Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-10-04

Reduction of the Governments Income Would be S75.OOO, ,OOO-sugar Cut One Half-The Middle Ground on Wool and Iron-The Free List Additions.
 WASHINGTON, Oct 4.-Mr. Allison, from the committee on finance, reported ill the senate the Republican substitute for the Mills tariff bill.
 The estimated reduction i'll the income Of the government made in this bill is in round numbers S75,OO0, 900, being about equally divided between customs duties and internal taxes. It cuts the sugar duty as nearly one half as possible, the reduction there aggregat- ing S27, ,759, 900. Tobacco releases S24 5OO, ,OOO; free alcohol for the arts, S7, 100000. The free list is given SC, ,500, 900, and the other reduc- tions amount to about SS,OOO,OO0. The changes proposed by the bill in internal revenue and tariff taxes are to take effect on and after the first day of February, 1889. The internal revenue tax on cigars, cheroots and cigarettes weighing more than three pounds per thousand is fixed at $1.5O per thousand, less than three pounds to the thou sand fifty cents. It repeals all laws restrict ing the sale of tobacco by farmers and pro ducers; repeals the taxes on manufactured tobacco and snuff, the special taxes required to be paid by manufacturers and dealers in leaf tobacco and retail dealers in leaf tobacco, manufactured tobacco, snuff and cigars
 Alcohol used in the industrial arts under certain regulations by the commissioner of internal revenue, is to be exempt from the payment of the internal revenue tax.
 In schedule A, covering chemical products, the duty on alcoholic perfunery, cologne water and other toilet waters is fixed at S2 per gallon and 25 per centum ad valorem.
 Backing of all kinds p per centum; sul- phate of copper, cents per pound; refined camphor, cents per pound: borax, crude, 3 cents; refined, 5 cents per pound; cements, 8 cents per hundred pounds; chloroform, 50 cents per pound; sulphuric ether, 30 cents per pound; morphine, 50 cents per ounce; castor oil, 50 cents per gallon; medicinal prep arations, essences, medicated wines, etc., 40 cents per pound; cosmetics and toilet prepa- tions, 50 per centum ad valorem
 In the earthen and glass ware schedule the duty on common brown earthen ware and stone ware is fixed at 20 per centum ad va lorem; plain glass bottles from 1 to 114 cents per pound; rough plate glass from s4 to cents per square foot.
 In the metal schedule iron and steel railway bars or bars made in part of steel, ''T' rails, punched iron or steel flat rails, 7-10 of cent per pound. The Mills bill fixes duty of s11 per ton on iron and steel railway bars weighing more than 25 pounds to the yard, and $14 per ton on iron or steel rails and $15 per ton on iron or steel flat rails, weighing not over 25 pounds to the yard
 Iron and sulphur ore in the senate committees bill are taxed 75 cents per ton; |; pig iron, spiegeleisen, wrought and scrap iron and scrap steel, BIO of cent per pound, the same under existing law; beams, girders and all structural steels, 1-10 cents per pound; boiler and plate iron or steel, from %0Q / f,,> o,,I -o1,, oIn 13 cents per pound, 45 per centum ad valorem hoop iron, from 1 to 1 1-10 cents per pound.
 Cut nails, cent per pound; iron or steel wire, from 11l cents to cents per pound; copper ore, 1A cents per pound; copper plates and bars, cents per pound; lead ore, 176 cents per pound; nickel ore, cents per pound; zinc in blocks, 1s4 cents per pound in sheets, 219 cents per pound.
 In the wood and wooden schedule the duty on hewn and sawed timber is 20 per centum ad valorem; sawed boards blanks, etc., $2 per thousand feeteS
 In Schedule B, covering sugar all sugars above B., D. S., 7-10 of a cent per pound present rates are 40 cents per pound while the Mills bill proposes duty of 15-10( cents per pound; sugars above number 1s and not above Is D. s., 19s cents per pound in the Mills bill it is 220 cents per pound Above No 16 and not above 20 D. S., 14s cents per pound, against 9 40 cents per pound in the Mills bill All above No. 20 D. S., $ cents per pound, against 2.S cents per pound in the Mills bill.
 In the tobacco schedule, the duty on cigar. and cigarettes is fixed at S3 50 per pound leaf tobacco not stemmed, S1 per pound unmanufactured leaf tobacco, 20 cents pe pound; if stemmed, 25 cents; snuff, 20 cent per pound.
 In the provision schedule the duty on fig is fixed at cents per pound; raisins, 2 cent per pound; cleaned rice, l cent per pound uncleaned, E cent per pound broken rice, of a cent per pound. In the Mills bill th duty on cleaned rice is fixed at 1 cent pc pound and on uncleaned rice 1S cent pc pound The duty on salt in bags sacks am barrels is fixed at 12 cents per hundre pounds; in bulk, s cents per hundred pounds the same as at present.
 Wheat, 20 cents per bushel; wheat flour 20 per centum ad yalorem; brandy, S2 pc proof gallon; cordials and absinthe ar taxed 8 per proof gallon; ale, porter an beer ill bottles 35 cents per gallon; otherwis than in bottles, 20 cents per gallon.
 In the cotton manufactures schedule cot ton threads, warps, etc, are taxed from 1 cents to 4S cents per pound; cotton clot from 219 to 6s4 cents per square yard; stoch ings, hose, gloves, shirts and drawers, 35 pc centum ad valorem; cotton cords, braid etc, 8 per centum ad valorem.
 Tackled flax in the senate bill is taxed $4 per ton; in the Mills bill $10 Tow of flax c hemp is taxed s10 per ton in the Mills bill is on the free list. Hemp, S20 per ton. Bul laps not exceeding sixty inches in width, e1 cept such may be suitable for cotton bag ging 30 per centum ad valorem; this in tt Mills bill is on the free list Hemp or jul carpeting, 6 cents per square yard; cotto bagging and gunny cloth, suitable for cove ing cotton, $4 of cent per pound; gum cloth, not bagging, is tax 15 per centum a valorem in the Mills bill. Oil cloth, linoleun corticene, 10 cents per square yard and cents ad valorem.
 In the wool and woolen schedules the dut on first and second class wools-clothir wools and conbing wools-is fixed at cents per pound. The present duty on the woois is 10 cents per pound if valued at le than 90 cents per pound, and 12 cents pour if valued at more than 30 cents per poun The duty on carpet wools, or wools of |