The Brookhaven leader., 1888-03-08
THE TARIFF BILL.

and Notifications in Others.
WASHINGTON, March 2-The chairman
Of the ways and means committee yester-
day submitted to the full committee the
Tariff bill, upon which the Democratic
members have been at work for some
months. The measure was Immediately
made public. The bill makes the following
additions to the list of articles which may
be imported free Of duty. The free list
section is to take effect July ], 1888:
Timber hewn or sawed and timber used for
spars and in building wharves Timber squared
or sided. Wood, manufactured, not specially
enumerated or provided for. Sawed boards,
planks, deals and all other articles Of saved
lumber. Hubs for wheels, posts last blocks.
wagon blocks, oar blocks, gun blocks, heading
blocks and all like blocks or sticks, rough
hewn or sawed only. Slaves OF wood,
pickets and palings, laths, shingles,
clapbosrds, pine or spruce logs; provided, that
II any port duty is laid upon the above men
toned articles or either Of them, by any coun-
try whence imported, all said articles imported
rom said country shall be subject 70 duty as
now provided by law. Salt in bags, sacks,
barrels or other packages, or in bulk, when I'M
ported from any country which does not charge
an import duty upon salt exported from the
United States. Flax straw. Flag, not hacked
or dressed; fax. hackled, known as dressed
line; tow Of fax or hemp hemp, manila and
other like substitutes for hemp Jute butts,
tute sum, sisal grass and other vegetable
f1bres. Burlaps, not exceeding sixty inches IN
width, OF flag, jute or hemp or OF which hax
tute or hemp, or either OF them, shall be the
component material Of chief value. Bagging
for cotton or other manufactures, not specially
enumerated or provided for in this act suit
able to the uses for which cotton bagg1ng Is ap-
piled composed in whole or in part OF hemp,
tute iute butts, fax. .gunnyoagS, gunnycloth or
other material; provided that as to hernp ana
fax, jute, jute butts, sum, and stsal grass
and manufactures thereof, except burlapS not
exceeding sixty inches In width an bag
ring for cotton Iron or steel sheets
or plates, or taggers' iron, coated with
tin or lead or with mixture Of which
these metals is component part by the dip
ping or any other process and commercially
known as tin plates, terne plates and taGSeFS
tin. Beeswax, gelatne and all similar prepa-
rations. Glycerne, crude, brown or yellow.
Fish glue or isingass. Phosphorus. Soap
stocks, fit only for use as such. Soap, hard and
soft all OF which are not otherwise specially
enumerated or provided for. Extract OF hem-
lock and other bark used for tanning. Indigo,
extracts OF, and carmine. Iodine, resuollmed.
Liconce juice. Oil. croton, hempseed ana rape
seed oil Flaxseed or linseed oil. Oil,cotton SEED
Petroleum Alumina, alum, patent alum, alum
substitute sulphate OF alumina and aluminous
cake, and alum in crystals or ground All I'M
itations OF natural mineral waters and all artl-
! fetal mineral waters. Raryta, sulphate o. OF
barytes, manufactured Boraclc ACID Dor
ate OF lime and borax. Cement, Roman, Port
land and all others. Whiting and paris "hlVe'
Copper, sulphate OF, or blue vitriol. Iron, sui
phate OF, or copperas Potash, crude, CARBON
ate Of or fused and caustc potash. chlorate
of potash and nitrate of potash or saltpeteIi
crude Sulphate of potash. Sulphate OF soda
known as salt cake, crude or renned,
or inter cake, crude or refined ana
! glaubers salt Sulphur, refined in rolls.
| Wood tar. Coal tar, crude. Analine Oil and lts
/ homoogues. Coal tar, products OF, such as
/ naptha, benzne, benzole, dead oil and p.tch'
! All preparations OF coal tar not colors or dyes
! and not acids OF colors and dyes. LOgWood ana
| other dyewcods, extracts ana decoctons o.
