The Portland daily press., 1883-03-07
THE NEW TARIFF
Wherein 1t Differs from the Com.
nissioners' Report.
A Statement of the Changes Made by
Congress in the Protective System.

A comparison of the rates in the new
tariff law with the recommendations of the
Tariff Commission shows in most cases a
close correspondence between them. The
demand of the country for the Tariff Com
mission bill has, therefore, been substan-
TALLY satisfied.
The Commission recommended !. duty of
60 per cent. ad valorem upon decorated
china, porcelain, earthern, stone and crock,
cry ware etc.; the new law fixes the rate at
60 per cent, an advance of 10 per
cent, over the old rate On the
same articles plain, except earthern
stone and crocKery ware, the Commission
recommended go per cent, and the new law
fixes the duty at 55 per cent, an advance of
Is per cent. On plain earthern, stone and
crockery ware the new law adopts the Com
MISSIONS rate. So per cent, which is an adj
vance OF 10 per cent. On glass bottles, etc,
the Commission recommended 114 cents per
pound. The new law makes the rate cent
per pound. On flint glass bottles the Com
mission rate was cents per pound; the
new law makes it 40 per cent. ad valorem
On articles of cut glass the Commissions
rate, so per cent, was reduced to 45 per
cent, an advance of per cent. over the old
rate On unpublished cylinder, crown and
common window glass the Commissions
rates were the same as in the cid law; the
new law reduces this / of cent per pound
on each size. On all other articles in the
schedule the new law adopts the Commits
sion's rates.
In the metal schedule the Commission
rate on iron ore, pyrites, etc.. was so cents
per ton, plus q cents per pound for the
copper contained therein; the new rate is
75 cents per ton, plus q cents per pound for
all copper where the amount contained ex-
ceeds 2 per cent. On pig iron the rates are
the same, $652 per ton, the old rate being
81 per ton. On scrap steel the new rate is
$3.50 per ton, the old rate being Sc and $S
per ton. On steel rails the Commissions
rate was $17.92 per ton. The rate adopted
is SIT, reduction of $11 per ton from the
old rate. On bar iron, comprising rounds,
fats and squares of various sizes, on which
the Commission rates were 9-10 1 and 1910
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and Ito cents per pound respectively.
special rate of $22 per ton is imposed on
all charcoal iron bars, blooms or sizes or
shapes of any kind. On Trails weighing
less than 25 pounds to the yard the Com
missions rates we're 7-10 cents per pound,
and when punched 9-10 cents per pound
the new rates are 9-10 and $40 per pound re-
spectively. The Commissions rates on
round iron in coils or rods, less than 7-16 of
an inch in diameter, and bars or shapes of
rolled iron not specially enumerated, the
new rate is 1910 cents per pound; the Com
MISSIONS rate was II cents on the size speci-
fed, and l 1-10 on the unspecified classes.
On boiler, or other plated iron, the new rate
is lila cents per pound on common sheet
iron, thinner than one and one-half inches
and not longer than No. 2 wire guage, 1 1-10
cents; from 20 to 25 wire guage, 2-10;
from 25 to 20 wire gauge, $40; thinner
than ~ wire guage, including common tag
gers iron. 30 per cent ad valorem; where
galvanized cent per pound additional for
all except tin plates, terne plates and tag
gers Tin. The Commissions rates were
$40, 5-10, 7-10 and 9-10 respectively.
and OF cent when galvanized.
On polished sheet-iron the Commissions
rate was cents per pound. The new rate
is q cents per pound. On iron or steel cot
ton the Commissions rate was 4-1O cents
perapound. The new is|30 per cent. ad valo-
rem. On hoop, band and scroll iron of diff
ferent sizes. the new rates are cent DER
pound, 2-10 cents and 40 cents. The
corresponding Commission rates are the
same, except on iron thinner than II wire
gusge, which was fixed at CLIO cents per
pound. On cut nails and spikes the Com
missions rate of II cents per pound was
adopted.
On chairs, according to size, the new
rates Il, cents and 21 cents per pound.
The corresponding Commission rates were
2, 2t cents per pound and 35 per cent. ad
valorem.
The new rate on steel ingots, cogged in
gots, blooms, slabs, etc., valued at cents a
pound, or less, is 45 per cent. ad valorem;
from to cents pound, cents a pound;
from to 10 cents pound, 24 per cent;
above 10 cents per pound 81 cents per pound,
with / cent per pound additional where the
steel has been subjected to the process of
cold rolling, cold hammering or polishing.
Inc Commissions rates were two cents per
pounq on all steel valued at cents Ger
teahs or less; ~ cents per pound on steel