Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1888-07-26
THE TARIFF BILL.
The Most important Changes Made before
the Bill Finally Passed the House.

Tho Most important thahkea mfho boa"h"
the Bnl Finally Passed the House.
WASHINGTON, July 23.-The principal
changes IN the Tariff bill since Il was re.
ported TO She House FROM the Ways and
Mems Committee, as shdwfi IN the meas
ure as II passed the House Saturday, are'
Items taken from the FREQ list-FlaN,
hackled, known as dressed line; glue, gela-
tine and all similar preparations; fish glue
or isinglass, licorice juice, cone black,
ivory, dross Slack and bone char; all
preparations known as essential oils, ex-
pressed oih, distilled oils, rendered oils,
dikaiies, aikalaids and all combinations OF
these articles; pldiils and prunes, pulp for
paper makers use, hattors' fiirs, not ON
the skin, lime, linseed or fax seed. iharble
Of all kinds, In block, rough or square;
plaster Of paris, when ground or calcined,
paintings in oil or water colors, and statu-
ary, not otherwise provided for.
There were added TO the free list bags OF
jute for grain, nitrate Of silver, allsarine,
natural Or ARTIFICIAL; olive oil, salad oil,
cottonseed oil whale OIL seal oil ard neats-
foot oil, glass plates unwrCugh., for uss II
tho manufacture of optical instruments;
spectrcles and Eyeglasses, German look
ing-glass plates tnede Of blown glass and
silvered.
In the free list chops for baliGg or
other purposes" were added to "iron aud
steel cotton ties"
To tho dutiable list were added the fol-
lowing articles; Licorice juice, 81 per
cent. nd valorem; iron or steel fiat, with
longitudinal ribs, for the manufacture OF
fencing i-l0 OF cent a pound; new type
for printing, 10 per cent. ad valorem. flee
hour and rice meal, 1j per cent. ad valori
SiOper ton; hemp and jute, cajute carpet
ing, 6 cents per square yard. Floor mat
ting and floor mats, exclusively Of vege-
table substances, 30 per cent. nd valorem.
Allother carpets and carpetings, druggets,
bookings, mats, rugs, screens, covers,
hassocks, bed sides Of WOOL flax, cotton or
parts Of either, or other material, 40 per
cent. ad valorem. Kaoline, crude, II per
ton; China clay wrought Kaolines, - per
ton. Marble Of oil kind In block, rough or
squared, 30 cents per cubic feet.
The following changes were made In the
dutldble list China porcelain from 40 TO 30
per cent. ad vnlorem; glaze or enameled
tiles reduced from 10 10 % per cent. ad
valorem; unpublished cylinder, crown and
common window glass not exceeding l0xl5
inches square, IL cents per pound; above
that and not exceeding l6x2i inches
square, ~ cents per pound instead u ~
cents per pound. Above that aud not ex-
ceeding 2ix30 inches square, increased
from Z cents rer pound. All above that
2S cents per pound, instead Of ~, with
provision added that unpolished cylinder
crown and common window glass, inn
ported In boxes and containing fifteen
square feet, ds nearly as sizes will permit,
commercially designated as fifty feet OF
glass, single thick, and weighing not ex-
ceeding ffty-hve pounds Of glass per box,
shall be computed as fifty pounds Of glass
only, and that said kinds Of glass imported
in boxes containing as nearly as sizes will
permit fifty feet Of glass, now known as
fifty feet Of glass, double thick, and
not exceeding ninety pounds in weight,
shall be computed as ninety pounds
Of glass only, but In all other
cases the duty shall be computed accord
ing TO the actual weight OF glass. Molas-
ses testing not above 10 degrees by the
polariscope, decreased from 4 cents to ~
cents per gallon. Hard lumber increased
from 10 cents to 20 cents per square foot;
when manufactured from tempered steel
wire, the duty shall be 40 cents instead OF
q cents per square foot, as originally pro-
posed. Pipes and smokers articles, on
which duty of 25 per cent. ad valorem
was proposed, were stricken from She bill.
The changes in the internal rovenuc fea.
lures Of the bill were unimportant.