Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-03-07

(crude) containing per centQm and
over Of morphia, for medicinal purposes;
iron and steel cotton-Nes or hoops tor
baling purposes. not thinner than MUM
Der twenty wire. gauge, Needles, sew
ing, darning, knitting ana all others not
spe cially enumerated or provided Tor IN
this act.
Copper-Imported in the form of ores +,
regulus Of and black or coarse copper
manufacture ;nickel-ir, ore, malt or OF bel
crude form not ready for consumption
of the arts; anthony, as regulus or
metal; quicksilver, chromate IT iron or
chronic ore: rr;-~nraI sUhsC - IN .
crude state and metals unwrought not
specially enumerated or provided for;
brick.
Vegetables in their natural state, or
in salt or brine; chicory root, ground
or unground, burnt or prepared, and all
other articles used or intended to be
used as coffee or substances therefor,
not specially enumerated or provided
for; cocoa, prepared or manufactured;
dates, pIums and prunes cur
rants, zante or other; hgs; meats
game and poultry; beans, peas and
split peas; pulp, for papermaker's use. :,
Bibles, books and pamphlets, printed
in other languages than Englls b; and
books and pamphlets and all puhlica-
tions of foreign governments and pub
LEGATIONS of foreign societies, historical
or scientific, printed for gratuitous dis
tribution.
Bristles, bulbs and dubious roots, not
medicinal; feathers of all kinds, crude
or not dressed, colored or manufact-
ured, finishing powder, grease, grind
stones, finished or unfinished; curled
hair, for beds or mattresses; human
hair, raw, uncleaned and not drawn;
hatters' fur, not on the skin; hemp and
rapeseed, and other oil seeds OF like
character; lime; gardenseeds, Hnseed
or faXseed.
Marble of all kinds, in block, rough
or squared; osier or willow prepared for
basket-makers' use; broomcorn, brush
wood; plaster of Paris, when ground or
calcined; rags, of whatever material
composed; rattans and reeds, manufact-
ured but not made up into finished arti-
cles; paintings in oil or water colors and
statuary not otherwise provided for.
The term "statuary' shall be under
stood to include professional productions
of statuary or of a sculptor only.
Stones, manufactured or undressed;
freestone, granite, sandstone, and all
building or monumental stone; all
strings of gut or any other like material !;
| tallow; waste and all not specially
enumerated or provided for.
In addition to the free list, the follow
| ing are some of the most important
changes proposed by the bill:
China ornamented, 45 per cent. ad
valorem (now 80 per cent?; china, I'M
ornamented and earthenware, 40 per
cent. ad valorem (now about 55 per
cent J; and caustic tiles 80 per cent. ad
valorem (now 35 per. cent; green
and colored glass bottles, : cent
per pound (now l cent.). There is also
a provision for adding the value of bot
ties when filled to the value of the du-
table goods. Flint and lime glass bot
ties and pressed glassware, 80 per cent,
| ad valorem (now 40 per cent?; cylinder
| 24x60 and 24x60 inches square, Is cents
| per square foot. Above that measurement
% cents per square foot (now20 and 4O
cents, respectively Unpublished cylin-
| der crown and common window glass,
not exceeding 10x15 inches, l cent per
pound. Above that, and not exceeding
| 16x24, II cents; above that, and not ex-
ceeding 24x3l, II cents; all above, Il
cents (now Is, Is, 3 and 20.
| All leaf tobacco, unmanufactured, is
| fixed at 80 cents per pound and the
present distinction between Sumatra
and ordinary wrapping tobacco is abol-
ished.
Metals are to pay duty as follows: Pig
iron, SIS per ton; iron railway bars, 81
| steel, S1l; bar iron, rolled or hammered
! cent per pound not less than inch
wide and s inch thich. Gn larger meas
urement, one cent per pound).
Iron slabs, blooms, loops, 50 per cent.
ad valorem; iron bars, blooms, billets,
in the manufacture of which charcoal is
used, $40 per ton; iron or steel T rails,
$l5 ton; round iron in coils or rods
and rolled iron unenumerated, l cent
| per pound; sheet iron, thin, l cent pei
pound; black taggers iron, 80 per cent;
hoop iron, l cent per pound
cast iron pine, Clio cent per pound
nails, l cent per pound; tacks, 80 pei
cent. anvils, anchors, etc., II cents per
pound; rivets, ETC., i cents per pound
sledges, axles, ETC., u cents; chains, 2
files 50 per cent; ingots and blooms,
40 cent per pound; wire and manu-,
features thereof are left unchanged;
| provided that the duty exceeds so per
cent; old copper clippings, l cent per
| pound; copper manufactured, cents
| per pound; lead, Il cents per pound; in
sheets, q cents per pound; nickel, in
ore, 10 cents per pound; zinc spelter, 2
cents per pound; hollowware, q cents
per pound; machine needles, 20 per
| cent.
The entire wood schedule is subjected
to 80 per cent. duty. ALI grades of sugar
are reduced by an amount varying from
one-ffth to one-fourth of the present
duties. Cotton yarn is reduced to 35 and
40 per cent; bleached linens to 25 per
cent; other yarns 25 per cent. Cotton
| cloth 40 per cent.
The manufactures of wool are re-
| duced as follows: Wooden and worsted
cloths, to 40 per cent; fannels, blank
cts and knit goods, 40 per cent; dress
goods, partly of wool, 40 per cent;
ready-made clothing, As per cent. !;
cloaks, As per cent; weddings, so per
cent; carpets, 80 per cent; paper and
its manufactures are generally reduced;
| carriages, 80 per cent. watches, % per
| cent.
The administrative provisions con-
stitute the most voluminous part of the
bill and embrace the provisions COM
nIlQ6 bV Mr. Hauitt in tho EOrtu- n