The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-03-03

| JOr'ty.
The Iron and Steel Schedule as Agreed Upon.
To the Western Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, March 1.-The conference
committee on tax and tariff bill reached a
complete agreement about 1890 this after
noon, and forthwith sent their report to the
government printing office in order to be
able to present it to both houses of Congress
in printed form before adjournment to-day.
The items are given below upon which the
committee recommend the following rates
and classifcatlons:
Schedule B-Earthenware and glassware,
| china, porcelain, parian and bisque ware in
Guiding plaques, ornaments, charms, vases
| and statuets, painted, printed or gilded or
otherwise decorated or ornamented in any
manner and earthly, stone and crockery-
ware, painted or gilded, 60 per cent ad
valorem. All other earthen, stone and crock
eryware, white. glazed or edged, printed,
| painted, dipped or cream-colored com
posed of earthly or mineral substances
not specially enumerated or provided for in
this act, 55 per cent. ad valorem. Green and
colored glass bottles, walls, demijohns and
carboys, covered or uncovered; pickle or
preserve jars and other plain, nodded or
pressed green and colored bottles; glass not
cut, engraved or painted and not specially
enumerated or provided for in this act, 1
cent per pound if filled and otherwise in
this act provided for, said articles shall pay
30 per cent. ad valorem in addition to the
| duty on the contents. All glass bottles and
drainers and other like vessels of glass shall,
If filled, pay the same rate of duty in addi-
ton to any duty chargeable on the contents
as if not filled, except as in this act other
wise specially provided for. Cylinder and
crown glass, polished, not exceeding
10 by 10 inches square, "a cents per
I hak
ceeding IS by "a inches square, cents
per square foot; above that and not exceeding
"a by 80 inches square, 6 cents per square
foot; above that, and not exceeding "a by 60
inches square, 20 cents per square foot; all
above that, 40 cents per square foot
Schedule C-Metals Iron ore, including
manganiferous iron ore, also the dross or
| residuum from burnt pyrites rs cents per
ton; sulphur ore, as pyrites or sulphuret of
iron in is natural state containing not more
than 81 per cent. of copper, rs cents per
| ton, provided that ore containing more than
per cent. Of copper shall pay in addition
thereto ~ cents per pound for the copper
contained therein iron in pigs, iron kent
| ledge, spiegeleisen, wroughtand cast scrap iron
and scrap steel, $40 of l cent per pound (but
nothing shall be deemed scrap iron or scrap
steel except waste or refuse iron or steel
that has been in actual use and is fit
only to be remanufactured); steel railway
bars and railway bars made in part of steel
and weighing more than % pounds to the
yard, $17 per ton; bar iron, rolled or ham,
| mered, comprising flat not less than / inch
wide nor less than e of l inch thick, ITO
of l cent per pound; comprising round
| iron not less than u of inch in diameter,
and square iron hot less than q of l inch
square, cent per pound; comprising flats
less than inch wide or less than e of
inch thick, round iron less than "a of 1 inch
and not less than 7-16 of l inch in diameter
and square iron less than q of inch square,
Ito of 1 cent per pound. Provided that all
iron in slabs, blooms, loops or other forms
less finished than iron in bars and more adj
vanced than pig iron, except castings. shall
duty accordingly, and none of the
! above iron shall pay a less rate of duty
than 35 per cent. ad vaorem. Provided
further, that all iron bars blooms, billets or
sizes or shapes of any kind in the manufac-
ture of which charcoal is used as fuel shall be
subject to duty of 500 per ton. Iron or
steel CIV rails weighing not over 25 pounds
per yard, 9-10 of cent per pound; iron or
steel fat rails punched, $40 of 1 cent per
pound; round iron in coils or rods, less than
| ZIG of inch in diameter, and bars or shapes
of rolled iron not especially enumerated or
provided for in this act 1 2-10 of l cent per
pound boiler or other plate iron, sheared
or unsheared skelp iron, sheared or rolled in
| grooves, IN cents per pound sheet iron,
common or black, thinner than 1 4 inch and
not thinner than number 20
wire gauge 1 Ito of cent per
| pound; thinner than No, 20 wire gauge, and
not thinner than No. rs wire gauge, / 2-10 of
l cent per pound; thinner than No. 25 wire
gauge and not thinner than No. 80 wire
gauge, 1 $40 of l cent per pound; thinner
than No. 20 wire gauge and all iron CONNER
cially known as common or black taggered
| iron, whether put up in boxes or bundles or
| not, 30 per centum ad valorem; and provided
| that on all such iron and steel sheets or
| plates after the said. excepting what are
known commercially as tin plates, terne
plates and taggers tin, and hereafter pro-
vided for, when galvanized or coated with
zinc, or spelter, or other metals, or any alloy
of those metals, q of cent per pound addi-
tional; polished, planished or glazed sheet
| iron or sheet steel, by whatever name
designated, 21z cents per pound; provided
that plate or sheet or taggers' iron by what
ever name designated other than the pol
ished, planished or glazed herein provided
for, which>has been picked or cleaned by
acid or by any other material or process, and
which is cold rolled, shall pay a of l cent
per pound more duty than corresponding
| gauges OF common or back-sheet or not
punched hammer molds or swaged steel,
gun molds not in bars, alloys used as substi-
tutes for steel tools of all descriptions and
shapes of dry, sandloam or iron nodded steel
castings-all of the above classes of steel not
otherwise specially provided for in this
act valued at cents pound or
less, As per centum ad valorem; above
cents per pound, and not above cents per
| pounds, cents per pound; valued above
cents, and not above 10 cents per pound 224
cents per pound; valued at above 10 cents
per pound, "a cents per pound, provided
that on all iron or steel bars, rods, strips or
steel sheets of whatever shape, and on all
iron or steel bars of irregular shape or Sec
ton, cold rolled, cold hammered or polished
in any way in addition to the ordinary pro-
cess of hot rolling or hammered, and on
steel circular-saw plates there shall be paid
| 4 cent per pound in addition to the rates
provided in this act; steel rails and steel
| tired wheels for railway purposes, whether
wholly or partly finished, and iron or
steel locomotives, cars or other railway
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