The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1890-04-10

CttiltN, anu pluCOht OG grape sugar 10
made dutiable at three-fourth of cent
per pound.
The duty on leaf tobacco suitable for
cigar wrappers, ,stemmed and unstemmed,
is considerably increased. Under exist
ing law the stemmed quality is dutiable
at 81 per pound, and this is increased in
the Mckinley bill to S2.75 per pound.
The duty ON unstemmed is increased
from 10 cents to 81 per pound. A pro-
visO is inserted to the effect that if any
portion of any tobacco imported in any
package or in bulk shall be suitable for
cigar wrappers, entire quantity of tobac-
co contained in such package or bulk
shall be dutiable, if not stemmed, at 81,
and if stemmed at S2.75 per pound. No
change is made in regard to all other to-
baccO, i'll leaf manufactured and not
stemmed, but stemmed tobacco is made
dutiable at 30 cents per pound. Tobacco
manufactured and of all descriptions not
specially enumerated or provided for is
placed at 40 cents per pound, change
from the present duty of 30 per cent. dd
udlOrem.
No change is made in regard to snuff
and snuff flour made of tobacco. Cigars,
cigarettes and cherOots of all kinds are
made dutiable at So per pound and % per
cent. dd UdlOrem. Under existing laws
they are dutiable at $3.50 per pound and
% per cent. dd rdlOrem.
| Hides, raw or incurred, whether dry,
salted or picked, and other skins, eX-
cept sheepskins with the wool on, are
taken from the free list and made dutia-
BILE at 10 per cent. dd udiOrem, with the
proviso that there shall be allowed on
leather and skins manufactured of i'm
ported hides or skins on which duty
has been paid, when exported, draw
back equal in amount to the duty paid
on these hides or skins.
In the wood schedule, hewn and sawed
wood and timber used for spars and
building wharves is reduced from 20 to
10 per cent. dd udlOrem. Squared and
sided timber not specially provided for is
increased from one cent to one and half
cents per cubic foot. No change is made
lin the duty on sawed boards, plank, deals
and other lumber of hemlock, white
wood, ,sycamOur and Eastwood, but white
pine is reduced from 50 to $3.50 per 900
feet. Sawed lumber not specially pro-
vided for is made dutiable at 81 per 900
feet instead of 20 per cent. as at present,
but when lumber of any sort is planed or
finished, it shall be dutiable, in addition
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900 feet each side so planed. This is a
reduction of fifty cents. If planed on
one side and tongued and groved it is to
pay 81 per | 900 feet additional, and if
planed on both sides and tOngued and
grOoved S1.50 per 200. 1t is provided
that in case any foreign power shall place
an export tax upon pine, spruce, elm or
other logs exported to the United States
in excess of the equivalent per 1000 feet
board measure of the duty fixed by the
bill upon sawed lumber provided for in
the bill shall be increased to an amount
equal to the tax imposed by the foreign
country upon the exports of such logs to
the United States. Sawed cabinet woods
and manufactured veneering and wood
are changed from 81 per 1000 feet to q
per cent. dd rdlOrem. With the excep
ton of chair cane, manufactured but moi
made into finished articles, which is
made dutiable at 10 per cent, the rest OF
the wood schedule is unchanged
The duty on nearly every article in cot
ton manufactures schedule is increased
Cotton thread, yarn and warps are in
creased cents per pound. Spool threaC
bears the present duty. A new standard
for cotton is established, 100 threads t.
the square inch being changed as thu
standard to 30 threads. An increase o
from Ito of a cent per yard is made il
different kinds of cotton cloth. A new
item is inserted, making ready mad,
clothing, composed of cotton or othe
vegetable fiber, dutiable at 80 per cent
dd rdiOrem.
A very heavy increase of duty on wool
is made on the whole. Carpet woods
worth less than 10 cents per pound, ar
taxed now at p cents, and those abov
at ) cents per pound. This bill puts
duty of 81 cents on those worth less thal
II cents per pound. Wooden manufaC
lures of the high grades are greatly in
creased. The duty on the finest cloth
is fixed at from three TO four times tn
duty on the wool in them and 40per cent
dd rdlOrem in addition.
| In the metal schedule a reduction O
l about 81 per ton is made in steel rails
The present duty is $40 of cent pc
h pound and the bill proposes to reduc
>; this to $40 of cent. A reduction G
4, 9-l0 of a cent to 6-10 of cent per pOun
= is made in "T' rails, and punched iro
or steel flat rails are reduced 2-10 of
cent, All iron railway bars made in pai
of steel are also assessed at 6-l0 of a cen
The duty on copper over per cen
Olt 10 hNNlNboN
from u cents to II cents per pound.
tis provided that no drawback shall be a
lowed on account eff skrinkage in the or,
The duties on pig and bar iron remain 9
at present but round iron in coils {
rods is assessed at a rate of 1-l0 of Gel
lower than at present. The duty o
sheet iron or sheet steel, polished,
about doubled. Chains are reduced
duty about l-6.
Under the head of cutlerly, includir
pen and pocket knives, table knive
.s forks, butchers knives, etc, reduction
h of from 10 to 35 per mt. dd udlOrem al
made, the cheaper goods paying Il
lower rates of duty.
- The duty on leather is increased on q
average about per cent.
{ The duties on flax and jute are large
u increased. Tow of flax or hemp is mao
dutiable at S25 per ton. The presel
| duty is $40.
The duty on cotton bagging, compose
= in whole or part of hemp, flax, jute
iute butts, is about doubled. Linen
ducks, canvas, handkerchiefs or 9th,
fabrics composed Of hemp, flax or ju
y are made dutiable at 80 per cent. Q
rdlOrem, an increase of Is per cent.
The duty ON agricultural products
greatly increased. The increase is a
along the line, and is designed to gi'
d farmers market for many million
hq worth of products now imported.
=. The duty on barley is increased fro
N 10 to 30 cents per bushel, barley ma
n from 20 to 45 cents, coTnmeal from 10
q 20 cents, oats from 10 TO IL cents, oa
=, meal from to cent per pound, cleant
q rice reduced from 2t TO cents per poun
3 uncleaned reduced from II to It cent
u Padang reduced from II TO cents, r,
IA flour is increased from ! of cent TO
Z cents per pound, wheat is increased fro
20 cents 10 25 cents per bushel, and whe
flour increased from 20 per cent. TO
r per cent. dd UdlOrem.
The duty on butter and cheese is |
aTs creased from TO cents per dozen.
M M Eggs now admitted free, are made
Y. pay cents per dozen; cabbages, 3 cen
q each; broom corn, s cents per ton; eide
in cents per gallon: onions, 40 cents p
on bushel; hay is increased from 81 10
sS, ss, per ton, and hops from s to Is cents p
y, pound.
a The duty on oranges when imported
fi packages Is doubled, but when In bulk
. Is increased forty cents per thousand.
si Ios No change is made In the duty on lei
th- ouc x.,hat, funnorfad In bulk huf those