Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-03-08

| not drawn Hatters' fur, not on the skin. Hemp
and rape seed and other oil reeds of Ike charac-
ter. Lime. Garden seeds. Linseed and fax
seed. Marble OF all kinds. in bulk. rough or
squared Osier or willow prepared for basket
makers USE Broom corn Brushwood Plas-
ter OF paris, when ground or caicined. Rags OF
\ whatever material composed. RatLanS and
reeds. manufactured but not made up into I'm
| ished articles
Bibles books and pamphlets printed in other
! languages than English and books and pam
p lets and all publications OF foreign Govern
rnents and publications OF foreign societies, his
torical scientific. printed for gratuitous dis
tribution-
Paintings in oil or water colors and statuary
not otherwis provided for. But the term
''statuary" shall not be understood to include
professional produc ions of a statuary or OF .
sculptor only Stones. manufactured. ami un-
dressed. freestone. granite, sandstone, and all
building or monumental stone.
All strings OF gut any other like material.
Talow.
Waste. all not specially enumerated or pro-
vided for.
Metals are to pay duties as follows: Pig iron.
&c ton; iron railway bars, 81: steel railway
bars. s11: bar iron. rolled or hammered, seven
eighths OF one cent pound, not less than one
inch wide and three-eighths OF inch thick:
in l-rger measurement, one cent pound; iron
slabs, blooms, loops, thirty five per cent ad
yalorem; iron bars. blooms. billets. in the
manufacture of which charcoal is used,
$50 a ton; iron steel T rails. SIS ton; round
iron in coils rods. and rolled iron enumerated,
l cent pound: sheet iron, thin, cent pound;
black taggers iron, 30 per cent; hoop iron 1
cent pound; east iron pipe CLIO of l cent .
pound; nails. l cent a pound; tacks,
81 per cent; anvils. anchors. ETC.. IL
cents pound rivets, etc, IL
cents pound; sledges, axles ETC., "A cents a
pound: chains. cents a pound; saws, 20 per
cent; files IS per cent. ingots and blooms 40
OF q cent pound: wire and manufactures there
of unchanged provided that the duty exceeds
ri 1fYorc I nj a
pound: copper, manufactured. 2 cents q pound;
lead IA cents a pound: Sheets 21z cents
pound Nickel in ore. 10 cents pound; zinc,
spelter, cents pound; hollow ware, 30 cents
a pound; machine needless - per cent.
The entire wood schedule is subjected to
thirty per cent. duty. All grades of sugar are
reduced by an amount varying from one-ffth
TO one-fourth OF the present duties Cotton
yarn reduced to thirty-five and forty per cent,
bleached linens to twenty five per cent: other
yarns twenty five per cent; cotton cloth, forty
per cent.
The manufactures Of wool are reduced as fol-
lows: Wooden and worsted cloths to 40 per
cent; hannels. blankets and kni. goods 40 per
cent; dress goods partly OF wool, 40 per cent;
ready made clothing. A. per cent; cioaks, A
per cent; weddings, so per cent; carpets, so
per cent.
Paper and it's manufacture generally reduced.
Carriages, 30 per cent. Watches p per cent.
In addition to the free list, the following are
some OF the most important changes proposed
in the bill: China, ornamented. 40 per cent. ad
valorem, now 20 per cent. china, unornament-
ed, and earthenware 40 per cent. ad valoren,
now about So per cent; caustlc tiles 30 per
cent. ad valorem, now b per cent; green and
Colored glass bottles, three-fourths of one cent
a pound, now one cent. There is also
provision for adding the value OF bottles when
filed to the value of the dutiable goods. Flint
and lime glass bottles and pressed glassware 30
per cent ad Falorem, now 10 per cent; cylinder
and crown glass, polished, and between a by 30
and "A by 81 inches square, II cents square
foot Above that measurements cents square
foot; now % and 10 cents r spectively.
Unpublished cylinder crown and common win
dow glass not exceeding ~ by Is inches, l cent
a pound. Above that and not exceeding 10 by
"a, IA cents; above that and not exceeding "a by
81. Ia cents; ali above IA cents, now Ia and
IL, ga and 2K.
The administrative provisions constitute the
most voluminous part OF the bill and embrace
the provisions compiled by MI Hewitt in the
Forty ninth Congress and Incorporated in the
Morrison bill Mr.. Hewitts provisions abolish
ing the once of merchant appraiser and provid-
ing new methods OF appraisement are omitted. !