Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1886-02-18
CEREDO WAYNE co. w. VA. URSDAY FEBRU AIRY IS ISS,
MORRIsoNs TARIFF BILL.
An Average Reduction OF on.-rhird ON In.
General List.

General List,
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-THE Morrison hill
mas been practically finished. The firs,
part consists of the free list, which em
braces wood, coal, iron ores, salt hemp.
lutc manufactured marble, besides
othef articles OF minor Importance IL waA
the original intention that the free list
snouid 20 to the bottom OF the bill but this
Mere matter of form has been modified
ne second division of the bin provides
amounting a%''ss on sn .r. on general ,s imports
articles in the tariff lis, nso spe na, .asSaSy sny
1. but are copied ss they stand In the statitc
as are In common use including coffee Tea
suEar, etc: Zig and scrap-iron, on which A
uuty OF $40 OF cent per pound or S5aO a
s sSn, IN !. levied Il changed TO y OF cent, or
wool Is abandoned, The Glasses OF 'rnrpet
woois' are consolidated. aud the .yeragc
rate prescribed for both. According 10 the
can,a scneduie the iow-rste woods pay 2S
cents pound and the higher quality five
cents. The consolidated rate IN : AZ cents
pound. The imports OF these wools last
year e, amounted to 81 600. 600 pounds OF which
therefore, figured out that this change -
really an increase of the tariff on this ar
,icie. There - no change I'm the silk or
hh9uor schedule. The third division of tho
ful revision OF the different cias.iiica,inn,
OF sugar has been made, and REDUCTIONS
provided which arc estimated 10 amount
20 slWnUo annually, calculating ON the
oasis OF last years importatio This
portion OF the bill, IL is thought, will meet
Win considerable opposition from both tho
great warning sugar interests OF the conn
uy-the louisiana and the Claus Spreckles
monopolies of the Sandwich tslnnds There
Il no doubt but that both these great inter
est VIII make common cause against the
proposed reductions, but Mr. Morrison has
considered the subject carefully, and has
concluded that he can not better ser> q tho
consumers OF the country in the matter OF
any ono article than i'm giving them chcnn
sugar. IL Is also understood that he has
Incorporated into his new bill a feature OF
MS Dill OF the last Congress i'm the substitu-
tlon OF numerous specific duties for al va
loren duties. He does not regard with
tavor the nd valorem system and thinks IL
should be employed only when specific du-
Inat the decrease In the revenues OF the
Government on account OF the
proposed free list will not ex-
ceed s5,UO,00, The removal OF the
duty on the iron ore is the most important
change, although the placing OF coal ON the
trec list Will have the effect OF chcapening
all kinds OF Goals at the seaports to the ex-
tent of the present tariff on coal The new
OH is not altogether acceptable To two or
three leading revenue reforiners In the
House who have been taken into the confl-
dence of the Chairman OF Ways aud Means
Inc principal objection IL that IL IL too con-
serNative in the respect that IL does not
articles, and does not reduce enough in ar
ticie- that II does touch The total reduc-
ton OF the bill, IL passed, will be about
twenty-five millions per annum