Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-10-12

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sidered Monday.
WAsHGNGTON, Oct. 3-The Senate
finance committees substitute for the
Mills tariff bill embodies an entire re-
vision of the tariff schedules and the al
ministrative fed lures of the present law
proposing the re-enactment of all such
features as in the opinion of the majority
of the committee ought not to be changed
The following synopsis contains all the
changes as compared with the present
law, the rates by the present law being
given in parentheses with each item, ex-
cept when the article is not enumerated
III existing law:
Additions to the Free List.
The following are the additions to the
free list Acorns; baryta, sulphate of, or
barytes manufactured bees-wax
books and pamphlets printed exclusively
in languages other than English: barids,
plats, fats, laces, ETC., for ornameutinE
hats; bristles bulbs and dubious roots
not edible chicory root, unground; coal
slack coal tar crude; curling stone
handles currants, Zante: dandelou
roots, unground eggs and yolks; feath-
ers and downs of all kinds, unmanufac-
tured jute, jute butts, manila ramie,
slssal grass SUM all other textile grasse
| or dbrouS substances manufactured or
| undlessed floor mating, known as Chi
| nese mating; grease and oils such as are
used in soap-making or WITHDRAWING,
| etc; human HAIR: mineral waters, not
specially enumerated molasses, testing
not above 81 degrees ; olive oil for me-
chauical purposes nut oil or oil of nuts
opium potash, crude carbonate potash,
caustic or hydrate potash, nitrate of, or
| saltpetre; potash, sulphate of; potash,
| chlorate OF; rags, all not enumerated
hemp seed rape seed; sponges sand
| tar and pitch OF wood turpentine.
The Wool Schedule.
The classification of woods is that of tho
present law. Woods of the first and sec
ond class and all hairs of the alpaca, goat
and other like animals, II cents per pound
| 90 to 80 cents woods of the third class,
exceeding in value IL cents per pound, 6
cents per pound %; top slubbng and all
other wastes composed wholly or in part
of wool or wOrsted, 30 cents per pound.
All woods and hair of the alpaca goat or
other animals which have been advanced
by any process of manufacture beyond the
washed or secured condition not otherwise
enumerated or provided for in this act
shall be subject to the same duties as man
ufactures OF wool not sp cially enumerat-
ed or provided for Wooden cloths, shawlS
and all manufactured wool not enumerat-
ed valued at exceeding 40 cents per pound,
- cents per pound and in addition thereto
30 per cent ad valorem (35 cents and 81 and
40 per cent above 40 cents and not eX-
ceeding 60 cents per pound, 30 cents per
pound and 40 per cent ad valorem (35 and
40 cents and 30 and 40 per cent above GO
cents per pound, 40 cents per pound aud 40
per cent ad valorem; tiaunels, blankets,
hats ETC., valued at above 6O cents per
pound, 40 cents per pound, and 40 PEI
cent ad valorem ga cents and 35 per cent
and IS cents and 40 per cent?
The Duty on Sugar.
All sugars not above 10 Dutch standard
in color, tank bottoms, syrups of cane
or of beet juice melada, concentrated
melada, concrete and concentrated
molasses testing by polariscOpe not above
% degrees cloths c. per pound now As
lOOthS) and for every additional degree
shown by polariscope 2-lO0ths c. additional
now 4-lOOths C. J; ali sugars above No. l.
and not above No. IL, 3-4 c. NOV . 10
l00ths c. all sugar above No. IL and not
above No. 90, &C. (now3c.); all sugar
above No. 20, , c. (Dow l-2 C. glucose
on grape sugar "a c. go per cent. ad-
vance,
The Figures for Metals.
Round and square iron not less than
threefourths inch, nihe-tenths cent per
pound now l cent; flats less than one
+ inch wide or less than three.eighths inch
thick round iron less than three-fourths
inch and not less than seven siXteeuths
inch in diameter, and square iron less than
e hree-fourths inch square, l cent nov
\ l l'lOth cents round iron N co.'s
! and rods less than SeVen-SiXteenthS OF an
! inch in diameter and bars OF shapes OF
. rolled iron not specially enumerated Toe,
= now > l0c; cast iron pipe, 10 (noW lc I;
: cast iron vessels, plate handirons, sad
irons, etc, not specially enumerated,
- No TfraErG of
+ malleable iron unenumerated, "a now
!. ~ iron of steel anchors, wrought iron tOI
ships, forgngs OF iron weighing % pounds
or more, $40 NOW p; aXles, , now
Il , l y blacksInlths hammers, ! now
- > l-2l beams, girders and building forms,
a | ITO now l-4) boiler aud other plate
u iron or steel except saw plates not thin
- | per No, 10 Wlre gudge, valued AZ 70 per
> pound or less, lc per pound above &c
and not above 3, | = 10 above and not
J above I, ! 10 above and not above z,
n 20 above and not above 10, = 10 above
II 10 and not above 10, 3 / , above IL, 10 per
! cent al valorem now all q, provided
that all plate iron or steel thinner than
Il No 10 wire gauze shall pay duty rs iron
y or steel plates; nails, cut, cent per pound
d (uow -; wire nails longer than . inches
/ aud above No. II, ? cents per pound now
: g between and 2lncnes, : IL, now ran
way bars OF iron and steel, and made in
part of iTUn aud steel L rails and pnsched
iron or steel 1at rails, 10 cents per
pound now ranging from ST. per ton to
SI-l0 cents per pound
h THE KEDUcfloN EFFECTED.
According TO the estimates made by the
:. committee the Senate tariff bill provides
II for total reduction of about 81, 0O0, 600,
l., made up approximately as follow Sugar,
81, $50 600 free list, ~ 500 600; tobacco
Qnternal revenue, "a, $4,000 alcohol 70
L the arts, 3 .O0O, 0OO other reductions q
e customs, SS,UOJ, 600
o THE CORN CEOP.