Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-04-30

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puip, which -, hssn largely imported ~ .
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In the METAL schedule no change Of duty
has ban rsrommndsd upon iron ore o. traa
in pisA nsse duties. IL 10 believed cannot
b lowered without de,r,uasnt 70 existing IN
dussries. and ne have not felt josslnsd N
Interfering With the further development Of
our iron Gre resources, pou 10 promising. IN
the southern states
To reduce materially IT, duty ou pig iron
and on scrap irot and scrap steel, which an
substitutes for pig iron, would annually bring
into our ports many saiploasis Of these prod
uc,s to tale the place Of pig IRON which could
b produced al home, and it would CORE
spoudingiy reduce the demand for coal and
iron ore THIS Is a result which Is surely not
10 be desired
The committee have recommended among
others the following changes; Bar iron, not
lsss than thre>qrarters OF an inch square,
has been reduced from cent 10 nine-tenths
Of . cent per pound; square iron less THAI
thrse-Quarters Of an inca, from IL to cent
per pound; and round iron In coils or To-is
lsss than seysn-sixteenthso Of inch In diameter,
and bars or shapes Of rolled iron. not espe
cially provided for in this act, from IL TO IL
crnts per pound. Beams, Orders. joists.
angles, channels, hinged columns, and posts,
or sections thereof in building form, are re-
ducei from 1 4 to uine-tenths OF cent per
pound Railway iron Is relucsi from tl1
per ton 10 SIS. ~ per ton. Iron and steel
sheets, common or black, aud known as
sr.tx hA. l.saF rail- cal
throughout one-tenth OF cent per pound.
In wires Of all description there has been
reduction Of one-fourth o; cent per pound
Anchors, or parts thereof, Of iron or steel,
and mill IRON and mil cranks, and forgings
Of iron and steel have been reduced from .
cents to Is cents per pounds Axles, or
parts thereof, Of iron or steel, from ~ to ,
cents per pound. Blacksmiths' iron and
steel, hammers, sledges, track tools, wedges
aud crowtxrs have been reduced from 2IS to
u cents per pound Boiler or other tubes.
from ) 10 ~ cents per pound. Bolts. nuts
and finished hinges and hinge blanks, from
~ to 2h cents per poand. Cast iron pipe Of
every description, from cent to -tenths
of q cent per pound. Cast iron vessels, plates,
stove plates, sndirons, sadrons, tallors
irons. hatters' irons and castings OF iron not
specially provided for, from to II cents
per pound Castings OF mslleable iron, from
cents to ~ cents per pound. Chains Of all
kinds made of iron or steel have been re-
ducssi from cents to $ cents per pound
There has been an increase Of duties upon
cutlery, believed by the committee to be alb
solutely necessary to the maintenance OF this
industry in the United States The competi-
ton from Germany and other countries has
been 70 runous as to destroy some of the ex'
isting manufactures, and threatens without
this increased duty to wipe them out alto
gether. Shotgun barrels have been placed
upon the free list Cut nails and cut spikes
have been reduced from " to l cent per
pound Spikes, nuts and washers, and horse
shoes. from cents to Ii cents per pound.
Cut tacks, brads or sprgs from 21s to u
cents one grade, and from 8 cents to 2H
cents on another. Needles for hand sewing
and darning are put upon the free list
Railway fish plates or spliced bars are 70
duced from 4 to cent per pound Copper,
from 2IS To "a cents per pound. Old copper,
1t only for remanufacture, from cents To
| N cents psr pound Regulus of copper and
black or coarse copper, from 8}< to ~ osnts
pr pound. Copper in plates, bars. ingors or
Pig, from to cents per pound. Nickel ore
+ placed upon the fres list. Pyrites or sui
phAts Of iron, containing IN excess Of Is per
cent II sulphur, Is placed upon the free list.
Nickel In matte is reduced from 10 to cents
per pound. The decreased duties, as proposed.
have been made after the fullest Investigation,
and are believed to be just TO our own indus
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| TIN PLATES.
The committee have recommended an ad-
vance Of duty on tin plate tn. finance
committee Of the senate Of the last congress,
after the fullest investigation, said in their
report:
| The present anomalous and inadequate
| duties on tin and terns plates have received
the attention of your committee, who believe
that such q REIMBURSEMENT Of these rates should
b made as would encourage the manufacture
Of these articles in this country.
| 1t has teen demonstrated that we can
manufacture tin plate in the United States
- successfully as it can be done in England.
Its production here suitable for all uses is no
longer experimental. We make sheet iron
!, and sheet steel and it is confidently believed
that we have in the Dakotas pig tin In suffl-
Gent quantities for use in making all Of the
tin required for this market and II this were
not 30 pig tin Is on the free list accessible to
our people for manufacturing purposes.
| There Is no reason except inadequate pro
lection why we are rot today manufacturing
the more than sci 900 900 worth OF tin now
imported into the United States and upon
which We pay an annual duty Of over 81
600 600 1t il estimated that the establish
nent Of an industry which would supply our
own market in this particular would furnish
steady employment to at least q, 600 men.
| The bill provides that the increased duty
shall not 60 into effect until July l, 1891, and
that manufacturers, encouraged by this pro
posed legislation in the meantime, will adapt
their plants, and that in the end the advanced
| duty will not enhance the cost to the con-
sumer but eventuate in lower and steadier
| prices. To the end that there may be no in
corruption Of our export trade Of canned
products by reason Of the proposed change.
the committee recommend that upon tin I'M
ported and exported, made up the govern
ment shall retain but per cent instead OF 10
per cent. as provided BY existing law.
| II the recommendation Of the COMMITTEES 10
adopted, 1t is believed now and important
industry will he secured to the United States
/ with all the resultant benefits to the people
at large
The committee recommend that sugar, up
TO and including No. IS. Dutch standard Of
color, and molasses be placed on the free list
~ith duty Of four-tenths Of cent per pound
on refined sugar above No l6 and that q
bounty Of 2 cents per pound be paid from the
treasury for period Of fifteen years for all
sugar polarxing at least IS per cent made in
| this country from cane. beets or sorghum pro-
duosi in the United States
In providing that not only raw sugar, but
also sugar up to and including No 10 shall be
admitted free Of duty, an opportunity il
given for the free introduction Of yellow
sugars. suited for family use. an arrangement
which will secure TO our people sugar at the
lowest price existing in the markets Of the
world, while even imported white refined
sugar will be subjected to . duty OF four
tsnths Of cent per pound
AGRICULTURAL PRoDuCrs
The committee have given months Of in
vestlgation to the existing conditions OF agri
culture and matters connected herewith
This great industry is foremost in magnitude
and Importance in our country
Your committee sensible OF the national
Importance Of agriculture, prompted by the
Single motive TO lift It TO the highest level Of
profitable employment so far as with them
rests any power, firmly believe that they Offer
10 this industry IN the bill presented, while
not the only all the relief which tariff lepis
lation can yield oft
A critical examination Of the subject viii
show that agriculture 10 suffering chiefly
from a most damaging foreign composition
In our horne market The increase in impor.
tations of agricultural products since 1880
has bsen enormous, amounting from s40,-
000 900 in round numbers 10 more than $685.
100000 In 1889 This is an increase Of nearl,
800 per cent, Will. the population increased
for the same period less than so per cent.
During the past ten years this growth in i'm.
uortatior has baat, rno~f rand and b.s ,,<,r