Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-03-15
THE CONFERENCE TARIFF BILL.
w.sHrscras. March 9.

1HE SCNEEhLNCL 1AIlAIA DANs
WASHINGTON, March 8.
The Tariff changes made by the Conference
Committee in the Tax and Tariff bill (Which
bill, thus modified, was passed by Congress to-
day, re in the items given below, the ciassif-
cation and rates being as follows:
SCHEDULE A-cHEMIcAL PRODUCTS.
Glue, - per cent. I'D yaiorem- -
Atunlna alum. patent alum, alum subsf-
tue, suiphate of alnnina and alumin5us CAKE
and alum in crystals or ground. 10 ceats per
Rarvfa. sulphate of. or barytes rnanufact-
1irei, fourth of one cent per pound.
Oil or essence of rum, ~ cents per ounce.
jugs bottles in which natural mineral
waters are imported are 5 ricken from Inc
Senate free st of cnes1icals-
SCHEDULE B-EARTHESwAR AND GLASSWARE.
China, porcelain, parian and hisquc ware,
including plaques, ornaments. charms, vases
and statuettes, painted, Pr nted or glided, or
otherwise decorated or crname ited in any
manner, an on eartben, some and crockery
ware, painted or gilded. 20 per cent. al val0reH
All other earthen, stone AMI crockerg war;.
dipped or cream-coiored cornposed Of eartny
or nineraf substances II t specially eEuincr-
ated or provided for in this act, % per cent adj
Green an / c 1lored glass, bottles, viais, deni-
johns ana carooys covered or uncoFeretl.
pickle or preserve jars. AM other plain, mold
ed or pressed, green anu ctiored hottie glass
not cut, engraved or painted, and not spec1al-
ly enumerated or provid d for in this act. ne
cent per pound; if file / and not otherwise ~
this act provided for. said articles shall paw 10
per cent I'D yalorem in addition to the duty
ON the cont ntS. ~
All glass bottles and decanters and other
like vessels of glass SHALL If filled pay the same
rates Of duty in addition to any duty charge
able on contents as if not filled, except as i'll
this act otherwise especially provided for.
Cylinder and crown glass pol shed, not ex-
ceeding 10x15 inches luare. 2is can per
square foot; above that and not exceeding
16X24 inches square. 4 cents per square foot;
above that and not exceeding 24x3I inc,es
square, d cents per square loot: above that
and not exceeding 2txtl0 inches square, 20 cents
per luare foot; all above that, 40 cents ner
SCHEDULE C-METALs
Iron-ore, including manganiferous jrou-ore.
also dros5 or resduum from burnt pyrites, 80
cents per ton.
Sulphur ore, as pyrites or sulphuret of iron
in its natural state, containing not more than
3ls per cent. of copper. 10 cents per ton, pro-
vided that ore containing more than2 per cent.
of copper shall pay i'll add ton thereto 2
cents per pound Tor the copper contained
therein.
Iron in pigs. iron kentledgc. spicgeleisen
wrought AID cast scrap-iron and scrap steel,
three-t,n of one cent per pound; but moth
ing shall be deemed scrap-iron scrap-stee
except waste or refuse iron steel that has
been in actual use and is fit only to be reman l.
featured.
Steel railway bars and railway bars made in
part Of steel weig ching more than twenty-five
pounds to the yard, SIT per ton.
Bar iron, rolled hammered, comprising
flats not less than oae inch wide, nor les than
three-eights OF one inch thick. eighttenths of
one cent per pound; comprising round irJn
not less than threc-fourths of one inch in di-
ameter, and square ron not less than three
fourths of one inch square, one cent per
pound; comprising flats less than one inch !
wide orless than three-eighths of an inch thick.
round iron less than three-fourths of an inch
and not less than seven-sixteenths of
inch in diameter, and square iron less
than thrce-fourths of one inch SQUARE one
and one-tenth of one cent per pound; provided
that ali ir IN in slabs, blooms, loops, or 9th +
forms less finished than iron in bars and more
be rated as iron in bars and pay duty act ord
ingiy, and none of the above iron shall pay a
provided, further, all iron bars, blooms, billets,
yes or Shapes of any kind in the manu-
facture OF which charcoal is used as fuel shall
be sub ected to Il duty of So per ton.
