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

nothIgbly protective The duty on importations OF
pig iron In 1881 averaged only "a per centum
ad valorem.
speciic duty on steel ingots and steehooms, or
what are ger orally known rail blooms VIII settr
the disputes (which have continued or years ne
tween thr Treasury ID paTiment md impor eTs) re-
lating to- the clause under which they should pe
Classified.
STEEL RAILS.
The Commission has given special consideration
to the question o1 the tariff on steel rails. The pres
ent duty has served it's purpose in protective sense
IL is now excessive ahd should be reduced. The
arguments before the Commission foT a more radical
r"cuc ion than that RECOMMENDED We're, WI ore et-
cepticn mace by wine scs ?dvocatDg the ADOHtiCn
Oh customs laws. or their nouillcatcn 10 an tA'out
tnat, Iii The COmm8 lOn's belIef, would cndanger
the existing system Of m9nufaci urPS and commerce:
Inc ties mony does n { show that he consumers on
steel rails advocated decrease of the present MY
Dhdcr the existing arh the price OF sieet rals mas
decrcasel from 100 in 1873 To $40 a. the present
time The or with f this i'm tant lndusti y ma .
been unparalleled in he economic history or auy
county, aud III gre measure may DO aitrlhuI"a
TO The bi-h rate OF duties. There 10 every
| reason TO be 1--we that If 1t mad not been for
! American crmle mon, the cOnsuInrrs during Tue
past ten years woul bave pail prices pr'po tIon-
ately as high as those pa Tor foreign steel runs
before the mp sitOn OF the present duty OF rs per
ton Ii might have been TO the ma ntac'utcfs IN
tereSf, considering he present condition IT TINS m
du>tly, IT, during the asst hall OF that p, Gu ne
duty had not been 81 highly pro ectlve ms would
! have allowed tie abnormal mand durirg the
| early TT of the year 1880 TO have been sup llled
| by LnglanI and the Continent, and would nave
TAI ed prlcp6 abroad, prev nteI the rapid CouDunE
OF e "a acItv of the works IN tIis country, ana
| avoided the tluctuati0n. within a period OF SIX
months, OF he price Il ste rails from $40 to SoO
per ton. Under tins impulse, eXtensivc s." ell WORKS
nave been erected in he I'm ed STA es having an
| aggr gate capacity of 100000 tons per annum-
nearly equal 10 seven- iQnths of the total product
| of Eur0pe, which la ye II amounted to 2,2OO,00O
| tons. IL docs not ecm just, after encouraging by
law the building Of the bessemer rall mi s, to make
a change that would stop them and Affect by -y'n-
pa by II her bra ches of he ctal trade, throw
| ing ont of empl Jyment h large number OF people
dependent, rectly and indirectly, on tnIs IN
| dustry for support. lie Commission mas, the G.
| fore, deemed II proper toulse tn recCmnend a
| rate that may be permanent. enertan-
Ing the belief tina values of he products of numerals
| are gradually decreasing III value n uniting IN
| The recommendation made, the Commission IS CON
sciOus of the fact that il may Tot agree with the
| radical views of hose who have asked that the
duty be fixed AT from pl2 to Sl5 per Ton, nor is It
| supposed that the proposed rates VIII meet WIN
The approval of those at tuis time most interested
| the steel manufacturers. he Commission, how
ever not only III the spirit OF COMPROMISE Tut lrO u
the conviction that tue maintenance OF our steel
rail works essen al TO the consumer, considers
that he Dest interests of all concerned VIII be SUB
| served by adopting the rate OF duty named IN me
schedule viz: cgL t-tenths of a cent per pound ne
adoI ton OF this rate II ~ oeeved will prevent eA-
| traYasant adyanc in price, VIII lntiucc economy
! in the manufacture ana t0nu to disco image the
erection of works IN adyanc of the wants Oi trade.
The reductions OF dut.es recommended on bar iron
arr as gT at should ~ made, ranging from 10 TO
l 20 per cent. The alrng mem 81 the ol1ssihcaLon
| is in the line Of sinpIltic.tiou. The COmmls ION
does not recommend any material decrease ia Ihr
duties snect IRON. On IOOP, band ana scroll IRON
"A reduction ~ recommended on The tilf 6 clasSes oil
five ten aud fifteen cents per one hundred pounds,
| Tcspec lively.
