The Portland daily press., 1884-02-20
MoRRIsoN's TARIFF BILL
An Analysis of Hts Pr cfical Effects ON
rieus Andustries-C Congressman Rus
sells Views.

rious Endusfries-C -Congressman Rus
sells Views.
Especial Dispatch to the Boston Journal.l
WASHINGTON. Feb 1s.--The figures, showing the
effect of the Morrison tariff hill, have just been
completed by the statistician. They make volu
minous aud complex publication. The schedules Of
the r-rif Commission are rearranged he follow
ing are some Of the practical effects of the BILL
shown in these comp .ratiye tables. Tue eight frs
divisions of the cotton schedule relating to cot on
threads, yarns, wsrps, now bearing TO- is, 20 and
25 will be chan ged to 8, H. 16 and 20, and 25.4
80 A. 1874 and 40 per cent. ad valorem respectively
All this class 80 per cent. ad valorem and over
in the Morrill, bill. The three classications of un
bleachet cotton cloth datiable at 21a 3Ia and
4ls cents per square yard respectively will be re-
duced to 2. 2.S, and cents per square yard. The
third classification of bleached cotton CLOTH now
dutable at 3, and cents per square yart will be
reduced to "a, 80 and cents per square yard
Cotton cloth. not exceeding 200 threads to TIE
square inch, Will be cut from 40 per cent 80 Der
cant ad valorem. On cotton cloth not exceeding
200 threads to the square inch, the Morrill, bis
helns, and The 4 8 and cents per square yard du-
ties will be 4, 413 and cents pc squs re yard The
spool thread people will be the most suffer
ers. The MoIriil tariff will not help them as the
sons ad valorem Limitation makes the cost more
than 20 per cent al valo-em. vice 5.6 cents per
dozen equival to 40 per cent ad valorem
Wools of the frst class, value at 80 cents or lees
per pound affected by the Morrill, bill, aud will
be y cents per pound if valued at over "a cents
hose exceeding 80 cents in value now dutiable at
IL cents per pound the average va.ue OF which is
AZ cents per pound, wiil be dutiable at Y6l Is
per pound. ools of the second class, including
hair of the alpaca will be- cents per pouud and
of the same class exceeding cents in value, 9.6I
cents per p und. Third class woods, 2 C nts per
pound; third class wools, exceeding IL cents per
psS pous, IN value. cents per pound; woolen rags,
ehoddy, b cents pound.
The rates OF duty wooden manufactures will be
subjected to straight cut. Those goods bearit a
duty OF 30 cents per Iunt, and 30 per sd
orsm, 30 cents pc ,und and 40 p,r cent ad valo-
rem will be ch .nsed to (yaiue not excee ing o
cents per pound 20 cents per round al d 70 per
cent ad vAoreu above 80 cents ler pound in va ne,
70 cenLs per pound and 80 per ceut ad Yalorem
DUTY. Flannes. blankets, c., from l. cents per
pound and 30 per cent ad valoI to Z cents LEI
pound and zS per cent sd valorem. The other four
classes under this head will be, resps ctiveIy 90
cen per pound and 28 per CENT, AL Gems per
8 per nt., 28 cents p pound and SO per ce It.
l. is these latter classes that will suffer most as the
higher priced the arcle the more skled labor it.
The four c sses of dress goo will be- coists De,
square yard, and 2S per cent ad valoreni, 80
cents per square yard and 81 per cent; 2-10
cents per square yard ami 81 per cent ); ~ cents
per pound aud 50 per cent re.peclveiy, instead If
the prssen rates of ami 80, and 40 8 and 40
and Ss aud A. G otbing from Az and SO 10 s.
Cen per pound and % per cent. Cioaks etc..
tom Az aud 40 t, 3n cents per pound and j2 per
ceht. Webbing ETC., from 30 and 90 to "a eel Is
per pOunu AMI per cent.
IN pels the reduction will be sarlous Anoer-
son, Administer ETC., now 40 and 80 viii be x6 and
"a; Saxony ami Wilt n the same tsrlissels car
pets, now 80 aud 30, viii be "a u, d "A; patent
xelseI and tapestry, now 80 and 30 will be cut t.
20 cents per square yaid AMI "a per cent tape. tr
from ~ and 30 TO 10 an, "A; es le Ingram three
ply, etc, IL and so to SO and "A; var and yeue.
tian from aud 81 TO cents per So ire yasd anu
"a per cent, and druggets from and 80 to L y
cents square yard and "a per cent
C.ngressnnan Esusseii's opinion
Representa- i've Russell of Massachusetts speak
ing Of the Morrison bill, says: EVERY manufac-
turing ana business interest that ia affected by the
bill should send in lis protest to the committee
and its statement of the effects of horizontal 20
pc cent. reduc ion. Otherwise. when Col. Nor
rison comes to present the bill to the House he viii
be able TO say in his opening speech there is o op
posit on TO this measure from he public VIII
last session, some Interests not wax. up TO til.
situation until the bill had been reported in the
use. when 1t WAS impossible to consider Ihei,
'lalms. The committee Is ow in session almost
daily to hear statement from the various prot ected
industries They ought not to neglect TO be fully
represented.
Unfair Treatment of Manuracturirg Rem.
rc.cntatives Before the Ways and Means
Commiftee.
WASHINGTON Feb. 19.-One of the representa-
tives Of tho New England cotton industry, who an
peared before the Ways ard Means Committee. is
reported saying thi: s.Our words were di tofted
ad .,ur replies twisted In every possible way With
b rdy an exception the majority treated ~ as
IN ugh they were paid attorneSs- to destroy
every legitimate industry in the country. consd-
cred Frank Hurd's ill-tempered attack upon Mr..
Ferguson as most unbecoming man ibtrusted with
leglr laive powers Both he and Mr. Mills In their
uuwarranted attacks vert urged to the contest by
man who was sitting near aud who is known to be
hostile to the cotton industry"
In this dial que Mr.. Hu,d announced the fact
that he had distributed In the district 100 600 COP
les of tract which aimed at The destruction of our
industries and the subs tuition OF goods made in
foreign country, with foreign capital and produced
by foreign labor. These facts were printed and
paid for by British Club which bears the name of
man who received during his life from British
manufacturers in payment OF his services the sum
of e200,00O.
Protest by the Cotton Ind dustry.
The representatives Of the cotton manufacturing
indus ry had their hearing beforei the Ways and
Means Committee this morning. Mr. Dalton of the
Merrimac Mills made a compact, clean-cut state
ment in opposition to the bill. He said that IL en-
acted 1t would defeat the attempts that are now be-
ing mace in New England to compete with France
in the manufacture of the finer grades of goods like
satiu; that the tendency now il that the coarser
grades of cotton manufactured go South. and that
consequently the New England cotton manufacture
ing industry is threatened with complete overthrow
by this BILL Mr.. Barnaby of Rhode Island and s
M. M.Ashland spoke 10 behalf of the gingham industry
they not only ppose the Morrison bill but want
the Old rate restored hey c .im that the rates of
the existing law are much too low O. W. Bliss of
Bliss Fabyan & Co. of New York, also oppused the
bill.