Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1890-06-26
THE TARIFF BILL
As Reported In the Senate by the
Committee on Finance
modihcatlons and Changes Tendinx In the
Direction of Reduction OF Duties
with Exception In Cases OF
Undesirable Articles.

port has been prepared by the commit
tee and no estimate OF the increase In
the evenue resulting from the changes
made. The understanding is hat the
bill will not be called up for discussion
until about July l. A member of the
committee state1 this morning that the
ball. as reported. with the exception OF
the agricultural and wool and WOODEN
schedules. vas the same, substantially "a
the finance committees bill Of tsSS
The tobacco schedule is unchanged.
In the sugar schedule the bounty Of two
cents PER pound j. extended 70 maple
sugar. No bounty il 70 be given Tor less
than 5000 pounds Of sugar annually. a
penalty 90 ;, 900 fine. or less. or not
more than i've years Imprisonment or
both, Is provided Tor fraudulent appli-
cations FOR bounty. a duty u $40 cents
per pound Is put on sugars between No.
IL and No Is Dutch standard free in
the House bill. and the duty on sugars
above No 10 - increased from $40 TO
$40 per pound. Tho chief changes are
In the esrthcnware. metal. agriculture
and sundrirs' schedules, and the
schedule OF fax. hemp and iute. The
duty on boxed oranges. lemons and
lines is reduced one-halt from tho rate
in the House bill; barley from 20 10 IS
cents a hushel; barley malt from - to
40 cents, cabhaCes from 3 cents 20 l
GENT each; rice four from Ia cents a
pound % = cent; dried peas from 40
cents a bushel 10 10 cents: chocolate
from scent o cents a pound; cleaned
rice from : cent I u cents a pound:
uurlesnsd rice from II cents to / cent
a pound.
The earthenware schedule, unenu-
merated, covered by six paragraphs in
the House bill. Is consolidated into one
paragraph. including mirrors (small1
and lenses wholly OF partly maRutact-
ured, and the duty on them is fixed at
~ per cent ad valorem. This is in
the nature % 4 general reduction.
Unpublished cylinder. crown and com
mon window glass Is reduced one
eighth cent per pound throughout
Decorated china is cut from o per
cent al valOrem 70 - per cent; plain
china from - per rent TO 80 per cent;
earthern-stone and crockeryware. emu
merated from 81 per cent and 90 per
cent, to SO per cent.
In the wool and WOODEN schedule the
specific rate on the lowest class oil
cloths and yarns is raised to correct
acknowledged inequalities in the House
bin" Is a member of the finance COM
mittee phrases it
In the metal schedule iron or steel
rails are reduced from al. a to SIIaO
per ton; cold polished IRON or steel
from l.. cents per pound 10
Gems. copper IN iron ore icon
tanning more han : PER cent OF
copper from II cents 10 cent per
pound. anvils from "a cents per pound
70 cents; cast hollow ware from , cents
per pound 10 > cents. gold watches and
gold watch chains from 40 per cent al
vaiorem To ~ per cent The dutE on
shotguns and revolyers. rs and 40 per
cent al valorem. is changed 70 4 specific
duty Of 40 cents to 81 each and % per
cent al valorem. Nickel and nickel al
10y IS reduced from Is cents to j cents
per pound
In the weoi schedules wood boards
are reduced from $50 to I'll per 1000
feet
In the fax. etc., schedule, binding
Irvine il raised from II. To II cents per
pound; cotton baggiBg is reduced from
$40 cents AMI $40 to / $40 and
$40 cents. Sisal. or MANILA yarn. is di-
vided n two classes. one valued at FIVE
cents per pound. or less. on which the
duty Is = cents per pound: the other, of
greater value, ON which the duty is 40
per cent al yalorem- In the House
bill both classes paid 20 cents. Vegeta-
bic hair ami ramie, dutiable at 81 per
ton and Ia per cent al valorem re-
spectively, are put on the free list.
In the sundries schedule iewelry la
reduced from 50 per cent. nj vaIorem
10 40 per cent; dressed feathers and
downs from 80 per cent TO 20 per cent;
osiers prepared for basket-makers from
40 per cent To p per cent; clay pipes
20 per cent to 81 per cent; silk and
alpaca umbrellas from 81 per cent to 50
per cent other umbrellas. - per cent.
to 40 per cent; cork bark, 10 cents per
pound to cents; manufactured eorks.
Ia CenS per pOUnu % Fac.
A minimum duty OF 80 per cent. is
provided for in the glove paragraph.
Paintings and ~statuary are taken
from b free list and made dutiable at
thirty per cent Pearl and shell but
tons are fixed at , cents per tin,
and - per cent, instead of 4
cents per tin, and all other buttons tex-
eept agate pay duty occoriing 70 the
material composing them.
Among the articles added TO the free
list are natural mineral waters; blue
clay for erueibles from Sl.50 per toni;
mica from s. per cent al valoreml:
sponges from 20 per cent al va
loremi; sulphur anenumerated. pitch OF
coal tar tapioca, and plants for forcing
under-giass.
The duty on steel billets valued al
$40 cent per pound and less. is re-
dueed Lilo cents on each class. The
duty on fax not hacked il made $50 per
ton, instead of II cents per pound. The
duty on hackled FAX is made $40 per ton
instead OF A cents per pound
The other changes made by the SEN
ate finance committee from the bill As
1t passed the House are as follows:
In the chemicals schedules: Tannis
acid or ~tannin, so cents per pound ire,
dueed from 81; lOgwooI. sumac. hem.
lock and other bark dyes. a of a cen
tredueed from l cent?; glyeerine lcrudel
IL cents per pound (redueed from
eentsl; extract OF licoriee. S cents ire
duesd from s cents; alzarine assistant
containing less than fifty per cent o
castor oil, 10 cents per gallon reduced