Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-03-02

from TO Bic per pound on higher grades
Iron or steel beams, posts, columns,
building forms and othtrstruCtural shapes,
6-lO Of a cent per pound, now ] cents;
steel, OF partly steel, railway wheels
and tires, OF ingOts Tor the same,
i cents per pound, now p cents;
wood screws 30 per cent advalOrem,
now from TO II cents per pound.
Iron and steel wire remain the same
with provision that no duty shall exceed
6O per cent adyalOrem; old copper and
copper clippings for remanufacture, l cent
per pound, now cents; ingots and Chill
bars , cents, now cents; rolled plates,
sheets, rods, pipes, etc, 80 per cent ad-
valOrem, now 35; lead ore and doors
! cents pei cent per pound, now u cents;
pigs, bars, etc, for remanutaCture / cent,
now cents; sheet, pipes and shot 2i cents,
now 3 per cent per pound; sheetings and
yellow metal 80 per cent advalOrem, now
30; nickle ore, or mattO, 10 cents per
pound, or uickle contained therein, now
10 cents; zinc and splitter, in pigs or for
remanuiacture, II cent per pound; in
sheets , cents per pound, now and .
cents sSNectivelY.
HOllOwware % cents per pound, now 3
cents. Needles of all kinds 90 per cent
adyalOrem, now % and 35; penknivea,
razOrs, etc % per cent avalOrem, now 3
cents; pens - per cent abvalGrem, now Il
cents per gross; type metal 10 per cent
now 20 cents.
Manufactures and wares not specially
enumerated, composed wholly or in part OF
copper, 30 per cent. advalOrem, aud OF
other metals 40 per cent. advalOrem, now
uniform Mt 45 advalOrem.
Cabinet or house furniture, wood 80 per
cent. advalorem, now 30; manufactures OF
hard woods 80 per cent. advalorem, now
30; wood manufactures uneuumerated 81
per cent. adyalOren, now 35.
SUGAR.
Sugar, not above No. 1G DIS is as follows:
Tank Bottoms, Syrups, etc not above n
deg. pOlarisCOpe, one aud titteen-hundredths
cents per pound, and for every additional
degree, three-hundredths of cent per
pound; above IL D's and not above 20, two
aud twenty.hundredths OF a cent per pound
above DDS two and one-half cents per
pound.
Thepresent duties range from and forty
cents per pound below II DIS to
three and half cents per pound for sugar
above 20D's
The lower grade Of molasses is unchang-
ed but that testing above 46 deg is re-
duced from to 6 cents per gallon,
Confectionery 40 per cent advalorem,
now 10 cents per pound.
TOBACCO.
All leaf tobacco, unmanufactured, is
fixed at 35c per pound, and the present
distinction between Sumatra and ordinary
wrapping tobacco is abolished.
Starch l cent per pound, now from to
pc per pound,
Rice, cleaned , cents, uncleaned lie,
now p and &c respectively; rice meal or
flour, which will pass through n No. 10
brass wire sieve, 90 per cent advalorem
present duty is the same, but the condition
is not imposed; paddy 3c per pound, now
ltc; raisins l!c per pound, now &c;
per pound; peanuts ! cents per pound, now
l cent per pound; shelled l cent per
pound, now cents; mustard, in bottles
ground or preserved, 6 cent per pound,
now l cent
Cotton, thread, yarn, warps, value not
exceeding 40 cents per pound, 35 per cent
advalo-em valued ~ over 10 cen! per
pound, 10 per cent Rivalorem, the present
duties range from ten cents on - cents to
50 per cent aiyaOrem, On cotton values
at s per pound. All cotton cloth 40 per
cent adgaIorem; provided tarlatans,
mule, and criuO,lles shall not pay
more than - per cent adyllorem.
The presen, aiT divides cotton
cloths into Thirteen classes, with duties
rlnging from , cents per square yard for
less than one hundred threads to the square
inch, TO 10 per cent advalorem on colOred
cOttOus exceeding 2OJ threads to the square
inch; spool cotton 10 per cent advalOrem,
now at q minimum duty OF cents per
twelve spools; ducks, linen, canvass, hand
kerchieis, lawns, or other manufactures OF
fax, lute or hemp not specially provided
for, p per cent UdvllOrGm, and linen col.
lars, cuffs and shirts, - per cent adva-
lOrem, now uniform at 80 advalOrcm; flax,
hemp and iute yarns 2j per cent.
now 50 per cent. adynlOrem;
linen thread, t"ine etc > per cent. ad-
yalOTem, now 30; Gil cloths 25 per cent. ad-
valOrem, now 40 cents; gunDy
cloth - per cent. adyalorem, now
tIOm to cents per pound ;
sail duck, Russia sheeting and unenumer-
ated manufactures of hemp and iute p
per cent now from 80 to 80 per cent ad-
All wools, woods on the skins, etc, are
placed on the free list, bat not until July
lst. On iiannels, blankets, wooden hats
knit goods, wOoleu or wOrsted yarns and
of every description. com
posed wholly or in part of worsted, 10 per
cent adyalOrem.
WoOlen and wOystel cloths, shawls and
all manufactures Of wool of every desCrip-
ton, made wholly or in part Of wool or
worsted not specially provided for, iuprr
cent adralorem; the present duties of
ilWnels, etc, range from 10 cents per
pound and 80 per cent. aivalOrem to %
cents per pound and 40 per cent. ad-
yalorem, aud on wooden cloths, etc, from
35 cents per pound and 80 per cent. ad-
yacorsm to 50 cents per pound and 10
per cent. advalorem.
now 10; marble, sawed, dressed slabs and
paving tiles - cents per cubic foot, now
81. 10; marble manufactured and not
enumerated 80 per cent. advalorem, now
30; paper mOche articles p per cent. al
valorem, now 30; percussion caps 30 per
cent. advalOrem, now 40; pipes aud
smokers articles not enumerated, 80 per
cent. advalorem and clay pipes p per
cent. advalOrem, now ~ acd - respective
ly; umbrella and parsol frames and ribs
90 per cent. advalorcm, and umbrellas OF
silk or alpaca 30 per cent. adyalOrem, now
40 or 80 per cent. respectively; cotton or
fax webbing 30 per cent advalorem'
now So
The remainder of the bill, twenty-five
printed pages, Is made mp entirely OF the
leading features ct the old Hewitt admin
lstrativc bill
The bill as submitted contains no pro
visions rs to internal revenue, it being IN
ierstood that the Democratic members are
to submit an internal revenue
bill at an early day.
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
The Ohio River Connecting Bridge Bill
Passes the House.