St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-03-10


Cylinder and crown glass, polished, not ex.
| ceeding measurement of two feet by five feet,
10 cents per square foot; above the size
named, 25 cents per foot. Unpublished
cylinder crown and common window glass,
cent to Ia OF cent per pound
according to size. Cast polished-plate glass,
| unsilVered, from % to 40 cents per foot
according to size. Unsilvered or looking-glass,
from 25 to Is cents, according to size
Porcelain and Bohemian glass. stained glass,
ETC., 40 per cent. I'D valorem.
| Metals are to pay duties as follows: Pig iron,
IS per ton. Iron railway bars, 81. Steel ditto,
| Sl1. Bar iron, rolled or hammered Il OF
cent per pound, not less than one inch
wide and three-eighths of an inch thick; in
| larger measures, cent per pound. Iron slabs.
| blooms, loops, 3o per cent ad yalorem.
Iron bars, blooms, billets, in the manufa cture
of which charcoal is used, so per ton. Iron or
steel Trails, a5 per ton. Round iron in coils
or rods and rolled iron enumerated 90 Mt
| per pound. Sheet-iron thin, / cent per
pound. Black taggers' iron, 30 per cent Hoop
iron, 1 cent per pound Cast iron pipe,
| $40 Of q cent per pound. Nails, cent
per pound. Tacks, 35 per cent.
Anvils, anchors, ETC., ~ cents per pound.
| Rivits, ETC., ~ cents per pound.
Hammers, tubes, sledges. axles, etc.,
per cent. Files, 35 per cent. 1ngots andblooms,
4-10 OF a cent per pound. Wire and manu-
| features thereof are left unchanged, pro-
| Vided that no duty exceeds so per cent. Old
copper clippings cent per pound Copper.
| unmanufactured, cents per pound. Lead IL
cents per pound; in sheets, 2A cents per pound.
Nickel In ore, 10 cents per pound; zinc spelter,
2 cents per pound. Hollow-ware, 2H
cents per pound. Machine needles, 20 per
cent. The entire wood schedulels is subjected to
10 per cent duty. All grades of sugar are re-
duced by an amount varying from one-ftfth
to one-fourth of the present duty. Cot
| ton yarn is reduced to IS and 40 per cent.
Bleached linens to s5 per cent Other yarns
Is per cent. Cotton cloth to 40 per cent. The
manufactures of wool are reduced as follows:
Woolen and worsted cloths to 40 per cent.
Flannels, blankets and knit goods 40 per cent.
Dress goods, partly OF wool, 40 per cent. Ready
made clothing, IS per cent. Weddings, so per
cent. Carpets. 80 per cent. Paper and ita
manufactures are generally reduced. Car.
| riages, 80 per cent. Watches, 25 per cent.
The administrative provisions constitute the
most voluminous parts of the bill and embracd
the provisions compiled by Mr.. Hewitt in the
Forty-ninth Congress and incorporated in the
Morrison Tariff bill. Mr.. Hewitt's provisions
abolishfng the office Of merchant appraiser and
providing new methods Of reappraisement are
omitted.
The entire system OF damage allowances on
imported goods injured during transportation
is abolished. The period for which imported
merchandise can be kept in bonded ware
houses is extended from one to three
years. The duties on boxes, cartons and other
inside coverings Of merchandise which pass In
to the hands of consumers are revived Duties
on packing charges are revived What is known
as the ''similitude'' clause OF the tariff is re-
enacted with such wording as to make clear
when nnenumerated articles can be classified
as assimilating to enumerated articles. I'm.
porters' declarations are substituted for
importers oaths in all customs matters,
and importers are authorized to make declara.
tions before notares instead OF at the custom.
house. The recon- mendations made as to pro-
tests, appeals and suits by Secretary Manning
in special report to Congress two years ago
are all adopted. The penalties are made more
stringent for bribery or feeling inspectors of
customs, or for any Irregularities In in
spection of baggage. The Government is
authorized to bring suit for the value of
merchandise fraudulently imported after such
merchandise has passed into the hands of the
importer The other provisions are all of
minor character.
The bill, as submitted, contains no provisions
as to internal revenue, it being understood that
the Democratic members are prepared to sub
nit an internal revenue bill at On early day.
Mr.. Mills Interviewed on the Effects OF
the Tariff Bill.
WASHINGTON, March I'm an in ter
view with representative of the United
Press on the Tariff bill, which was SUBJ
mitted to the ways and means committee
yesterday morning, Mr.. Mills said: sTo
begin with, let us glance at the free list.
There are two or three hundred articles
on which the duty is to be removed. A
large number of these articles thus placed
on the free list are Of minor Importance,
md fFn off in, rvyf, Co.
industries, and where a country charges
an import duty upon any Of the articles
named, the present duty will remain. The
principal item is lumber, and as to some
of the articles placed ON the free list, the
result will be to break up a few
of the numerous trusts now form.
ing in the country. The total amount
of reduction that will arise from
the extension of the free list will tlbe
something like $50, COO, 900. The reduction
on wool and woolen goods will amount to
about $12,0OO,O0a On sugar reduction
is made of about 81, ,00o, 600. One result of
this will be to break up the Infamous
sugar trusts that have formed for the pur.
pose of increasing the price of that article.
The reduction on iron and steel rails, etc..
are small, and think the importation of
such articles will not be materially In.
creased. On imported tobacco, in leaf.
and not stemmed, we have
fixed the duty at ffty.five cents Der
pound. Sumatra is included.
"We have purposely left the internal
revenue question outside and will bring
in separate measure for that. We in.
tend to have a bill on that subject, It..
may be appended in the House to the
general bill, but that am unable to saw
just now. The customs duties will be re.
duced about SD, ,0o0, 900, and in such a wav
that the manufacturing industries of the
country will have no cause for needless
alarm.
''The bill reduces the revenue by the
closest estimate which can now be made
BY about 800, 600, 900, Of which $50. 500. 900
come from extension of the free list; S12.-
100000 from woolens; $1,00O,000 from
sugar; $780, 600 from earthen and glass.
ware; nearly 100000 from metals;
nearly $500.000 from chemicals; S50o.0o0
from provisions; S250,000 from cottons:
nearly $1,000, 900 from hemp, iute, etc.
and about $4,000, 600 from sundries.n
The following additional expressions
were gathered from members of the ways
and means committe
Mr.. Mills-We believe we have COM
piled bill which nobody dare defeat. 1t
s bill which would benefit all the peo-
pie.