St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-19
The Republicans Agree Upon
Every Point Of Difference
on the Tariff.
A ELL That Proposes to Re-
duee the Revenues by
$6O,0OO.OOO.
Alcohol to Be Used in the Arts
Goes on the Free
List.
Senators Appropriate $4,000
to Aid Starving Indians at
Turtle Mountain.

WASHINGTON, March 18.-The Re
publican members of the ways and
means committee have practically
agreed upon every point of division on
the tariff schedules and the reductions
to be made from internal revenue, and
will present the bill to the full commit
tee for its consideration before the end
of the week. The clauses relating to
carpet woods, Mexican lead ores and
one or two other articles have not yet
been finally and definitely passed upon.
While the bill is not absolutely COM
pleted, and will, of course, be subject
to revision, it is believed to be sub
Gtantially a finished measure so far as
the majority of the committee is con-
cerned. The internal revenue features
of the bill are as follows: The entire
abolition of all special taxes upon deal
erS of all kinds, commonly known as
licenses; the taxes upon Snntf will be
repealed: farmers and planters growing
tobacco will have the liberty to sell TO
WhomsneveT they please, without re-
straint in the same manner as any farm
eT can dispose OT any other OF the pro-
duets of his land. The tax upon manu-
featured tobacco will be reduced from
eight cents to four cents a pound; cigars,
cheroOtS and cigarettes will
CARRY THE SAME TAX
as is imposed under the present law.
Alcohol used in the arts is free under
substantially the same restrictions as
are prescribed in the senate bill. The
reductions in the revenue from those
sources will be in round numbers be-
tween S17.O00000 and S19,000.0O0. The
following are the principal provisions in
the tariff schedules: The chemical
schedule contains but few changes from
existing law. There are some reduc-
tiOnS and advances in duty. and it is be-
lieved that the dulies in this schedule
will be found below the senate schedule.
The earth, earthenWare and glassware
schedules remain substantially as in
the existing law. There are number
of important changes in the metal
schedule. Existing rates are main
tanned upon iron ore and pig iron,
Barbed wire for fencing is made duti-
able at 6-1Oc a pound, which is below
the duty on that kind of iron entering
into other uses. Beams, girders and
structural iron is reduced from 14c to
6-l0c a pound. which is reduction be-
low that of the senate bill. Railway
iron is reduced 6-10e pound,
the present rate being SIT a
ton, reduction of about 81 ton, and
reduction in the rate fixed by the senate
bill. The duty on steel rails is reduced
S4 ton. The duty on tin plate has
been increased to 2-10 cents a pound.
Pig tin remains free. Its believed that
with this encouragement our tin plate
will be manufactured in this country.
Already we make the sheet iron and
sheet steel. which is 95 per cent of the
tin plate, and with the assurances that
there is
Tin in the BlaC ( Hills,
It is thought that great industry will
spring up. There is an increase In the
duty upon pocket cutlery, which the
committee justify upon the ground of
the depressed condition of that industry
in the United States, and the sharp and
ruinous competition that has already
been felt from Germany. Gun barrels
are placed upon the free list. Hand
sewing needles are also placed upon
the free list. The new metal, aluminium,
is given designation for the first
time, under 'metals and manufact-
ures' thereof, add is made duti-
able at 50 per cent ad valorem.
In the lumber schedule the duty on
sawed boards, plankS and finished lum-
Der is reduced 80 per cent from the
present rate. There is a special pro-
vision inserted that in case Canada lays
an export duty upon lumber then duties
Shall be collected according to the rates
under existing law. The duty on Sum-
atra tobacco is increased to S2.75 per
pound. There is all increase generally
along the entire list in the duties upon
agricultural products. The duty upon
barley is raised to 80 cents a buShel.
hops to Is cents pound, buckwheat
to ID cents bushel, macarOni and
Vermicelli, 2 cents pound; oats. 10
cents bnShel. The duty on agricult-
ura seeds is increased. The duty on
rice is reduced from 2A to 2 cents
pound; rice -four and rice meal from
cent to "a of cent pound, and broken
rice to u cent a pound. Butt II and
substitutes therefor have the duty in
creased to 6 cents pound. The duty
on eggs is raised to 5 cents dozen; pO-
tatoes to 25 cents a buShel. Hides,
which are now on the free list, are made
duitable at ~ cents pound. There is
A Small Increase
In the duty upon fruits. Oranges and
lemons in packages of 1Icubic feet
or less, 25 cents; for packages
exceeding II and not exceeding ~
cubic feet, so cents package. Raisins
two and half cents pound duty. Ad-
vances in duties have generally been
conceded the farming interests where it
is believed increased duties will benefit
the farmer. Spirit wines and other
beverages have been left as found in
existing law. Salt also has not been
touched. Cotton manufactures are left
substantially as in the senats
bill. Jute, MANILA, sun and sisal
grass are put upon the free list,
as is wool de gras, which enters into
the finishing Of leather. A reduction is
made in the duty of binding twine. In
Che wool schedule--wOOls of the first
class, known as clothing woods, IL cents
q pound: woods of the SecOnd-claSS,
known as combing woods, IL cents; car
net woods valued at 12centS or less, 81
cents per pound: valued at IL cents, 8
cents a pound. This is a reduction of
IL cents pound from the senate bill.
and anincrease of ~ cents from the
present law. 1t is believed, however,
that the definitions and qualifications
Sand restrictions provided for will make
this duty even more valuable to the
wool growers than the duty fixed by
the senate bill. In the Mills bill wool
was put on the free list, and the duty
given to the manufacturers Of WOODEN
fabrics was from 40 to 45 per cent. AS
this bill makes wool dutiable, it gives
compensation to the manufacturers for
the duty imposed upon wool. The DIFF
ference between the duty given tle
manufacturers by the Mills bill and the