The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-03-07
THE TARIFF CHANGES.
A COMPARISON OF THE RATES
und.r the New Law and tho one Recent, ia Force
In Relation 10 Iron shd stsel-BrOWp, Bonnsll
4 Co.'s Troubiss-RsesiVsr Asked
for-Floods In the South.

PHILADELPHIA, March b.-Tne Fr&
prints an exhaustive article giving a com
paratiye view OF changes in therates undel
the tariff which has just become law, ant
the one previously in force. In view o
the importance OF the metal schedule al
Introductory statement Is necessary. stee
rails, for instance, are now II cents {
pound, and they are noted in the table al
S2s a ton, and pig iron Is 3.l0ths Of cent
q pound in the new rate, and is given II
the table at S672 ton. The following
changes in definition are Of importance
All scrap must have been in actual use and
tit only for re.manufacture. This excludes
crop ends, clippings and punchings, and
they will probably come in, when OF iron
as o form between pig and bar, and pay the
duty OF the latter, or as manufacture al
As per cent. On the other hand, when o.
steel, they must be at 45 per cent at one
end or the other, as bloom, ETC., or as steel
n. o. p. Serious changes Of classification
occur in bar iron, where the exclusion oi
manufacturer extras in the old law from
the first class, gives them the protection oi
the higher rate, now only partially enjoyed
under the new classification, and the
changes will not be understood unless a
careful comparison is made. The old CLASH.
fcation, and the changes will not be under.
stood unless careful comparison is made.
The old classification OF plate iron runs to
threesixteenths Of an inch, when sheet
begins. Plate thus includes so.called
'sheet" OF use for sheet and shutter plates,
and at the same rate, whether cut to sizes
or not. Sheet in the new classification
begins at one and one-half inch, and plate
Is thicker. The new law also excludes
from the same rates as plate and sheet
uncut those articles advanced in manu-.
facture and lays an additional duty upon
them.
[The old rates are set In Roinln, followed by the
new In bold faee and Italics
Iron ore, including maganilerous, dross or resid
uum from pyriteS, 20 per cent, 20 cents ton.
Pyritcs containlng less than per cent OF cspper
20 per cent, 10 cents ton
Pyriles containing over per S cent o. copper, 20
Pig iron ~ ton, 90 az Ton.
Iron kentledge, 30 per cent, Sc 52 ton. u
scrap Iron, wlonght 81 toa. Se satO". st
Scrap steel, S0per cent, 81 " ton.
lion railwty bars over Is lb I'd. 70 cents per lo
ID, 7-I0 centb.
Steel railway bans over 2S lbs to yard SIS per ton
81 per ton. 10 f'Hr-
Bar Iron-FlatS net less than one inch wldenow
lets than " thick, cent ID. $40 centl!.
Flats less than inch wide or ieHs than Y thick, ~
cant ID, I-10 cent b.
Rounds not less than " Of inch, cent ID, cent %
Rounds les than u and not les, than 7-l6 Inch, ~
cent ID. 7 LILO cant R II,
Square. Jess than Y otineh, TX cents lb. l.io
Iron or steel Trails under Is lbs yd iroa 70 cent,
100 lbs, steel ~ cents ID o-I0 eenl u.
Same fiat punched some S.l0 ceHtb.
Round iron, In coils less than 7l6 twire rods, ~
cent ID. I 2.I0 cents b.
Iron cAstingS including stove plates, rod Irons etc
aud II. 0. p. ~ cents lb.. az cents h. and u
per cent, f.f eentsb.
Cut nails iron or steel, * cents per b. la cent
Cut tacks, not exceeding IS ox 10 thousand, cent
per thousand, 2 1.2 ceRts per thousand; exceeding
10 oE. 10 thousand, 3 cents per thousand, u
cents pr thousand.
Wrought iron and steel spikes, 2h cents per 10.
steel 45 per cent; 2 eeHh per b Wrought iron
and steel nuts and washers. 2ccnts per Id; stee
Is per cent; 2 ceAts perb. Wrought iron or steel
hoiSe shoes, etc., ~ cents per lb, iS per cent
= cents per %,
Steel ingots, blooms and slabs, o. p, from to
cents per ID. value, 2k cents per lb., cenh PEI
d: from to 10 cents per ID In value, cents pei
ID. ia cents per %: over 10 cents per lb In value
eeltl per %. Cold rolling above steel Ia cen
n dIfiifE0nnL