The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1884-02-13
TIE TARIFF BILLs
A HORZOSTAL REDUCTION OF 70 PIKE
rE~- MADK IA MOST INSTANCES
ENUMERATION OF ART1CLEA
ON THE FREE LIST.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4.-Represen-
tative Morrison completed his tariff
bill, this morning, and during the
call of States, introduced ~ IN the
House. -.....- -.
The bin was prepared last week,
with the exception of placing few
articles on the frse list, concerning
which Morrison was undecided. A
reduction of 20 per cent, is made in
numerous articles, while, in few
cases, the reflection is greater or
less than that rate. -.
A provision prevents any reduc-
ton TO a rate lower than In the
Morrill, act of '6l. The title Of the
bill is "An act to reduce import du-
ties and war tariff taxes" II pro-
vides that the United States, after
the LIST of July, 1888, shall collect
duties and rates of duty imposed BY
law on impOrtations of goods, wares
and merchandise mentioned in the
several schedules, as follows:
To reduce internal revenue taxa
alton and for other purposes APP
proved March 3, 1888, and herein
after enumerated, there shall be
levied, collected and paid eighty per
cent of the several duties and rates
OF duty now imposed on said articles
severally, that is 10 say, on all ar
tieles mentioned in schedule al,
cotton and cotton goods; schedule
-" hemp, jute and fax goods 9th
or than jute butts; schedule Ak,
wool aud wOolens; schedule &C,
metals other than ores; schedule
M" books, papers, etc. schedule
az" sugar; schedule tobacco
schedule "D," wood and wooden
ware, except as hereinafter proyid-
ell on all articles subject to I'D va
loren duty: in schedule "B," earth
wares and glasswares; schedule &c. u
provisions, except rs hereinafter
provided; schedule IN" sundries
other than precious stones, salt,
coal. bristles aud lime schedule
a, chemical products, except NJ
hereinafter provided. No duty or
rate duty shall after the said LIST
day OF July. 1884, be levied, collect
ed or paid in excess of 40 per cent.
al valOrem or its equivalent on cot
ton and cotton goods 50 per cent.
ad valOrcm or its equivalent On
metals, and GO per cent ad valOrem
on wool and wooden goods.
Provided that nothing in this act
shall operate to reduce the duty
above imposed on any article belSw
the rate at which said articles were
severally dutiable under can act to
provide for the payment of out
standing treasury notes, 10 author
lie a loan and TO regulate and fix
the duties on imports and for other
purposes" approved March ., 1861,
commonly called the Morrill, tariff
bill, on all unpublished cylinder,
crown and common window glass
or c2st-pOlished plate glass, unsil-
vered. exceeding tweRty-four by
sixty inches square; or salt in bags,
sacks, barrels or other packages or
IN bulk.
See. >. On and after the lst Of
July, 1884, the importation of ar
ticles enumerated and described in
this section shall be exempt from
duty.
That is to say, iron ore, including
manganiferOus iron, the dross or re-
siduum from burnt pyrites and sui
phur ore; copper imported in the
form Of ores. lead ore and lead dross;
nickel in ore; matte, chrOmate Of
iron or chronic ore; coal, slack or
eulm coal, bituminOus or shale
timber hewn and sawed and timber
used for spars and in building
wharvss wood manufactured not
specially enumerated or provided
for in this act; hay, chicory root,
ground or unground, burnt or pre-
pared, and all other articles used or
intended 10 be used as coffee or rs
substitutes therefor not specially
enumerated or provided for in this
act.
Jute. bristies. beeswax, lime, glyce-
rine, crude fish glue or isinglass,
sponges, burnt starch, gum substi.
tutes or British gum, extracts Of
hemlOck and other banks used for
tanning not otherwise enumerated
or provided for in this act; indigo,
extracts of and calmined; tartarS
partly refined, including lees, crys
tails. cement, Roman, Portland and
all others; whiting and Paris white;
dry wood, tar, coal tar, crude coal
tar aud products of such ms naptha,
benZine, benZOli bead oil and pitch
and preparations of coal, carnOt col
Ors or dye not specifically snumer-
ated or provided for this act log
wood and other dye wood extracts
and decoction, Ochre, lumber and !
lumber earths and sienna and sienna
earths; all earths or clays un-
wrought or unmanufactured not
specially enumerated or provided
TOR in this act
All barks, beans, berries, balsam,
buds, bulbs and dubious roots and
such rs nut gala,
ruits, flowers, dried fibres, grains,
runs and gum resins, herbs, leaves,
ichens, MOSES, roots and stems,
pices, vegetables, seeds, (aromatic
md garden seeds and seeds Of NOR
I'D growth, wood used expressly
or dying and dried insects; any Of
he foregoing Of which are net orig
nal, but which have been advanced
n value or other process Of manu-
Iacture and not specially enumerat-
sd or provided for in this act II