Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-02-08
THE TARIFF.

MORRISON FINALLY INTRODUCES HIS BILL
WASHINGTON, Feb Representative Mr.
risou completed his tariff bill this morning
ind during the call Of states introduced IT.
1t YVES prepared last week, with the exception
Of the placing of few articles on the free
list, concerning which Mr. Morrison was IN
decided reduction Of 20 per cent is made
in numerous articles, while in 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 San act to re-
duce import duties and war tariff taxes" Ii
81 DIVIDES that
On and after the first Of July, 1884, that in
lieu Of the duties and rates OF duty imposed by
chandise mentioned in the several schedules of
an act to reduce internal revenue trxes ana Ior
purposes approved March 3, 1888, and herein,
After enumerated, there shall be levied eolleceea
and paid 80 per cent of the several duties and
rates of duty now imposed on saia articles sew
eraly.
That is to say on al articles m oaad Ss,nI in
iute and flax goods other than butts.
Schedule K--Wool and woolens 4
Schedule L-NIetal other than ores
Schedule M-Books, papers, etc.
seheaals F F.-Fo6ae
Schedule D--Wood and wooden ware, except as
hereinafter provided on all articles subject to
ad valorem duty
Schedule B--Earthenware and glassware.
Schedule G--Proyisions, except as hereinafter
provided.
Schedule N-Sundries, other than those in
previous schedules, stone, salt, coal, brlsties and
lime.
Schedule A-Chemical products. except as
hereinafter provided, no duty or rate.
No duties shall, after said LIST day OF January,
1854 be, levied, collected, or paid in excess OF
per cent ad valorem, or its equivalent, on cotton
and cotton goods; SO per cent ad valorem, or It's
equivalent, on metals; 60 per cent adj valoren1
on woods WOODEN goods, provided that
nothing in this act shall operate to reduce the
duty above imposed on any article. below the
rate at which said articles were dut1aDle under
an act to provide for the payment OF outstand-
ing treasury notes. to authorize loan, to regu-
late and fix duties ON imports and for other pur.
poses, approved March 2, 1851, commonly called
the Morrill, tariff, on all unpublished cylinder
crown and common window glass or cast pol,
ished plate glass, unsilvered, exceeding 2ox6C
inches square; ON SAT- In bags, sacks, barrels
or other packages, or in bulk.
Sec. 2. On ond after the LIST Of July, 1854
the importation Of articles enumerated and de-
scribcd in this section should be exempt from
duty, that is to say, iron ore, including nangan
ferrous iron Ore the dross or rcslduum from burn,
pyritcs and sulphur Ore copper imported IN the
form of ores, lead ore and lead dross, nickel II
ore clromate of iron or chronic ore; coal, stock
Or camel; coal, bituminous Or shell; timber
hewn and sawed, and timber used for spars and
in building wharfs; wood manufactured and not
hay. chicory root, ground or upe1ound, burnt OF
prepared acorn and dandelion root raw or pre-
pared, and all other articles used OF intended tc
be used as coffee or substitutes there.
for notF specially enumerated or provided
in this act-jute butts, bristles, beeswax, lime
glycerine crude ish oil, glue isinglass,
sponges, dextrine, burnt starch. gum substitute
for British gum, extract Of hernlock and other
bark used for tanning not otherwise enumerated
OF provided for IN this act, indigo, extracts OF
and carmine tartaresi, partly refined, including
Lees crystals; cement Roman, Portland and all
others; whiting and Ia1is white; dry wood, tar
coal tar, crude coal tar and products Of such, as
napiltha, benzinc benzo!e, dead oil and pitch
and preparations of coal tar, not colors or dye
not specially enumerated or provided for in this
act: logWocd and other dye wood, extracts and
decoctions, ochre and ochrous earths, lumber
and un,ber earths, and sienna and sienna
earths, and all earth or clays unwrought Or I'M
manufactured, not specially enumerated or pro.
y1ded for in this act; all barks, beans, berries
balsams, buds, bulbs and bulbuous roots and
excrescences, such as nut-galls, fruits. flowers
dried ibres, grain gums and gum resins herbs
leaves ichens, vegetable seeds, aromatic, not
garden seeds, and seeds OF morbid growth,
weeds, woods used expressly for Aycing and dried
insects, and any CT the foregoing which are not
edible but which have been advanced in value OF
condition by refining OF grinding, OF by other pro
cess Of manufacture, and are not specially
enumerated or provided for IN this act.