The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-10-04
REDUCTION OF SEVENTY-FIvE MILLIONS.
Provisions of the Tariff Bill Reported
In the Senate.
A Cut OF over Fifty Millions on Sugar
and Tobacco.
Protection for the Staple Products Of
the Country.

revision of tariff Scnedules and adj
ministratiye features of the present w, pro-
| posing the re-enactment of all such features
as in the opinion of the majority Of the COM
mittee ought not to be changed. The
! following are the additions to the free list
Acorns, raw dried or undried
| Baryte, suphate OF, or barytes manufactured.
Books and pamphlets. printed exclusively in
| languages other than English
Braids, plaits and flats, laees etc., for orna-
| menting hats.
| Bristies, raw or manufactured.
| Bulbs and:bulbous roots: not edible; chickery
| root, raw, dried or undried, but unground.
| Coal, slack or culm. coal tar, crude.
Curling stone handles.
| Currants, Zante or other dried.
| Dandelion roots, raw, dried or undried but un-
| ground.
Feathers and downs of all kinds, crude and un-
manufactured.
Jute, jute butts, manila Ramie, sisal grass gum
and all other textile grasses or hbrous substances
manufactured or undreSSed.
| Floor mating. known as Chinese mating.
Grease and oils, such as are commonly used in
| soap making or mine drawing.
| Human hair, raw, uncleaned and not drawn.
Mineral waters, not specially enumerated.
Molasses, testing not above So degrees
Olive oil, for manufacturing or mechanical pur-
| poses.
Nut oil or oil Of nuts, opium, crude, or unmanu-
/ factured for smoking.
Potash, caustic or hydrate. Potash, nitrate Of
salt petre. Potash, sulphate of. Potash, chlorate
Rags. all not enumerated.
Hemp seed, rape seed
| SpongeS
| Sand.
| Tar, and pitch of wood, turpentine.
| WOOL AND wooLENs.
| 1.-THE figures in parentheses show the present
rate OF duty.l
| Wool and manufactures cf wool (the classi-
fcation of woods is that of the present law.
Wools of the first and second class and all
hair of the alpaca goat. and other like ami
mails, IL cents per pound. Woods of the third
class, exceeding in value II cents per pound,
6 cents per pound. Top slubbing and all
other wastes, composed wholly or in part Of
wool, or worsted, 80 cents per pound. All
woods and hair of the alpaca goat and other
animals which have been advanced by any
process of manufacture beyond the washed
or secured condition, not otherwise enumer-
| ated or provided for in this act shall be sub
| ject to the same duties as are imposed upon
manufactures of wool not specially enumera-
ted or provided for in this act
| Woolen cloths, shawls and all manufac-
lures Of wool not enumerated. valued at not
exceeding 40 cents, 80 cents per ponnd, and
| In addition thereto 35 per cent. ad valorem
| (35 cents and 35 and 40 per cent? Above 40
| cents and not exceeding 60 cents per pound,
| 80 cents per pound and 40 per cent ad valo-
1 AOhi AJO anu ~ CCubo anu % anu ~ ptT c60L.j
| Above GO cents per pound, 40 cents per pound
| and 40 per cent ad valorem.
Flannels, blankets, hats, etc., valued at
| above 60 cents per pound, 40 cents per pound
and 40 per cent adyalorem ga cents and 80
per cent. and 35 cents and 40 per cent?
| Women's and children's dress goods, Ital-
ian cloths, etc., made part of wool and val
ued at not exceeding 10 cents per square
| yard, 8 cents per square yard. 40 per cent. ad
| valorem (5 cents and 80 per cent?: contain
/ ing aQmiXfnrQ of oillx and in xuhiab ell
| is not the component material of chief
value, and not otherwise provided, II cents
| per square yard, and in addition thereto
40 per centum ad valorem Is cents and 80
per cent, and cents and 40 per cent,
according to value), provided that all goods
| OF the character enumerated or described in
this paragraph, weighing over four ounces
per square yard, shall pay duty Of 40 cents
| per pound and 40 per cent. ad velorem (35
cents and 40 per cent?
Women's and children's dress goods, Ital-
ian cloths and composed wholly of wool, IL
cents per square yard and 40 per cent. ad
vaiorem 90 cents and 25 per cent?
