St. Paul daily globe., 1886-02-16
MORRIsON,s BILL,
Articles Which are Affected by the
New Thrift Measure

A.
tariff bill was introduced in the house to-
day. Mr.. Morrison says the bill will effect
an estimated reduction of $50. 600, 900 in the
revenues from customs based on the rev.
enues Of last year. The greatest reduction
on any one article is in the case Of sugar.
where the new duty will result in decrease
of $40, Gee, 0o0 in the receipts. The addi-
tions to the free list will involve q loss of
S5, 500, 600, and the reductions made by the
bill on other articles about S5, o0o, 600.
Added to the free list are: Lumber, tim
Der, wood (unmanufactured) lath, shin
giles, salt. hemp. jute, iron, sulphur, lead
and copper ores and coal. Besides these
there are many articles of less consequence
to the revenue. such as potatoes, hay, corn,
bristleS, bees wax, dye woods (unmanufac-
tured), earths, undreSsed stsne for building
purposes, acorns and dandelien. The bill
provides that frsm and after July 1, 1886.
the following rates Of duty shall take
effect: Wood (manufactured) for each
side planed or finished, so cents per l, 600
feet, board measure; cotton thread. yarn
warPs, or warp yarn. valued at from %
cents to 81 per pound, s cents to SO cents
per pound, according to quality. when
valued at over 81 per pound 40 per cent,
ad valorem.
THE PRINCIPAL REDUCTIONS
on cotton cloths are in the coarser material;
metals, iron in pigs, iron kentledge,
spiegeleiSen, wrought and cast scrap-iron,
and scrap steel, one-fourth of | cent.
per pound; iron railway bars, weighing
more than % pounds 70 the yard, S12. so
per ton Steel railway bars and railway
bars made in part of steel weighing more
than % pounds to the yard. S12.5 so per ton;
iron or steel tee rails weighing not over 25
pounds To the yard. and iron or steel flat
rails punched. SIS per ton. There is a
slight reduction on bar and rolled iron, iron
beams, girders. etc. There is also some re-
duction in lead and copper. Sugar: On all
sugars, so per cent. of the several duties
and rates of duty now imposed on said
sugar, imperative as to sugars from coun-
tries laying export duties.
Wools and woolens, woods of the third
class, such as DonskOl, native South Amer
lean, COrdova, Valparaiso, native Smyrna
and including all such woods of like charac-
ter as have been heretofore usually imported
into the United States from Turkey,
Greece, Egypt. Smyrna and elsewhere,
2 $40 cents per pound. Woolen cloths,
woolen shawls and all manufactures Of
wool of every description, made wholly or
in part of wool, not specially enumerated
or provided for in this act, valued at not
exceeding 50 cents per pound, 35 cents per
pound and so per centum ad valorem. FIan-
nels, blankets, hats of wool, knit goods and
all goods made on knitting frames, bal
morals, woolen and worsted yarns and all
manufactures of every description composed
wholly or in part Of worsted, the hair of
the alpaca goat or other animal Except
such as are composed in part of wooD
NOT SPECIALLY ENUMERATED
or provided for in this act, valued at
not exceeding 80 cents per pound,
8 cents per pound; above so and not
exceeding 40 cents, 10 cents per pound;
above 40 and not exceeding so
cents, 16 cents per pound; above so
and not exceeding so cents, 20 cents
per pound, and in addition thereto
upon all the above-named articles 80 per-
centum ad valorem- Women and children's
dressed goods, coat Innings, Italian cloths
and goods of like description composed in
part of wool, worsted, the hair of the al
paca, goat or other animals, valued at not
exceeding 20 cents per square yard, scents per
square yard and in addition thereto 80 per
centum ad valorem; valued at above 20
cents per square yard cents per square
yard and 35 per cenrum ad valorem; if COM
posed wholly of wool, worSted. the hair of
the alpaca goat or other animals, or a
mixture of them, s cents per square yard
and 50 per centum ad valOrem, but all such
goods with selvedges made wholly or in
part of other materials or with threads of
other materials introduced for the purpose
of changing the classification, shall be
dutiabIe at cents per square yard and 80
per centum ad valorem, provided that all
such goods weighing over four ounces per
square yard shall pay duty of So cents per
pound and 35 per centum ad valOrem. Slight
but general reductions run through the wool
schedule, and have also been made in the
cases Of fax. linen and hemp, window
glass, plate glass of high quality, earthen-
ware, glassware and china, where the duty
is believed to be excessive. The duty on
rice, marble. castor beans and few chem
icals is also slightly reduced.