Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-10-11
SENATE TARIFF BILL
me Substitute For the Mills Tariff Btll n
Recommended By the Majority OF the
Senate Committee on Finance.


to the Senate to-day the House Tariff bill
with an amendment in the nature of sub
stitute. IL was placed on the calendar
and ordered to be printed. E-s said that
| the majority and minority reports, TO &C.
| company the bill, would be filed to-mor-
row or Friday, and gave notice that he
would call up the bill for consideration on
Monday next
The substitute for the Mills Tariff bill
embodies an entire revision of the tariff
| schedules and the administrative Gestures
of the present law proposing the re-enact-
ment of all such features as, in the opinion
| Of the majority of the committee, ought
not to be changed.
According to the estimates made by the
committee, the bill provides for a total re-
duction of about seventy-five million dol
, lars, made up approximately as follows:
Sugar, S27, 100 coo; free list, Sc. 500, eco; to-
bacco, internal revenue, 81 SOC, 700; alco-
hol in the arts, $1,000. 900; other reductions
| in customs, SS,0OO,O00.
! The majority and minority reports will
be submitted formally tomorrow and will
be then made public.
| The following synopsis contains all tie
| changes as compared with the present law,
the rates by the present law being given
| in parenthesis with each item except
when the article is not enumerated in ex-
| listing law).
The following are the additions to the
| free list:
Acorns, dried cured or undried. Baryta sui
phate of, or barytes unmanufacturea Bees
wax.
Books and pamphlets printed exclusively IN
| languages other than English.
Braics, plaits, fats laces, etc, for ornament
inghats.
Bristles, raw or manufactured, bulbs and
dubious roots not edible.
Chicory root, raw. dried o. undried, but IN
| ground.
stone handles.
Currants. seante or other dried: dandelior
roots, dried or undried, but unground.
Eggs and yelks; feathers and down of al
kinds, crude and manufactured.
Jute, jute butts, MANILA, rarnie, sissal grass
! sum. All other textile or fbrous substances
manufactured or undressed.
Floor mating, known Us Chinese mating
Grease or oils such as are commonly used in
soap making or mine drawing. etc.
Human hair raw, unclaimed and not drawn
Mineral waters Hot specially enumerated
Molasses tested not above Sc degrees. Olive
oil for manufacturing or mechanical purposes
| Nut oil or Oil of nuts.
Opium, crude or manufactured fer smoking
Potash, crude carbonate. Potash, cdustic oil
hydrate. Potash, nitrate of, or satpetre. Pot
ash, sulphate Of. Potash. chIorate of.
Rags all not enumerated Hemp seed. Rape
seed. Spongs. Sand. Tar and pitch OF wood
Turpentine.
Schedule k-Deals with wool and manufac
lures OF wool, the classification of woods being
that OF the present law, woods of the first anC
second class and all hair OF the alpaca goat and
other like animals, II cents a pound, 10 to 81
cents.) Woods of the third class, exceeding in
value IL cents pound, 6 cents pound) Tor
slubbing and all other wastes composed wholly
or in par; of wool or worsted, 20 cents pound
All woods and hair Of the alpaca goat or other
animals which have been advanced by any pro
cess of manufacture beyond the washed o,
secured condition, not otherwise enumerated OF
provided for in this act, shall be subject to the
same duties imposed upon manufactures OF
wool not specially enumerated or provided fol-
in this act. Wooden cloths, shawls and all
manufactures of wool not enumerated, valued
at not exceeding 40 cents a pound, (56 cents a
pound,) and in addition thereto IS per cent I'D
valorem (35 cents and 81 and 40 per cent? Above
30 cents and not exceeding 60 cents pound, s.
cents pound and 20 per cent. ad valorem (3j
and A cents and 81 end 40 per cent?. Above 60
cents pound, 40 cents a pound and 30 per cent.
ad valorem. Flannels, blankets, hats. etc.,
valued at above GO cents pound, 30 cents a
pound and 30 per cent ad valorem ca cents and
30 per cent. and b cents and 10 per cent?.
WOmen's and children's dress goods, Italian
cloths, etc, made part of wool and valued At
net exceedin 6 Is cents square yard, 6 cents q
square yard, 40 per cent. ad valorem, e cents
and 35 per cent? Containing an adnixture OF
silk, and in which silk is not the component
material OF chief value, and not otherwise pro
vided, II cents a square yard, and in addition
thereto 40 per cent ad valorem Is cents and 3
per cent and cents and 40 per cent. accord.
ing to value) Provided that all goods of the
CHI tracter enumerated or described in this para
graph weighing over four ounces a square yard,
shall pay duty of 40 cents pound and 30 pei
cent ad valorem (35 cents and 40 per cent
Women's and children'S dress goods, Italian
cloths, and composed wholly of wool, Il cents q
square yard and 40 per cent, ad valorem QC
cents ana - per cent?.
All such goods, with selvage made wholly, OF
in part of other materials. and all such goods in
which threads made wholly or in part of other
materials have been introduced for the purpose
of changing the classification for duty. IL cents
a square yard, and 40 per centum ad valorem 6
cents and ~ per cent? Provided that all such
goods weighing over four ounces square yard,
shall pay duty Of 40 cents pound and 10 per
cent. I'D valoren. Clothing ready made, not
enumerated. all goods made on knitting
frames, and all pile fabrics composed wholly OF
in part of wool made up or manufactured
wholly or in part, 30 cents per pound and As per
cent. al vaIorem go cents and IS per cent
ClOaks, dolnanS jackets, etc, except knit goods
composed wholly or in part Of wool, made up
wholly or in part,) 45 cents q pound and IS per
cent. al valorem as cents and IS per cent }
Endless belts or fe;ts for paper or print ma
chimes, 20 cents q pound and 30 per cent. ad
valorem go cents and IS per cent?
Schedule E, Sugar-An sugars not above
thirteen Dutch standard in color: Tank bottoms,
syrups of cane juice or OF beet Juice melada
concrete and concentrated molasses testing by
polariscOpe not above 20 degrees 40 cents a
pound (now 45-l00 cents and every additional
degree shown by polariscope 2-lO0 cents addi-
tiOnal now 400 cents)
All sugars above number thirteen and not
above number sixteen, Ia cents (row "a 75-1OG
cents.) All sugar above number sixteen and
not above number twenty, ia cents NOW 8
cents.) All sugars above number twenty =
cents NOW 2& cents.) Molasses testing above
So degrees cents gallon now cents.)
Sugar candy and all confectionery, including
chocolate confectionery made wholly or in part
OF sugar valued at u cents or less pound and
on sugars after being refined when tinctured,
colored or in any way adulterated, 5 cents a
pound NOW and 10 cents.) Glucose or grape
sugar z cent co per cent ad valorem,)
Floods in Switzerland.
BERNE, Oct. Slowing to heavy rains,
floods have occurred throughout Switzer-
land and a number of railways have been
damaped to such an extent as To cauSe in.