Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1884-02-05
FROM WASHINGTON.
ReductiOs Of Twenty Per Cent. On Nan.
erous AFticles-Biil Before the
House.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4.
Representative Morrison completed his tar
liz bill this morning and during the cali
of States introduced it in the House. The
bill was prepared last week. with the excep-
ton of placing q few articles on the free list.
concerning which Morrison vas undecided.
A reduction Of twenty PR cent. is made on
numerous articles. while in 4 few cases the
reduction il greater or less than this rate. A
provision prevents any reduction to rate
lower than 10 the Morrill, act of 1871. The
title of the bill is, IAN act to reduce import
duties and tariff taxes" 1t provides that on
and after the first dav of July, 1884, in lieu
of duties and rates of duty imposed by Law on
the importation Of goods. wares and merchan-
disc mentioned in the several schedules of an
act to reduce internal revenue taxation, and
for other purposes, approved March 3, 1888,
and hereinafter enumerated. there shall be
levied, collected and paid, 80 per cent of the
several duties and rates Of duty now imposed
on said articles, severally, that is to say all
articles mentioned in schedule /, cotton and
cotton goods schedule j, hemp. Jute and
fax goods other thsn jute butts; schedule X,
wool and woolens: schedule C., metals other
than ores; schedule NJ, books, paper, etc. ;
schedule E, sugar; schedule F, tobacco
schedule ID, wood and wooden ware, except
on articles subject to ad valor IN duty sched-
ule b, earthern and glass wares; schedule G,
provisions, except rs hereinafter provided
schedule N, sundries, other than precious
stones, salt, coal. bristles aud lime; schedule
A, chemical products, except ~ hereinafter
provided. No duty or rate of duty shall
after the said first day of July, 1884, be col
lected or paid in excess of forty per cent.
ad valOrem or its equivalent; cotton and cot
ton goods, so per cent. I'D valorem-
Section 2. On and after the first day Of
July, 1884, the importation of articles enum-
Grated by this section shall be exempt from
duty, that is to say, iron ore, including man.
ganesons iron ore, the dross ore residum from
burnt pyrites and sulphur ore, copper i'm
por,ed in the form of ore, lead ore and lead
dross. nickel in ore matter, chromate of iron
or chronic ore; coal slack or calm, coal btu
minous or shale; timber hewn and sawed an6
timber used for spars and in building
wharves; wood manufactured not specially
enumerated or provided for in this act hay
chicory root, ground or uDground. burnt OIL
prepared: acorns, dandelion root, raw or pre-
pared, aud all other articles nsed or intended
to be used as coffee, specially enumerated
or provided for in this act; jate butts, bris-
ties, beeswax, lime, glycerine, fish glue, OF
isinglass; spODges, dexterine, burnt starch
gum. substitute for British gum, extract O
hemlock or other bark used for tanning, no
otherwise enumerated or provided for in thii
act; indigo extracts, tartars partly refined
including lees, crystal, cement, Roman
Portland and all others; whiting and Paril
white dry, wood tar, coal tar and products of
such as naptha, benzine, benzole, dead OF
and pitch, and all preparations of coal tar mo-
colors or dye, not specially enumerated in
this act; logwoOd and other dye wood ex
tracts and decorations, ochre and ochrs
earths, lumber and amber earths and sienna
all earths or clays unwrought or unmanufac
tured, not specially enumerated or provided
for in this act; all barks, beans. berries. bal
sans, buds, bulbs, roots and excrescences
such as nutgalls, fruits, flowers, dried fibres
grains, gums and gum resins, herbs, leaves
lichens, MOSES, nuts, roots and stems, spices,
vegetables, seeds, or its equivalent on met.
ais and 60 per cent I'D valorem on wool and
wooden goods, provided nothing in this ACT
shall operate or reduce the duty above, i'm.
posed on any articles below the rate at which
said articles where severally dutiable under
ian act to provide for the payment of out.
standing treasury notes, to authorize loan
to regulate and fix duties on imports and for
other purposes, approved March 2, 1861,
commonly called the Morrill, tariff; :" on oil
unpublished cylinder, crown and common
window glass, unsilvered, exceeding 24xlG
inches; on salt in bags, sacks, barrels OF
other packages, or in bulk.