Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-11-28
FREE TRADERS WON
Woo. Coal. Salt. Iron. Copper
and Lumber Duty Free
aEw TARIFF BILL COMPLETED
aesrfv al Prosecsed fs<fastrscs At
tacke.f aad Datie- Efth~s Taken
on ga I.argeiY Cur Do~A

WAsHIxarO<. Nov zI.-The nes dsm-
ocr4t tarid bail was given cut 70 the
public this morning The fres hat Is Of
such iterai scope a. - satisfy the most
radse-al 4siyoc4tes u free trade. and IN
addition the bail will necessitats im mo-
date rsad.astmsnt Of treaties wsth the
south AnsriSan countries which enIoy
PRACTICAL ~ theoretical reciprocity with
this coaniry should It bee ome q law.
Considerable interest EAs displayed ~
the members Of congress present IN
tosn. and the corridor n fEoat OF the
eonaitiee rooms vas niled With CORES
pon3snts and others Reed, Burrows.
Dalzea and Hopk.ns the republican
members II the committee. we're pres
ent % secure the earliest copies Of the
bilL
Iron ore - Made free.
Ia the iron ag4d steel schedule iron ore
4 dad, free. Pigir0n - reduced from
6l1 per ton. whieA i from 80 10 20 per
cent. q a uniform duty q - per eeot.
Z fafe someNha higher IN proportion 20
TIE rest ~ the schedule. Steel rails are
reduced from lAli per ton, row 40 per
cent o. = per cent
The residue q the schedules vary from
- to ~ per cent. MOOD 5crews being put
a. the latter ugurs. Beams and giriers
are = Yer cent
TIN piates are reduced 10 40 per cent
q little more than oue-half ot the Me
kiuiey rate. Cheaper grades % pocket
cutlery are - per cenL Higher grades
a. Table cutlery j. put az - per cent
These are very substantial reductions
from prcsent rates. which. being spcci-
nc. reach ia sohe grades of pocke.
cutlery a. high A. 80 per cent. bat with
release q taxes on raw materials.
especially ca pearl and iy0rY for handles.
seems ample. Both copper ores sud pig
copper are made free. Nickel i free.
Lead ore has a snail duty of l. per cent.
Pig cad cent a pound Silver lead
ores are restored - tie free list.
Lambcr ON the Free List
Unmanufacturch lumber Is free.
Manufactured - put az - per cent with
the pFOgiso that K any export duties are
charged on foreign lumber IL shall he
admitted only az the rates now existing.
Eaw sugar eas Transferred 10 the free
list by the Mckinley oil because nearly
all the taxes paid on II went 20 the pub.
hc treasury A strong desire among
some members u the committee vas 20
put an al yalorun duty of 20 To > per
cent on II and sboilsh the. bounty at
once After much consideration 10 was
declsled 10 reduce by ons-half the duty
on refined sugs5 and 90 repeal the
bounty oce- ssghtl each year. leaving raw
sugar nataxed as az present.
IL the tobacco schedule the present
taxrs og 80 aud 40 pourd on wrap
Per leaf are reduced TO si and sl3j per
pound on wrapper leaf and 3 cents
and - certs per pound on filler
tobacro. unstenirIed and stemmcd
IN each Manufactures of tobacco
are put % i0 cents. Cigars are re-
duce,! from $40 per pound and = per
cent at galoFrm 10 90 per pound and -
PER cent lave animals are put az ~
Per cent Barley is reduced FROM 30
ccnts q bushel - - per cent. which il
about l. cents Brea3staffs are made
free except when impbrfed from coun-
tries putting duties on our Ike products.
in which e1ss the duty II - per cent.
Fresh vegetables. Trusts. eggs and like
fnod products are untaxed. salt IA bulk
Is free. 10 packages the salt - tree. but
the covering dutisbie a. rates prescribed
Or h<r articles.
Iakc- Dsty or Wool
VOL 4 made frcc Cloths and dress
Eto,is are pat az = per cent. clothing az
a. per ccgt. rates higher than the coai-
miite desired. tat deemed temporarily
ue-cossary tecaase cur nianufs cturrs
have 80 leag toelfexyiuied from tao.
thirds n the sooi- - tLe world that
they xiii have O. ls4Fa tac art u manu-
fscturing as free sool A sliding
scale Is Therefore added BY Nhich the
rafes IN fhe eooien scheduls arr -
come down dge punts with fhs lapse u
i've yesrs Carpets an indgstTy "a
whiea ee Wl. sasin bs independent x
competition sfa pot AZ - per cent Tor
Avn meter Noqesttc and Wilton - per
coaf Goo Efusscts. xhile common grades
g down e. 30 per cect The btll pro
vstes that the daties shall b. removed
from ssa % March ! and rsduced On
NooieH goois July 4 ia the six =chod-
ale the r.siuc.ion % rates IL smaller than
IN cottoa or eoolen fahrics. soma
leather = re,iuce,i from iO 30 , per cent
leather gloves are classified according
O. material and iengta. and are uni-
formy rafei at specific duties. Whlch
sysra-r net over - Ger ceat
DsfY 90 Hemp AMI Flax.
Hemp aoj aax are msds free. dressed
Hoe Of hemp snd fss. I cent and J i,
cent respectively Borlars and cotton
AMI grsin targing are par sf llE per cent,
but Nhna inroFied for covering = arti-
,.les G, he exported are duty Tree "a
fotfon msnufartsrs= sut.taafial rcflsc-
finnz ara maae. especially IN cheap
,.lrtha and prints. sud tae exlStirg sys
IN. q fsxing ~ couni II threats IN TIE
aloare nrh - rets1reA The tarif on
sririts is put az dos0le tho Internal rev
aaus rafes On Ike spifits ana some
-iizhf radttctiua - uais On stil wines.
uaif ituars xis9er sie and ike t-ever
sges ~ tia nterrsf ~ rncfr tss,i r.veaue
The lufY ou sparkling vines is
thsswtse eighty reduced Tor the gin-
rsaseus thst On champagne heing
Pot st A. YER i,sgeu quarfs ~ sgsin-t -
~ the 3lch I-.es hiii aua ~ the iaF
~ is-t tr iHs roftarY schedule sno.
stsatisi reiHrtfrrs are msas finfn
ehite sare ire1pei fr1u The hirh
ecAFfte in HhlCh it mysterious y
crnn ii-i ttsef 3ecaratel ware = o.
sucet ffrr t' ta Al rer cent antecsrs.
tr.i fr,sr1 - "a to fn -ssursaa einFicw
slses a reiacten cf n.sra than ans hais
Has hcen asie io sl the isrrer aires.
fSe~tfi- sfrnea are scheinis4 higher.
snd srf Vnrss arr fr-r Tfe sefi-aatnsi
erl'lttisln ~ raVernes trtas. s.Iertsnn ~
tle tlil s tHlfa. .sH year'F