New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-27

Its necessary to say that the table does not correctly
Indicate the measure of the injury proposed to be dono
To each of the several branches Of our iron AMI steel
manufactures mat mentioned large reduction OF
duty IN ins' may not be lDur GUS as mach
srn Ter rstuctun other Instance But the pnr-
pose ~ senate q cut down duties on all iron ard
steel pro lncts IL sufficiently proven ~ the table.
The rates Of duty on and 80 con-
fnsing that they BE- ahuaird. hut in general
vav II may b. said that tley most Objectionable be-
they open wide the door Tor frauds on the Govern
ueni There being limit placed on the dimensions or
rail ana other steel crop ends will D. possible % i'm
port hesr az the low duty Of 30 per cent
t be need for many purposes which see In bars l.
now u-ei IN the Senate ella scntons and rates ~ duty
on steel In large forms there absolutely safeguIrd.
steel nso,s cogznd ngos, bloous and slabs by wnat'
ever process mndc" aud valued ~ cents pound or
les arc 10 pay 30 per cent The difficulty will be- IN
preventing steel Of much greater value than cents
Mound upon which specific rates imposed IN tho
schedule from heing frauienuy nvuiced NJ les than
their TINE valuation ~ - 70 take adya1tlg' Of the
al vaiorin rate. Mother the present
tariff nor the hill OF rhe WAYS AMI Means Committee
wholly guard, against unaeryuua ion. ~ steel but they
b,th contain safcGulrfs which the Senate schedule
omts.
The TnfnrvE has already eaneI attention %
invitation 20 frauds whch presented in the paragra bh
relating 20 steel specially enumerated provided
for the auty on WHOA Is made 30 cent while the
dufy on the cheapest sittA - bAf ~ AZ PVi
cent Here opportunity for importers IN give new
names 70 steel 80 the lower rate OF duty.
II vi De- that the principle OF protection Is sub
stautay aban toned ia the Senate's ratios iron and
steel and tIa u ha' practically. 80 far "A teae com
modities are concerned. given tarn fsr revenue
only. Why dutiss iron AMI steel shouhl have been
40 rcmorseessy down In the Interest Of foreign man
ufacturers aud domestic importers while the duties ON
six goods cotton and wOIen fabrics earthe1ware salt
lumber hardware aud cutlery. agricultural products.
and many articles have not been cOrrespDudiugy
reduce j. il reduced ALL be explained theory
Of Justice or fair play. ew-Engaud senator's Joined
hands with those Of the South and West to
crlppIe seriously our iron and steel indus
tries preferrlng to increase import atoms
OF foreign steel rather than to continue the pol
lev developing for the manufacture
OF the.e producta II this IA the manifestation Of
tlonai spirit contrafistngished from the narrowest
sectionallsm aud proyinciaism, IL ia certainly new
form OF II which hal not looked for IN New-Engand
II ia more like madness. Have the twelve New England
Senators whOsUted for the iron and steel duties re-
ected these duties, which will largely increase I'M
poraons will elso increase the revenues OF the Gov
ernnent from custOmsl And yet this result Is Just
what they with other Senator's have pretended to be
most an xous guard against
MEASURE FULL OF BLUNDERs.
The blnnders OF the metal schedule htly supplement-
the abandonment Of the protective principle IN It's con
srction The rarf Commission was appointed to cor
In
away the Commission, and gives usin its met
40 many omissions and duplca tons duties
40 much Vague phrdseeogy, and such wonderful casi
aeatons that attention of tho Customs officers and
the courts must be occupied for years In bringing
dsr out Of all this chaos. Instead of simplifying
the tariff for which there q general demand, the
Senate oaeru fresh complications and tribulatons.
Here are few samples OF its unski work in the metal
schedule.
Wrought and east scrap iron are provided for ut SO 80
per ton hut duty scrap steel is mentioned, al
though In the same paragraph there definition
OF scrap steel what duty It Is to paw only be-
jccturd Round Hat and square bar iron or large Sizes
toned in the senate schedule and Disseminated
against by being necessarily classified for duty win
coils or rods less than sevensixteenths OF
an inch In diameter provided for at and one-tenth
OF cent per pound, aud In lines 69f TO 696 iron wire
rods coils aud loops which are less than sevensix-
eenths Or an inch IN diameter aud DO not dier In any
respect from the round IRON above alluded 20 gre made
dntia6le At o. ce per p9 pesa s
quoted wire rods "round, fat in coils and
tSke the form OF botn "ess" aud loops = The |
word cor" should have been used lhsiead OF and"
iron we iind IN line 57s the phrase steel sheets or
plates aforesaid but steel sasets aFS nowhere a men
said" The whole paragraph t. Literary curiosity.
half thick and The provso which closes the paragraph
has no verb In line 729 the omission OF comma ater
in this act subject TO an additional duty OF
efourh cent per pound, whlch would make the
duty on pig iron Sl2 10 per ton, and on |
steel rslis vi IS per ton, aud raise all other iron
and stsr dues i'm the pr 1pOrtOp. An which
cannot be corrected by the Insertion of comma
IA the paragraph boiler or Oter plate on In which
mi. lnd Of iron 1. made dntinble at
fourth Der poun while sheet iron thinner than inch
and n half aud not thinner than numl or twenty wire
gauge il made pay cent per pound All plate
less thnn AN aud half in thickness w0rd come In
M one cent per pound sheet iron. There being "a
choice of dufcs lowest would OF be chosen
In the paragraph no duty Is specifically fixed upon
sheet irun OF number thirty wire gauge but IL " classified
for duty In connection with taggers iron at 30 per cent
which /, much lower rate than is fixed upon the cheap
est grades OF plate and sheet iron In line 7Ol iron
stee wire smaller than number five wire gauge Is pro-
yded for there Is provision In the schedule for
wire of larger sizes than number five, II IL provided
for in the bill OF the Ways and Mems COMMITTEES. In
lines 81 Co 544 the definition squire bar iron IL
detective In not containing the Limitation of sze
that h applied TO round iron In the same connect lt