The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-10-04
THE DAILY TIMES ALMANAC.
THE SENATE TARIFF BILL.


WASHINGTON, D. c., October 3.-In
the Senate, Immediately after the journal
was read this afternoon, Senator Allison
from the Committee on Finance, re-
ported the Republican substitute for the
Mills tariff bill. which was passed by the
House of Representatives last July. The
written reports prepared by the majority
and minority, the Republican and Demo
cratic members OF the committee, will be
formally presented to the Senate 10 NOR
row or on Friday, the views Of the
minority not being yet quite ready.
In presenting the bill Senator Allison
stated that he would csll 1t up for con-
sideration on Monday next.
Speaking of the merits Of the bill Sena-
tor Aldrich, who prepared the majority
report, said to a representative of the
United Press We are confident that a
careful analysis of this measure in COM
parison with that prepared by Mr.. Mills
and adopted in the House will argue to
the interest of the Republican party.
Our aim has been to conform closely 10
the wishes of the Republican party as
expressed in the platform adopted at
Chicago While we have reduced
revenues as large as the surplus
and the expenses Of the country will ad-
nit, we have laid them upon a retention
of every essential feature of our pro-
tectiye system. The reductions are
about half aud half on customs duties
and internal taxes. In round numbers
we reduce the income Of the Government
S75 ,000000 We cut the sugar duty as
nearly one half as We could figure and
L.. al
g., ,759 900; tobacco releases, $24 800 900;
free alcohol for the arts, $1,000 900. The
free list is given s6,500,000, and the
other reductions amount to about $S,-
100000. The changes proposed
by the bill dnternal revenue
and tariff will take effect on and after
the first day of February, 1889. The in
teinal revenue tax on cigars. cheroots
and cigarettes, everywhere moro than
three pounds per thousand, Is fixed at
$3.50 per thousand less than three
pounds to the thousand, 80 cents tire
peals all laws restricting the sale OF
tobacco by farmers and producers re-
peals the taxes on manufactured tobacco
aud snuff, the special taxes re-
auired to be paid by manufacturers
and dealers in leaf tobacco and retail
dealers in leaf tobacco, manu-
factured tobacco, snuff and cigars.
In the tobacco schedule the duty on
cigars and cigarettes is fixed at $3.50 per
pound leaf tobacco, not stemmed, 10
cents per pound stemmed. 81 per pound;
unmanufactured leaf tobacco, 20 cents
per pound, ii stemmed, 25 cents; snuff,
so cents per pound. In provision, sched-
ule duty on figs is fixed az 2 cents per
pound raisins, cents per poun6
Cleaned rice, | cent per pound; un-
cleaned, ! of cent per pound broken
rice, of a cent per pound In the Mills
bill the duty on cleaned rice is fixed at
/ cent per pound uncleaned rice Of a
cent per pound.
In cotton manufactures the schedule,
cotton, threads, warps, etc, are taxed
from ten cents to forty-eight cents per
pound. Cotton cloth from two and one
half to six and three-fourths cents per
square yard; stockings, hose, gloves,
shirts and drawers thirty 1--WE per cent,
ad valorem; cotton cords, braids, etc,
thiriydye per cent nd yalorem. The
duty on fax straw Is fixed al IS per ton
and fax not hacked $50 per ton, the
same as at present in the Mills bill.
These are put upon the free list and
hackled fax in the Senate bill is taxed
$50 per ton; in the Mills bill, $40 In
wool and woolen schedules the duty on
first class and second class woods, cloth
iug wool and combng wool IL priced
at eleven cents per pound. The
present duty on these woods Is
ten cents per- pound, if valued at
less than thirty cents per pound, TO twelve
cents a pound If valued at more than
thirty cents per pound the duty on car
pet woods or woods Of the third class
valued at twelve cents pound, is fixed at
two and half cents per pound If valued
at more than twelve cents a pound six
cents per pound.
In the Mills bill all woods hair Of the
alpaca goat and other like animals, are
placed on the free list. The duty on
woolen rags, shoddy, mingo tiocks made
in the Senate committees bill IL fixed at
ten cents per pound, the same as made by
the existing law, and these in the Mills
bill are also placed on the free list. The
| free list includes, among numerous other
articles, tea and coffee, anthracite coal,
cocoa, gold, silver and copper coins. un-
cured hides, raw silk, silk cocoons and silk
waste, silk worms, eggs cedar, mahogany,
rosewood, satin wood, and al. manufac-
tured cabinet woods.