Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1888-09-21
THE MILLS BILL
\ Table Of Comparisons To Show
What Articles Are AZ
fected.
kHD AVERAGE DUTY STILL %2-4e.


measures to understand. By its tech
hical language, and further because OK
louble duties, ad valorem and specific.
h is almost impossible to speak with
Mathematical accuracy Of customs duties.
The existing tariff is noticeable for
It's many incongruities. inequalities and
Unjust determinations. Many of these
hre removed by the Mills Bill
Many articles are today on the list
bf dutiable articles which could ordi-
partly be removed by general consent !;
On others the duties are 30 enormous as
10 be indefensible from any point Of
view. Many of these are materially re-
huced or abolished entire
Thus. wool is made duty free. and
that party Of the duty on wooden goods
which was laid to oounterbalance the
wool duty is stricken Off: but the duty
! on all manufactures Of woolens is placed
70 hsS that the actual protection To this
>ran of industry, which employs large
Inn Akrs Of people, is in every case
omewhat higher than under the present
tariff. II the bill shall become a law
At will result that the wooden manufac-
4turers and their workmen will be better
able to command the home market than
be able. with their raw material free.
70 export largely. The Mills Bill will.
kberefore-as all wooden manufacturers
know who have candidly examined it's
wool schedule-give . great impetus to
the wooden business. 1t will immensely
6enefit the workpeopls in the wooden in
dustry.
The same Is true Of many other in
6ustries. For instance, lumber is made
duty free. It pays 20 per cent. under
the present tariff, and this duty on
prime necessary Of life has created a
Set Of lumber kings in this country. At
the same time cabinet and house fur
Initure. and tho whole line Of manufao-
lures OF wood or wood and iron COM
bined. such as cara and carriages, SASH
rs. doors and blinds, boats. etc, are re-
duced per cent from the rates in the
present tariff. Such . reduction against
20 per cent reduction in their raw
these industries higher protection than
the present tariff. and should give them.
Is 1t should the woolen operatives, bet
Ter wages and more steady EMPLOYMENT,
80, again. coppef-Ore Is made free In
me NILS Bill; 1t now BEAM q duty Of
20 per cent? mcnstrous duty. which
has enriched . number Of copper lords in
publican and protect1on1st member of
Congress from Indiana, said in his tariff
speech that he would mako cOpper-ore
nee as quick - hghtning.s But man
ufsctures Of brass, In which the labor Is
large part Of the cost Of the product,
gentous worlmen In that industry win
under the Mills Bin. 1T larger wages
and stead1er employmSnt unless their
employers shah be selfish enough to crab
the whole advantage. Manufactures of
copper are unchanged.
WHERE NO CHANGE n MADE.
The first list il Of industries now pro.
Mills Bill does not touch No w chan o. the ;s
made BY IL In the duty on any of tho
products In thesn industries. They
stand precisely n the Mills Bill q they
stand in tho tariff now In force.
Basketmalmra
Bookbinders and nnishera
Bone and ivory workers,
Boot and shoe makers.
Brewers and malster1
Brftannia-wAre makeH -
BUTTON factory operator2
CandlenAkerk
Cigarmal<erA
Clock and watcbmsles and repairess.
&oprer-wofkers.
QGsetmakersI
05Nervmakeu.
~ e09nlleIs and rectiAola
Fishermen.
Flax dressers
Fur woJkers.
Gloves. cotton and WOODEN, cotton gin
con, gimp and tassel makers.
Gold and silver workers and Jewellers.
GInsmiths and lecksmiths.
Harness and saddle makers.
Hat aEd cap nakerk.
Eiosicry and knitting mid oueratorA
! l.aC0 makefA
YAothnv ~n.~ "a
Leather curf1crA dresserA dnishers
ana fAnnerA
Miners.
Mirror and picturs name nakers
Organ makers.
Paper mill operators.
Piancfcrte makers and tuners.
Preserved mcatA
Rubbef-goods malzefa.
Scale and rule mal1ers.
Screw makers.
Shirt, cuffs and collar nalera
Shocks.
Saw-miH operatoA
Straw WofkerA
Tiles. common and fre-brick makers.
Trunk. vadss and carpet-bag makers.
Iooacc6 factory operators
Umbrella and parasol makers.
Stove, furnace ana crate makers
Various farm products, hay hoops,
harley, cattle, sheep and hogs etc.
FREE LIST.
Timber, heWn and sawed. and timber
used for spans and in building wharves
1mDer squared or sided wood unmanu-
provided for !. sawed boards, planks, deals
and Al articles Of sawed lumber; hubs
!9r wheels. posts, hst blocks, wagon
0!ockH OR block, gun blocks, and all
luse blocks OK stickh rough, hewn or
sayed only; slaves Of wood; pickets
snd n1nss; laths; shingles; clap,
that If any export duty is laid upon the
aforementioned ARTICLES, or either of
them. BY any country whence imported.
AZ said articles imported from said
country shall be subject to duty as now
provided By law; salt in bags, sacks,
o9rte. OF other packages or in bulk,
does not charge an import duty upon salt
sxrorted from the United States; dax
. straw: dax not hacked or dressed; tow
fof YAK or hemp; hemp, MANILA, and
90 like substances for hemp; jute
U4tA .Jute: sun, sisal glass, and other
OF either Of them, shall be the component
material OF chief value; bags Of jute for
gain machinery designed for CONVEX
SION OF jute or tute butts into cotton
oagging-to-wit. cards, rowing frames,
winding frames and softeners, iron OF
steel enee0 OF plates or taggerS iron,
coated with tin or lead or with . mix.
eam Of which these metals are COM
ponent part BY the dipping or any other
process; "A and v, commercially known
as tin plates; ternc Plates and ia ggers'
tin; beeswax; glyoertne, crude, brown
or yellow, Of the specific gravity Of I.25
Or iese, at temperature of so degrees
prosperous, soap stocks, fit only for use
Is such; koap. hard and soft, all of
which are not otherwise specially enum-
Grated or provided for; sheep. dip ex-
tract Of hemlock and other bark used for
tanning; indigo; extracts Of and car
seed. and rareseed oil; oil 'r ccttcns Se%p
petroleum. = luminous cake and alum in
orystA!s " .nund; al tmitafinrs of
oA1AM3 Aissn1 untass and All s,l.ro,ui