Los Angeles herald., 1890-06-19
THE TARIFF BILL,
Synopsis of the Changes Made by the
Senate Committee.

Senate Committee.
WASHINGTON, June 18.-FolOwing are
the principal changes made by the SEN
ate committee in the tariff bill:
Glassware - Classifications changed
and large general reduction made.
Steel Rails-Reduced from $13.44 to
$11.20 per ton.
No bounty is to be given for less than
5000 ponnds of sugar annually, and
sugars between thirteen and sixteen
Dutch standard will pay duty of three
tenths of cent per pound. Sugars
above sixteen pay six-tenths, instead of
four-tenths.
Tobacco-Unchanged.
Slight reductions are made in many
items in the agricultural schedule, and
exporters of meat are not allowed re-
bate on salt used in curing meats.
Natural effervescing mineral water
free.
Duty on cotton manufactures are re-
duced all through the schedule.
Only slight changes are made in the
WOOL the principal one being to correct
typographical error which the house
refused to correct.
Silk-The bounty on silk and silk CO.
coons raised and reeled in the United
States, is stricken out.
Works OF art-Taken from the free
list and made dutiable at 80 per cent.
ad valorem.
The limitation of $500 as the value of
wearing apparel person may bring
into the United States is stricken out.
A large number of changes are made
in the chemical schedule-many de-
creases and some ncreases-among
them: Tannic acid, or tannin, is re-
duced from 81 to so cents per pound !;
crude glycerine from 2 to IL cents.
Opium, containing 8 per cent or less Of
orphia, or opium prepared for smoking,
Birthstone and sulphur, not otherwise
provided for, are transferred to the free
list, as are also muriatic and sulphuric
acid, not otherwise provided for.
Peppermint oil is made 25 per
cent ad valorem, instead of 81 per pound.
Butyric or propylic alcohol, dutiable in
the chemical schedule at 10 per cent. ad
valorem, is transferred to the liquor
schedule and changed to 81 per gallon.
Many changes are made in the earth
enware and glassware schedule, all re-
ductions. Among others, glass and
glassware not otherwise enumerated,
which in the house bill are covered by
six separate paragraphs, are consolidated
in one paragraph, including small mir
rors and lenses, and made to pay duty
of 45 per cent. ad valorem, this being in
the nature of a large general reduction.
In the metal schedule the following
are some of the changes: Iron ore, con-
tanning more that 2 per cent. of copper,
one-half cent per pound on the copper,
instead of IA cents. Glass of hoop
iron or steel, dutiable at ID cents. Glass
2 of hoop iron or steel, dutiable 1 cent
per pound, is made to include iron from
10 to 20 wire gauge, and class 4, dutiable
at /. Three cents is made to include
iron thinner than No. 20 wire gauge.
The provision that after July l., 1891,
manufacturers of which tin plate is the
chief part, shall pay in addition to the
rate of duty upon tin plates, an ad
valorem duty of So per cent, is struck
out.
Cold polished iron or steel one-fourth
of a cent per pound instead of Il cents.
Cast hollow-ware 21a cents per pound
instead of cents.
The provision making 45 per cent. ad
valorem the minimum duty on chains is
struck out.
The duty on shotguns and revolvers,
So and 40 per cent. ad valorem, is
changed to specific duty of from 40
cents to $6 each, according to value, and
35 per cent. ad valorem.
Fine copper imported in the form OF
ore, one-half cent per pound, instead of
one-quarters of cent; old copper, cent
per pound, instead of IA cents; coarse
copper and copper cement, l cent per
pound, instead of Ia cents, copper in
other forms, not manufactured, Ia cents
per pound, instead of 2 cents.
Nickel and nickel alloy, 8 cents per
pound (reduced from Is cents).
Block zinc, p cents per pound (re-
duced from Ia cents).
Gold watches and gold watch cases,
25 per cent. ad valorem (reduced from
40 per cent?.
Mica, dutiable at 55 per cent. ad
valorem, and nickel, crude, dutiable at
35 per cent. ad valorem, dutiable at
cents per pound, are transferred to the
free list.
In the wood schedule, sawed boards