Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-03-19
TARIFFSCHEDULES.
Synopsis Of the Republican Bill
Agreed Upon.
REVENUE CUT OF SIXTY MILLIONS.

Important Changes In the Internal Tar
nst-Tbs Iron Duty Redaesds Also
Misunderstanding Irvine Materials on
the Free List--Ths Wool s~bsduis-
some BIg Appropriation BIns Presented
In the Houss-1be Worlds Yair Bali
asady-onseisi Items.
WAsHIsoros CRY, March Is-Ths Re-
publican members u the ways and means
COMMITTEES have egreed upon every point OF
division On the tariff schedules and the re-
ductions 70 b. male from internal revenue
and viii present. the bill 10 the full commit
tee for its consideration IN a few days Tue
elausss relating - carpet woods, Mexican
lead ores sni ono or two other articles have
not yet been finally and definitely passed
upon While The ball n not absolutely com
pleted, and viii, Of course. BE- subject 10 re-
vision, IL Il believed % be Substantially q
nnish as for as the majority Of the commit
tss IL concerned.
Change. In Internal Revenue.
The iniernsi revenue features u the bill
sre A. follows; The entire abolition OF all
special taxes upon dealers Of all kinds, com
monty known a. licenses. the tar upon snuff
viii be- repealed; farmers and planters grow.
ing tobacco will have tbs liberty 10 sell 10
whomsoever they please without restraint,
Ia the same manner as any farmer can dis
pose Of any other products OF his land The
tax upon manufactured tobacco will bs re-
ducsd from cents 10 4 cents pound; Gig
ars, chsroots and cigarettes will carry ths
same tar IL imposed under the present
law Alcohol used In the arts Is free under
substantially the same restrictions as ars
prescribed In the senate bill The reduc-
lions In the revenue from thess sources will,
IN round numbers, amount 20 between sl7,-
90 900 and 100000.
Reduction In the Iron Schedule.
The following are the principal provisions
In the tariff schedules. The chemical schsd-
ule contains but fsw changes from existing
law. There arc some reductions and no adj.
vances In duty. and II IL believed that the
duties in this schsdule will b. found below
the senate schedule. The earth, earthen-
ware. and glassware schedules remain sub
stantially n In tbs en- sting law
There are a numb-r Of important changes
In tho metal schedule. Existing rates are
maintained upon iron ore and plg-iron.
Barbed wire for fencing IL made dutiAble at
0. cents per pound, which Is below the duty
upon that kind Of iron entring into other
uses. Beams, girdsrs, and structural iron
are reduced from l2j cents 10 o cents a
pound, which Is a reduction below that Of
the senate bill. Railway Ron IL reduced 10
90 cents pound. the present rate being sI7
a ton, a reduction OF about a a ton aud re-
duction Ia tbs rate firei by the ssnats bill
The duty on steel rails is reduced a. a ton
The duty on tin-plats has been increased 10
22 cents a pound. Pig tin remains free
There Il an increase In the duty on pocket
cutlery
The Duty on Lumber.
In the lumber schedule tho duty on sawed
boards planks, aud finished lumber il re-
duced 30 per cent from the present rate
There IL a special provision inserted that Ia
case Canada lays AN export duty on lumber.
this duties shall be coilectsl according TO the
rates under existing law
Higher Tsrin on Agricultural Prodact..
The duty on Sumatra tobacco Is increased
10 s275 per pound There Is an increase
generally along the entire list upon the duties
upon agricultural products. The duty upon
barley Is raised 10 ~ cents q bushel; hops 10
Is cents pound, buckwheat 10 IS cents a
bushel; macaroni and vern-celli cents a
pound, oats 10 cents bushsl
The duty on agricultural seeds Is increased
The duty on rice IN reduced from as 10 2
cents n pound, rice-hour and rics-meal from
cent 10 o rs cent pound, aud broken rico
90 n pound. Butter and substitutes therefor
have the duty increased 10 cents pound.
The duty ON eggs IN rhised.to 5lcents dozen
potatoes IS cents a bushel Hides which
are now on the free list are made dutiable
nc l.6 cents pound. There Is n small In
crease ia tho duty on fruits Oranges and
lemons. in packages OF les cubic feet or
less, % conts per package; packages exceed
Ing % and less than rs cubic fest, so
cents package. Raislns 2 o cents pound.
Advances In duties have generally been CON
coded tho farming interests where II il be-
lievod increased duties will bcnefit the farm
ers.
Juts, Manila. Etc. Free.
Spirits, wines and other beverages have
been left as found Ia existing law. Salt also
has not been touched. Cotton manufactures
are loft substantially ss In the senate bill
Jute, MANILA and sihal grass are put upon
the free list. ~ ~ wool degras, which enters
into the finishing o. leather A reduction Is
made In the duty on binding Irvine.
What Was Done with wool
In the wool schedule, woods OF the first
class, known ~ clothing wools, II cents
pound; woods OF the second class, known AZ
combing woods, ~ cents: carpet woods,
valued nj " cents or less, IS cents; valued
at over 32 conts, cents. This IA a reduction
OF o o cents pound from thu senate bill,
and an Increase OF conts from the present
law. IL l. believed, howover, that tho do
nnitions aud cassiflcations and restrictions
provided for will make this duty even more
valuable % the wool growers than the duty
nxsd by tho senate bill Ia the Mills
bill, wool vas put on ths free list, aud ths
duty given Ia ths manufacturers of wooden
fabrics was from ~ Ia ~ per cent. As this
bill makes wool dutiable u gives compensa-
ton 10 tho manufacturers for tbs duty im.
posed upon wool. The difference bet wean
rho duty given the manufacturers by the
Mills bill AMI the proposed measure u only
10 per cent After giving 10 the manufac-
Jurors compensatory duty for the duty
upon wool, yarns and cloths are made duti-
able Mt ~ per cent nd valorem additional,
wooden goods ut 90 por cent and ready made
clothing at 10 per cent
The sugar schedule Il Us given In those dis
patches yesterday, and molasses IL put Mt IS
per cent AL yalorem.
Now Legislative Provisions.
A new legislative provision In the hill TO
quirus importations TO show whore they
come from. NO ~ % put stop 90 the practices
OF bringing foreign products to this country
with American brands On them, thus sup
planting real American goods Anothsr
provision repeals tho law admitting tho sup
plies for government and government con
tractors free thus requiring tho government
IN stand an tina Al ma e,rn,and a.. cttt,an.
Total Reduction OF s0O. OOo.0 900.
The bill, II Is thought, will reduce the rev.
snues about CO... 000, 0OO, and OF this reduc-
fiop al,ont lo7 mn nm xill IA sa,,r..,t no ths.