The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-02

free list. or that to reduce the sugar duties.
Against either of these he can muster from
10 to Is votes according to present appear
ances.
SOME OF THE IMPORTANT CHANGES.
In addition to the free list the following
are some important changes proposed by
the bill:
China. ornamented. 45 per cent ad va
lorem. 60 per cent; china, unornamented,
and earthen ware, 40 per cent. ad valorem,
40 per cent, il being row about 80 per
cent. and caustic tiles, 80 per cent. ad va
loren, now - per cent.
Green and colored glass bottles, &c per
pound, now lc.
VALUE OF BOTTLES.
There is also provision for adding the
value of bottles when filed. to the value on
dutiabe goods. The tariff on flint and
lime glass bottles and pressed glassware is
80 per cent. ad valorem; it now being 40
per cent Cylinder and crown glass,
polished. and between 24x30 and
24x6O inches square, 15c. per
square foot above that measurement 25c.
per square foot, it now being 20c. and 40c. q,
respectively unpublished cylinder crown and
common window glass, not exceeding l0xl5
inches lc. per pound; above that and not
exceeding l6x24 inches, he; above that
and not exceeding 24x31 inches, l16c.; all
above nc, now INC, 15sc., 28sc. and 2j@c.
Porcelain and Bohemian glass 40 per cent.
Iron in pigs kentlelge Sc per ton, it now
being 3-l0c. per 100; iron railway bars 81
per ton, the duty now being 7-l0c. per pound ;
steel and bar STEEL railway bars and slabs
and billets of steel 81 per ton, now 81 per
ton; iron or steel T rails sl4 per tom fat
rails SIS per ton, now BLOC and S-l0c. per
pound respectively; bound iron 1c. per
pound, now 2-l0c.
SHEET IRON
On sheet iron there is uniform reduction
of 1-l0c. per pou nd, except taggeTS iron.
On hoop. band or scrool iron, less than s
inches in width, there is a reduction of l-l0c.
per pound, and on grades thinner than No.
10 wire gauge cast iron pipe of every de-
scriptlon G-lOc. Der pounu. now lc.; cut
nails and spikes OF iron or steel 1c. per
pound, now l-l4c,; cut tacks 35 per cent.
I'D valorem, now about &c. per pound;
railway fish plates, S-10c. per pound, now
1kc. wrought iron steel spikes, steel spikes,
horse shoes, etc, &c per pound, now &c. :;
anvils and forgings for machinery &c.
per pound, now &c. ;rivets of iron and steel
115c. per pound, now 215c. hammers, crow
bars and track tools &c per pound, now
21fc. iron and steel axles &c. per pound,
now 21Ic.; horse shoe hole nails and wire
nails zI1c, now &c. boiler tubes l1Sc per
pound, now Sc chain iron and steel, not
less than % inches, / &c. per pound; less
than q inches, l &c per pound; less than
2&c., now 3Lc., &c. and 25Sc. respectively:
saws 80 per cent ad valorem; files IS per
cent. ad valorem, now ranging from 35c. to
81 80 per dozen; steel ingots, blooms, die
blocks, blanks bars, bands, sheets, crank
shafts and pins, stamp shapes, gun moulds,
steel castings, etc. valued at lc. per pound,
40 of one cent per pound; valued at more
than 1c and not more than &c, As per cent.
ad valorem; the present rate is 45 per cent.
on all values less than &c. per pound and
from &c TO SIC. per pound on higher
grades; iron or steel beam posts,
columns, building forms, and other
structural shapes 6-l0c per pound,
now 1Ac.; steel or partly steel railway
wheels and tiers or ingots for the same &C.
per pound, now 211c.; wood screws IS per
cent adj valorem, now from &c. to l2c per
pound.
IRON AND STEEL WIRE.
Iron and steel wire remain unchanged
with a provision that no duty shall exceed
90 per cent adj valorem Old copper clip
pings, for manufacture, lc. per pound, now
Sc; ingots and chilli bars PC, low
&c; rolled plated sheets, rods, pipes,
etc, 30 per cent. ad valorem
now 81 per cent leaders and dross &c. per
pound now &c. sheet pipe and sheet 2 &c
per pound, now Sc. per pound sheeting and
yellow metal so per cent. ad valorem, now IS
per cent. nickel ore or metal 10c. per
pound, now l5c.; zinc and speiter
in pigs or for manufacture
nc. per pound. now 11<c and 21bc. re-
spec1ively: hollow-ware, 2lfc. per pound
now Sc. needles of all kinds 20 per cent. adj
valorem. now - and 35 per cent; pen
knives razors, etc, b per cent. ad valorem
now 5Oper cent pens 81 per cent. ad valorem
now l2c. per gross; type metal Is per cent
ad valOrem, now 2Oper cent. manufactures
and wares not specially enumerated com
posed wholly or in part of copper IS per
cent. ad valorem, and of other metals ~ per
cent. ad valorem, now uniform at 45 per
cent ad valorem; cabinet or house furni-
ture of wood 30 per cent ad valorem, now
50 per cent. manufactures of hard wood 30
per cent ad vaiorem, now 80 per
cent
DUTIES ON SUGAR.
The duty on sugar, not above No. 16
Dutch standard, is as follows: Tank bot
toms, syrupS, etc, not above rs polari-
scope, l5-l00c, per pound, aud for every
additional degree 3-lOOc. per pound; above
No. l6 Dutch standard and not above No.
90, 2 20-l00c. per pound; above No. 20
Dutch standard 2 10000 per pound. The
present duties range from 40-lOOc. Der
pound below the Dutch standard TO So lO0c.
per pound for sugars above No. 20 Dutch
standard.
The lower grade Of molasses is unchanged,
but that testing above 40 degrees is reduc cd
from Sc. TO &c. per gallon. Confec .ionery
is fixed at 40 per cent. ad valorem II is
now l0c per pound.
All leaf tobacco manufactured is fixed
at 35c. Ter pound, and the present distinc-
ton between SuInatra and ordinary tobacco
is abolished.
Starch is fixed at lc. per pound, now from
&c. TO 2]3c per pound.
THE RICE TARIFF.
The duty on rice is: Cleaned &C., unclean-
ed he, now 2Ac. aud &c. respectively;
rice meal or -four which win pass through
No. 10 brass wire sieve, per cent ad
valorem. The present duty Us the same, but
the condition is not imposed. Paddy 9Ac.
per pound, now he; raisins he. per
pound, now &c. per pound; peanuts &c. per
pound, now lc. per pound; shelled lc. per
pound, now lL4c; mustard in bottles,
ground or preserved, &c. per pound, now
10c. cotton thread, yarn, warp, in value
not exceeding 40c. pel pound 30 per cent.
ad valorem; valued at over 40c. per pound,
40 per cent ad valorem. The present duties
range from l0c. on BIC value
TO 30 per cent. ad valorem on cotton
valued at 81 per pound. All cotton cloth
30 per cent. adj valorem, provided tarletons,
inuls and crinaines shall not pay more
than Is per cent. al valorem. The present
tariff divides cotton cloths into thirteen
different classes, with duties ranging from