The Red Cloud chief., 1884-05-23
THE NEW TARIFF BIZ.

hewitts new tariff bill, after making > a.
Acafions to simplify the administration of
The customs laws, provides that after the
10th OF June, 1854, the internal revenue tax
a brandy distilled exclusively from apples.
peaches and grapes shall be ten cents on
each proof gallon, or wine gallon when
pelow proof After January /. 1855,
30 article mentioned in schedule Il" foot
Don and cotton goods shall pay a higher
rate of duty than forty per cent. ad v~aloreln.
In schedule j" (hemp, jute and fax not
more than thirty per cent. In schedule "k'
twoOl and woOlens) not more than seventy
per cent, and carpets and carpeting shall
not pay a higher rate than thirty+fve per
cent ad yalorem. In schedules Il" and
u tearthenware and glassware and metals)
not more than fifty per cent. On all arti-
cleS except those specially excepted,
mentioned in schedules "A" (chemi-
cals), ID wood, G (proyisions) M"
tbooks), y (sundries-other than preci-
Gus %stoneS), and e. sugar, there shall
be levied ninety per cent. of the duties now
imposed. On articles in schedule ~
ttobacco) there shall be levied eighty per
e OF the duties now imposed; on still
wines, IN casks. the duty shall be forty
cents a gallon Ii repeats that clause of the
law OF 1885 which imposes a tax of six
tenthS OF one cent per pound on iron or
steel ryet, screw nail M fence wire rods,
round, IN coils and loops, valued at three
ana one-half cents or less per pound, and
authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to
refund 10 any manufacturer of fence wire
or wire baling ties the amount Of duties
which may have been paid Oh the imported
iron or steel wire rods actually used in the
manufacture OF fence wITe or baling ties.
The following articles are put Oh the free
list: Salt, N bags. sacks, barrels or other
packages, OF in bulk; coal stacks or culm
coke; coal bituminous or sEale, provided
that this shall not apply TO coal imported
from Canada until thai Government shall
have exempted from payment of duty all
coal imported into that country by the
United States; timber hewn and sawed. and
timber used for sparS and in building
wharYes; umbcT squared OF sided. not
specially enumerated or provided for in this
act: sawed boards. plank, deals and other
lumber of hem!Ock. white wood. sycamore
and bass wood. and all other articles OF
sawed lumber. hubs for wheels, posts. last
blocks. heading blocks and all live blocks or
sticks rough hcwn or sawed only: slaves OF
wood. ali kinds of picketS and ~paliugS, lathS,
shingles, pine ciapDOaTdS, spruce c~lapboardS.
zoo unm2nufactuIed, not specially emu
merated or provided for in this act. Iron
ore. including manGaniferouS iron ore, the
drosS or ~residuum from burnt pyrites and
sulphur ore and iron pyriteS. copper imported
in the form Of ores, lead ore and lead droSs,
nickel in ore. matte. chronlate of iron or
chronic ore. hay, ~chicory root. ground or IN
ground, buInt or prepared, acU!nS and
dandelioa root, raw or prepared, and all
other articles used or intended Ia be Used as
coffee or as a substitute. therefore not
specially enumerated or provided for in this
act. .iuU. jutc butts. flax straw. fax not
hackled Cr dressed. tow of fax or hemp
hemp. manila. and other like substitutes fof
hemp not specially enumerated or provided
for. sum SiSal grass ami other vegetable sub
stances rot specially enumerated OF provided
for, briStleS, heeSway. lime. glycerinc. crude
extract OF hemlock. and other bark used for
tanning, not otherwise enumerated or pro-
Vided tor in this act. fndiCo-eXtract of,
and caImine tartar. partly refined, including
lees. crystals, cement. Roman, Port
land and all others; whiting and Paris
white. dry nitrate Of potash or -altpetre,
wood tar. coal tar. crude coal tar. or the
products of such a. naVtha, henZine, ben
Zolc, dead oil and pitch. all preparations OF
coal tar, not culorS. or not specially emu
mertted or provided for i'll this act. 0chre
and ochTc carthS. lumber and lumber eartliS,
and sienna and sienna ,aG:hS; all earths or
CLAWS. unwToUght or Uumanufactured, not
Spccially enumerated or provided for in this
act. All barkS, beans, berries, balSamS,
buds. bulbs and dubious roots and eXcreS-
enceS, such aS nu'2aI.S. fruits, flowers. dried
fibers. grains. gumS and gum resins, herbs,
leaves, licilcnS, mo>SeS. nuts. roots and
stems. spices. vegetables. seeds aromatic,
- -,,s- .nal-A apl Lnu1- If r,.,lTl
growth, weeds. woods used expressly for
dyein-. and dried insects-any of
the foregoing which are not edible,
but which have been advanced in
value or condition Sy refining or grind
in- or other process of manufacture and
Hot especially enumerated or provided for
IN this act. Iron or steel sheets. or plates or
taggcrs: iron coated Will: tin or lead. or
with i mixture of which these metals are a
component part by dipping or any other
process, and commercially known as tin
plates: querne plates and taggerS, tin WOODS
Of the thirty class. commonly known as
wooiS. ~asrhaitum, living animals. copperaS
OF ~Suiphate of iron. microscopes imported
Oy physicians for professional Use and not
for sale, copper in-otS, old copper. regulus
or copper. goat skins, rays. books in foreign
languages and professional books not pub
lished in the United States imported in
single copies for Use and not for sale. crude
boraX, refined boraX and boTacic acid, grind
stones in the rough. stones manufactured
ar undreSsed free stones. granite. sandstone
and all building or monumental stone except
marble. not specially enumerated or pro
Nided for. paintings in oil and water colors,
anu statuary not Otherwise provided for.
Osier. or willow prepared for basket makers
use. waste. and all raw and manufactured
material not specially provided for by the
existing law.
The President is requested TO withdraw
conSulS of the United States from places
which are not ports of entry wherever in
the judgment of the Secretary of the
Treasury they are no longer required for
the protection of the revenue. Section 8
abOlishes all fees and oaths required by the
existing laws relating 10 the entry of goods, |
and it is provided that where such fees
shall constitute all or part of the c0mpensa
ton of any officer the latter shall receive
i'll lieu thereof a fixed salary. 1t is further
provided tina; the Secretary of the Treasury
shall grant permission 10 any firm or Ger,
pOratiOn Ia Withdraw from bond alcohol or |
any spirits containing alcohol, subject to
the internal revenue tax IN specific quantities |
OF not less than 800 proof gallons without
payment of internal revenue tax on the
am or on the spirits from which it may
have been distilled for the sole purpose Of