For the purpose Of simplIfcatIou and to avoid
| the many Complications hat arse from
the .GGihi,ulty in Designing tao ,, ex,,
| act differences between ron ana steer
the Commission has pIaceI iron and common steel
Is far possible at TIE same rates Ii Is a v ~
sheet on, to DISTINGUISH, except by anal as pe-
| tween IRON and common steel. The cOninOhtr
| grades OF steel are gradually becoming cheap. !,
and there's reason 10 believe 'hat IN Iu,ui
| the Vtlue Of Is sscmcr steel ana tA&l
| of lion will be iden zeal. If 1t
not for this ctappalentiy greater reductions
could have been made lyon lroi; b"t IA mt view,
and considering the diiie.ehces III vane 81 tie TWO
| metals 'n-day. It Was not thodghf advisable To
| bring III EEL down 10 the lower Level.
| deductions axe recODimendrd on non anu s"ei
hardware, railway spices, tOOi5, saws hi'i5 ana
! spikes, malcaUle IRON. wood crews
IRON and steel WIRE et tubes ocI IA ce PRTS,
The present dUty upon lin Dla cs IS an anomaly
the sheet IRON out OF whch tin plates are mace De
ing dutaOe under the present law az Gne ahu tr,
quarter Ccuts per pound, ana me lhl'heo t'h pau,
aItcr being sICdTed, coated WIth metal ana DoAc''
beng GutIaue At on" aud oe-teutnc cen per pound.
| On account OF tie differences between tAo Cos' oI
labor in England aud the United Staus, II Is now
impsssl bic Manufacture TN plates III lhI5 couu-
try, and theew tIn-pmte es1a"l ishnrhts nave oeen
|
| of tie opinion mat "A moderate late OF duty VIII
| develop ihis important lnuuatH, ana JhaC Wise
public policy dictates that as least a part OF the
amouut sume1 IN tins county OF 20 essential an
| auir.o as I'm late suOuld be Produced nee lhe
testimony shows that tue intention OF The IirmeiS
OF the act Oi 1864 was 10 place uuty upon "iat
Ia commercially known as TN Places Oh
two an halt cents per pound CUT Dy an error
of pune tuat ion and the tianapOsti0h OF couha'
they wcIe, ~ treasury decision, placed at much
lower rate. - .. -
mepds Oh steel ranges from one iour'h OF one
cent per pound, ON the lower Grass 10 dpouo oV
cent caused Oy the abolition al the COMPOUND
duICal Oh the higher grdue' ga q uNl"iC o'SOi'
The Commission recommends r,uuct.OhS ranging
from 20 to 80 per cent mon ana hteeI "Te' any
also the abuulI IF the present. COMPOUND uuCic"'
IL is also proposed TO unlrc IRON ana steel WIRE IN
one Glass; tuc rates, OF course 10 re Concurrent
The Commission recommends the reduction OF
tho Iateo upon many miscellaneous ma uldctu .
OF mccall and reduction or he rates up"h copper
leag. Zrlc aud Other metals OF from 10 10 20 per
cen Inc present rate upon steel wire T. DIS Won II
appear from reading parLgri ph No. l,f3o,pdsc 100,
Hey Sb Ps D,s''' tel n9 Cons" f G"s
under de islOn OF the Secretary OF tho Treasury
Inc uuty Is levied u 30 per cent at t@t0fem. IL
is PROPOSED that tie duty De mace ono cthC per
pounG which Is IN harmony WIN the III sug-
sestrd TOR the other products OF BeSSeiner steel
One OF ,he most important changes recommended
is the definition OF what IS non ana "Da' 10 scei'
SCHEDULE D-wOoDs
There have been 10 changes made in this sched-
ulc.
SCHEDULE E-sUGARs.
The following 10 the scheme proposed by the tOn-
,nisaou m reg; n, 10 tine classification III dntles On
su.ar IL is recommended that lie pOldrlSc"po 'esI
lac ad u ed, I'll an ave &Ge decrease Ill Huiles Vi
apout , per cent be made, as VIII DC seen ny the
following table: .,.
,, ,,,s,,6.,,ton nI1Y roLARI. DUTY.
~ Cts per sCOPA Cas- per