Spirits turpentine. 3 ncblack, ivory drop
black and bone charcoal Oehre and ochery
! earths umber and umber earths, sienna ana
sienna earths, when dry. All preparations
known as essential oils, expressed oils, dlstuIed
/ oils rendered oils, alkalies aiksloids ana all
| combinations Of any of the foregoing ana cnem-
/ ical compounds and salts by whatever name
! known, and not specially enumerated
or provided for in this act. All bsrks,
/ beans, berries, basams, buds bulbs ouIoous
roots and excrescences, such as nut gals, fruits,
! flowers, dried flbers, grains, gums and gum
! resins, herbs lichens, noeses, nuts, roofs ana
! stems, vegetables seeds and seeds OF morOld
growth, weeds, woods used expressly Tor oye-
ing and dried insects. All non-dutlaole cruie
minerals, but which have been advanced IN
value or condition by refining or grinding, or
nv other process OF manufacture, not especially
enumerated or provided for. All earths or
claws unwrought or manufactured. China clay
or kaoline. OPIUM, crude, containing nine per
cent and over Of morphia for medicinal pur
poses Iron and steel cotton ties or hoops 1or
baling purposes, not thinner than numoir
Hos nTu4 npV
knitting and all others not especially enumerat-
ed or provided for in this act. Copper import,
ed in the form OF ores regulus or and
/ black or coarse copper and copper cement, ola
! copper ft only for remanufacture. Nickel III
ore matte, or other crude form not ready lot
consumption IN the arts. Antimony, as re-
gulus or metal. Quicksilver. Chromate OF
iron or chrome ore Mineral substances III d
crude state or metals unwrought or not spec
ially enumerated or provided for. Brick.
Vegetables in their natural state or in salt OF
brine Chicory root, ground or ungrouLd'
| burnt or prepared acorns and dandehon root,
raw or prepared, and all other articles USED az
| or intended to be used as coffee or suOututes
therefor and not specially enumerated or pro-
| vided for. Cocoa, prepared or MANUFACTURED
Dates, plums and prunes, currants seante OF
| other Figs. Meats, game and poultry. MIX
fresh Egg yelks Beans, peas and split peas.
| Pulp for paper makers use. Bibles, DOCKS ahu
pamphlets printed in other languages thah En-
| glish and books and pamphlets and all puoilca'
tions of foreign Governments. and peolica-
| tions OF foreign societies, historical or scleA'
tihc. printed for gratuitous distribution. Brs-
ties Bulbs and bulbcus roots not medicinal
| Feathers Of all kinds, crude or not aresseu'
colored or manufactured. Finishing powder
| Grease Grindstones, finished or unhnlsheu
| Curled hair for beds or mattresses. Truman
hair, raw, uncleaned and not drawn. Hatters
bA Chi
rape seed and other oil seeds o
like character Lime. Garden SEEDS
Iinseed or faxseed. Marble OF all kinds IL
block, rough or squared. Osier or willow pre-
pared for basket-makers' use. Broomcorh
Brush-wood. Plaster OF paris, wnen grouhu Vi
calcned Bags, Of whatever material com
posed. Rattans and reeds manufactured ou
not made up into finished articles. Painting
in oil or water colors and statuary, not other
wise provided for; but the term 'statuary
shall be understood to include professional pro
auctions of statuary or of sculpto
only. Stones, manufactured OF on
dressed, free stone granite, SAND stone
and all building or monumental stone
All strings OF gut or any other IKE ma
terial. Tallow. Waste, all not specially enl
merated or provided for. All wools, har OF IN
alpaca goat and other like animals. WOODS OF
the skin. Woolen rags, shoddy, mungo vast
and fiocks
The reductions made under the earthen an
glassware schedules are as follows: Chlh
and porcelain to IS and 90 per cent brow
earthenware and common stoneware, ~ pc
| cant other earthenware, IS per cent 1lIes' =
30 and 50 per cent. Green and eolorea sIas
, hottles etc three-fourths of a cent per poun'
cylinder and crown glass, polished, not el
ceeding a measurement of two feet by hve zee
Is cents per square foot; above the siz
named, 25 cents per foot Onpohsne
cylinder, crown and common wlnuo"-glAs
i cent To II OF cent per pun