Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-07-21
THE CAPITAL.
REPUBLICANS TO OFFER A SUR
STiTUTE TARIFF BILL.
Fuller's Nomination Confirmed-The
President Scored-Prayers
of the Wool Men.
IsrBc1AL DISPATCHES TO THE REooRD-UNIoN.I
NEARING THE END.
History of the Mills Tariff Bnl-A Final
Vote To-day.

NEARING THE END.
| History of the Mills Tariff BiIl-A Final
| Vote To-day.
Copyright. lsSs. By the California Associated FyessI
| WASHINGTON, July 20th.- Tomorrow
! the House will take a vote on the Mills bill,
which was passed in Committee of the
| Whole yesterday. There has been no
doubt of its passage by msjority possibly
not less than five nor more than fifteen.
! Randall will not be able to be present, and
| his absence may influence the votes of a
| few timid Democrats who are opposed to
the bill, but who lack the nerve to vote
| according 10 their convictions
| The Mills bill has been under discussion
| for the past four months. The circum-
| stances under which it was prepared are
| familiar 10 all. Hearings were refused all
persons, and the minority of the committee
was excluded from participation in the
| formation of the bill. The bill has been
changed from It's original form in many
| particulars. To have passed il in the shape
In which it was reported from the commit
tee would have been an impossibility Ger
tain Democratic members served notice on
Mills that they would oppose the bill if he
| dld not make concessions demanded by
their constituents. A caucus was held,
| and such amendments were accepted as
were necessary to secure majority vote.
Later III the session other changes were
made in the bill, mainly by cutting out
| certain items that were originally in the
| free list. There are l01 items in this free
| list. Since the bill was reported there have
been struck from the free list flax (hackleC).
known as dressed, lint glue, gelatine, fish
! glue or isinglass, licorice-iuice bone-black,
! ivory, drop black ana bone char tall pre-
| parations known as essential or expressed
| oils and com binations thereof) China clay or
kaolIn, pulp tor paper makers, hatters' furs,
| linseed or fiaxseed oil, marble in blocks
| trough or squared), plaster of paris when
ground or calcined, and paintings and
! stationery.
There have been added to the free list
| bags of jute for rain, nitrate OF soda. alzar-
inc, natural or artificial olive oil, salad oil,
| cotton seed Oil, whale oil, seal oil and
neatsfoot oil, glass plates or discs wrought
for use IN the manufacture of optical instru-
ments and spectacles, and eyeglasses and
German looking-glass plates.
THE FREE LIST REVIEWED.
The total reduction of the surplus con-
! templated in the free list originally was es-
| timated at SIG, ,799, $50 70. Wool, which is
| placed on the list, yielded in the fiscal wear
! 1887 over 81 200,0 600. The duty collected
on sawed boards. planks and cleats alone
amounted to 1856 692 SO. Salt, also on the
| free list, yielded a duty of $676S65 80
| fax mot hackledl, $96, ,9l6; hemp, manila
! and other like substitutes for hemp, $685.
977 So; jute butts, S344, ,S26 81 sisal grass,
| $499, 80 "a tin plates and taggers' tin,
So, ,706, ,433 80; borax and boraccic acid.
/ S13,675; crude opium, not adulterated, for
medical purposes, $468, 1853; Zante cur
rants. $29l, 1868 SO dates, $97, ,7S4 SO ; feath-
ers, S257, ,635 hatters' furs mot skim, S274,-
| 602, and paintings, $545, 1874.
Wool, which is placed on the free list,
gives an estimated reduction of the surplus
| of S5,390,054. This of course. does not
| affect the woolen goods schedule, which is
| reduced to considerable extent.
IN THE DUTIABLE LIST
| OF the bill an examination of the chemical
| schedule shows that, while all items have
| not been scaled-as was the case with the
Morrison bill in the last Congress-the re-
ductions that have been made are on a
| horizontal basis. The duty on fax and
| linseed oil is increased from 10 cents per
gallon (in the original bilD to Is cents.
| The present duty is 25 cents. Liquorice-
paste, or rolls, is increased from to cents
per pound. 1t is now u cents per pound,
and the duty on iquorice-juice is fixed at
| 35 per cent ad valorem. Proprietary medi-
| cines are reduced from so to 80 per cent.
ad valorem.
| In the earthenware schedule, the duty on
| china, porcelain, parian and bisque, earthen,
! stone or crockery ware, composed of earthly
or mineral substan ces. including plaques,
| ornaments, chairs, vases and statuettes.
palettes (printed, ornamented, gilded, or
| otherwise decorated). is increased from 45
| to so per cent. ad valorem, the present rate
| being 60 per cent. ad yolorem Chinaware
not decorated, that is now 55 per cen5., is
now reduced to 40 per cent. The rate on
| window-glass, raised as announced in Wed
nesday's special dispatches to the RECORD
! UNION, is increased fractionally, but re-
mains the present duty. The item OF cast
and polished plate-glass is struck from the
| bill and left where it is now, ss is also flint
and lime, glass bottles and vials and other
plain, nodded or pressed glassware not
| specially provided for.
Pig iron is reduced from So p per ton to
| Sc; iron railway bars from S15 6S to Sl1;
| steel railway bars from S17 to Sill The
| duty on iron IT. rails is reduced from
S17 90 to S15; steel IT" rails from $50 Is to
| S14. The Democrats inserted in the bill q
clause fixing the duty on iron or steel (fiat,
with longitudinal ribs for the manufactur-
| ing of fencing) four-tenths of one cent per
| pound. Cotton tiles are placed on the free
list. Chains OF all kinds, made of iron or
Steeli Vi less lndu Z Oh all 1DCn III
| diameter, are reduced from Il cents
to II cents per pound less than I of an
| inch and not less than of an inch, from
2! cents to cents. Saws are reduced from
40 to 80 per cent. The duty on galvanized
wire remains at the same figure as in the
existing law. The duty on lead ore is re-
| duced from II cents to I of cent per
pound, in pigs, and in bars from to II
! cents. The duty on nickel is reduced from
10 to 10 cents per pound. Penknives and
razors are left as they are now The duty
on printing type is fixed at ID per cent ad
| valorem.
| The wooden schedule rate is cut down
all through. The sugar schedule was ar
ranged to bold the votes of Louisiana Con-
gIessmen, and at the same time satisfy su-
! gar trusts The only new amendment TO
the schedule agreed 10 in the House fixed
| the duty on molasses, of not to exceed 56
degrees by polariscope, at q cents per gal
| lon, instead of cents. as was originally
| fixed in the bill. Rce-hour and meal is
| fixed at Is per cent. ad valorem. Raisins
are reduced from cents per pound to II
| cents. Sumatra tobacco is left at the exist
| ing rates. Hacked fax is fixed at $40 per
ton. The rate on bags and bagging in
! cluding cotton bagging composed wholly
or in part of flax, hemp, jute, gunny cloth,
nnybags or other material, is changed
| from Is cents, as originally in the bill, to
three-eighths of a cent per pound.