Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-03-09

| bIisueS, ouios ana dubious roots, 20
medicinal; feathers of all kinds, crude O
not dressed, colored or manufactured, fir
lshlng powder, grease, grindstones, fin
lshed or unfinished; curied hair, for bed
or mattresses; human hair, raw, uncleau
ed and not drawn; hatters' fur, not on tn,
SKIN; hemp and rape seed, and other OF
seeds OF like character; ime; gsrder
seeds, lnseed or faxseed.
MARBLE, oSIER, BROOM CORN, RAGS, ETC
Marble of all kinds in block. rough o.
squared; osier or willow prepared for bas
ket-makers' use; broom corn, brushwood
plaster OF Paris when ground or calcined
rags, of whatever material composed; rat
tans and reeds, manufactured but not
made up into finished articles; paintings
IN oil or water colors and statuary not
otherwise provided for. The term isstat.
uary" shall be understood to include pro
fesslonal productions of statuary or OF
a sculptor only
| STONES.
Stones, manufactured or undressed,
freestone, granite, sandstone, and all
building or monumental stone; all strings
of gut or any other like material; tnllow
waste and all not specially enumerated
or provided for.
WOOL, HAIR AND THEIR PRODUCTS.
The bill provides for admitting free of
duty after July 1, call woods, hair of the
Alapaca, goat and other like animals;
wools on the skin; wooden rags, shoddy
mengo, waste and focks." And after
| October L, 1888, it provides among other
things for 4O-per cent. duty on WOODEN
and worsted cloth, shawls and all manu-
tactures of wool, not specially enumer-
ateo; and on flaunels, blankets, knit
| goods; women's and children's dress goods
composed in part of wool.
| ARTICLES ON WHICH DUTIES ARE REDUCED.
In addition to the free list the follow
ing are some of the most important
changes proposed by the bill:
| All leaf tobacco unmanufactured ID fix
ed at So cents per pound, and the present
distinction between the Sumatra or the
ordinary wrapping tobacco is abolished.
Metals are to pay duty as follows: Pig
| iron, Sc per ton; iron railway bars, 81;
steel, S11; bar iron, rolled or hammered
| Is cent per pound, not less tnan Il inch
wide and $8 inch thick. In larger meas.
urement, one cent per pound.
Iron slabs, blooms, loops, So per cent.
| advalorem; iron bars, blooms, billets;
Ill the manufacture of which charcoal is
| Sl5 ton; round iron in coils or rods
and rolled iron unenumerated, l cent
| per pound; sheet iron, thin, l cent per
pound; black taggers iron, so per cent;
| hoop iron, cent per pound
cast iron pine, Clio cent per pound; nails
| 1 cent per pound; tacks, 35 per cent; au-
wills, anchors, etc, 1 e cents per pound;
rivets, ETC., i 3 cents per pound; sledges,
axles, etc.. l = is; chains, . cents per
| pound; saws, 80 per cent; files, 80 per
cent; ingots and blooms, 410 cent per
| pound; wire and manufactures thereof
are left unohanged; provided that the
| duty exceeds so per cent; old copper
| clippings, cent per pound; copper un-
manufactured, 2 cents per pound: lead.
II cents per pound; in sheets, 2li
| cents per pound; nickle, in ore, 10
cents per pound; zinc spelter, 2 cents
per pound: hollow ware, % cents per
pound; machine needles, 20 per cent.
THE ENTIRE WOOL SCHEDULE
is subjected to so per cent. duty. All
grades of sugar are reduced by an amount
varying from one-flfth to one-fourth of
the present duties. Cotton yarn is reduced
to 30 and 40 per cent; bleached linens
to % per cent; other yarns 20 per cent.
Cotton cloth 40 per cent.
The manufactures of wool are re-
| duced as follows: Woolen and worsted
cloths, to 40 per cent; flannels, blankets
| 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; car
pets, so per ceut.; paper and its manu-
| features are generally reduced; carriages,
30 per cent, watches, 25 per cent.
Bunting 40 per cent. ad valorem (now
| ten cents yard and 35 per cent. ad va
| lorem.) Women and children's dress
| goods, coat Innings, Italians, etc, 40 per
cent. ad valorem (present duties range
| from 8 cents per yard and 80 per
cent. ad valorem to 8 cents per yard
and 40 per cent. ad valorgm. Clothing
ready made and wearing apparel of every
| description of wool, except knit goods
| 45 per cent. ad yalorem (now 40 cents per
| pound and So per cent. ad valorem. J
All carpets 80 per cent. ad valo-
| rem (now ranging from cents
| per yard forNemp or jute, to 45 cents
| per yard and 80 per cent ad valorem for
Administer and other high grade); paper,
sized or glued, 10 per cent. ad valorem,
and printing paper unsized, II per cent.
| ad vslorem (now Is and 90 per cent?
gutta percha manufactured, and hard
| rubber articles, 80 per cent. ad valorem
| (now 35;) India rubber fabrics, boots and
| shoes, Is per cent. ad valorem (uow 30;)
marble, sawed, dressed, slabs and paving
| tiles, So cents per cubic foot (now $L10;)
marble, manufactured, and not enumer-
ated, 80 per cent. ad valorem, (now 90 J
| The reductions in China, glass and glass
| ware sre swet ping.
J The remainder of the bill, twenty five
printed pages, is made up entirely of the
| leading features of the old Hewitt ad-
ministration bill, such as similarity of
the clause intended to
GUARD AGAINST SMUGGLING,
cxempting of theatrical scenery and
werdrobes when intended for temporary
use in the U. S., and the tourists wearing
| apparel; clause providing for the taxa
| tion of cartons or coverings
| section intending to prevent
| false invoices and underyaluations and
| providing for the punishment of persons
| guilty of these offenses; the extension of
warehouse privilege to three years;
| abolition of allowance for damage
| in warehouses;; abolition of all
| fees upon entries of imported
| goods and the requirmente that the in
scASec uc " tht Oulttu
| States consular officers before expo-ta-
ton to the United States. The section
/ relative TO appeals in customs cases
| and limiting the time within which such
suits can be brought, and the bestowal of
| sole Jurisdiction in the trial of the snits
| agains. Uaited States collectors upon the
| United States circuit courts, aud ths
| penalty claCse directed against the at
tempted bribery of customs officials.
ESTIMATES OF PROBABLE REDUCTIONS.
| The latest estimates made by the com
mittee OF the probable reductions in
| revenue that will be effected by the pass
age of the bill are as follows: Chemi-
c.ls, $730.0O0; cnine and glass, 81 000, 900;
cottons, $277,00o; provisions, 100000;
woolen goods, s12 30c 900; sundries, $1,-
000 00o; paper, $3.50; sugars, S11 ,O0o,-
600; hemp. fax and iute, 81 100000; met
als, 81 10000. Free list, $22, ,250, 900.
This would make the total reduction about
| $50, COO 600.
Prudence. Prudence!
In medication, as in aughs else, prudence