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THE TARIFF BILL.
The Measure Presented Before The
Ways and Means Com.
mlttee.
MORE BAD NEWS FROM LOUIS
VILE.
The Dependent Pension Bill In
The Senate.-News From
Washington.
by Telegraph ts the SEwsl
REPUBLICAN TARIFF BILL.
Details Iof the Measure Prs.ented
by Mckinley.

by Telegraph to the SEws.l
REPUBLICAN TARIFF RILL-
by Mckinley
| WASHINGTON, March STAT a
special meeting OF the wsy6sand
means committee Chairman Nc
kinley presented the republican
tariff bill.
Among the articles placed on the
free list are uncut diamonds aud
other precious stones; fish, the pro-
duct Of American fisheries and fish
caught by American vessels in open
waters Of lakes which form the
boundary between United States
and Canada; currants; dates; fruits,
green, ripe or dried, not spe-
cially enumerated: opium, crude
or manufactured, and not
adulterated, containing Q per cent or
more Of morphia; chlOrate Of soda,
sponges, sulphur or birthstone, tar
and pitch Of wood, tobacco stems,
spirits of turpeutine, wearing APP
parel and other personal effects tnot
merchandise)o Of persons arriving in
the United States, not exceeding
500 in value; but not to include arls
ticles not actually in use and neces-
s1ry and appropriate for the Use Of
such persons for present comforts and
convenience, or which are intended
for any other person or persons or for
sale; paintings In oil or water coiors,
the professional productions Of a
painter or artist, and statusry and |
the professional productions of statu-
airy or sculpture
NOT OTHERWISE sPECIFIED.
The clause permitting the free en-
try Of articles OF growth, produce or
manufacture Of the United States,
after being exported, is amended by
providing that il does not apply 70
articles which have advanced in /
value or improved In condition
while out Of the country. The para
graph.does not apply to any article
upon which n drawback is made,
the TeimpOrtation Of which is pro-
hibited, except upon payment Of
duties equal TO the drawbacks al
lowed, or to any article OF manufac-
ture in a bonded warehouse and |
exported. Manufactured tobacco,
exported without payment OF the
internal revenue tax, must pay the /
tax before reimpOrtation.
Among the articles now free
which the new bill places on the
dutiable lis. are: Hides, except |
sheep skins with wool on, IS per
cent. dd Ua50rem; mica, % per cent.
dd rdIoreDl;llum'num, manufacture d
or crude, % per cent. dd udbJreDl;
straw, 81 per ton; macaEOni or FER
micelll and similar preparations, .
cents per pound; eggs, 3 cents per
dozen.
Since the abstracts were sent n
couple Of weeks ago some changes
have been made in the dutiable
sections. Some of these are slight |
increases, but more Of them are de-
creases. The
SCHEDULE OF EARTHENwARE
and glassware is generally revised.
Among the other new duties are the
following: Glue, from cents per
10 ~ NGAAAs III NAlgINNAs .
according to value; sulphur, refined
rolls, $ per ton; sublimatcd, $40;
glycerine, crude, | cent per pound;
refined, ~ cents; cottonseed oil, D
cents per gallon; soda, bicarbOnate,
| cent per pound.
The schedule OF metals allows
pyrites containing more than 25 per
cent Of sulphur TO enter free, and
prohibits allowing for moisture. The
other important changes in this
schedule have already been noted.
Pen knives and pocket cutlery
show q sharp increase from l. cents
to So per dozen and 80 per cent ad
rdloreui.
In the wooden schedule timber is
cut 50 per cent, sawed white pine
boards, reduced from e per thous-
and 10 81 so, and a safeguard against
export duties on logs Is provided 10
equal the excess IN that duty.
Sugar stands as already noted, at
IS per cent below No. 10, and IS per
cent above, which amounts 10 50
per cent reduction on some grades,
and more than that on Others.
Mulasses above So degrees, 25 per
cent, with safeguard against export
duty.
Cigars, cigarettes and cheroots g
aud % per cent.
THE LIQUOR SCHEDULE
is substantially as at present, with
the addition ofefIervescent mineral
waters. natural and imitation, which
are dutiable at IS cents and 50 cents
per dozen bottles, according to size.
Cotton manufactures are practi-
cally as fixed in the Senate bill last
Congress. Gables, corlage and
Irvine Of MANILA, including binding
Irvine, u cents per pound.
On wool the duties are as already
stated.
Under the silk schedule a bounty
clause, to operate ten years, pro-
vides for the payment Of 81 per
pound on silk produced and reeled
in the United States, and cents
per pound on cocoOns.
Leather betting and sole leather,
20 per cent; calf skins, dressed, p
per cent; kangaroo, sheep and goat
skins, dressed, 25 per cent; skins Of
morocco, tanned but unfinished, Is
per cent; gloves, kid and leather, IN
whole or part in any stage Of manu-
facture, according 10 value, from
$3.50 and 30 per cent to 50 per cent.
Pianos, SIS per cent.
An internal revenue provision |
abolishes all special tax upon deal
ers in leaf tobacco dealers in to-
bacco, manufacturer Of tobacco and |
cigars, and peddlers. All restric-
tons upon growers in regard TO the |
sale Of tobacco, are removed. The ]
tax on smoking and manufactured |
tobacco and snuffs is reduced from |
S to 1 cents per pound. Provision
Is made for n rebate 10 manufacture
ers on goods held when the law goes
into effect.
Section 80 repeals all laws allow
ing distillation Of fermented liquors
except in an authorized distillery, |
and the law allowing all alcohol
yapor in the manufacture Of vine
gar.
Section 80 confers upon the pro-
ducers Of all sweet wine, who are
also distillers, the right to use wine
spirits to fortify their wines, except |
Ia May, June and July each year.
The bill makes l52 closely printed
pages.
SENATE.
The Dependent Pension BitI-Fort
Ellis Military Reservation. Mont
wAsHISGTOS, March 81. = The
dependent pension bill was taken