New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-12-05
NETWORK TRIBUNE

vary greatly. Attention misht be called to the use
of the words Elmer and ligh er" (o22, Heyl); inner
or ighterr 025: like description b" t923); lighter
des riptionH (g2Gl; goods OF like scrpton'
(921 ard goods of like desc ipiion or for similar
us'' ipar 924l Paragraph 92l, providing i.r al
manufactur of cotton. with CIR am exeenll rs
Except jeans, deuims dnllings, bed-IcNnas,
ginghams plaIds, cOtOuades pm alOOn-Siuis ana
goods OF like scriptnn (which rxeepu ns are
ed Tor under p. graphs Y24, 90 ami O2O oil
the schedule, at dit rrnf IN @. seems e. Dcuhie-
cessary. here can Dc no necessity Tor DESIGNATING
the manner in which goods arc woven and M uses
10 which hey are app ied-t az only makes tho
matter more confu inc and complicated her,, i q
va lance lanau ge in al the paragraphs apoNe
referred tg and they are very dlihcuII 10 unuer-
stand. This lncongruty resn tS IN gfeat uih renee
IN the practice i'm The eTal ports OF the cOun tv
and he part of oic rs az the 81 ne port an
leaGs 10 tl0aious and co itusIoh aud at oil tiIns
90 troublesome differences between ON
GERS and importers - importers IN Iusl
instances being unaole TO know wha' rates of duty
they would be Obliged TO pay until after mai hqui-
da ion o. tneif invoices. - ,
TIE new s,h.dule viii operate TO simplify tho
present tariff, first, by the abolition Of all compound
duties; secOE.ly. by the abolition OF "ii con IA
dicorv sectors ami ambiguous expressions, such rs
those alluded TO. anu the substitution OF SIX III
Wis Uns-lwO each Ior uublt achcd, bieacbed ana
printed cot on ii has be,n necessary IN order 70
make an adequate specific duty On the higher priced
cloths. TO make distinction IN the unb cached
goods above eight cents per square yard, IN the
blrached goods valued AT ABOVE ten cents per square
yard. and III the printed goods valued III ABOVE
hfteen cent per square yard anu on ihess goo"s an
nd valOrem duty o. rory per cent ~ recommended
Ihs cad Of four divisions il the sections reIafing
To cotton thread warn warps or ware yarns, the
COMMISSION TODOsrs seven VISIONS: below twenty
five GEMS a pound alb we twenty-five and not eX-
credinQ {, rtN, aOovc lOry and not exceeding nity,
auoye ffty and no en-, eed ingsiXy above sixty amt
uOt exceeding seventy, aJOye seventy ana MOI OK
ceedug eighty, and finally al co ton yarus NaueI
at over eighty cents pound There has been gen
era reduction OF % to 30 per cent this 'chedHie
with the excep ion OF some of The liner grades oil
yam, which have only been slightly reduced.
SCHEDULE J-FLAX.
While practically, tnc Commission b as made no
change in tho rates, ept TO reduce
the rate OH cotton bageing under seven
cents per square yard from to ll2
cents and above seven Gems per square yard
from to . GEMS It has to some extent simphhcd
the schedul', and removed some OF the antiquities
IN the phraseol0gy Oh the law
SCHEDULE K-wooL AND W OOLLENs.
The Commission, recognizing the prominence OF
sheep husbandly in its relation 10 agrcu ture and
its additional Importance az he of supp OF
material for an important anulac ure. Was i'm
PEELED seriously to cOnalder the effect Of any change
in the Existing duties Oh foreign woods. The law
fixing these duiies passed in 1867. with the ap-
probation OF en- ire body Of producers so Lar as
any expression cOu.d DC secuted, ana thr Wisdom
which guId d It's promoters has found sHDst hIlaI
vInuica ION in be growth 81 s"eeJ husbauuly dhr,
ing he past hfte years Inc redu'to suggested
al valoTem du Oh wOols OF the hrst aud eeond
class respec lively and u reduction one hall cent
per bound WOols # the tn ID Cla, value ~ IS
tuan II cents p r pound ana ut per pOund
ii valued at above IL cents per pound ms al
rangcueut Is due iOh Of luy ~ per centrum III
tue ore. ent duty, and IL is believed Wi not Serious
~ teItcTe with tie defence of lie domestic WOOL
LrOwt r. but viii tent to Simplify the OUerallOn oil
the law 10y nmAIug duties SPECIFIC instead Oh COM
pound, thus IactIttLng cntOrceiUcut wnu5 III
suing collection OI "a cnirc uu'y Iot "IiCli M
portitips re Liable. The elias iHcit.oh OF woods
lOr duty unuer he tx stnI Law has neeh retainer.
tn ch ract, rit.c e;F o. tbs ADJ ct ent /, the
application Oi cOnpOLnu duties. nile IN the Lion
II the COMMISSION comp, una uustb aie gene Il
obi, c.lOnaUle am tnclr cIn anon IL ecOnl nueu
IN al! the OtDeI > he. tIcle cem e. NC exc p
non TraSO.s 4Or al l. rrtcn ION iu to schc t"Ic Oh
woOlens aitnOugn fOuT COnlnIssiOner va: Mes -.
