20 per cent.
l just Condemnation of Washington
journalism.
Judge Mylie, of the District Court, in his
harge to grand jury, few days ago, Sc.
erly reprehended phases of Washington
journalism represented by the newspapers
# that city, and the special correspondents
4 outside newspapers. He said the news
'apers were constantly containing scanda-
ous libels on public men and on private |
haracter. That was species OF offense that |
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