Iron steel tee-rails weighing not over
twenty-five pounds to the yard, nine-tenths of
one cent per pound: > iron or steel flat raj s.
punched eght-tenths of one cent per pound.
Round iron, in coils or rods less tnan seven
sixteenths OF one inch in dameter, and bars or
shapes OF rolled iron not specially enumerat d
or provided for in this act, one and two-teuths
cents per pound.
sheared. skelp-iron sheared or rolled in
grooves. one and one-fourth cents Fer pound;
sheet-iron, common or black, thinner than one
inch and one alf and not thinner than No. 20
wire gage alone, One-tenth of cent per
pound; thinner tn IN No. % wire gauge and not
thinner than No. % wire gauge, one and two
tenths of one cent per pound: thinner than No.
p wire gauge and not thinner than No. - wire
gauge, one and five-tenths of one cent per
pound: thinner than No. - wire gauge and all
iron commercially known as common or Hack
taggers iron,whether put up in boxes or bun
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vided, that on ali such iron and steel sheets
or plates aforesaid, excepting ON what are
known commentaries tin plates .terIle plates,
and taggers tin, and hereafter provided for,
when galvanized or coated with zinc or Spelter
or other metals, or any alloy of those metals, |
tional. /
Pol shed, planished, Or glanced sheet-iron or
sheet-steel. by whatever name desi mated 2Ia |
cents per p pund: pr vded, that plate, sheet. |
or tagg gers iron by whatever name designated |
other than polished, planished, or glanced |
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Or cleane by acid, or by any other material or |
process, and which is cold-rolted. shall pay
one-quarter of one cent per pound more duty |
than corresponding gauges OF common or black |
sheet r tag gers IRON. s--....-.s
Cast-ir n vessels. pl,tes, stove-plates, and
irons, sadirons, tallors irons, matters irons, |
and castings of iron not specially enumerated |
or provided for in this act, one and one-fourth |
Iron or steel railway fish-plates or splice |
bars one and one-fourth cents PR pound.
Anv.is, anchors or parts thereof, mill irons |
iron for h p and forgings of iron ard steel |
for vessels, steam engines, and locomotives, or
pa is thereof, we Ching each twenty-five
pounds or more two cents per p .und.
Steel ngOts. cogged lngots. blooms and slabs,
by what yer process made: die-bI cks or
blanks. bllets ana bars, and tapered and bev-
eled bars. bands. hoops, strips and sheets of |
all gauges and widths; plates of all thicknesses
and widths: steamer crank and Other shafts,
wrist or crank pins, connecting rods and ps-
ton rods. pressed, sheared. or stamped shapes,
or blanks of sheet or plate steel. or comblna-
tons of steel and iron. punched not
punched, hammered moids or swaged steel,
gun mods not in barrels, allows used as subj
stituteS for steel tools; all descriptions and T
shapes of dr.. sand-loam, or iron-molded stteI +
cast gs: ali of above classes Of steel not 9TH
erwise specially provided for in this act val
ued at four cents pouad or less, 45 per cent
UNI ad valnrem; above four nts a pD und and
not above seven cents per pound, two cents
per pound: valued above seven cents and not
atove ten cents per pound. two and three 4
quarter cents per pound; valued at above ten
cents per pound three and one-quarter cents
Mound: provided th.t LII iron and |
bars, rods, strips. or steel sheets, of whatever
shape, and on all irpn or steel bars of re9u-
lar shape Or section, cod-folled, cold ham,
mered. or polished in any way i'm addition to
the ordinary process Of hot-roll or hing am