Amber Porter, Underwood ano McMAhOn, refuse /
10 assent 40 he zee" lop Oh .ohpOLh ulleS Ill t"s
3 hudule II any case. III tie ItducllOhs III JIIs
% he"ule which IN ComulssIon PROPOSES, RAJ glhg
tOT the ct ouik OF iaDtcs Ifum eng ,c"u ioity
D ,tnt, the am naS been to nIAc the II ducHOh
apply mos ,hectualy to H. cheaper goods ol nee
cossary consumption, Hltt awe" hthtlhg pIo-
ducrrs a, W, il COEsum r. t0r rt;tSOhab prices 10
The cunslnl,r mean Inc eas' a consumption,
auu OF COuTs" cUITeopOn"lugly lhefeds,
ST blity and lurra i've employment 20 ne
prOuhCCrs. con paratlVeiV less duc, ION Is pro-
posed a rhc tih T. n.ut,r IN moe cosby COT 3,
iuvuiving M 10 labor III thelr Production, upA Inc
orouu, OF pu, lc y. licS whiCn ueIndnus Tue Gu
cur gene { OF t.e Lieher branches "a man tac-
! ture. In cOnsiDe,ng tDe la.cS Oh uuty In inns
schedule the Commas GA has not been uninlhdlul
'AN
woOl,n manu- ac. urc, ter utility ~ we as tnrli
beaut,, tue i'm. cIse OLtIa, OF capital required III
theI production and the artistic tahC aud tech"lcal
xiii necessary success IN the higher DIanchcs "f
the Inauuaacturc the YicIssltudes to VII On the
manufactur L /, su lec by inc ptcrs Il Ia 'hloi.
or n important cusderut that Jon TINS ma =
II &c ure depends he pro per ~ Ol leading agrl
,ultu.aI iutcrcSt, the p uusban ny; WHICH a.
diituscd Throughout every ao anu Ie.r"Oiy'
SCHEDULE L-sILK.
The Commission. IN its epOrt, brings out an inter
esllng act in regard to t.Iis industry, Wnch is tna
in 1850 the MINOR. atons silk mRnufa lures IL 10
the United states amounted TO P3-,o6ll2O, and
that twenty years later 1SS0l after the III
introduction of the manufac ure OF six in ihls
country the lmDul Is amour ed 10 S3Z 1873, go ;
whIc on the Otner hand tue value OF tue product OF
our own siik manufactures mas Increased lioln
So 5S9.l7l III 1860. TO b1 ,O33,O4J IN 1901. mus
wunle the population OF the county has Increased
20 600 J0U ana IIs wealth pr0pOrIOnat-y, the l'n-
pOrtatlons OF this class OF goods nave remained
practically the same. the larger prpprt,On OF tnls
class OF goods beng now 5npDied ny ne nome
manufactures. Io slight changes IN pnraseOloSy
and classification OF the silk schedule recommend ed
by the LoAmls>IOu were inspired oy ad'sne 10 sl.u-
plify cons IucGOn an TO Iactllate lis enforcement
specific duties have been substituted f'rag ydIOren
duties wherever the former could DC made 10 Apply
The duties T, commended indicate a renucnOn o Al
ext ting duties OF something more than twenty-three
per ceht.
SCHEDULE M-PAPERs AND BOOKS.
This is a new schedule made from he sundry
schedule. NcWEp papers anu pOlO'iN''io nav "'OH
made lree of duty, and some other changes Of minor
Importance made.
SCHEDULE N-SUvDRIEs.
Referring 20 the changes made IN this schedule it
WAS found that it contained a total number OF 272
sections having from time to time been made the
receptacle of many dutable articles tina properly
belong d TO other schedules. Tie tommis Ioa has
relrga;ed ninety-nne of the sections 20 tine chem
lea. schedule trcl yGve % the proyi,lD schedule.
- fta a.
10 the spective sche lules to winch hey belong,
and the Tree Inst. ms. VITA some cOnsOllda IONS,