Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1890-04-05
THE TARIFF BILL.
Hides Made DutinbIe-Red uctIon on Lum-
ber-Fffty Per Cent Reduction on
Sugar-Raised on Cigarx-Min.
eral Waters to Pay Duty.
Cotton Manufactures, as in the Senate Bill
OF the Last COnsress-Hemp, Flax, Jute
and Binding Irvine Raised Heavily
"A Bounty on Silk Culture.

WASHINGTON, D. c., April 1.-The work o
the committee on the tariff bill PROCESSES
Hides have been placed upon the dutiablt
list at the rate of Is per cent. ad valorum
with proviso allowing drawback on ex
port goods equal to the rate of duty paid.
In the wooden schedules timber is cut :
per cent; sawed white boards 50 Der thou.
sand, is placed at S1.5O, and a safeguard
against export duties on logs is provided to
equal the excess in that duty. Sugar stands
a. 30 per cent below No. Is, and IS per cent.
above that number, which amounts to so pei
cent. reduction on some grades and more on
others. Molasses above degrees, (now s
cents gallon is placed at % per cent, with
safeguard against an export duty. Cigars,
cigarettes and cheroOts NOW $3.50 and %
per cent? are placed at So and % per cent.
The clause fixing the duty on leaf wrapper
iunstemmed 10 cents, stemmed 81 a pound)
establishes rates of 81 and 1918 respectively,
and has proviso that if any portion of a
bale is suitable for wrappers the entire bale
shall pay wrapper duty.
The liquor schedules remain substantially
as at present, with the addition of efferves-
cent mineral waters, and limitations, which
are made dutiable at 25 cents and so cents a
dozen bottles, according to size.
Cotton manufactures are practically as
fixed in the senate bill of last congress. In
the hemp, fax and iute schedules, bales, cor
sage and Irvine of MANILA, including binding
Irvine, % cents per pound, is made H.
cents per pound.
Under the silk schedule, bounty clause to
operate for ten years, provides for the pay
ment of 81 per pound on silk produced and
reeled IN the United States, and z cents per
pound on cocoons.
Leather betting and sole, (now Is per cent J
20 per cent; calf skins dressed, (now 20 per
cent? 25 per cent; kangaroo, sheep and
goat skins dressed, (now 20 per cent, 25
per cent; skins for morocco, tanned but
unfinished, (now 10 per cent? Is per cent;
gloves, kid or leather, in wool or part, in any
stage of manufacture, (now so per cent?
valued at So per dozen, $1.50 and 20per cent:
between SIS and So in value, 81 per dozen
and 25 per cent; above that so per cent.
Pianos (new class % per cent.
The internal revenue provisions make up
the remainder of the measure. They abolish
all special taxes upon dealers in leaf tobacco,
dealers in tobacco, manufacturers of tobacco
and cigars and peddlers, but these persons
are required to register their names and adj
dresses as at present.
All restrictions upon tobacco growers in
regard to the sale of their tobacco are abol-
lihed. The tax on smoking and manufac-
tured tobacco and snuff is reduced from 8 to
cents per pound. Provision is made for
rebate to manufacturers and dealers in orig
inal factory.
Provision is made for rebate to manufac-
turers and dealers in original factory pack
ages of smoking and manufactured tobacco
and snuff, cigars, chcroOts and cigarettes held
at the time the law goes into effect of the full
amount of reduction made in the bill.