The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-03-10

regulus OF, and black or coarse copper
| and copper cement old copper fit only for
| manufacture ;nickel-in ore malt or other
crude form not ready for consumption
OF the arts; antlmony, as regulus or
| metal; quicksilver, chromate of iron or
chronic ore; mineral substances in a
| crude state and metals unwrought not
| specially enumerated or provided for;
| brick.
Vegetables in their natural state, or
| in salt or brine; chicory root, ground
| or unground, burnt or prepared and all
other articles used or intended to be
| used as coffee or substances therefor,
not specially enumerated or provided
| for; cocoa, prepared or manufactured
| dates, plums and prunes cur
| rants, zante or other; figs; meats,
game and poultry beans, peas and
split peas; pulp, for papetmaker's use.
| Bibles, books and pamphlets, printed
in other languages than Englis h /; and
| books and pamphlets and all publca-
tlons of foreign governments and pub
| lications of foreign societies, historical
| or scientific, printed for gratuitous dis
| tribution.
Bristles, bulbs and bulbous roots, not
| medicinal; feathers of all kinds, crude
| or not dressed, colored or manufact-
| ured, finishing powder, grease, grind
| stones, finished or unfnished; curled
hair, for beds or mattresses; human
| hair, raw, unceaned and not drawn
| hatters' fur, not on the skin; hemp and
| rapeseed, and other oil seeds of like
character; lime; gardenseeds, hnseed
or tlaxseed.
Marble of all kinds, III block, rough
or squared; osier or willow prepared for
basket-makers' use; broomcorn, brush
| wood; plaster of Paris, when ground or
calclned; rags, of whatever material
composed; rattans and reeds, manufact-
| ured but not made up into finished arti-
| cles; paintings in oil or water colors and
statuary not otherwise provided for.
| The term .'statuary" shall be under
stood toinclude professional productions
| of statuary or of a sculptor only.
Stones, manufactured or undressed
| freestone, granite, sandstone, and all
building or monumental stone; all
strings of gut or any other like mate rial
| tallow; waste and all not specially
| enumerated or provided for.
In addition to the free list, the follow
| ing are some of the most important
| changes proposed by the bill:
China ornamented, 10 per cent. ad
| valorem (now 60 per cent?; china, un-
| ornamented and earthenware, 40 per
cent. ad valorem (now about So per
| cent?; and caustic tiles 80 per cent. ad
valorem (now 80 per cent; green
| and colored glass bottles, : cent
per pound (now | cent?. There is also
| provision for adding the value of bot
| ties when filled to the value of the du-
| table goods. Flint and lime glass bot
| ties and pressed glassware, 80 per cent.
ad valorem (now 40 per cent?; cylinder
| and crown glass, polished, and betwe en-
24x6O and 24x60 inches square, Is cents
| per square foot. Above that measurement
% cents per square foot (now20 and &c
| cents, respectively Unpoiished cylin-
| der crown and common window glass,
| not exceeding l0x15 inches, l cent per
pound. Above that, and not exceeding
l6x24, II cents; above that, and not ex-
| ceeding 24x3l, II cents; all above, Il
| cents (now Is, L, q and 25).
| All leaf tobacco, unmanufactured, is
| fixed at 30 cents per pound and the
present distinction between Sumatra
and ordinary wrapping tobacco is abol-
ished.
Metals are to pay duty as follows: Pig
iron, S6 per ton; iron railway bars, 81,
| steel, S11; bar iron, rolled or hammered
| wide and ( inch thich. In larger meas s
| Iron slabs, blooms, loops, 50 per cent.
ad valorem; iron bars, blooms, billets,
| in the manufacture of which charcoal is
| used, $50 per ton; iron or steel L rails,
| Sl5 ton; round iron in coils or rods
and rolled iron unenumerated, l cent
| per pound; sheet iron, thin, ! cent per
pound; black taggers iron, 80 per cent;
hoop iron, l cent per pound
| cast iron pine, 6-10 cent per pound
nails, cent per pound; tacks, So per
| cent. anvils, anchors, etc, II cents per
| pound; rivets, etc. Il cents per pound
| sledges, axles, etc, II cents; chains, 9
| cents per pound; saws, 80 per cent.
| files 50 per cent; ingots and blooms,
| 40 cent per pound; wire and manu-
| factures thereof are left unchanged
| provided that the duty exceeds 80 per
| cent; old copper clippings, l cent per
pound; copper unmanufactured, 2 cents
per pound; lead, Il cents per pound; in
sheets, q cents per pound; nickel, in
| ore, 10 cents per pound; zinc spelter,
cents poI pound; hOllowware, p cents
per pound; machine needles, 20 per
cent.
The entire wood schedule is subjected
| to 80 per cent. duty. All grades of sugar
are reduced by an amount varying from
| one-tifth to one-fourth of the present
duties. Cotton yarn is reduced to 35 and
| 40 per cent; bleached linens to % per
| cent; other yarns 25 per cent. Cotton
| cloth 40 per cent.
The manufactures of wool are re-
| duced as follows: Wooden and worste d
| cloths, to 40 per cent; tlannels, blank
cts and knit goods, 40 per cent; dress
goods, partly of wool, 40 per cent.
| ready.made clothing, 40 per cent.
all iyO : oh
| cent. carpets, 30 per cent; paper and
| its manufactures are generally reduced !;
| carriages, 30 per cent; watches, % per
| cent.
The administrative provisions con-
| stitute the most voluminous part of the
bill and embrace the provisions com
piled by Mr.. Hewitt in the Forty-ninth
Congress and incorporated in the Morri-
son bill. Mr.. Hewtt's provisions
abollshing the Office of merchant APP
| praiser and providing new methods OF
| appralsement are omitted. The entire
| system of damage allowance on in port
| ed goods injured during the Transports
| ton is abolished. The period for which
| imported merchandise can be kept in
| bonded warehouses; is extended from
| one to three years. The duties on boxes,
| cartons and other inside coverings OF
| merchandise which pass into the hands
| OF consumers nre revived.
Duties on packing charges are revIv-
ed. What is known as the "similitude'
class OF the tariff is re-enacted with such
| wording as to make clear when un-
enumerated articles can be classified as
| asslmllatlng to enumerated articles. I'm
| porters' declarations are substituted for
| importers oaths in all custom matters
and importers are authorized to make