The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1888-03-09
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The Democratic Platform for 1888 Natured.
W~AsHINGroN, March 1.-The Chairman Of
the Ways and Means Committee to-day sub
mitted to the full committee the tariff bill
upon which the Democratic members have
been at work for several months. The meas
ure was Immediately made public. The free
list section will take effect July l, 1883.
Among the additions to the list of articles
which may be imported free of duty are the
following: Timber of various kinds; timber
or lumber, whether hewn or sawed; also
rough wagon and shipping material, and all
kinds of wood not specified in the bill, pro-
vided the articles mentioned are not subject
to duty in the country whence imported,
otherwise the present duties will be levied:
salt, with the same restrictions as timber;
fax, hemp and various vegetable fbres; bur-
laps, not exceeding sixty inches wide; bag
ging; tin plates; time plates and tagger's tin;
beeswax, gelatine and similar preparations
Of glycerine and glue; phosphorus; soap and
soap stocks; tanning bark; oils compressed
from seeds; petroleum and its products; min
eral waters and limitations; cement; tar and
its products; turpentine; preparations known
as essentials or pressed, distilled or rendered
oils; alkaline, alkaloids and various chemical
compounds; bulbs, fruits, nuts, seeds, etc.;
crude earths, clays or minerals; opium, crude,
containing over 8 per cent. of mo'phia for
medicinal purposes; iron, steel hoops, need.
les; copper ores, regulus and old copper;
nickel OF and crude antimony, quicksilver,
cromate Of iron or crome ore; crude minerals
and metals unwrought, and not specially
enumerated or provided for; brick, vegeta-
bles, meats, beans, peas, etc; pulp for paper,
Bibles, books and pamphlets printed in
other language than the English, and books
and pamphlets, and all publications of for.
eign governments and publications of foreign
societies, historical or scientific, printed for
gratuitous distributions; paintings in oil or
water colors, and statuary, not otherwise
provided for; stone, manufactured or I'M
dressed; hair, hatter's fur unstained; rags,
rattans and reeds manufactured.
In addition to the free list the following
are some of the most important changes pro-
posed by the bill:
Iron, in pig, kentledge, sc per ton, now
three tenths cent per pound; iron, railway
bars, $11 per ton, now seven tenths cent per
pound; steel and part steel railway bars and
slabs and billets of steel s11 per ton, now ST.
per ton; iron or steel T rails $14 per ton; fiat
rails SIS per ton, now nine tenths and eight
tenths cent per pound respectively; round
iron one cont per pound, now one and two
tenths cents per pound; on sheet iron there
is a uniform reduction of one tenth cent per
pound, excepting tagger's iron; on hoop,
band or scroll iron less than 8 inches in
width there is q reduction Of one tenth cent
per pound; on grades thinner than No. 10
wire gauge cast iron pipe Of every descrip-
ton six tenths cent per pound, now one cent
per pound; cut nails and spikes of iron or
steel one cent per pound, now one fourth
cent; tacks, IS per cent. ad valorem, now
about 3 cents per pound; railway fish plates,
eight tenths cent per pound, now one four
teenth; wrought iron, steel spikes, horse
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now 2 cents; steel ingots, bloom, die blocks,
blanks, bars, bands, sheets, crank shafts and
pins, stamp shapes, gun moulds, steel cast
ings, ETC., valued at one cent q pound, four
tenths cent a pound-valued at more than
one cent, and not more than four cents, Is
per cent. ad valorem- now IS per cent on all
values less than four cents per pound, and
from two to three and q fourth cents per
pound on higher grades; iron or steel beams.
posts, columns or building forms and other
structural shape. six tenths cent per pound,
now one and one fourth cent; steel or partly
steel railway wheels and tires or ingots for
the same, one and one half cents per pound,
now two and one half cents; iron and steel
wire remain unchanged, with the provision
that no duty shall exceed 60 per cent. adj va
loren; old copper and copper clippings for
remanufacture, one cent per pound, now
three cents; ingots and Chill bars, 2 cents
per pound, now 4 cents; rolled plates, sheets,
rolled pipes, etc, 80 per cent. ad valorem,
now IS; lead ore and dross, three fourths
cent per pound, now one and one half; pigs,
bars, etc, for remanufacture, one and one
fourth, nov wi cents; sheet, pipes and shot.
two and a fourth, now three: sheathing and
yellow metal, 80 per cent. ad valorem, now
IS; nickel ore or matte, 10 cents per pound,
or nickel contained therein, now Is cents;
zinc and spelter in pigs or for remanufac-
ture, one and a fourth cents per pound; IN
sheets, two cents per pound, now one and a
half and two and q half cents respectively;
manufactures and wares not specifically
enumerated, composed wholly or in part Of
copper, IS per cent. ad valorem, and of other
metals, 40 per cent. ad valorem, now uni
form at As ad valorem; cabinet or house fur
niture, wood, 30 per cent. ad valorem, now
IS; wood manufactures unenumerated, 30
per cent. ad valorem, enow IS; sugar, not
above No. Is Dutch Standard, is as follows:
tank bottoms syrups, etc not above Is de-
grees polarization, one and fifteen hun
dredths cents per pound, above 16 D.S and
not above 20, two and twenty hundreths
cents per pound; above 20 D. S. two and one
half cents per pound. The present duties
range from one and forty hundredths cents
per cent below IA Dutch Standard to three
and a half cents per pound for sugars above
20 D. 5. The lower grade of molasses is un-
changed, but that testing above 46 degrees is
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tionery 40 per cent. ad valorem, now 10 cents
per pound; all leaf tobacco, manufactured, is
fixed at IS cents per pound, and the present
distinction between Sumatra and ordinary
wrapping tobacco IS abolished; starch is one
cent per pound, now from two to two and a
half cents per pound; rice, cleaned, two
cents, uncleaned one and a fourth, now two
and a fourth and one aud a fourth respec-
lively; rice meal or Hour which will pass
through a No. 10 brass wire sieve, 20 per
cent. ad valorem, present duty is the same,
but the condition is not imposed; paddy,
three fourths cent per pound, now one and
q fourth cents; raisins one and a half cents
per pound, now two cents; peanuts, three
fourths cent per pound, how one cont;
shelled, n cent per pound, now one and q
half cents; mustard, in bottles, ground, or
preserved, 6 cents per pound, now 10 cents;
all cotton cloths, 80 per cent. ad valorem,
provided tarletans, mulls and crinolines
shall not pay more than Is per cent. ad valo.
rem. The present tariff divides cotton cloths
into thirteen classes, with duties ranging
from two and a half cents ner snnara vavd