The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-10-13
THE NEW TARIFF BILL.
Republican Plan for reduction in I'm
port Duties-Unjust Levies Wiped Ont
Relief Without Jeopardizing Home
Industries - Reduced Schedule on
Wool and Wooiens-The Free List.

w ASlilNdION, IL. III oct. o. lie CSh'
ate finance committees substitute for
the Mills tariff bill embodies an entire
revision of the tariff schedules and the
administrative features of the present
law proposing the re-enactment of all
such features as in the opinion
OF the majority OF the COM
mittee ought not to be changed.
The following are all the changes. az
compared with the present law, the
rates by the present law being given IN
parenthesls with each item, eXcep.
when the article is not enumerated III
existing laws:
The following are the additions TO the free
Hst; Acorns, raw. dried or undried; baryta,
sulphale oil, or barytes unmanu aetured; bees
wax; books and pamphlets printed exclusively IN
languages other than English; braids, pats.
mats Iacts, etc, for ornamenting hats; bristles.
raw or manufactured; bulbs and Dubious
roots not edible chicory root raw, dried or I'M
dried. but unground; coal slack or
CUM; coal-tar, crude; curling stone handles;
currants, zante or other, dried; dandelion roots,
raw, uried or undrled but ungGound; eggs and
yolks; feathers and downs of all kinds, crude
ana unmanufactured jute; jute butts;
manilla ramie: sisSal grass; sum; all
nhmanufactured undressed; floor mating,
known as Chinese mating; grease and
oiIh suCn us are commonly used IN soap making
VI mine craving, etc; human hair. raw, I'M
cleaned and not drawn mineral waters not
specially enumerated; molasses testing not above
DO degrees: olive oil for manufacturing or
mechanical purposes; nut oil or oil OF nuts:
opium, crude or unmauufactured for smoking;
potash crude carbonats. potash caustic or by
urate; potash, nitrate OF. or ssltpetTe; potash.
sulphate of potash, chlorats of; ags, all not
enumerated; hempseed rape seed, sponges; sand
Tar and pitch OF wood turpentne. Fresh fish
remains on the free list but with the following
ion ssax
packed in Ice or otherwise prepared by any
process OF preservation" Fish covered by this
exception are classed with other foreign caught
preserved hsh at one-haH cent pound as in the
present law.
Schedule K-Wool and manufactures of wool
(the classification of woods is that of the present
lAWl-Nools of the first and second class and al
nan OF the alpaca goat and other like animals,
II Gems per pound, 10 10 So cents. Woods of the
miro class, exceeding in value IL cents per
pound, cents per pound, ~ Topslubbing ana
ali olher wastes composed wholly or in part OF
WOOL or WoIsted 80 cents per pound. All woods and
halr OF the paca goat or other animals, which
nave been advanced by any process of manu-
facture beyond the washed or secured condition.
not otherwise enumerated or provided Tor in this
act. shall be subject to the same duties as are
imposed upon manufactures of wool not spe-
clally enumerated or provided fer in this act
WOODEN cloths, shawls and all manufactures of
wool not enumerated valued at not exceeding 40
cents per pound, 30 cents per round, and in
addition thereto 30 per cent. ad yalorem
(35 cents and IS and 40 per cent? above
~ cents and not exceeding 60 cents per pound,
50 cents per pound and 40 per cent ad valorem
TO and 40 cents and 50 and 40 per cent) above
oU cents per pound, 40 cents per pound ana 40
per cent. al yalorem. FlanHels blankets hats,
ETC., valued AT above 90 cents per pound. 40 cents
per pound and 40 per cent ad yalorem Ca cents
and 30 per cent. and 30 cents and 40 per cen J.
Woman's and children's dress goods Italian
cloths etc, made part OF wool and valued at not
exceeding 10 cents per square yard, cents Der
square yard, 40 per cent. ad valorem, % cents
ana 80 per cent? containing an admxture OF
al ~ IN fr.B 10
material of chief value, and not otherwise pro-
yided, II cents per square yard, and in addition
thereto 40 per eentum sd yalorem, 10 cents and
80 per cent and cents and 40 per
all goods OF the Character emu,
merated or described in this paragraph, weigh
DUTY OF 40 cents per pound and 40 per cent. ad
valorem, (S5 cents and 40 per cent? Women's
and chi'dren's dress goods Italian cloths aud
composed wholly of wool IL cents per
square yard, and 40 per cent ad
vaoren, 90 cents and q per cent? All
such goods, with selvages made wholly or in part
OF other materials and OF such goods in which
threads made wholly or in part OF other ma
terisls have been introduced for the pur.
pose OF changing the classification for
40 per cent. ad valorem 1g cents and 40
per cent? provided, that all such goods weigh
Ing over four ounces per square yard shall pay a
DUTY OF 10 cents per pound, and 40 per cent ad
valorem. Clothing, ready made, not enumerat
ed; all goods made on knitting frames
ana all pile fabrics, comnoses wholly OF
in part of wool made up manu-
pound and Is per cent az yaiorem, 40 cents and
80 per cent?. Cloaks, dolmans jackets etc, ex
cept knit goods, composed wholly or in part OF
wool, made up wholly or in part As cents per
pound and IS per cent. ad valorem AS cents and
40 per cent?. Endless belts of felt Tor paper or
printing machinery, 20 cents per pound and 80
per cent ed valorem 90 cents and 80 per cent?
