Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1888-05-04
THE MILLS BILL.
A Table Of Comparisons To Show
What Articles Are AZ
fected.
5A1 AVERAGE DUTY STILL 424e.

pfetatlon OF the Presidents message and
the Democratic platform.
A tariff bill is the most difficult of all
measures to understand. By its tech
meal language, and further because Of
double duties, ad vslorem and specific,
1t is almost impossible to speak with
mathematical accuracy Of customs duties.
The existing tariff is noticeable for
Its many incongruities. inequalities and
unjust determinations. Many of these
sre removed by the Mills Bill
Many articles are to-day on the list
OF dutiable articles which could ordi-
nArliy be removed by general consent;
on others the duties are SO enormous as
70 DO indefensible from any point Of
view. Many Of these are materially re-
duced or abolished entire.
Thus. wool is made duty free, and
teat party Of the duty on wooden goods
W ich was laid to counterbalance the
wool duty is stricken off: but the duty
on all manufactures Of woolens is placed
SO high that the actual protection TO this
branch OF industry, which employs large
mum bers OF people, Is in every case
somewhat higher than under the present
tariff. II the bill shall become a law
It will result that the wooden manufac-
turers and their workmen will be better
able to command the home market than
under the present tariff, and they will
be able. with their raw material free.
20 export largely. The Mills Bill will
therefore-as all wooden manufacturers
know who have candidly examined its
wool schedule-give . great impetus to
the wooden business. It will immensely
dustry.
The same is true Of manv other IN.
In hou &c.
duty free. It paya 20 per cent under
the present tariff. and this duty on q
prime necessary. Of life has created q
set OF lumber kings in this. country. At
me same time cabinet and house fur
nitnre. ana the whole line Of manufao-
lures OF wood or wood and IRON com
bined, such as cars and carriages. sash
es. doors and blinds. boats, etc, are re-
duced 8 per cent from the rates in the
present tariff. Such . reduction against
material IN fact gives the workmen in
these industries higher protection than
the present tariff. and should give them.
Is 1t should the wooden operatives, bet
Ter wages and more steady employment.
me Mills Bill; it now bears a dutv Of
20 per ccnt.-a monstfous duty, which
has enriched number Of copper lords in
the Michigan mines Mr.. Browne, q Re-
publican and proteot1on1st member OF
OIH1coc iIom AnuldnAy 6010 IN his tariff
speech that he would make copper-ore
free as quick - hghtning.' But man
ufactures Of brass. in which the labor "a
. large part Of the cost Of the product.
ere reduced only 5 per cent, and the in
asnl0us wofkm r IN that industry viii.
end steadier employment unless Their
employers shall be selfish enough IN oTah
the whole advantage. Manufacture Of
copper are unchanged.
WHERE NO CHANGE n MADE.
The first iiss IL Of Industries now pro-
Mills Bill does mot touch. No change is
made by IL in the duty ON anv of tho
PRODUCTS In thesN industries They
stand precisely in the Mills Bill q thew
snnd IN the tar1n now In force.
BaSketmakcrs.
Bookbinders and 6nishefA
Bone and ivory workers.
Boot ard shoe mAlcer&
Brewer and malsterA
Britannia-ware makers.
Sutton factory operstorA
hCandlemakerH
CtgarmakerA
Clock and watchmaknn and repairers
Co0pers
Copper-workefs.
C0rsetmakerS.
Cutlervmaker9.
Distillers and reetinera
Fishermen.
Flax dfessers
Fur workers.
Gloves, cotton and wooden, cotton gfn-
oon. gimp and tassel makers.
G1nsmiths and lccksmiths.
Harness and saddle makers
Hat ard cap makers.
Hosiery and knitting mill oueratorA
1.ace makers.
Leather case end poeketbook makers.
- l,av Al
and tanncf4
Miners.
Mirror and picture frame nakerA
Organ makers.
Paper mill operators.
Pianof0rte makers and tunacA
Preserved meats
Rubber-g0ods makers.
Scale and rule makers.
Screw makers.
Shirt, cuffs and collar malera
Shocks
Eaw-mill operatora
Straw workers.
Tiles, common and friedrich makers.
Trunk, valise and carpet-bag makers
Tobacco factory operators.
Umbrella and parasol makers.
Stove, furnace and crate makers.
Various farm products, hay hoops,
barley. cattle, sheep and hogs, etc.
FREE LIST.
Timber, hewn and sawed, and timber
used for spars and in building wharves;
timber squared or sided; wood unmanu-
featured, not specially enumerated or
provided for sawed boards, planl1s, deals
for wheels, posts. last blocks, wagon
blocks, oar blocks, gun blocks, and all
like blocks. or sticks, rough, hewn or
sawed only; slaves Of wood; pickets
and palings; laths; shingles; clap
boards pine OF spruce; logs provided
aforementioned articles, or either of
them, by any country whence imported,
al said ARTICLES imported from said
country shall be subject to duty as now
provided by law; salt in bags, sacks
\when imported from any country which
does not charge an import duty upon salt
exported from the United States; fax
straw: fax not hacked or dressed; tow
OF dax or hemp; hemp. maniHa, and
other like substances for hemp; lutte
vegetable Gbers: burlaps, jute or hemp.
or either of them, shall be the component
material Of chief value; bags OF lute FOR
grain; machinery designed for CONVEX
sion Of jute or jute butts into cotton
hakging-to-wit, cards, rowing frames,
winding frames and softcners, iron or
steel sheets or plates, or taggers iron,
coated with tin or lead or with mix
ture of which these metals are COM
ponent part, by the dipping or any other
process A and v, commercially known
rs tin plates; ternc plates and tageers'
tin; beeswax; glycerine. crude, brown
or yellow, Of the specific gravity OF 1.25
or less, at q temperature of 60 degrees
F., not purified by refining or dIstilllng;
PHOSPHORUS, soap stocks, fit only Tor use
Is such; hoap hard and soft, all Of
which are not otherwise specially enum-
Grated or provided for: sheep, dip, ex-
tYact OF hemlock and other bark used for