Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-10-11
SENATE TARIFF BILL
Republican substitute for the Rtduc
ton of the Revenue.
Incomes from Tariff and Internal
Revenue Rpduct About
100000.
TIE REPUBLICAN TARIFF BILL.

afternoon, Senator Allison, from the CON-
mittee on finance, eport The re uni
can subs ure for the Mills tariff bill
which was pa,s-d BY the house of repre-
ssntatlves last July. The written reportr
pared by the mi .rIry and minority
(Ghe republican ana democratic member
of the committee) viii BE- formally pre-
scented to he senate to-morro or FL
day, the views OF the minority not being
quite ready yet. In presenting fhs bill.
Senator Allison stated that no would ca
il up for consideration on Monday mex
THE MER1Ts OF TIE BILL.
Speaking OF the merits Of ne oil SEN
atOr AidsIch, Who prepared the mi IrIfs
report, said to a representative # h
United Press: eve are cuntidrnt that "A
careful anall sis of tho measure in COM
parison with that pared by Mr.. Mul9
aid adopted IN the house VIII argue IT,
the interest Of the republican parry. Cor
aim has been to conform clos to IN
wishes of the republican parry as tx
pressed In the platform adopted at Cal
cago. While We have reduced the
revenues as largely as the surpiu,
aud the expenses of the countr,
Will admit, we have laI3 stress upo'
retention of every essential feature of
our pro e3tive sJs em. the Teduc ions
are about h If abd half on Gus om-
duties and internal taxs Ia rtunJ mum
bes re reduce tie income of the govern
meat SIS, 100000. We CO the sugar dury
as nearly one half as we could figure and
make the eductions ere sggregatt
1927 1853 600. Tobacco rele. 5 = S24 5OO,0uO;
free alcohol for the arfs 81 600 0u0; me
free hat 10 given $1,000 600 d he
other reduc ions amount 10 100000.
TOBACCO.
The changes proposed by the bill in in
terral revenue anu tariff taxrs are 10
take etrec on and after the ir.s DAY Of
Il, bruary, 1889. The internal revenus
tax on cigars, oheronts and cigarettes,
weighing more than 3 pOauds per thou
sand L. fixed at 81 81 per Thousand, less
than 3 POUNDS TO the Thousand, 80 Cents.
1t repeals ali laws restricting the sale of
tobacco by farmers aud producers, re-
peals the taxes manufactured Obaccu
and snuf, the special taxes required To
be paid By manufacturers and dealers IN
leaf tobacco, and retail dsslsr5 i, leaf
tobacco, manufactured tobacco, snuff and
cigars.
ALCOHOL USED IN THE INDUSTRIAL ARTS
under certain egulatiOas by the COMMITS
sioner of internal revenue Is TO b. exempt
from the payment of the Maternal reve-
nue. tax. Ia schedule A, covering chem
icai products, the DUTY on alcoholic per
fHmery, cUiCA ne water and orb .r toilet
waters fix-d at 81 per gallon aud % per
cent. aoya Orem. B Backing uf all kinds
% per osnt., suiphale of copper 2 cents
per pound; refined cam phor 4 cents r
pound; ourax crude, cents; re lined 5
cents per pound; orments 8 cents per
100 pounds; chloroform, 80 cents per
pouad; Sul phurlc ether, so cents per
pound; morphloe, so cents per ouuc. -,
castor oil, 80 cents per gallon; meulcpai
preparations, essence, meoIcated VINE,
etc, 40 cents per pound; cosmetics and
toilet preparations, so per cent al
vaorem.
In the eartheu and glassware schedule
the duty on common brown earrhenware
and stoneware is fixed at 30 per cent. ad
vaiOrem; plain glass bottles from 1 to- IL
cents per pound; rough plate glass from
Il TO csnts per square foot.
IRON AND IRON PRODUCTS.
The tariff on iron rods ana cast iron
pipes Is reduced one tenth Of cent per
pound; on cast iron vessels and sad irons
one fifth of cent per pound on malleable
castings, iron or steel anchors, iron for
ships, forgings, and iron or steel weigh
ing more than twenty five pounds the
reducczon IS one fourth of a csnt per
pound; on axles one fourth Cf cent;
on building iron four tenths of cent !;
on boiler other plate
or steel Except saw rlate-)
not thinner than number 10 wire guage,
ut
are taxed one cent per pound: above two
cents and not above three, l 2-10; above
three and not above four, l, lilo; above
four and not above seven, , cent?; above
seven and not above ten, $40; above
ten aud not above thirteen, 81;
above thirteen, 10 per cent.
ad valorom, (now all 140 pro-
vIded that ell plates .: iron or steel
thinner than number 10 wire guage shall
pay duty as iron steel plates; boiler
and other tub,s 215 pound (no@ 8
and 2112 oents); bolts p cent4 (uoN 20
cents); forginxs of iron aud steel, nov
specially enumerated, 3 10 cenrs (uo~
212); hoop or hand iron between No. 10
anu 20, l and l 10 cents per ppua d
(now 10 csnts), thinner than No. 30,
i $40 now l 40, provided that hoop or
band iron or steel tbs shall pay 1 10
per pound more than the duty i'm posed on
honp of which 1t is made. Nails, cut, 1
cent per pound (now 10; wire nails.
longer than inches and ABOVE No. u. 2
cents per pound (now ~; between
l and , inches, sd (uow A.;
railway bars of iron aud steel
and made in part of iron and steel ''T''
rails and punched iron or steel, fiat rails
40 cents per pound-now ranging from
SIT per ton to SIS cents per pound. Tue
Mills bill fixes DUTY of S11 per ton on
iron and steel railway bars, weighing
more than % pounds 10 the yard, and
Sl4 per ton on iron or steel ct" rails,
and SIS per ton on iron or steel fat
rails, weighing not over % pound to the
yard. Railway fish platss
one cent per pound, now u cents /;
sheet iron or steel thinner than number
30, 5-10c per pound (nos 80 per
cent. ad valorem); spikes, nuts, washers
and horse shoes, 10c per pound (uow
2c); cogged ingots sblooms and blanks for
wheels, 1919 (now 2s).
The classification of wire rods is
changed as follows: duty of 10 of a
cent per pound Is imp posed on all sIze-
not smaller than No. and valued at 8
aents or less per pound, and on iron or
steel falt, with ribs for fencing, valued at
cents or less. On all sizes OF iron or
steel wire the duty is reduced Il cent
per pound, except where smaller than
No. 6, where the duty is uu-
changed. Also provided that wire
valued at more than 10 cents per
pound, shall pay duty of not less than
10 per cent. ad valorem; copper ores, 1 Il
cents per pound, (now 215;) table and
other knives, twenty cents TO two dollars