The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-02-15

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MORRISON FINALLY Els BILL
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4.-Representative Nor
fison completed his tariff bill this morning
md during the call of states introduced it.
1t was prepared last week, with the exception
of the placing of a few articles on the free
list, concerning which Mr.. Morrison was I'M
decided Areduction of 20 per cent is made
in numerous articles, while in a few cases
the reduction is greater than this rate. A
provision in the bill prevents the reduction
to rates lower than in The Morrill, bill of
1861. The title OF the bill is IAN act to re-
duce import duties and war tariff taxes 1t
provides that
On and after the first of July, 1891. that in
lieu of the. duties and rates of duty imposed by
law on the importation of goods, ware and mer-
chandise mentioned in the several schedules of
an act to reduce internal revenue trNes and for
purposes approved March 3, 1888, and herein-
after enumerated, there shall be levied, collected
and paid SO per cent of the several duties and
rates of duty now imposed on said articles sew
era.!y.
That is to say, on all articles mentioned in
Schedule COTTON and cotton goods, hemp,
tute and flax goods other than butts.
Schedule k-Wool and woolens.
Schedule L-Metal other than ores.
Schedule M-Books, papers, etc.
Schedule E-Sugar.
Schedule F-Tobacco.
Schedule D-Wood and wooden ware, except as
hereinafter provided on all articles subject to
schedule BNEarthenwarc and glassware.
Schedule G-Provisions, except as hereinafter
provided.
Schedule ~N-sundries, other than those in
previous schedules, stone, salt. coal, bflstlos and
lime.
Schedule A-Chemical products, except as
hereinafter provided, no duty or rate.
No duties shall, after said LIST day OF January,
1884, be levied, collected, or paid In excess of 4
per cent ad valorem, or its equivalent, on cotton
and cotton goods; SO per cent ad valorem, or its
equivalent, on metals; 60 per cent nd valorem
nothing in this act shall operate to reduce the
duty above imposed on any article below the
rate at which said articles were dutiable under
an act to provide for the payment of outstand-
Ing treasury notes, to authorize a loan, to regu-
late and fix duties on imports and for other pur-
poses, approved March 2, 1861, commonly called
the Morrill, tariff, on all unpublished cylinder,
crown and common window glass or cast pol
ished plate glass, unsilverea, exceeding 20x60
inches square: on salt in bags, sacks, barrels
or other packages, or in bulk.
Sec. =. On ond after tho LIST of July, 1884,
the Importation of articles enumerated and de-
scribed in this section should be exempt from
duty, that is to say, iron ore, including mangan-
ferrous iron orc. the dross or residuum from burnt
pyrites and sulphur ore, copper imported i'll the
form of ores, lead ore and lead dross, nickel in
ore, clironlate of iron or chronic ore, coal, stock
or camel, coal, bituminuus or shell; timber,
hewn and sawed, and timber used for spars and
IN building wharfs; wood manufactured and not
! specially enumerated or provided for i'll this act;
hay, chicory root. ground or ungronEd, burnt or
prepared acorn and dandelion root raw or pre-
pared, and all other articles used or intended to
be used as coffee or substitutes there,
for note specially enumerated or provided
in this act-jute bats, bTisties, beeswaax, lime,
glycerine, crude fish oil, glue or isinglass,
sponees, deXtrine, burnt starch, en1n substitute
for British gutn, extract OF hemiock aud other
bark used for tanning not otherwise enumerated
or provided for in this act, indigo. extracts of
and calmine %tartarct, partly refined, including
lee crystals; cement, Roman, Portland and all
others; whiting and Paris white: dry wood, tar,
coal tar, crude coal tar and products Of such, rs
haphtha, benzine, benzole, dead oil and pitch,
and preparations of coal tar, not colors or dye,
not specially enumerated or provided for in this
act: logwood and other dye wood, extracts and
decoctions, octre and ochrous earths, lumber
and unlber earths, and sienna and sienna
earths, and all earth or clays unwroughto I'M
manufactured. not specially enumerated or pro-
vided for in this act; all barks, beans, berries,
balsams, buds, bulbs and buibnous roots, and
excrescences, such as nat-galis, fruits. flowers,
dried tIhres, grain gums and gum resins, herbs,
leaves, lichens, vegetable seeds, aromatic, not
garden seeds, and seeds Of morbid growth,
weeds, woods used cxpresslyf for dyeing and dried
insects, and any Of the foregoing which are not
edible but which have been advanced in value or
condition by refining or grinding, rhy other pro-
cess of manufacture, and are not specially
enumerated or provided for in this act.