The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1882-12-14
THE TARIFF COMMISSION.
The Country Agreeably Surprised
!. by Proposed Reductions or Taxa


Itwould be found upon a study of their
that nothing in them
could be touched without injury to business
interests a. whole, while at the same time
they had left q su uncient margin for the
projection 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. B,
There are some general features Of the re-
port which are prominent, such as the abo-
Htion almost entirely of compound duties
and the adoption of specific rates in place of
q combination of both specific and ad valor-
em. There has also been q 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-
ielly true Of pottery and other bulky arti-
The tariff on Bessemer stee. rails has been
reduced from $28 to $18 q ton, and ON
blooms it is put down to ! of cent a pound.
The duty on raw wool has been made speci-
tic instead of compound as before, and has
been slightly reduced. The commission
recommends that on 6rst-class clothing
woods, such as are commonly sheared in
the west the duty be 10 cents q pound on
those valued at less than 80 cents and II
cents pound on those valued at over 80
cents: 1t is the same on woods Of the sec
ond class known Is combings. The exist
Ing tariff, which Is compound, is eQulya-
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 a. much. On some woo1en goods the
compound duties are retained, but upon
lower grades2there 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 q far wider scope
than ever before and Is headed by wood
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 ouinine. A sim
pamphlet or newspaper is recof, .hended to
come in free of duty in order taat articles
of this kind may be sent from abroad
through the mails, There is q reduction OF
Is per cent. on printing paper. The cotton
schedule has been changed from A to /,
and has 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 a
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
dutiable according to the polariscope test,
ab0lishing 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 25 per cent.
I'D valorem. The ad valorem duty on
iron ore is abolished, owing to the varia-
ton of values, and a specific duty of SO
per cent a ton, which amounts to about
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 II cents per 100, the presen
duty, to 10 cents per 100, and upon salt int
bulk from s cents per 100 to cents per 100
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 duty 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 a whole, the
revision will involve q reduction on the
part OF the tariff list ranging in all import
ant features from 20 to so per cent. The
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.
urers.
THE SCHEDULES. r. -.
Schedule D-Woods: There have been
no changes in this schedule. Sugar: It ID
recommended 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 sub
stitution Of specific duties. ~.
Schedule G-Provisions: As thu duties
on this schedule are very low few recon-
mendations Of decrease have been made.
A slight decrease has been made in the duty
on rice, and the rates of the other items
enumerated 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 per cent. al
lowed for breakages has been abolished and
the schedules rearranged. - -
Schedule Lotions: The new schedule
will operate to simplify the present tariff by
the abolition of all common duties, contra.
dictory sections and ambiguous expressions,
and by the substitution Of six divisions. It
has been necessary in order, to make an ad.
equate specific duty on the higher. priced
cloths to make 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
per cent. is recommended instead Of A.. In
the section relating TO cotton thread, yarn,
Warps or warp yarns there has been gen.
eral reduction Of 25 to 80 per cent. Z
Schedule K-Wool and woolens: The
reduction suggested is fully 20 per cent. and
for the great bulk OF fabrics from Is ia
40 per cent. Comparatively. less reduction
is proposed on the finer, lighter and more
costly cloths. ~ L : = = = - ' = -.
Schedule L-silk:: Specific duties have
been substituted :. for IAN ad valorem
wherever the former could be- made to an.
ply The duties recommended indicate q
reduction of something more than % .psl
cent &<t--' .-.s = - 7z:-.5 :~:42E =. <g'
Schedule M-Papers and books: News;
papers and periodicals have been made free
Of duty and some other changes of minor
Importance made, and the duties reduced
on an average fully 20 per cent. -. ...'; :,> Z, -
A Dakota Scandal in Court; >esso.
Laura Allen, the divorced wife Of A.. NJ
Allen of Lincoln, Oak, has began a $5,QOt
action Of s!ander in Chicago court agaius
her husband. She charges him with. has
ing caused her arrest on the charge ofarson
also with publishing in Dakota, a: repor,
that she was woman of ill-fame and had
to black-m mail him. "A capia,
was issued as asked. Mrs. Allen was no,
on hand when the arson case was called an6