Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-10-13
THE NEW TARIFF BILL


the present law, proposing the re. enact
mento Of vi su,h features as, in the opin-
ion Of a majority Of the COMMITTEES, ought
not 10 DC changed. According to The cs-
Inmates made by the committee the bill
provides . total reduction Of about 49,
COS, 600, made approximately as follows:
Sugar. S27, 159, ZOO, free list, So. 500, 600;
tobacco INTERIM reyenue), $2l-O o 600:
alcohol On arts, 81, 600. 900, other reduc.
lions in customs, IS, 800. 900. The ma
Jority anal minority reports will be sub
United formally .o.Avrrow and be ihen
made public.
The following are The additions to the
free list: Acorns; baryta, sulphalc Of,
or pyrites, manufactured; beeswax; books
and pamphlets printed exclusively in
languages other than TIC English braids.
plalts, fats, laces. etc, for ornamenting
hats: bristles, bulbs and dubious roots.
not edible; chicory yoCt; coal. slack and
culm; coal tar, crude; curling stone han
dies, currants. dried; dandelion roots;
eggs. feathers and downs Of all kind, I'm
manufactured; jute, manila, ramie and
all other exile grasses or fibrous sub
stances, manufactured, Chinese door
matt.ngs; grease and oils used in soap
making Or mine drawing, etc; human
hajr, raw mineral water not specially
enumerated; molasses, tested not above
81 degrees, olive oil for manufacturing or
mechanical purposes; opium; crude pot
ASH rags hemp seed, grape seed, sp0nges;
sand; tar and pitch; turpentine.
frcsa fish remains on the free list. bat
with the following important reservation:
Except when frozen or packed in ice or
otherwise prepared by any process for
Preservation
The following synopsis contains the
principal changes, compared with the
present laws, the rates by the present
law being given in parenthesis with each
item except when the article is not emu
mcratcd in the existing law:
Wool and manufactures OF wool, classi.
acali0n the same as under the present
law. First and second class and all hair
OF alpaca goat and other like animals, II
cents pr pound 90 TO So Third class,
exceeding IN value II cents per pound, q
cents per pound g 10 g.. Top siubbing
and other wastes composed wholly or in
part u wool or W0rstcd, 30 cents per |
pound. All woods or hair Of alpaca goat
or other animals, which have advanced
ny hby DlONNrS VI Ul1liNldNtuIN DcFOlu !
the washed or secured condition, rot
otherwise provided for in this act. will be
subject to the Same duties as imposed
upon manufactures OF w0oi not specially
ornamcrtcG or provided for in this act.
Then follows a long enumeration Of the
various kinds Of wOolcn goods. The gen
eral tendency is to reduce the tariff on
cheap goods and increase it On finer quail
tiles.
The tariff on sugars below IL Dutch
standard in color is reduced from l.41
cents 10 40 cent, and for every addi
tional degree. .02 cent additional, instead
Of 1 10 cent as now; between numbers IL |
and 10, lg cents instead of u; between
numbers 10 and 20. l. cents instead of 3;
al above 20. : cents, now 81.
The tariff Oh iron rods and cast IRON
pipes is reduced 40 cent per pound; on
cast iron vessels and sad irons, 10 cent:
on mallcable castings, iron or steel anchors,
non for ships, forgings and iron or steel
weighing more than twenty live pounds,
the reduction is ! cent per pound, on
axes, 4; building iron, 40, boiler or
other plate or steel. except saw platcs)
not thinner than No. 10 wire gauge,
valued 1t . cents per pound or less, are
taxed | cent per pound; above 2 cents
and not above >, / 3-i0; above 3 and net
above 4, I G-10; above 4 and not above z,
? cents; above : and not above 10, 2 $40;
above 10 and not above Is, 81;
above ID. - per cent. al valorcm, now
all cenh provided that all plate iron or
stccI Il inner than No. 0wire gauge shall
pay a daty rs iron or steel plates. Boiler
and other tubes, q cents per pound now
. cents and p cents. Bolts p cents
now - cents Torgings Of iron and
steel not specially enumerated, 2.3 cents
now y cents. Hoop or band iron be-
tween Nos. 10 and 20, IL cents per pound
now IL cents); thinner than No. 20, Is
cents now IL cents, provided that hoop
or band iron or steel ties shall pay 2 cent
per pound more than the duty imposed
on the hoop from which it is made. Nails
cut, ! cent per pound now II cents:
wire nails, longer than two inches and
above No. II, : cents per pound now 4
cents; between one and two inches,
81 cents NOW 4 cents: railway
bars of iron and steel, and made in part
of iron anG steel, T rails and punched
iron or steel, flat rails, II cents per
pound now ranging from s17 per ton to
g cents per pound); railway fish plates,
| cent per pound now ~; sheet iron or
steel, thinner than No. 90, 1.5 cents per
pound NOW 30 per cent. ad valorem); |
spikes, nuts, washers and horseshoes, Is
cents per pound NOW 2 cents; coggcd in
gots, blooms and blanks for wheels, /.
cent? now q. The classification of wire
rods is changed as follows: A duty Of 6
cents per pound imposed on all sizes not
smaller than No. 6 and valued at 3 cents
or less. On all sizes Of iron or steel wire |
the duty is reduced Il cents per pound, |
except where smaller than No. 6, where |
the duty is unchanged. 1t is also pro
vidcd that wire valued at more than 10
cent per pound shall pay a duty not less
tnan &, per cent. al valorem. Copper
Oirs ! cents per pound NOW % cents);
ta.tc and other knives, 20 cents to 81 per
dozen and 70 per cent. al valOrem now
81 reI cent. AL valcrem); pen knives and
ra2ors, ) cents per dozen blades and %
per cent. al yalOrem now 50 per cent.
al valorcm); gold leaf, 81 per package
now 81 so; hollow ware, % cents per
pound now ) cents; nickel ore, ; cents
per pound now IS cents; nickel matte.
10 cents now - cents; quicksilver, 6
cents per pound now 10 per cent. al
valorem); type metal, II cents per pound
now 90 per cent. al valorem).
Schedule +: Tobacco, cigars. etc
Tobacco, cigarettes and cheroots, So. so
per pound NOW So. so. If any portion of