Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-03-09

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other seeds OF like character; line; gar
den seed, linseed and f4xseed; marble O
sll kinds, in block or squared; willow
| prepared for basket makers use; broom
corn; brush wood; plaster OF paris, Whel
ground or calcineG; bags, of whateve
material composed; rattHns and reed
manufactured, but not made up int
| finished articles; paintings, in oil Of
water colors and s5atuAry not otherwise
provided for, but shall be understood K
include professional productions C.
statuary or of sculpture only; stones, IN
manufactured or undresstd, free stone
granite, sandstone and Gll building OF
monumental stoue; all strings Of gut o.
any other like material; talloW waste
all not specially enumerated or provided
for.
DUTY ON METALS.
Metals are to pay duty as follows:
Pig iron, eappartune, iron railway bars
steel, S1l; oSr iron, rolled or hammered
&c per pound, not less than one inch wide
and three -eighihs Of an inch thick; in
larger measurement, lc per pound; iron
SLABS, blooms, loops, 35 per cent. sd
yslorem; iron bare, blooms, blllets, in the
manufacture of which charcoal is used,
$50 per ton; iron or Steel rails, SI5 per
ton; round iron, in coils or rods, and
rolled, iron unenumersted, 1c per pound
sheet iron, thin, lc per pound; blscktsg-
gers iron, 80 per cent; hoop iron, lc per
pound; cast iron pipe, 8 5c per pound +;
nails, lc per pound; tacks, SIS per cent. ;
anvils, anchors, etc, 18c per
pound; riVets, etc, u; per
pound; sledges, nails, etc,
ditto; chains, q per ound; saws, so per
cent; files, IS per cent; ingots and
blooms, 2-5c per pound; wire snd manu-
features thereof are left unchanged, pro-
vided that the duty exceeds so per cent. I;
old copper clippings, lc per pound; cop
per, manufactured, &c per pound; lead,
IL per pound; in sheets, 24c per pound /;
nickel, in ore, 10c per pound; zinc, spell
ter, &c per pound; hollowwGre, 2tc per
pound; machine needles, 20 per cent.
The entire wood schedule is subjected
TO 80 per cent. per pound; all grades Of
sugar are reduced by sn amount varying
from one-fiith to one fourth the present
duries; cotton yarn is reduced to So and
40 per cent; blesched linen to 25 per
cent; other yarns, % per cent; cotton
cloth, 10 per cent.
Manufactures OF wool are reduced as
follows: Wooden and worsted cloths to
40 per cent; flSnnels, blankets and knit
goods, 40 per cent; dress goods, partly
wool, 40 per cent; clothing, Is per cent.
clocks, Is per CENT; Te2biegz,
so per cent carpets, 80 Pei
cent; paper and its manufactures are
generally reduced; carriages, 80 per cent;
matches rs per cent; all leaf tobacco,
manufactured, is offered at Soc per
pound, and the present distinction be-
tween Samstrs and ordinary wrapping
tobacco is abolished.
In addition to the free list the following
are some Of the most important changes
proposed by the bill: China ornaments
IS per cent. adEVsloram, now so pei
cent y earthen ware, 40 per cent. and
caustic tiles 80 per cent. sd vsl rem, (oo@
So per cent J green ana cDluTed glass,
&c per poulG, (BoW lc.) There is Giso
provision for adding the value Of bottles
when filed to the value OF
the dutiAble goods. Flint and
lime glass bottles and pressed
glassware, 80 per cent. ad valorem, now
40 per cent; cylinder and crown Sissa,
polished and between 24x30 End 24X6O
inches square, loo per square foot; above
that measurement, 25c per squsre foot,
now 20 AID 400 respectively; unpublished
cylinder, crown ard C mmon window
glass not exceeding l0xl5 inches, 1c psi
pound; above that and not exceeding
16x24 inches, IT.; above that and rot
exceeding 24x3l inches, l4;, now lSc,
I8c, 2sc and 2B;.
RECOMMENDATIONS ADOPTED.
The recommendations made as to pro-
tests, appeals and suits to protests, sp-
peals and suits mSde by Secretary Man
ming in his special report to Congress
two years ago are all adopted. Penalties
are more stringent for bribery and feeling
inspectors OF customs, or anY irregulsri-
ties in inspection of baggage. The gov
ernment is authorized TO bring suit for
the vslue OF merchandise frsudently i'm
ported, after such merchandise has passed
into the hands of the importer. The
other provisions are all of q minor char
scter. The bill as submitted contains no
provisions as to internal revenue, 1t be-
ing understood that the Democratic
members are prepared to submit an in
ternsl revenue bill st an early dsy.
REDUCTION EFFECTED.
WASHINGTON, March Estimates OF
reductions In the revenue effected by the
tariff bill have not been completed in de-
tail, but the aggregate, according TO the
best information in the hands of the com
mittee, is fixed st $50, 900 COO. This total
includes about $22.250, 900 on &C
count Of the free sIst; $780,
900 on account sof woclen gCodsr
81 800 900 for china and glassware,
$3.50 600 in the chemical schedule; some
tning less than 100000 on cotton
81, 800, 900 on fax, hemp and jute and
sugar shout S1l, 100000. There
is no internal revenue changes proposed
by the bill. This subject was purposely
left, for lack of time, to the consideration
of the full committee.
The administration provisions consti-
tute
MOST V0LUMIN0US
part Of the bill, and embrace provisions
compiled by Mr.. Hewitt in the Forty.
ninth Congress and Incorporated in the
Morrison bill. Mr.. HeWitt's provisions
abolishirg the Office of merchant ap
praiser and providing new methods OF
apprsIsement are omitted. The entire
system of damage allowance on imported
goods injured during transportation il
abolished. The period for which i'm
ported merchandise can be kept in
bonded warehouses is extended from
one to three years. Duties on boxes
CARROTS and other inside coverings of mer
chandise which pass into the hands oi
consumers are revised. The duties OF
packing chsrges are revised. What j:
roTn IS the Hsimilitude" clause CT tht
tsrif e Is re-enacted with snch wording as Z