Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-02-05
The Title Ofthe Bill

The Title Of the Bill
is, "An sct to reduce import duties and
over tariff taxes" 1t provides that on and
after the first day of July, 1884, in lieu OF
the duties and rates OF duty imposed by
the law on importation goods, wares and
merchandise, mentioned in the several
schedules Of "Au act to reduce internal
taxation aid for other purposes, approved
March 3, lsS3, and hereinafter enumerated,
there shall he levied, collected aud
paid eighty per cent, OF the several
duties ana such duties now imposed
Ss.ia -. 1i~I.S s9NeraIIy, tiIat Is W Say, on
cot cotton 1'Gsd assd 1I;@ Cotton s66dy d schedule ~
butts; schedule "K," wool and woolens;
schedule SC" metals other than ores;
schedule M" books, papers, etc; sched-
ule e" sugar: schedule Of" tobacco
schedule d" wood aud woodenware, ex-
cept as hereinafter provided. All articles
subject to ad valcrem duty in schedule
b, earthen Ware and glassware; schedule
&c" provisions, except as hereinafter pro-
vided; schedule IN" suudries other than
lime; schedule "a" chemical products,
except as hereinafter provided,
No Duty or Rate OF Duty
sbsl! after the first day OF July, 1884, be
levied, collected or paid, in excess OF 40 per
cent. ad vslorem. or its equivalent, on cot
ton or cotton goods, 80 per cent. ad va
lorem or its equivalent in metals, and 90 per
cent. ad valol em on wool and woolen goods,
provided that nothing in this act shall
operate 10 reduce the duty above mposedon
aLy article below the rate at which the said
srticles were severally duitable under An
act to provide for the payment OF outstand-
ing Ire asuTy notes to authOriZ. a lOsn to
regulate and iix the duties on imports aud
iCT other purposes approved NIrch :,
iACl, srd cO:umculy called the Morrill, tar.
ii, on al unpublished cylinder, crown and
common wiudoT gass or cast polished
pl,;e glass uusirvured exceeding 2i By 30
inches >Uusre, on salt in bsgs, sacks, oar
rel or o;h.r packages, or in bulk.
ION .. On and alter the first day OF
July, lS>4, the imp ,rta;iOn OF the articles
.uur,staied and described IN this seCuon
hall be exempt from duty, that IS TO say,
ircr re-, ihclUdlng uarganiterCu; iron ore,
the cross or residuum from burn: pyrites
,rA sulphur ore,
Copper Imported in the Form of Ores,
lead ore and droSs, nickel in ore mstte
chroma.e Of iron or chronic ore; c)a',
slick or culm; coal, bituminOus or shale; 4;
tin Der. hewn or sawed, and timber used
for syaTs and in building wharves; wood,
manufactured and not specially enumera'
TED or provided for in tdis act
hay, chickvry ground or ungroun1)
burnt or prepared, acorns and dandelion
root. raw or pre- pared, and all other articles
used or intended 10 be used as cotf4e, or as
subst tutes therefor not specially enumer-
ate or provided for in the act. Jute
butts, hristies beeswsI, lime, glycerine,
crude, fish glue or isinglass, starch, gum,
substitute British gum, extract OF hem
lock and other bark used for tanning not
otherwise ehum era ed or provided fyr in
this act. Indigo, extracts of and carmined,
tartsrs partly retioed, including Lees Crys.
| tells cement, Roman, Portland and al
others, whiting and paris white dry, wood
| tar, coal tar crude, coal tar, products OF,
| such as napths. beuZine, bepZo!e. dead Oil
and pitch aud all preparations OF coal tar
not coIors or dye not specifically enumer-
| ated or
Provided for I'm This Act.
Locwood and other dye wood, extracts and
| decoctions Of ochre and ochery earths,
um Der and umber earths, and sienna and
| sienna earths, all earths or clays, un'
| wrought or unmsnutactured, not specially
| enumerated or provided for IN this act; all
barks, beans, berries, balssms, oude, ana
| bu!bOns rvOts and eXcrsScences such as nut
| gals, fruits, flowers dried fi5resi grains,
gums and gum resins, herbs, leaves, lich-
els MOSES, nuts, roots aud stems, spices,
vegetables, seeds, (aro;natic, not garden
seeds and seeds Of morbid growth, weeds
and dried insects. any OF foreign which are
not edible, but which have been advanced
in value on. condition by refining or griRd-
ing. or by other processes OF manufacture,
ard not specially enumerated or provided