Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1890-03-21
AGREED ON A TARIFF BILL
The LnDOrs Of the Ways and
Means subcommittee Near
~ Ended.
A Reduction in the Revenue OF
Probably 100000 Will
Result.
Some of the More Important Changes
Recommended - Agricultural
Interests Favored.

interests FaVOreQ.
WASHINGTON, March 19.-The Repub.
licar members of the ways and means
committee have agreed upon every point
of division on the tariff schedules and
the reductions to be made from internal
revenue. and will present the bill to the
full committee for its consideration in a
few days. The clauses relating to car
pet woods, Mexican lead ores, and one OF
two other articles have not yet been
finally and definitely passed upon.
While the bill is not absolutely COM
pleted and will, of course, be subject to
revision, it is believed to be substantially
a finish as far as majority of the com
mittee is concerned.
The internal revenue features of the
bill are as follows: The entire abolition
of all special taxes upon dealers of all
kinds, commonly known as licenses; the
tax upon snuff will be repealed; farmers
and planter growing tobacco will have
the liberty to sell to whomsoever they
please without restraint in the same
manner as any farmer can dispose of
any other of the products of of his land.
The tax upon manufactured tobacco will
be reduced from 8 cents TO cents a
pound. cigars, cheroots and cigarettes
will carry the same tax as is imposed
under the present law. Alcohol used in
the arts is free under substantially the
same restrictions as are prescribed in the
senate bill. The reductions in the reve-
nue. from these sources Will. III round
numbers. amount to between Sll .000, 600
and Sl9, ,000, 000. The following are the
principal provisions in TIE tariff sched.
uleS:
The earthenware and glassware <. he'd.
ules remain substantially as in the list
ing law
The sugar schedule is reduced from 80
to 60 per cent.
There are . number of important
changes in the metals schedule. Exist
ing rates are maintained upon iron ore
and pig iron. Barbed wire for fencing
is made dutiable at 6-l0 of cent per
pound, which is below the duty upon
that kind Of iron entering into other
uses. Beams, girders and structural
iron is reduced from | IA to Us cents
per pound. which is a reduction below
that of the senate bill. Railway iron is
reduced to 6-l0 of cent a pound, the
present rate being Sl1 q ton, reduction
of abcIt 81 a ton and a reduction in the
rate fixed by the senate bill. The duty
on steel rails is reduced S4 ton. The
duty on tin plate has been increased
2-10 cents a pound, Pig tin remains
free. There is an increase in the duty
upon pocket cutlery.
In the lumber schedule. the duty on
sawed boards, planks and finished lum-
Der lis reduced so per cent. from the pres
ent rate. There is special provision in
serted that in case Canada lays an ex-
port duty on lumber, then duties shall
be collected according to the rates un-
der existing law.
|, The duty on Summarize tobacco is in
creased TO $2.75 per pound. There is an
increase generally all along the list of
the duties upon agricultural products
The duty on barley is raised TO 81 cents
a bushel: hops to ID cents pound: buck
wheat to Is cents a bushel: oats 10 cents
bushel. The duties on agricultural
seeds are Increased. Butter and substi-
tutes therefor have the duty increased to
cents a pound. The duty on eggs is
raised TO cents a dozen: potatoes to
% cents h blshel Hides which are now
on the free list. are made dutiable at / l-2
cents a pound. There is a small Increase
in the duty Oh fruits. Spirits, wines and
other beverages have been left as found
in existing law. Salt. also has not been
touched.
COTTON MANuFACTURES
are left substantially as in the senate
bill. Jute, MANILA and sisal grass are
put upon the free list, as is wool degras
which enters into the finishing of
leather. 4 reduction is made in the
duty on binding twine.
In the wood schedule. woods of the
first class. known as clothing woods IL
cents pound: woods of the second
class known as combing woods, 12 cents;
carpet woods, valued at l2 cents or less,
:; - cents per pound: valued at over 12
cents. : cents pound. This is a reduc-
ton of one half "a cent pound from the
senate bill. and an increase of l-2 cents
from the present law.
The bill also repeals that section Of the
statutes which gives to the United
States, and contractors under it. the
right TO import supplies into this coun-
try free Of duty. BY this means it is in
tended to require the United States and
all of its officers and contractors to be
bound by the laws which ii establishes
for its citizens.
Inc piII IL II llouSill, VIII ithGtc tilc
revenues about $50, ,000. 900, and of this
reduction about $27 900, 900 will be Sc
cured by the cut on sugar and from $l1.-
600 900 20 Sl9,000.000 by the Internal
revenue features of the bill. The free
list, which contains. with few excep-
tionS, all the items Of the senate bill and
a few others which were not in the sem
ate bill, will it is thought, make u re-
dnction of between al 21O. 900 and ST.
500, 900 The revisions made throughout
the tariff schedules are expected to make
up tho difference between the sums
named md $50. 600 900.
PARIS, March 19.--rc!egramS received
from Rio de Janeiro state that yellow
sn,ar LaS hr,kep ont at CamOinas and