Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-10-04
WASHINGTON.
The Senate Tariff Bill
Reported.
SYNOPSIS OF IT'S PROVISIONS,
Compared With the Present Tariff
Sweeping Revenue Changes
Proposed.

Mills Tariff bill embodies an entire re-
vision of the Tariff schedules and admin
istrative features of the present law,
promising the re-enactment Of all such
features as in the opinion of the majority
of the Committee ought not be changed.
According to the estimate made by the
Committee the bill provides for total
reduction OF about $75 100000, made up
approximately as follows: Sugar, $27,-
$4,000; free list, $6,5O0,0OO; tobacco
(internal revenue) $24,5OO,OOO; alcohol
in the arts, 81 200, 900; other reductions
in customs, So, 100000.
The Majority and Minority reports will
be submitted formally tomorrow and
will be then made public.
THE FREE LIST.
The following are additions to the free
list: Acorns; baryta; sulphate of or
pyrites manufactured beeswax
books and pamphlets printed exclusively
in languages other than English; braids,
plaits, flats, laces, etc., for ornamenting
hats; bristles, manufactured bulbs
and dubious roots, not edible; chicory,
unground; coal, stock or culm; coal tar,
crude; curling-stone handles; currants,
dried; dandelion roots, unground; eggs,
feathers and downs Of all kinds, unmanu-
featured; jute, manila, ranie
and all other textile grasses
or fibrous substances, unmanufactured !;
Chinese floor mating; grease and oils
used in soap making or wire drawing,
etc. human hair; raw mineral waters !;
molasses, testing not above 56 degrees !;
olive oil for manufacturing or mechanical
purposes; nut oil; opium, crude pot
ash, rags all seeds not otherwise enum-
Grated, as hemp seed and rape seed !;
sponges; sand; tar; pitch Of wood and
turpentine.
Fresh fish remains on the free list but
with the following important reservation
Except when frozen or packed in ice, or
otherwise preserved by any process for
preservation" Fish cured by this excep-
ton are classed with other foreign caught
preserved fish at one-half cent per pound
as in the present law.
COMPARISON OF SCHEDULES.
The following synopsis containing the
principal changes compared with the
present law, the rates by the present law
being given in parentheses with each
item, Except when the article is not
enumerated in the existing law.)
WOOL AND MANUFACTURES OF WOOL.
classification same as present law.)
First and second class, and all hair OF
the alpaca goat and other like animals,
IL cts. per pound QO to SO cts.) Third
GLASS;, exceeding in value IL cts. per
pound, cts. per pound (5 cts.) Tol
stubbing and all other wastes, composed
| wholly or in part of wool or worsted, &c
cts. per pound. All woods and hair oi
the alpaca goat or other animals which
have advanced by any process beyond q
washed or secured condition, not other.
wise provided for in this act, to be sub.
iect to the same duties as imposed upon
woolen manufactures of wool. not
especially enumerated or provided for in
this act.
Woolen cloth, shawls, all manufac-
lures of wool not enumerated, value not
exceeding 40 cts. per pound, 35 cts. per
pound, and in addition thereof 80 per
cent. ad valorem (35 cts. and 40 per cent.
above 40 cts, and not exceeding go cts.
per pound); above 60 cts. per pound, 40
cts. per pound and 40 per cent. ad
valorem.
Flannels, blankets, hats, etc., valued
at above 60 cts. per pound, 40 cts. per
pound and 40 per cent. ad valorem GA
cts. and 30 per cent, and 35 cts. and 40
per cent?
Women's and childrens' dress oods,
Italian cloths, etc., made in part of wool
and valued at not exceeding Is cts. per
square yard, 6 cts. per square yard and
40 per cent. ad valorem Is cts. and 35
per cent? containing an admixture of
silk and in which silk is not the compo-
nent material of chief value, and not
otherwise provided, IL cts. per square
yard, and in addition thereto 40 per
cent. ad valorem q cts. and 35 per cent.
and cts. and 40 per cent. according to
value); provided that all goods of the
character enumerated or advertised in
this paragraph, weighing over four
ounces per square, shall pay a duty of
40 cts. per pound and 40 per cent. ad
valorem (35 cts. and 40 cts.); all pile
fabrics composed wholly or in part of
wool made up or manufactured wholly or
in part, 40 cts. per pound and As per
cent.
Women's and children's dress goods,
Italian cloths and composed wholly of
wool, II cts. per square yard and 40 per
ad valorem (10 cts. and 25 per cent
All such goods with selvages made
wholly or in part Of other material, and
all such goods in which the the threads
are wholly or in part of other materials.
have been introduced for the purpose of
changing the classification for duty, IL
cts. per square yard and 40 per cent. ad
valorem % cts. and 40 per cent. }, pro-
vided that all such goods weighing over
four ounces per square yard shall pay a
duty OF 40 cts. per pound and 40 per cent.
ad valorem.
Clothing ready made, not enumerated,
all goods made on knitting frames and
all pile fabrics composed wholly or in
part of wool, made up or manufactured
wholly or in part, 40 cts. per pound and
35 per cent. ad valorem (40 cts. and 35
per cent? Cloaks, dolmans, Jackets.
etc., except knit goods, composed wholly
or in part of wool made up wholly or in
part, 45 cts. per pound and As per cent.
ad valorem, as cts. and 40 per cent?
Endless bolts or felts for paper or
printing machines, 20 cts. per pound
and 80 per cent. ad valorem, go cts. and
35 per cent?
SUGAR SCHEDULE.
All sugars not above No. 13 Dutch
standard in color, tank bottom syrups, of
cane juice or of beet juice, melada, con-
centrated melada, concert and concen-
trated molasses, testing by the polari-
scope not above rs degrees, z cts. per
pound (Dow Las cts. \, and for every addi.