All such goods, with selvages made wholly
or in part of other materials, and all such
goods in which threads made wholly OF in
part OF other materials have been introduced
for the purpose of changing the classifica-
ton Tor duty, II cents per square yard and
40 percensum ad valorem % cents and 40 per
cent?. Provided that all such goods weigh
ing over four ounces per square yard shall
pay duty of 40 cents per pound and 40 per
cent ad valOrem.
goods made on knitting frames, and all pile
fabrics, composed wholly or in part of wool
made up or manufactured wholly or in part,
40 cents per pound, and 45 per cent ad volo-
rem (40 cents and 35 per cent? Cloaks, dol
mans, jackets, etc., except knit goods COM
posed wholly or in part of wool, made up
wholly or in part, 45 cents per pound and As
per cent ad yalorem, (45 cents and 40 per
cent?
Endless belts or felts for paper, or print
ing machines, 20 cents per pound and 80 per
cent ad valorem, go cents and 35 per cent?
SUGAR.
All sugars, not above 10 Dutch standard in
color, tank bottoms, syrups or cane juice, or
of beet juice Melada, concentrated Melada,
concrete and concentrat ed molasses, testing
not above rs degrees, 7-10 cents per pound
| (now 45-100 cents), and for every additional
degree shown by polariscope. 2-10O cents ad-
dltlonal NOW 4-100 centsl. All sugars above
number l3 and not above No. 16, IL cents
NOW 75-100 cents). All sugar above 16 and
not above No. 20, 1s cents (now cents. All
sugars above No. 20, 2 cents now 81 cents).
Molasses testing above Sc degrees, cents
pei. gallon now 81 Sugar candy and all con-
fectlonery made wholly or in part of sugar,
valued at II cents or less pound and on
sugars after being refined when tinctured.
colored or any way adulterated, 8 cents per
pound NOW 8 and 10 cents.) Glucose or
grape sugar cent go per cent. ad valorem.)
METALS.
Round and square iron, not less than inch
nine-tenths of cent per pound NOW cent?
Flats less than l inch wide, or less than :
inch thick, round iron, less than inch and
not less than ZIG inch in diameter, and
square iron less than Z inches square, 1 cent
NOW lilo cents.) Round iron in coils and
rod less than 7-16 of an inch in diameter and
Dars or Shapes OF rolled iron, not specially
enumerated, LILO cents NOW 2-10 cents.
Cast iron pipe 9-l0 cent NOW cenD cast
IRON vessels, plates, hand irons, sad irons,
etc., not, specially enumerated, 2-10 cents
per pound d4 cents.)
Castings OF malleable iron, unenumerated,
wrought iron for ship forgings Of iron and
steel, weighing % pounds or more,
1.,S-1O NOW u cents) Axles cents
NOW p cents.) Blacksmth's ham,
, mers, IA lnow I'D Beams, gir-
Boiler or other plate iron or steel except
saw plates( not thinner than No. 10 wire
gauged, valued at cents per pound, or less,
cent per pound Above cents and not
aeove o, 2-lO; ABOVE 3 and not above 4,
above and not above 10, 2 $40; above 10
and not above 13, 81; above 13. 45 per cent
ad valorem now all III Provided that all
plate iron, or steel thinner than No. 10 wire
gauge, shall pay duty as iron or steel mates.
Boiler and other tubes. q cents per pound
NOW cents and 2f cents.) Bolts.
2f cents (now p cents) Chains. not less
than inch in diameter, l 1910 cents between
and ], l $40 cents; less than 1, cents now
II, 2 and p centsJ
Forgings of iron and steel not specjallv
enumerated, 3-10 cents NOW 25.) Hoop or
band iron, between numbers 10 and 20. i 1-10
cents pound NOW 2-10) thinner than M
20, $40 now 4-10) Provided. that hoon
or band iron or steel ties shall pay 2-1O cents
per pound more than the duty imposed on
the hoop from which it is made
Nails, cut cent per pound now 1D. wire
nails longer than inches and above No. 10
2 cents per pound NOW q, between / and ;
inches q cents now a..
Railway bars OF iron and steel and made in
part of iron and steel rails and punched
iron or steel, fiat rails, Ito cents ner nonnd
NOW ranging from SIT per ton To 3 1'1o cents
per pound) Railway fish plates. cent ner
pound NOW II Sheet iron or steel thinner
than No. %, 5-10 cents per pound fnnw n
per cent ad valorem.)
Spikes, nuts, washers and horse sboas
l $40 cents per pound NOW cents). coggad
ingots, blooms and blanks for Wheels IS
cents (n0w 2) -
The classification of wire rods is chanoad
as follows: A duty OF Clio cent per ponnd Is
imposed ON all sizes not smaller than M q
and valued at cents or less per ponnd onJ
on iron or steel fiat, with ribs. for fano;no Snu
valued at cents or less. On All oioas
iron and steel wire, the duty is redncsd u !
cent per pound, except where H. is sn,aila4