Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-30

Railroad 1an1 Ferfsitnre Bills to Come
Up-ethsr Pressiag Legislation
F t1at II Reaaing.
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Randall's Propositiea to Cure the Tariff
EItls aood News for the
= Tshacce Hon.

caucus last week. the present week in the
House OF Representatives will be devoted
to the consideration OF Appropriation billl
and billsdeclaring torseitures of land grants
Enough u the Sundry Civil Appropriation
bill remains to be considered to occupy the
time OF the House for q day or two ut, the
beginning Of the week, and before it is I'm.
| ally dispoeed OF the App, opriations Com.
| mittee viii have, placed the General
Deficiency Appropriation bill on the calen.
dar. This will leave bat one general appro.
priationiil Notifications, to be reported
| to the House. On Wednesday or Thursday
| the Committees on Public Lands will call
| up the Northern Pacific Land Grant For
feiture bia and it is the rfteent intention
to allow = days debate on the measure
before pushing it on its passage. Jf the
temper sof the House is favorable this bill
win be follnwed by the other forfeiture bills
in the order in which they stand and their
consideration is necessary.- Action upon
Apparently insarmDRntable parliamen-
tary obstacles. threaten to thwart Mr.. Nor
xison in hil desire to secure, action by the
House on Ms resolution directing the re.
denp lion pf United States securities to the
extent. the Treasury surplub. The reso-
lutioa isnAt pgvilessd under the present
rules OF tbs House, nor 10 the bill providing
for the uew naval establishment, but in
each cas5 II ID the determination Of thepro-
mofef 20 secure some action by the
House during tho i next ten days if
it be in the boanda OF possibility.
As the fiscal year Will expire before the
the regular appropriation bills has yet be-
come Law, Congress will be required to
make temporary provision for the execu-
tive depaftments. This is expected to be
done by RAISING q resolution. authorizing
the coltintance for q few days Of the ex-
penditures for the several branches of tile
service upon the basin OF the appropria-
tions ioE tie present yaar.
sEca*rARY ldAssstINa's HEALTH.
: Secretary Aanning,s private secretary.
who has just returned from y visit to his
chief at the Hot Springs. says that the re.
port that Mr. Manning hes suffered a re-
lapse is incsrreet. He left the Secretary
yesterday very much inprhved in health
and good spirits.. He says Mr.. Manning is
in as good health nox as at any time fOr
Elk months before his recent illness.
RAxbALL's TARIFF MEASURE.
Mr.. Randall win tomorrow introduce
his Tariff bill in the House. The bill, he
says, does mot contain anything novel or
extraordinary and is designed TO build up
much needed industries including those
that are lang1ishing and remove iuequali-
ties in existing laws. He does not claim
the bill is Complete or will effect tho meas
ure OF q tariff revision but he holds thatit
is decided step in the right direction and
q sufficient indication OF the policy that
should be pursued in remodell,ng the tariff
and revenue laws. The changes In
the rates proposed are to 60
into effect on January /, 1887. The
present free lists are squared timber
and boards and lumber in tie rough, hubs
the rongh, jute, butts and bristIes. The
present law admitting live stock imported
for breeding purposes free OF duty is re.
pealed. The principal changes proposed to
be made in existing laws. are as follows:
Planed timber 10 per cent" ad val0rem
iron and steel railway bars $13 per ton,
iron and steel tie rails and tic rails punched
SIG per ton, boiler iron TX cents per pound,
sheet iron cent per pound, horseshoe
nails and wire nails cents per
pound, iron or steel beams girders and
joists c~nt per pound, round iron cent
per pound, lead in pigs and bars and scrap
cents per pound, rice cleaned * cents per
pound, uncleaned ] Y cents per pound, rice
Hour. rice meal, broken rice 20 per cent.
al valorem, ready made clothing except
knit goods composed Of cotton 40 per cent.
I'D valorem. cotton cord braids, etc. 35
per cent. ad vslorem, iaces, embroideries,
trimmings, lace curtains composed of cot.
ton and on cotton damask and handker.
chiefs 40 per cent. ad valorem. The bill
repeals all forms OF internal revenue tax
upon tobacco Of every kind and all laws
restricting it's sale and disposition by farm:
ers and producers after October l. Next it
allows drawback or rebate OF the full
amount OF taxes paid on tobacco OF every
description held by manufacturers or deal
ers at the time the repeal goes into effect.
It also permits from and after the passage
of the Act the manufacture and sale OF fruit
brandies and wines.
The steam yacht "Corsair," bearing the
Presidential party, arrived here at
o'clock this afternoon from her cruise down
the Potomac River and Chesa peake Bay.