The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1888-03-16

MM T~BW S&lK'" number OF these ar
W3N .~MTW ticles thus laced ON
CHAIRMAN MILLS. The free lis are OF
minor importance, and the chan re can in no
wise affect our industries; and where a coun-
u charges an import duty upon any OF The
articles named the present duty will remain.
The principal item is lumber, and a., to some OF
the articles placed on the free list the result
will be to break up a few OF the numerous
trusts now forming i'm the country. Copper
is an instance. The total amount OF reduc-
ton that will arise from the extension OF the
free list will be something like So. OOJ, OOO.
Tn reduction on wool and WOODEN goods will
amount to about $l2. OK. O0O. Where a spe-
cifc duty was charged before We have
changed il on a numher of manufactured ar
ticles to an al valorem standard.
ION sugar q reduction Is made Of SILL
O0O, OOO. One result of this will be to break up
the Infamous sugar trusts that have formet
for the purpose of increasing the price OF
that article. The reductions on iron and
steel rails, ETC., are SIN III, aud I think the
importation of such articles will not bs ma
terially increased Iron i'm pig is put at 50
per ton. The reduction made is only u
cents. On imported tobacco, in leaf, manu-.
featured and not stemmed. we have fixed
the duty at IS cents per pound. Sumatra is
included. When the duty on Sumatra was
81 per pound, a good deal OF 1t was SNUG
gied and the revenue was thereby lost to the
government.
ION some of the articles on which we have
reduced the duty the revenue will he in
creased, while ON Others il will be reduced
Fish we have not touched. That question
has always caused trouble between this coun-
try and Canada. and involves disputes that
we don't care TO encourage We have pur-
posely left the internal revenue question out
side, and will bring in a separate measure
for that We intend to have a bill on that
cnhTaOt vf In pnanla1 In thu hnuaa IN
the general bill, but that I am unable to say
just now. The customs duties will be reduced
about $55. 600, OOO, and In such q wav that the
manufac' urin industries of the country will
have no cause for needless alar ~"
The bill reduces the revenue, by the closest
estimate which can now b. male by about
$751; N. 900. of which So. 250. 0OU comes from
extension OF the free list, | s,0N,0JI from
woolens, Sill, 900. 900 from sugar, $1,000
from earthen and glassware. nearly $2.OOO,-
600 from metals, $500. 600 from chem Gals,
$500, 600 from provisions, $4,000 from cot
tons, nearly S.. OOO, 00) from hemp. jute, etc,
and about $40. 0O0, 00J from sundries.
The following additional expressions were
gathered from members OF the ways and
means committee:
Mills-We believe we have compiled n bill
which nobody dare defeat 1t is a bill which
would benefit all the people.
Breckenridge of Arkansas--It is a bill
which will certainly pass.
Mac MiLlan-The bill is subject to no rea-
sonable objection. IL does not injure a sim
gle industry.
Reed-God Is still good 10 the Republican
party.
McKinley-The bill is in line with tho
presidents message. and worse. 1t must be
defeated.
Randall will not discuss the bill with the
newspaper men. but some OF his congressiOn-
al friends to whom he has uubosomsd him
self quote hin az saving that the bill is not
o revision OF the tariff at all, but an attack
on it with a tomahawk.
A cureful examination Of the bill shows
that the free list has been eularged~by the
addition OF the following articles. the most
important being given:
Timber Hewn,. sawed, squared, or sided;
not specially enumerated or provided for; sawed
sawed lumber hubs fSr Ehosis pests: lasts
y sticks. rough-hewn or sawed only: slaves, pick
cts, palings. lath. shingles, clap-boards pine or
9pruce logs. None Of the above are free where
the country exporting them charges an export
duty on them. and a similar except on is made
IN articles where an import duty 10 charged on
snch articles exported from the United States.l
Salt In bags sacks, barrels or other packages.
Fax. straw fiax not hacked or dreased; fax,
hacked Qnown az dressed linen tow OF fax or
9r hemp; jute butts, jute; vegetable ibers: bur
kps not exceeding SIXTY niche In width. OF max.
J1te or hemp. or Of which dax, juto or hemp. or
4 chief value. Raging for cotton or other
naDufactures not specially enumerated or pro-
Wood for In this act, composed In whole or part
q hemp, jute, jute butts, fax, gunny bags g,inny
doth, or OF other ina, erial; provided that as to
hemp and flax. tute, jute. butts, sunni and sisA-
grass, and manufactures thereof, except buriaps
not exceeding sixty inches In width and bagging
fac cotton, this act shall take effect July I, 1854
TIN and terns plates and taggcrs tin: becswax,
gedatine and all similar preparations; glyce1ne,
phosphorus. soap stocks, ft only for uso as such;
soap, hard and soft, all OF which are not other.
wise specially enumerated, or provided for; ex.
cToton oil, hempseed and rapes,cd oil, 1axssei
oil. cotton-eeed Cd, petroleum, Alumni whiting
s2d paris white blue yitrol, copperas pootssA,
ehlorate OF potash and saltpetro crude, sulphats
or potash, wood tar, crude coal tar. aualine oil
as naphtha; benzine. benziole, dead oil and pitch,
an preparations OF coal-tar- mot colors or dyes
and not acids OF colors-and dyes; logvood and
other dye-woods, extract and decoctions Of: spir.
its of turpentine. ocher and ochery earths lumber
and lumber earths, sienna and sienna earthS when
dry; all preparations known as essential oils, en-.
pressed oils, distilled oils, rendered oils; alkaline.
alkaloids and all combinations theroof.
All banks, beans, berries, baLsams, buds. bulbs,
dubious roots and excresconces such as nut gala
gum resins, herbs. leaves lichens. nuts roots and
of vegetables, sesds, and seeds OF morbid
growth, weeds, woods used expressly for dyeing.
and dried insects. All non-dutiabke crude mate
rails, but which have been advanced In Value or
by refining or grinding or by other pro-
cess Of manufacture, not specially enumsratedo or
provided for. All earths or clays uuwrought
or unmanufactured. Opium, crude, containing
0 per cent. and over OF morphia for medical pur-
poses.
Iron and steel cotton ties or hoops for baling
purposes, not thinner than No. 10 wire gauge.
notwithstanding. darning, knitting and all others
not specially enumerated or provided for in this
act Copper = Imported in the form OF ores, reg
Of, and black or coarse copper. and copper
cement; old copper, fit only for manufacture.
Mineral substances in n crude state and metals
mwrought not specially enumerated or provided
For. Brick.
Vegetables. In their natural state. or In salt or
Drine: chicory root. ground or Nlnground, burnt
DR. prepared. aud all other articles used, or In
ended TO be used. AZ coffee or substance there
'ore. not specially enumerated or provided for;
Dcoa, prepared or manufactured: dates, plums
md primes: currants; Zante.or other figs; meats.
rame poultry; beans, pears and split peas.
Pulp for paper makers use, Bibes, books and
printed in other languages than
english. and books and pam hlets for ali pa lea
ions Of foreign societies historical or scien fife,
for gratuitous distribution,
Bristles, bulbs and bulbous roots not medical.
Gathers or all kinds. crude or not dressed. COLI
or manufactured: hemp and raps ed and
sl sesis OF like character, lime, Rardfn