The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-02-16
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Reducing the Tarir IuIrOducsd Ia the House
Yesterday,

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Yesterday,
WAsuISGToN, d, G., Feb. l5.-Mr. Nor
rison's tariff bill was introduced in the
House to-day. Mr.. Morrison says the bill
will effect au estimated reduction Of S9O,-
100000 in revenues from customs based on
the revenue Of last year. The greatest 70.
duClon on any one article Is 10 the case
oisugar, wherO the new dnty will result
in deCteas0 Of $40 ,O00. .0OOln the receipts.
The additions to th8 free list will involve
tho loss OF S,60O,O0O, and the reduCtiona
made by the bill oil other articles about
t5,00O0O0, Added to the free list are lum-
Der, timber, wood (mRnutSCtured), laths,
Shingles, Halt, hemp, jute, Iron, sulphur,
lead aud copper ores and coal. Besides
these there are many articles OF leRs con-
sequence " the revenue, such as potatoes,
hay, corr, hTistleE, bGeswax, dice woods
unmanutGCtured, earths, undreased stone
tor building purposes, acorns and dande'
lion.
The bill provides that from aud alter
July lat, 1856 the following rates of duSy
shall take effect. Wood tmauuiaCtured)
tor each sidn planed or finished, fifty
cents per 1000 feet.
REDUCTIONS on CO1TOSs AND IROR.
Cotton: Thread, warps, or warp yarn,
valued at from twenty-five cents 10 one
dollar per pound, eight cents to thirty.slx
cents per pound, according 10 quality;
when valued a. over one dollar per pound,
iorty cents I'd vNlorGn. The proposed re-
ductiRng IL cotton cloths are In the COarser
materials.
Metals: Iron In pigs, iron kentle1ge,
speilgeliBen wrought aud Cagt, tprap iron
anu scrap steel, 0ue.tourth Of one cent per
pound iron railway bafg, weighing more
than twenty-five pounds TO the yard,
twelve dollars and 6ity cents per ton; steel
railway bars aud railway bars In part OF
atael, weighing more than twenty-five
pounds 10 the yard, twelve dollars and
hity cents per ton; iron or steel 7 rails
weighing not over twenty-five pounds to
the yard, and iron or steel fiat rails
punched, fifteen dollars per ton. There
IL slight reduction In bar and rolled iron,
iron beams and gIrdets. There iS also
some reduction In lead and copper,
Sugar. On all sugar eighty pefCentum
OF the several duties and rates Of duty
now imposed on said sugar, imperative as
10 sugars from counties lacking export
duties.
wooLs AND woOLESs.
WoolS and Woolens: Wool Of the third
class, such rs DOnUkoi, native South
American, Cordova, Valparaiso, Smyrna,
and including all such woods Of like
character 40 have been heretofore usually
imported iuto the United states from
Turkey, Greece, Egypt, Smyrna and else
where, two and Oighttenths cents per
pound. Woolsn cloths, WOODEN shawls
and all manufacturers Of wool oi every
description, made wholly otin part Of wool,
net specially enumerated or provided for
| IN this aCt, valued at twenty-five OentG per
nnnud, 1--WE cents per poundi thirty per.
cont nd yaloIem. Flannelp, blankets, hats
Of wool, knit goods, aud all goods made on
Knitting frames, balmoralS, worSted and
worptod yarns aud all manufactures Of
avery description composed wholly or In
mart Of wool, wOtstsd, the hair Of the
Alpaca goat or other animals Except such
as are composed In part OF WOOL, not
Snpclally enumerated or provided lor In
this pct, valued at not exceeding thirty
cents I,er pound, eight cents per pound
above thirty and not otexceedlng forty cents,
Tan cents per poundi above forty and not
exceeding sixty Cehte, sixteen cSntl per
pound above slxty and not exceeding
eighty cents, twenty Cents per pound and
| ID addition thereto upon all the above
named articles thlrty'aYe pefrentum ad
valOrenl.
wool woBsTED AND DRESS doops.
Womsn's and childton's dress goods,
coat Innings and goods Of like description
composed in part Of wool worstsd, the
hair OF tie Alpaca. goat OF other animals
valued At not exceeding twenty cents per
sOuAre yard, five cents per SQUARE yard,
and In addition thereto Thirty pefceftum
Rd valorem valued At above twenty cents
peF square yard, seven cents per square
yard, and thitty!1ve pefcentum I'D
yalofeiu, II composed wholly Of wool
Wotsted, the half Of the AlpSca, goat OF
other animal, or a mixture OF them, eight
cents per tquafe yard and thitty.6ve per.
cenLun ad valOrein but such goods with
seiyedges made wholly OF IL patt
Of other materials OF with threads
Of other materials introduced for the
pufpoge Of changing the classification
Shail be dnliAble AZ eight Cents per square
yaFd, and lhifly.Hye perc6ntnm I'd
yllOfem, provided thSt au such goods