Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-10-16
THE TREE-LIST BOON.
CONSUMERS TO HAVE CHEAP TRl-
FLIES AND DEAR NECESSITIES.
s<..,. ~ the pecnliaritics OF tho Mckinley
Tariff Law-Advantagcs that Are
Not Discoverable.
New York world.l

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uIituey advance the prices. he replied,
'bcrsuac Of advanced duty, and they
rl 70 the same time mark down prices
, Goods which have been put on the free
tst Ply The new bill or where the duties
.are aeen diminished, II ,0iH b. n 9redt
tl.l 0fhc consumer, for The rcd'tcf,0ns
Pa. 7u'y G4r creccd TIE advances. } he
Co.,, ives frccr rade than any tarh legs
lat.ag that has been put upon our statute
books IN more than century.
The consumer will be glad doubtless
e. learn the exact extent OF tins remark
rJle boon. Below will toe found a com
plcte list Of articles transferred from inc
dutiable 20 tho FREQ list, with the rates
paid under the old tarih.
Acorns raw. dried, or undrled, Du'
unground. two cents per pound.
Alizarine. natural or artificial, ana
dye,. commercially known as alizatine
yellow, alizarinc orange. alzaune biue'
alizarine brown. alizarne black, all, cN-
cept alizariue. 30 per cent.
BeeswaX. 20 per cont =,
Books end pamphlets, printed e[clu'
siyey IN language other than fngllSo'
also books and music, IN Iaiseo prin''
used exclusively by the bind - per
cent. ,
Rraids. plaits. laccs, and similar man
nfactures, composed Of straw. emp grass
palm-icaf, willow, osier or rattan SUM
Die for making o. onamentlng ha's'
bonuets. and hoods, 20 per cent.
Cat-guf. whip gut or worm-gut, manu-
featured. or not further manufactured
than in strings or cords, % per cent ON
those not used for musical insirnm' nus
Chiccory root, raw, dried or undIied'
bat unground. . cents per pound.
CLAW. common blue. IN casks, suitable
Pr fine manufacture OF crucibles, 81 per
tan.
Coal-tar. crude, 20 per cent
Cobalt. 20 per cent.
Uepichon roots, raw, dried or I'M
dried. but unqround. cents per pound.
Fedspar, 20 per cent.
Fioor-matting manufactured from
round ar split straw, including what is
commonly Known as Chinese mating
ID per cent
Currant., Zanto or other, ] cent per
pound. a.
Dates one cent per pound green; 30
per cent. preserved.
Tamarinds. preserved, 10 per cent
I.tla or lampico fibre, SO per ton.
Jute butts, Sjper ton.
Manila, s2j per ton.
Ssa grass, 80 per ton.
Sum. $40 per ton.
All other textile grasses or fbrous
vegetable substances, manufactured or
uudrcssed. not specially provided Tor
5lj per ton.
Grcase and oils, such rs are commonly
used in soap.making or IN wre-dra"lng
or for stuiliug or dressing leather, ana
which are Ut only for such uses, not spe-
cially provided for, To per cent.
Hair of horse cattle. and Other AM
mails. cleaned or uncleaued, drawn or
nnIrawn, not specially provided Tor IN
Tins nct. and human hair. raw, I'M
cl.ancd. and not drawn, 30 per cent
Needles. hand-scwing or darning, p
pcr cont. ,,
Orium. crude or unmanuiactured and
not alulteratei, containing . per cent
AMI over of mophia, 81 per pound.
Ores of gold, silver and nickel and
nickel matte II cent per pound.
Potash. caustic, % per cent
Nitrate OF potash, one cent per pound.
Sulphato Of potash, three cents per
pound.
Munate Of potash, % per cent
Seeds. auise, canary, carawGy, &C, !
cent per pound
seeds flower and grass, 20 per cent.
SHOTGUN barrels, forged, rough-bored.
10 PEE cent
Soda. nitrate Of or cubic nitrate and
elaborate of, % per cent.
pumice-stone, rotten-stone, and sand,
10 per cent
Sugar. not above No. 16 Dutch
standard.
Sulphur. lac or prccipi:atod, and sui
rhur or birthstone, crude, IN bulk, &C..
- cents per ton.
Tar. 40 per cent
Pitch 81 wood and pitch of coal-tar,
90 per cent
1IuseI-vro, lame or lain, % per
cont
Tobacco stems, u per cent.
1uptntine, Venice, 20 cents per gal
Jon.
Uranium, oxide and salts Of, % per
cent.
Watr unme3icatei, % per cent.
NH, ousht 10 command the care
ful cou. lrraton of every consumer who
DC ir,s ". novel in the " great boon SC
rrci0u.y Bestowed upon him by tine
Republic party.
te mus, continue. forinstance, TO pay
% per cent ON q primer or Bible printed
in English, which he can read, but he
can secure one printed IN Russian OF
Spanish, which he cannot read, free OF
duty. 1t is shIew3iy suspected that this
tax was removed 10 encourage the study
~ Noapuk in order that people may
better understand certain expression.
uttered IN the House Of Representatives
whose full force cannot, or at any rate
has not. been conveyed In English text
The consumer of caigut Will be de
lighted TO learn that be has no more du
ties to pay on that article, provided IN
will agree not 10 use It on musical instru
menis.
il cannot be denied that the duty OF
potatoes has been increased 10 cents
bushel, but this is clearly offset by th'
removal OF the burdensome tax Of i've
cents per pound on dandehon roots.
On all carpets. too, the duty has beer
advanced from II to 80 per cent, bu
tins is Of very little consequence whei
one considers that hereafter he viii b
able To purchase Chinese mating with
out extra cost.
Surely nobody having the interests o
his country at heart can with reason oh
joct to the increase Of hay from s. to 8
Der ton when he reflects that Mr.. Mckin
lev permits him 10 import istle and Tam
pico fibre free of charge.
On linseed oil he must pay an increas
Of seven cents per gallon, but for oil
eft ouly for such uses as soap-makin
aud wire drawing" lac need not lay dow
rel cent.
Il VIII cost him $50 to bring hors
scr's- be Cauada line. but il he will pv
Of i0 the "hair of horse without tn