Evening journal., 1888-10-04

About Half and Haf Between customs
Duties and Internal Taxes-The Total
Reduction OF the aovornment's Income
would be $4,000. .oOo-sugar Cut One
HaIf-The Middle Ground on Wool and
Iron-The Free List Additions.
WASHINGTON, Oct 4-Mr. Allison, from
the committee ON finance, reported in the
senate the Republican substitute for the
Mills tariff bill.
The estimated reduction in the income Of
the government made in this bin is in round
numbers $4,000, 900, being about equally
divided between customs duties and internal
taxes 1t cuts the sugar duty as nearly one
half as possible, the reduction there aggregat-
ing S27, ,759 600 Tobacco releases 81, SOC, ,00o;
free alcohol for the arts s7,0O0000 The free
list is given So, 100000 and the other redue-
tions amount to about Ss,00O0OO The
changes proposed by the bill in internal
revenue and tarm taxes are to take effect
on and after the first day Of February, 1889.
The internal revenue tax on cigars, cheroots
and cigarettes weighing more than three
pounds per thousand is fixed at S150 per
thousand, less than three pounds TO the thou
sand fifty cents. Il repsals all laws restrict
ing the sale Of tobacco by farmers and pro
ducers; repeals the taxes on manufactured
tobacco aud snuff, she special taxes required
to be paid by manufacturers and dealers in
leaf tobacco and retail dealers in leaf tobacco,
manufactured tobacco, snuff and cigars
Alcohol used in tho industrial arts under
certain regulations by the commissioner Of
internal revenue, is TO be exempt from the
/ payment of the internal revenue tax.
In schedule A, covering chemical products,
the duty on alcoholic perfumery, cologne
water and other toilet waters is fixed at 81
per gallon and % per centum al valorem
Backing Of all kinds, 25 per centum; sui
phate of copper, cents per pound; refined
camphor, cents per pound: borax, crude,
3 cents; refined, 5 cents per pound; cements,
s cents per hundred pounds; chloroform 80
cents per pound; sulphuric ether, 30 cents
per pound; morphine, 80 cents per ounce;
castor oil, so cents per gallon; medicinal prep
arations, essences medicated wines, etc. 40
cents per pound cosmetics and toilet prepa-
tions, 80 per centum ad valorem.
In the earthen and glass ware schedule the
duty on common brown earthen ware and
stone ware is fixed at 20 per centum ad va
loren; plain glass bottles from 1 to II cents
per pound; rough plate glass from Il to 2
cents per square foot.
In the metal schedule iron and steel railway
punched iron or steel fiat rails, 7-l0 Of cent
per pound. The Mills bill fixes a duty OF Si1
per ton on iron and steel railway bars,
weighing moro than % pounds TO the yard,
and Sl4 per ton on iron or steel rails and SIS
per ton on iron or steel fat rails, weighing
not over . pounds 10 the yard.
Iron ore and sulphur ore in the senate
committees bill are taxed 70 cents per ton;
pig iron, spiegelesen, wrought and scrap iron
and scrap steel, " Of l cent per pound the
same as under existing law; beams, girders
and all structural steels, 1-10 cents per
pound; boiler and plate iron or steel, from /
to 81 cents per pound, and if valued above
13 cents per pound - per centum ad valorem;
hoop iron, from ! to 1-10 cents per pound
Cut nails, | cent per pound; iron OF steel
wire, from 4 cents to cents per pound;
copper ore, 4 cents per pound; copper
plates and bars, . cents per pound; lead ore,
u cents per pound; nickel ore, 3 cents per
pound; zinc in blocks, "a cents per pound;
in sheets, 2iS cents per pound.
In the wood and wooden schedule the duty
on hewn and sawed timber is 20 per centum
ad valorem; sawed boards, planks, etc. e
per thousand feet.
In Schedule E, covering sugar, all sugars
above b., D. s., 7-10 Of cent per pound.
present rates are 4-iO cents per pound
while the Mills bin proposes duty of l5-1OC
cents per pound: sugars above number Is
and not above IS D. s., g cents per pound
In the Mills bill it Is 220 cents psr pound
/ Above No ID and not above 20 D. s., ~
cents per pound, against 2 40 cents per pound
in the Mills bill. All above No. 20 d. s., {
cents per pound, agains. 2S cents per pound
in the Mills bill
In the tobacco schedule, the duty on cigars
and cigarettes is fixed at $3.50 per pound
leaf tobacco not stemmed, 81 per pound
unmanufactured leaf tobacco, 20 cents PEI
pound; if stemmed, 25 cents; snuff, 20 cent
per pound.
III the provision schedule, the duty on fig
is fixed at cents per pound; raisins, 2 cent
: per pound; cleaned rice, cent per pound
uncleaned, x cent per pound broken rice, 7.
of a cent per pound. In the Mills bill tn,
d duty on cleaned rice is fixed at l cent pei
Z pound, and on uncleaned rice Z cent pei
\ pound. The duty ON salt in bags, sacks ant
8 barrels is fixed at Z cents per hundre,
& pounds; in bulk, cents per hundred pounds
the same as at present.
= Wheat, 20 cents per bushel; wheat -four
/, 90 per centum all yalorcm; brandy, s. pei
h proof gallon; cordials and absinthe ar
l. taxed ~ per proof gallon; ale, porter anC
IS beer in bottles, 30 cents per gallon; otherwisi
than in bottles, 20 cents per gallon.
n In the cotton manufactures schedule cot
q ton threads, warps, etc, are taxed from Il
cents to IS cents per pound; cotton clotl
from 2lS to ca cents per square yard; stock
ings, hose, gloves, shirts and drawers, S5 pc
centum ad valorem; cotton cords, braids
etc, 35 per centum ad valorem.
!. Hacked flax in the senate bill is taxed 81
per ton; in the Mills bill $40 Tow of fax o
hemp is taxed $40 per ton; in the Mills bill /
is on the free list. Heypp, so per ton Bur
laps not exceeding sixty inches in width, ex
cept such as may be suitable for cotton bag
ging, 80 per csntum ad val0rem; this in tn
Mills bill is ON the free list Hemp or jut
= carpoting, 6 cents rer square yard; cotto
bagging and gunny cloth, suitable for cover
= ing cotton, Of a cent per pound; gum
/. cloth, not bagging, is tax IS per eentum a
valorem in the Mills bill. Oil cloth, linoloun
y corticene, 10 cents per square yard and
10 cents ad valorem.
In the wool and woolen schedules the dut
on first and second class wools-clothin
woods and combing woos-is fixed at
cents per pound The present duty ON thes
: woods is 10 cents por pound if valued at le'
\ than 20 cents Ter pound, and y cents poun
~ If valued at more than ~ cents per pouni
The duty on carpet woo-s, or woods II q