The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1888-03-02
IT WILL MAKE A REDUCTION IN
REVENUE OF s5s,0O0,OOO.
Articles on the Free List Amount
to s22, 2,25O.Oo0.
No Internal Revenue Changes, the Sub
iect Being Left for Consideration
TO the Full Committee.

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tariff bill submitted to the Ways and
| Means Committee by the Democratic
majority have not been completed in its
details, but the aggregate, according 10
the best information in the hands of the
committee is fixed at $55, ,000, 900, This
total includes about $22, ,a50,000 on ac-
count of the free list, 81, 900 account
of wooden goods, $4,000 ON china
and glassware, $3.50, 900 in the chemical
schedule, something less than 100000
on cotton, 81 ,500,0 600 ON flax, hemp and
jute, on sugar about S11 100000. There
proposed by the bill, the subject being
purposely left for lack of time to the
consideration of the full committee.
/ In addition TO the free list. the follow
| ing are some Of the most important
| changes proposed by the bill: China
ornamented, 45 per cent. ad valorum,
now 60 per cent: china unornamented
| and earthen ware. 40 per cent. ad
| valorum, now about IS per cent, and
| encaustic tiles, 30 per cent. ad vaiorunl,
1 HOW oo pei tSBl- S1CSii ana toiOicu
| glass bottles, cent per pound. now one
cent. There is also provision for add
| ing the value of the bottles when filled
to The value on dutiable goods. Flint
and lime glass bottles and pressed glass
| ware, 30 per cent, ad va Drum, now 40
per cent; cylinder and crown glass
polished and between "a by 80 and "a by
so inches square. 10 cents per square
foot. above that measurement 25 cents
per square foot, now 90 and 40 cents
respectively: unpolished cylinder crown
and common window glass, not exceed
ing 10 by 10 inches, cent per pound:
above that, and not exceeding is by "a,
| II cents; above that, and not exceeding
"a BY 81, II cent (all above II cents now
IL, II, ~ and 2sl. Porcelain and Bohe-
mian glass 40 per cent.
| Iron in pigs, Kentledge, SO per ton,
now 3-10 of cent per pound: iron, rail-
way bars. $11 per ton, now 40 cent per
pound; steel and part steel railway bars.
and slabs and billets of steel, $1i per
ton, now $17 per ton: iron or steel T
rails, $14 per ton, fiat rails S15 per ton,
now $40 and $40 centsper pound respect
lively; band iron l cent per pound, now /
and 2-10 cents. On sheet iron there is a
uniform reduction of 40 cent per
pound. except tagger's iron. On hoop,
band or scroll iron less than eight inches
in width there is reduction of 1-l0 cent
per pound on grades thinner than No. 10
wire gauge. Cast iron pipe of every de-
scription, sic cent per pound, now l
cent Cut nails and spikes of iron or
steel. cent per pound, now II. Cut
tackr, 35 per cent. ad valorem,
now about 3 cents per pound.
Railway fish plates $40 cent per pound.
now II. Wrought iron and steel spikes,
horseshoes, ETC., II cents per pound.
now 2. Anvils and forgings for ma
chinery Il cents per pound. now 2. Riv-
cts. iron and steel, Il cents per pound,
now 81. Hammers. crowbars and track
tools, cents per pound. now 24 Iron
and steel axles, II cents per pound, now
2a. Horseshoe and wire nails, "a cents per
pound, now A. Boiler tubes, II cents
per pound, now 3. Chain iron and steel,
not less than I inches, Ii cents per
| per pound: less than inches, II cents
per pound; less than &, cents, now Il,
and q cents, respectively. Saws 80
per cent. ad valorem; files 35 per cent.
| ad valorem, now ranging from 30 cents
to So so per dozen. Steel ingots, blooms,
die blocks, blanks, bars, bands, sheets.
cranks, shafts and pens, gun moulds,
steel castings, ETC., valued at / cent a
pound. 40 of a cent per pound; value !
| at more than cent and not more than
4. 45 per cent. ad yalorem; the present
rate is AS psr cent. on all values
less than cents per pound and from
to 81 cents per pound on higher grades.
Iron or steel beams, posts.ss columns
building forms and other structural
shapes cents per pound, now cents.
Steel or partly steel railway wheels and
tires or ingots for the same, II cents pei
pound, now q. Wood screws 80 pei
cent. ad yalorem now from 6 to II cents
per pound. Iron and steel wire remain
unchanged with the provision that No
duty shall exceed Copper cent. ad valorem
Old copper clippings for manufacture
ing, cent per pound, now 3 cents. In
gots and Chill bars, cents, now 4
Rolled plates, sheets, rods, pipes, etc, 81
per cent. ad valoren, now 80 cents.
Lead ore and dross cent per pound
now II. Pigs. bars, etc.. for manufac
. ture. cent, now 2. Sheet pine ans
sheet 2t cents, now 3 cents per pound
It Sheathing and yellow metal. 30 per cent
: ad valorem, now 80.
e Nickel ore or matte 10 cents ger poun,
I; on the nickel contained therein, nov
I, Is cents. Zinc and pelter in pigs or fo
:. manufacture II cents per pound, now /
t. and 81 cents respectively. Holiowwar
IS q cents per pound, now 3. Needles o
If all kinds o0per cent. ad valorem, now 2
Al and 35 Penknives, razors, etc. 80 pc
o cent. ad valorem, now so. Pens 25 pc
1T cent. ad valorem, now 12 cents pc
= gross. Type metal 10 per cent. ad va
It, oreni, now 20.
8, Manufacturers wares not special
L. enumerated. composed wholly or
ia part of copper, IS per cent. ad valoren
and Of other metals 90 per cent. ad va