Schedule E-Sugar-An sugars not above
thirteen Dutch standard in color, tank bottom
nv nj Tr1fTa boot
centrated melada, concrete and concentrated
molasses testing by polariscope, not above 10 de
grees, 40 cents er pound NOW $500 cents);
and for every additional degree shown by po-
lariscope 2-l00 cents additional now 400 cents)
Al sugars above No. 10 and not
above No 10, IL cents nov 1910
eehtsa ~ sugar above NO 10 and not above
No 20, IA cents NOW cents. All sugars
above No 20, cents (now 80. Molssses, test
ing above 90 degrees, cents per gallon now e.
Sugar candy and all confectionery including
chocolate confectionery made wholly or in part
Of sugar, valued at u cents or less a pound and
on su9ars after being refined when tinctured
colored or in any way adulterated, cents Ter
pound now and 10 cents. Glucose or grape
sugar, q cent go per cent. ad yaloTem)
The internal revenue section OF the BILL so far
as 1t relates to tobacco, provides that after Feb
rrary l. 1889, manufactures OF cigars shall pay
special tax of SO annually. The tax on cigar
cheroots, and on all cigarettes, we Ching more
than three pounds per 1909. which snail be
manufactured or solo after that date, shall be
81 80 per 1000 and on cigarettes Weighing less
than three pounds TO the LOO So
cents per 1000, and said tax shall
ell laws restricting the disposition of tobacco by
farmers and producers, and all l9ws imposing
taxes on manufactured tobacco and snuff and
the special taxes required by law 10 be paid by
manufacturers OF and dealers in leaf tobacco
retail dealers in leaf tobacco, dealers in manu-
factuTed tobacco, snuff and cigars, peddlers OF
tobacco, snuff and cigars and manufacturers
Of snuf. 1t provides for a rebate on ali original
and unbroken packages held by manufacturers
or dealers at the time the re zeal goes into effect
1t also repeats all laws limiting, restricting or
regulating the manufacture, sale or expectation
OF tobacco or snuff.
Alcohol to be used in the industrial arts is re-
lfeved from the payment of an internal revenue
tax, provision is made for bonded alcohol ware
houses. and safeguards are provided against
frauds. There il prohibition against the use OF
any distilled spirits, upon which the internal
revenue tax has not been paid in the manufac-
ture of tinctures, proprietary articles, wines liq-
ors cOrdials, blters or other alcoholic com
pounds, which are used or sold as beverages.
Schedule C-Metals-Rou and square iron
not less than M-inch, $40 cent per pound now
cent. Flats less than inch wide or less than u
men tnlck, round iron less than q inch and not
less than ZIG inch in diameter, and square iron
less than u inch square, cent now lilo cents).
Round iron in coils and rods less than 7-l6 OF an
inch IN diameter, and bars shapes of rolled
iron not specially enumerated, l i-I0 cents
now 30 cents Cast iron pipe,
go cent NOW l cent?. Cast iron vessels
plates, hand irons, sad irons, etc, not specially
enumerated, is cents per pound NOV <
cen,s.) Castings of mallesble iron III enumer-
sted, ia cents now D. Iron or steel anchors
wrought iron for ships forglngs OF iron ana
STEEL weighing 70 pounds or more, SO cents
now p A1les, cents, now 2l5) Blscksmiths
hammers, 2< cents, (now AZ Beams, girdeTs
and building forms, l lilo cents tnow j. .)
Boiler or other plate iron or steel tx
cept Jaw pates) not thinner than mum
Der 10 wire gagged valued at 2 cents
per pound or legs, | cent per pound: above ?
cents and hot above 3, l I-5 above and not above
!, IS; above and not above 7, 2 cents; above :
and not above TO- 40; above 10 and not sbov,
u, 81; above l3, Is per cent sd valorem now
all "a. Provided, that all plate iron
or steel thinner than No 10 wire gauge
shall pay duty as iron or steel plate
Boiler and other tub s, pa cents per pound
NOW cents and "a centsl Bolts ~ cents
tnow ~ cents) Chains, not less than q inch i'll
diameter. Clio cents; between q and "a, S-10
cents; less than 81 3 cents, {now ~. and pa.
forgings of iron snd Steel not specially enumer-
sted, $40 cents, NOW ~ Hoop or band iron
between Nos IL and %, LILO cents per pound,
NOW 2-leG thinner than No 20, ] $40 (nog
400 provided that hoop or band iron, or
steel ties shall pay lilo cents per pound more
thsn the duty imposed upon the hoop from
which il is made Nails, cut ] cent per pound
now IA wire nGis, longer than two inche>
and sboSe No. = cents per pound (now a. be
tween and inches, ~ NOW Il Railway bars
Of iron and steel and made in part of iron and
feel, tee rails and punched iron or eel fla