Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-04-03
THE TARIFF BILL.
The Majority Scheme Reported to
the Full Committee.
The MINORITY ALLOWED TEN DAYS.
q Tax on Hides-Tn-Plate Tax Doubled
A Tax on Silver Lead Ore-Ex-
tension of the Free
List.

The minority will be allowed ten days
in which to offer amendments and pre-
pare their views before the bill is re-
ported to the House. The bill, accord
ing to Chairman Mckinley, will effect
reduction of S45, 600, ZOO.
The only change of special signif-
cance made in the Tariff bill since those
already noted within the last week is in
hides, which have finally been placed
upon the dutiable list at the rate of
fifteen per cent. ad valorem, with pro-
viso allowing drawback on exported
goods made from imported hides equal
to the rate of duty paid.
The imposition of a duty on hides
causes the greatest dissatisfaction among
the Massachusetts members. They will
oppose this clause to the utmost
Two items of especial interest to Kan
sas City and vicinity in the Tariff bill
as finally completed by the Republican
members of the Ways and Means Com
mittee are tin plate and silver lead ore.
Kansas City packers asked to have the
duty on tin plate reduced. This bill
doubles it. The Kansas City Board Of
Trade asked to have silver and lead
ores from Mexico admitted free. This
bill imposes duty of ~ cents a pound.
The committee justifes its action on
tin plate by claiming it will build up
the manufacturing interest in tin.
The additions made to the free list are
as follows:
Acids used for medicinal, chemical or
manufacturing purposes, not spec ally pro-
vded for; agates, manufactured; amber,
unmanufactured or crude gum; analine
salts; any animal imported especially for
breeding purposes, provided that no such
animal shall be admitted free except 1t b.
pure bred, of a recognized breed, and has
been duly registered in the book of record
established for that breed (the Secretary OF
the Treasury may prescribe regulations Tor
the strict enforcement of these proYlslons); I;
animals brought into the United States for
a period not exceeding six months for the
purpose of exhibition or competition for
prizes offered by any agricultural or racing
sociation-but a bond shall be given in &C
cordance with the res ulations prescribed
by the Secretary of the Treasury; also teams
of animals, including their harm ess tackle
and the wagons or other vehicles actually
owned by persons emigrating from foreign
countries to the United States with their
families and in actual use for the pur-
pose of such emigration under such
regulations as the Secretary of
the Treasury may prescribe; articles
in cEude s ate used in dyeing or tanning
not speedily enumerated for, in the sack,
barr el or hogshead. Books and pamphlets
printed exc usively in languages other than
English, also books and music in raised
prints us d exclusively by the b. ind En-
Cravings, phi graphs, etc, things bound
or unbound, imported by authority or for
the use Cf the United states, or for the use of
the library of CoDgr IS. Braids, p ats, laces
and simi ar manufactures suitable for max
ing or ornamenting hats, bonnets and hoods,
composed of straw, chip, grass, palm leaf,
willow 'sier or rattan.
Cabinets of old coins and medals and other
collections of antiQuities-but the term can
tiquities,' as used in this act, shall include
only such articles as are suitable for souve-
n RS or caiinet collections and which shall
have been produced at any period prior to
the seventeenth century; catgut, whipeut or
wormgut, unmanufacturC d or not further
manufaC tured than in strings or cord; chic
ory root, raw, dried or undried, but I'M
ground; coal tar, crude, and pitch of coal
tar; coral, uncut.
Dand. lion roots, raw, dried or undried
ut unground; diamonds and other precious
stones, rough or uEcu;, including GLACIERS
and en- r.vPrs' diamonds, not set, diamond
dust and Jewels to be US ID in the manufac-
ture of watches drugs, such as baFks, beans
berries, balSams, bud, bulbs and dubious
roots, eXcr, scenes, such as nutgalls, fruits,
flowers, d led fibe s and dried insects
grains, gum aCd gum r. sin, herbs, l-aves,
ich n, MOSES, nuts, ro' is and stems, spices,
vegetables, seeds, aromatic and seeds of
morbid gr with, woods used expressly for
dyeing, any of the foregoing which are not
edi lie and are IN crude state and not ad-
vanced in va ue or condition by filming or
grinding, or by any Other process of manu-
Ill Id Co., =,
Eggs of birds, fl IN and insects-the old
provision reading eggs.
Fish the produc. of American fisheries
nd fish caught by Amer lean vessels in the
open waters Of the lakes when within the
boundary be we6n the states and the Do
u,ili~n cf Canada: f1cT mating, manufact-
urei from :cuad or spit straw, including
wha i; tommGrlT known Hs Chinese mat
ting; fruits, gT'cr, pc or dried, not
neci lily enumCr ted or pr Yided for in this
act
Glass plates or disks. rough cut or un-
wrou.h', TO use in the ~ Tufacture of
ort cal H., trum"nt-, spectacIes and eye
glasses and sLi.ab only for such use
CIR sscs and fbeTs, lamp co fbers, jute,
iute butts, man / a, Sisal grass, sum and all
O har textile grasses or fbers Of vege-
table surst nces manufactured or
undressed, not specifically provided for in
this act
Grasses IN oils, such as are commonly
used in soap making or in wire drawing or
for stuffing or dressing leather and such as
are Mt only for such uses, not specially pro-
vided for in this act
Human hair, raws uncleaned and not
d avn.
Old scrap or refuse India rubber which has
been worn cut by use and is fit only for man
ufacturA.
Ivory and vegetable ivory not sawed, cut
or otherwise manufactured, the present pro-
visions rea ling "iFory" manufactured.
Natural mineral waters and all mineral
waters not effervescent or artifci al, and
mineral salts.
Molasses, testing not above 90 degrees by
the polariscope; provided that if an export
duty shall hereafter be laid upon molasses
by any country from whence the same may
be imported, it shall be subject to duty as
provided by law at the date of the passage
ot this act.
Moss. seaweeds and vegetable substances,
crude or manufactured, not otherwise spe-
officially provided for In this act.
Newspapers and periodicals, but the term
periodicals" as herein used shall be under
stood TO embrace only unbound or aper
covered publications, containing current
literature of the day and issued regularly at
stated periods, as week y, monthly or quar-
terly.
Nut oil, or oil Of nuts, not otherwise spe-
ciaIy provided for. olive oil for manu-
featuring and mech nical purposes. unfit for
eating and not othe wise provided for In
this act; altar If roses, sperm ceti, whale
and other fish oils of American fisheries and
Ill other artic es the produce OF such fish
cries
Opium, crude or unmanufaetured and not
adulterated, containing per eentum and
over of morphia-
Ores of nickel
Paper stock, pulp of grasses and poplar or
other woods lit only to be converted into
paper.
Pearl mother of not sawed cut. polished