St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-07-24

20 per cent duty on lumber is abolished,
with per cent reduction on all manu-
features of wood, including blinds,
doors, sash, cars, wagons, boats, car
rlageS, pumps, slaves, wooden ware
and wooden turnings. A 5 per cent re-
duction on brasswork, with free copper
ore; carpets, with free wool, 5per cent;
confectionery, 10 per cent, with 20 per
cent reduction on sugar; WOODEN gal
looms, gimpS- and tasselS Is per cent,
with free wool; WOODEN hosiery % per
cent, with free wool: brooms and
brushes 10 per cent, with free raw ma
terial; cotton goods 5 per cent, with dye
stuffS free; WOODEN goods in general 81
per cent reduction, with the entire wool
duty of 35 per cent struck off.
The cases where the most consider
able reduction have been made are OH
articles of general and daily cOnsump-
ton, and on which very high duties are
imposed by the present law. Salt is
made free. as God intended it to be.
Lath and shingles come on the free
list. Starch is cut down from 50 per
cent to Al, just half. Cotton thread is
reduced from so per cent to 35; linen
thread from 40 to %; cables and cord
ages, now at so per cent, are cut down
to Is; common tools in universal use,
such as hammers, saws and anvils, have
an average reduction of % per cent
from existing duties. Lead ores are re-
duced One-half, and the manufactures
of lead are reduced from the
present rate, 6S per cent, to A
per cent. No one has the hardihood
to question the reduction made on steel
rails, while the average reduction made
on steel and iron manufactures is only
8 per cent; dressed marble gets cut of
IL per cent. while rough or block mar
ble is reduced from SO to 80 per cent.
Linseed and flax seed Oil are reduced
from So to % per cent; horseshoe nails
from 76 to 4S per cent; the average re-
duction on pottery is from So per cent,
the present rate, to 40 per cent, but the
greater part of this is on the higher
grades and china. Curled hair for
mattresses is made free, and reduc-
ton has been made on glass.
The above is all explanation in detail,
as near as we can give it, of the changes
proposed by the MILLS bill. A careful
examination of the present tariff dis
closes the fact that it is ingeniouSly
contrived SO as to lay the highest duties
on those articles which are of uni
versal use, and the lowest duties
on articles which only the weather.
classes use. The MILLS bill proposes, so
far as can be done without 1njuring
any legitimate industry, to reverse this
arrangement, and to protect the con-
sumer, as we'll as to protect the manu-
facturer.
If any one tells you that the MILLS
bill is either free trade measure or is
hurtful to labor, he is either ignorant of
the facts or guilty of willful misrepre-
sentatiOn.
The real interests of workingmen are
more carefully guarded in the MILLS
bill than they are in existing tariff laws.
Four out of five of Minnesota's repre-
sentatives voted for the MILLS bill on
its passage by the lower house of con-
gress, and they are applauded for it,by
the great body of their constituents.
If the two Minnesota senators fail to
vote for it when the measure comes be-
fore the senate, they will be held to a
strict accountability by people who
are grooming under the gross inequali-
ties of the tariff laws now in force.