The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1888-10-12
SYNOPSIS OF THE BILL.

SYNOPSIS OF THE BILL.
Leading Features OF the Measure Fro
posed by the Senate Committee.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 8.-The Senate Com
mittee on Finances substitute for the Mills
tariff bill embodies an entire revision of the
tariff schedules and the administrative fea-
ture Of the present law, proposing the re-
enactment of all such features as in the
opinion of the majority of the committee
ought not to DO changed. The following
synopsis contains all the changes. as COM
pared with the present law, the rates of
the present law being given i'm parenthisis
with each article Except when the article is
not enumerated in existing law;
The Free List.
The following are the additions to the free
list: Acrons, raw, dried or undried; baryta,
sulphate Of, or barytes manufactured;
beeswax; books and pamphlets printed ex-
clusively in languages other than English;
braids, plaits, fats, laces, etc, for orna-
menting hats; bristles, raw or unmanufac-
tured; bulbs and Dubious roots not edible,
chicory root, raw, dried or undred but un-
ground; coal slack or culm; coal tar crude;
curling stone handles; currants, zante or
other, dried; dandelion roots, raw, dried or
undried, but unground; eggs and yolks;
feathers and downs of all kinds, crude and
manufactured; jute; jute butts; MANILA;
ramie; sissal grass; sum; all other
textile grasses or fibrous SUBJ
stances, manufactured or undressed;
floor mating, known as Chinese mating;
grease and oils, such as are commonly used
in soap making or mine drawing, etc;
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 manufactured for smoking; potash,
crude carbonate; potash. caustic or hydrate;
potash, nitrate of, or salt petre; potash,
sulphate Of; potash, chlorate Of; rags, all
not enumerated; hemp seed, rape seed,
sponges, sand, tar and pitch of wood, trr-
pentine.
Wool and Manufactures OF Wool.
The classification of woods is that of the
present law. Woods OF the first and second
class and all hair OF the Alpaca goat and
other like animals, IL cents per pound 40 to
30 cents; woods of the third class, exceeding
in value 12 cents per pound, 6 cents per
pound. o. Top slubbing and all other
wastes composed wholly or in part Of wool
or worsted, 30 cents per pound. All woods
and hair Of the Alpaca goat or other ami
mails, which have been advanced by any
process OF manufacture, being the washed
or secured condition, not otherwise enum-
Grated or provided for I'm this act
shall be subject to the same duty as
are imposed upon manufactures of wool not
specially enumerated or provided for in this
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features of wool not enumerated valued at
not exceeding 40 cents per pound, 3J cents
per pound, and in addition thereto 30 per
cent ad valorem (35 cents and 35 and 40 |
per cent? Above 40 cents. and not exceed
ing 10 cents per pound, 30 cents per pound |
and 40 per cent ad valorem (35 and 40 cents |
and 30 and 40 per cent? Above 60 cents |
per pound, 40 cents per pound, and 40 per |
cent ad va1orem. Flannels, blankets, hats, |
etc., valued at above go cents per pound, |
40 cents per pound and 40 per cent adj |
valorem "a cents and 80 per cent and 30 |
cents and 40 per cent?
Women's and children's dress goods.
Italian cloths, made part of WOOL and |
valued not exceeding 10 cents per square |
yard, cents per square yard, 40 per cent |
al valorem % cents and 3J per cent, and |
an admixture of silk, and i'm |
which silk 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 30 per cent and cents and 40 Der
cent, according 70 value).
Provided that all goods Of the character
or described in this paragraph, |
over four ounces per square yard I
shah pay duty Of 40 cents perlpound and |
40 per cent adj valorem, 80 and 40 per cent
per pound. Women's and children's dress
goods, Italian cloths, and composed wholly
of wool IL per cent per square yard and 40
per cent ad valorem 90 per cent and % per |
cent. All such goods with selvages made |
wholly or in part Of other materials, and all
such goods in which threads are made
wholly or in part Of other materials, have
been introduced for tho purpose Of chang /
ing the classification for duty. If cents per
square yard, and 40 per centum adj valorem
% cents and 40 per cent. Provided that
III such goods weighing over four ounces
per square yard shall pay duty of 40
,ents per pound and 40 per cent al valo-
'em. Clothing ready made not enumer-
ned all goods made on knitting frames,
md all pile fabrics composed wholly or
n part of wool made up Dor manufactured
wholly or in part, 40 cents per pound and
IS per cent ad valonem 40 cents and 35 per
senN. Cloaks, dolmans, jackets, etc, OK
,ept knit goods composed wholly or in part
If wool. made up wholly or i'm portl. 45
,ents per pound and ~ per cent ad volorem
80 cents and 40 per cent?. Endless belts on
,elts for paper or printing machines, 20
,ents per pound and 30 per cent al valorem
20 cents and - per cent?, Mhlf ca
ts.afs Sugar.. Gf
All sugars not above 13, Dutch standard,
n color: Tank bottoms, syrups Of cane
Juice or of beet Juice, melada, cdncen-
rnted melada. concrete and concentrated