The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1888-07-28
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Coopers,
Cooper-workers,
Corsetmakers,
Outlery-makers,
Dstllers and rectlllers,
Fishermen,
Flax-dressers,
Fur-workes,
Gloves, cotton and wooden, cotton gibson,
gimp and tassle-makers,
Gold and sllver-workers and jewelers.,
Gunsmlths and locksmiths,
Harness and saddle-makers,
Hat and capmakers,
Hosiery and knitting mill operators,
Lace makers,
Leather case and pocket-book makers,
Leather curriers', dressers, finishers and tan
ners,
Miners,
Mirrors and picture-frame makers,
Organ makers,
Paper mill operators,
Pianoforte-makers and tuners.
Preserved meats,
Rubber goods makers.
Scale and rule-makers,
screw-makers,
Shirt cuffs and collar-makers.
Shocks.
silk mill operators,
Straw-workers,
Tiles, common and flrebricK-makers,
Trunk, valise and carpetbag-makers,
Tobacco factory operators,
Umbrella and parasol-makers,
Stove, furnace and grate-makers,
Various farm products, hay hoops, barley,
cattle, sheep and hogs, etc !
haye, under the Mills bill, the same duty
upon them as under the tariff law of 1888.
The principal reductions are as follows
Brasswork, with free copper ore, is re-
duced FIVE per cent. ;carpets, with free wool
five per cent. confectionery, with twenty
per cent. reduction on sugar, is reduced ten
per cent. woolen galloons, gimps and tas-
sells, with free wool, sixteen per cent.
wooden hosiery and knitting, with free
wook twenty-three per cent; cotton UNI
berellas and parasols, with frames duty
free, ten per cent. cotton goods important
dyestuffs free,) FIVE per cent; leather
gloves, ten per cent. brooms and brushes,
with free raw materials, ten per cent.
IRON, STEEL AND LEAD.
The average reduction on steel and iron
manufactures is slight. Under the present
law they are subject to a duty of fifty-twC
per cent. The Mills bill lowers this tC
forty-three per cent. Cutlery is untouched
Lead ores, raw material, are cut down
fifty per cent, the duty on the manufac
tured metal being reduced from sixty-eight
per cent. to forty-four per cent. Horse
shoe nails,present duty seventy-six per cent
reduced to forty-eight. Common tools, il
universal use; hammars, now sixteen pei
cent, to ten; saws, now forty, to thirty
anvils, now thirty-four, to twenty-five
Dressed stone remains at twenty per cent
Dressed marble is reduced from tiftY-twC
per cent, the present rate, to forty pc
cent, rough or block marble from fifty
three to thirty-two.
CoTToNs, OILS AND POTTERY.
Cotton cloths, which now bear an averag
duty of forty-six per cent, are reducedIt,
forty per cent, but the cotton men hay
free dyestuffs and chemicals. Cotton threa(
per cent, is reduced to thirty-fve and forty
Linen thread. now forty, is cut down Il
twenty-five. Gables a d cerdage, nov
thirty, are reduced to fifteen. Salt is mad
free; shingles and laths also. Starch, whicl
in the present tariff bears the monstrou
duty of eighty-two per cent, is cut down +
forty-one per cent. Flaxseed and linsee'
oil, present duty fifty-fve per cent, and re
duced to twenty-five per cent, at which
hundred thousand house painters and Sc
veral million house owners and oecupier
will rejoice. On pottery, despite the how
that has come from the employers, the bi
makes an average reduction from fiftY-eigh
to forty per cent, the greater part of thi
being on the higher grades and china. o
many minor articles, necessaries, the dutie
are reduced also, but generally with tn
same careful hand and always with vie
to tightening the burdens now resting upo
those who are least able to bear them.