Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-04-05
NEW TARIFF BILL.

WAHHIN0TON, April l.-At hpocihA
meeting OF the Ways and Means Com
mittee yesterday Chairman Mckinley
presented the Republican Tariff bill.
The minority will be allowed ten days
in which to offer amendments and pre-
pare their views before the bill 10 ro-
ported to the House. The BILL accord
ing to Chairman Mckinley, will effect
reduction Of s45, 000, 900.
Hides have been placed on the duti-
able list at fifteen per cent I'D valorem
with proviso allowing drawback on
exported goods made from imported
hides equal to the rate of duty paid.
The duty on tin plate is doubled and
duty Of ~ cents per pound imposed
on Mexican lead and silver ores
The additions made to the free list are
as follows:
Acids used for medicinal, chemical or
manufacturing purposes. not spec ally pro-
vided for; agates, manufactured; amber,
manufactured or crude gum; analino
salts; any animal imported especially Tor
breeding parposes. provided that no such
animal shall DO admitted FREQ except IL DO
pure bred, Of q recognized breed, and has
been duly registered In the book Of record
established for that breed (the secretary OF
the Treasury may prescribe regulations for
the strict enforcement Of these provisions);
animals brought into the United States for
period not exceeding six months for the
purpose Of exhibition or competition Tor
prizes offered ny any agricultural or racing
assoc lation-but bond shall he given In &C:
cordance with the regulations prescribed
by the Secretary of the Treasury; also teams
of animals, including their harness. tackle
and the wagons or other vehicles actually
owned by persons emigrating from foreign
countries to the United States with their
families and In actual use for the pur.
pose Of such emigration under such
regulations as the Secretary OF
the Treasury may prescribe; articles
In a crude 8 ate used In dyelng or tanning
not specially enumerated for, In the sack,
barrel or hogshead. Books and pamphlets
printed exclusively In languages other than
English, also books and music in raised
prints used exclusively by the b ind. En-
cravings, pilot graphs etc, things bound
or unbound, imported BY authority or for
the use Of the United etates, or for the use OF
the library of Congress Braids, p'aits, laces
and similar manufactures suitable for max
ing or ornamenting hats, bonnets and hoods,
composed Of straw. chip, grass, palm leaf,
willow. csier or rattan.
Cabinets of old coins and medals and other
collections of antlquities-but the term San
tlquities," as used in this act. shall include
only such articles as are sultRb'e for aouve-
Mrs or cabinet collections and which shall
have been produced ut any period prior to
the seventeenth century; catgut, whinRut or
wormgut. manufactured or not further
manufactured than In strings or cord; chic
DRY root, raw, dried or undried, but un.
ground; coal tar, crude, and pitch OF coal
tar; coral, uncut.
Dandclion roots. raw, dried or undrled,
but unground; diamonds and other precious
stones, rough or uncut, including glaciers
and engravers' diamonds, not set, diamond
dust and jewels to be used in the manufac-
ture of watches drugs, such as barks, beans.
berries, balsams, buds, bulbs and dubious
roots, excrescences, such as nutgalis, fruits,
flowers, dried flbeis and dried insects,
grains, gum and gum resin, herbs, leaves,
Itch, n, MOSES, nuts, roc Is and stems. spices.
vegetables, seeds, aromatic and seeds OF
morbid growth, woods used expressly for
dyeing, any OF the foregoing which are not
edi lie and are In a crude state and not ad-
vanced In value or condition by refining or
grinding, or by any other process Of manu-
facturr, and not specially provided for in
this act.
Eggs Of birds, fish and lnsects-the old
provision reading eggs.
Fish, the produc: of American fisheries
and fish caught by American vessels In the
open waters Of the lakes when within the
boundary between the States and the Do
mlniOn Of Canada; floor mating, manufact-
ured from round or split straw, including
what Is commonly known as Chinese mat.
ting; fruits, green, ripe or dried, not es-
peclally enumerated or provided for In this
act
Glass plates or disks. rough cut or I'M.
wrought, for use In the manufacture OF
optical instruments, spectacles and eye
glasses and suitable only for such use.
Grasses and fibers, Tamplco flbers, jute.
jute butts, manila, 6isal grass, sum and all
other textile grasses or fbers OF vege-
table substances manufactured or
undressed, not specifically provided for In
this act
Grasses an oils. such as are commonly
used in soap making or In wire drawing or
for stuffing or dressing leather and such as
are At only for such uses, not specially pro-
vided for in this act
Human hair, raw, unclaimed and not
drawn.
Old scrap or refuse India rubber which has
been worn out by use and is fit only for man
ufacture.
Ivory and vegetable ivory not sawed, cut
or otherwise manufactured, the present pro-
visions reaiing "ivory" manufactured.
Natural mineral waters and all mineral
waters not efiervescent or artificial, and
mineral salts.
Molasses, testing not above 80 degrees by
the polarlscope; provided that u an export
duty shall hereafter bo laid upon molaB1eg
by any country from whence the same may
be imported, lt shall DO subject 20 duty ~
provided by law at the date Of the passage
OF this act.
Moss, seaweeds and vegetable substances.
crude or manufactured, not otherwise spe-
clfically provided for In this act.
Newspapers and periodicals, but the term
"perlodloals" As herein used shall be under
stood to embrace only unbound or paper
covered publications., containing current
! literature Of the day and issued regularly at
stated periods, a. week y, monthly or quar-
terly.
Nut oil, or oil OF nuts, not otherwise sps-
IL rrorfnan for nllwa MI 4oe mann