South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1888-03-09

hSS uemp anu z, anu
sugar about eleven million dollars.
The bill move, inco nsisle ciea of
the existing trr:ff In q spill, OF fair
ness 10 al industries. breaks up trusts,
corners and other dishonest combins-
lions. and warrants 10 disturbance of
ousiL. IS anu causes no injury to es.
tabiisbed interests.
Free fish was omitted from the bill
Tor The purpose of relieving il from
The antaGonism Of diplomatic ques-
lions which WOULD have bee n involved.
THE FREE LIST.
The bill makes the following add.
tons TO the list Of articles which may
be imported free Of duty. but with The
proviso that il any export duty is laid
upon the articles mentioned, or either
of them, by any country whence i'm.
ported, all said articles from said
country shall be subject to duty as
now provid. 4 by law:
Timber and manufactured wood.
FLAX, hemp.juse. sisal grass anj 9TH
er vegetable fibres. Salt. iron, steel
and lin sheets or pIates, sosp. bark
extracts used in tanning and long
list OF oils and chemicals, dye stuffs
&c. Clay. unwrougbt or unmsnufac-
'u'ed. Opium, needles, iron, copper.
excl ard other orss In q crude form.
Vegetables, seeds, buibs, roots, &C. ;
articles TO be used as cGffee. or sub.
siitutes therefor. Meats, game. poul.
Try and eggs. Bristles. hal. furs, &C
Brick. marble. lime. grindstones and
plaster. Bibles, hooks and pamph.
let's. Paintings and stat ary. I'm
dressed building stone. Rags.
IRON AND STEEL SCHEDULE.
Metals are to pay dulles as follows
Pig iron, six dollars per ton. Iron
railway bare, eleven dollars; stee'
ditto. eleven dollars. Bar iron, roll.
ed or hammered >seven-eigh, rs Of one
cent per pound not less than one
iLch wide and three. eigb,hs OF one
inch thick; in Larger measurements
one cent per pound. Iron slabs
blooms. loops thirty five per cent. I'd
volorem. Iron bare. blooms, billcts
in the manufacture of which charcoal
is used. twenty dollars per ton. Iron
and steel tee rails. fifteen dollars g
ton. Round iron in coils or rods anc
rolled iron nnenumeratej, one cen,
per pound. Sheet iron. thin, one Ger,
per pound. Black tsggers iron. tLir,
~ per cent. Hoop iron, one cen,
per pound. Cast iron pipe, six tenth,
OF on cent per pound.
Nails one cent per pound. Tacks
thirty five per cent. Anvils, anchors
etc. one and one half cent per pound
Hammers, tubes, sledges. aylss, etc.
ditto. Chains, Two cents per pound
Saws, thirty per cent. Files. thirty
tive per cent. Steel, iDgots anc
blooms lour.;enths OF a cent pei
pound.
Wire and manufactures thereof arr
left unchanged provided that no duty
exceeds fifty per oeHt; old copper
clippings. one cent per pound cop.
per, manufactured, two cents pei
pound; lead. one and one-quarte
cent per pound; in sheets, two anC
a quarter cents per pound nickie. I
ors> len cents per pound zinc spell
Ter. two cents per pound hollos
ware, two and half c. n,s per pound
machine needles, twenty per cent.
The eu.ire wood schedule is sub
Jec,ed to thirty per cent duty.
Substantial reductions are ais,
made on earihenware ard glassware
The bill as submitted crntaiLs n,
provisions az TO internal revenue. j
being understood that the Democrat
&c members are prepared to submit 81
int rnal revenue bill at an early day
Although $55,000.00O of unnr ces
sary tariff revenue is Topped off by
the proposed bill not an industry i
disturbed. The ''pauper labor o
EUROPE is still kept long way of
Indeed the tariff is capable of muc!
greater reductions ithout the slight
est approach to free trade or even
revenue only" policy.
DUTIES ON SUGAR, COTTON AND WOOL
All grades of sugar are reduced 10y
an amount varying from one fifth Il
oue-fourth Of the present duties
Cotton yarn reduced 10 thirty.fiv,
ana Tor y per cent; BILE ched linen!
to twenty FIVE per cent. Olber yarn,
tweLty five per cent. Cotton cloti
to forty per cent.
The manufactures Of wool a-e re-
duced az follows: Wooden and wurs.
ted cloths 10 forty per cent. Fian-
nels. blankets and knit goods, forty
per cent. Dress goods, partly oil
wool, forty per cent. Ready made
clothing, forty-five per cent. Cloaks
forty five per cent. Weddings, fifty
per cent. Csrpets, thirty five pei
cent.
Paper aud its manufactures are
centrally reduced. Carriages, thirty
live per cent. Watches twent-f five
per cent.
Leading Republicans generally ex-
press themselves as surprised by the
moderate reductions proposed by tbit
OIL, which is commonly understood
TO embody in large measure the
platform upon which The approaching
presidential csmpsign will be fought.
Chairman Mills is confident that IL
will pass the House.