St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-04-01
THIS IS NOT REFORM.
The New Republican Tariff
Bill Exposed to the Pub
lie Gaze.
1t Proposes a Net Reduction
in Revenues Of Fifty
Millions.
Increase in the Duty on
Nearly All Neeessaries
of Life.
Paintings, Statuary and Other
Articles of Luxury on the
Free List.

PalntlngS, SCaCuapy ana ULner
Articles of Luxury on the
Free List.
WASHINGTON, d. c., March 31.-The
new tariff bill was submitted to the full
ways and means committee this morn
ing and passed upon by the committee.
The minority were given ten days to
prepare amendments in committee and
to prepare their views on the bill. 1t is
estimated that the bill makes total an
nual reduction in the revenue of about
S50,000.000. The sugar and tobacco
schedules are greatly changed. The
duty on the former is greatly reduced.
Under the sugar schedule the standard
is changed from No. IS to No. 16. 1t is
provided that all sugars above No. 16
Dutch standard in color, also
all tank bottoms, sugar drain
ings and sugar sweepings, syrups of
cane juice or of beet juice, melada. con-
centrated melada and concrete and con-
centrated molasses. shall pay duty of
35 per cent ad valOrem instead of
specific duty as under existing laws.
All sugars above No. Is, Dutch stand
ard. are placed at 40 per cent ad
valorem. The existing law provides
that these sugars shall pay duty at the
rate of 2 75-100 cents and 3 cents per
pound. Molasses testing above 6 de-
grees is made dutable at 25 per cent, a
change from the specific duty of eight
cents per gallon. 1t is also provided
that if an export duty shall hereafter
be levied upon sugar or mOlaSSeS by
any country whence it Is imported it
shall be
Subject to Duty.
as provided by the present tariff law.
No change is made in the duty on sugar
candy. and glucose or grape sugar is
made dutiable at three-quarters of cent
per pound. The duty on leaf tobacco
suitable for cigar wrappers, stemmed
and unstemmed. is considerably in
Stemmed quality is dutlable at 81 per
pound, and this increased in the Nc
Kinley bill to s2.75 per pound. The
duty Oh unStemmed is increased
from Is cents to 50 per
pound. A prOvisO is inserted to
the effect that If any portion of any
tobacco imported in any package or in
bulk shall be suitable for cigar wrap
perS, the entire quantity of tobacco con-
tanned in such package or bulk shall he
dutiable, if not stemmed, at 50, and if
stemmed, at $2,75p per pound. No change
is made in regard to all other tobacco in
leaf, manufactured and not stemmed,
but stemmed tobacco is made dutiable
manufactured and of all de-
scriptions, not specially enumerated or
provided for, is placed at 40 cents
per pound. change from the
present duty of 81 per cent ad valorem.
no change is made in regard to snuff
and snuff flour made OF tobacco. Gil
CARS, cigarettes and cher0ots of all
kinds are made dutiable at So per pound
aud rs per cent ad valorem. Under ex-
listing law they are dutiable at $3.50 per
pound and 25 per cent ad valOrem.
Hides, raw or uncured, whether dry,
sailed or picked, and other skins, eX-
cept sheepskins with the wool on, are
taken from the free list and made duti-
able at 10 per cent ad valorem, with the
proviso that there shall be allowed on
leather, or skins manufactured of i'm
| ported hides or skins on which duty has
| been paid when exported. drawback
| equal in amount TO the duty paid On
these hides or skins.
The Wood Schedule
of hewn and sawed wood and timbers
used for spars and building wharves is
reduced from 20 to 10 per cent ad val
orem. Squared and sided timber, not
| specially provided for, is increased from
! one cent to cent and half per cubic
| foot. No change is made in the duty on
| sawed boards, plank, deals and other
| linn nf hpmlnnly tn
more and Eastwood, but white pine is
reduced from So to $3.50 per 1000 feet.
| Sawed lumber not specially provided
for is made dutabIe at 50 per 1000 feet
instead of 20 per cent, as at present, but
! when lumber of any sort is planed or
finished it shall be dutiable at an addi-
| ton to the regular rate of so cents per
LOCO feet for each side so planed. This
is reduction of so cents. If planned on
| one side, tongued and grOOved. it is to
pay 81 per 1000 feet additional and
if planned on both sides. tongued and
grooved, $3.50 per LOCO. 1t is provided
that. in case any foreign pow
er shall place an export tax
upon pine. spruce. elm or other
logs, exported to the United States in
excess of the equivalent per thousand
feet board measure of the duty fixed by
the bill upon the sawed lumber, the
duty upon the 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, manufactured veneer
ing and wood are changed from 50 per
thousand feet to 20 per cent ad valorem.
| With the exception of chair cane, man
ufactured, but not made into finished
| &.oIA \, oh &c Ia I,,tfn hi Of
per cent, the rest of the wood schedule
is unchanged.
Cotton and WOODEN Tariffs Raised.
The duty on nearly every article in
the cotton manufacturers schedule is
increased: Cotton thread, yarn and
warpS are increased 3 cents per pound.
Spool thread bears the present duty. A
new standard for cotton cloth is estab-
| lished, 100 threads to the square inch
being changed as the standard to so
| threads. An increase OF from ID to Sd
| of cent per yard is made in different
kinds of cotton cloth. A new item is in
serted making ready-made clothing COM
| posed of cotton or other vegetable fiber,
| dutiable at 50 per cent ad valorem. A
| very heavy increase of duty on woods is
| made'on the whole. Carpet woods worth
| less than Is cents per pound are taxed
now at 215 cents and those above at S
| cents per pound. This bill puts duty
| of 80 cents on those worse than II cents
| per pound, and 8 cents on those worth
more than IL cents per pound. Wooden
| manufactures of the high grades are
| greatly increased. The duty on the finest
| cloths is fixed at from three to four times
the duty on the wool in them, and 40
per cent adj vaiorem in addition. In the
metal schedule reduction of about 81
per ton is made in steel rails. The pres