The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-11-27
A RADICAL MEASURE

VIII 10 the Now TarIn BIIl-The size OF
the free List Will Surprise the Coun-
try.
WAsaISdToS, Nov. 26. - The new
Democratic bill will be laid before thefuIl
membership Of the ways and means
committee at II o'clock tomorrow
morning. The committee will convene
at II o'clock. Five minutes later the
bill will be submitted by Chairman
Wilson and read at length, and Demo-
cratic member will then promptly move
that strict party vote.
1t is now defnitel y announced that
the internal revenue schedule will be
reserved until later date, as it is not
yet completed.
In its general terms the new tariff bill
to be made public tomorrow may be
called q radical measure. The free list
will be a surprise to the country. It
will include wool, iron ore, coal, cotton
ties, copper, lumber, chocolate, salt,
binding twine, fax, lead ore, and many
other articles OF less importance 10 the
large commercial interests.
The disposition Of wool and wooleu
goods has been one OF the most difficult
problems that tho committee had to
solve. Alter two months OF delibera.
tion, it has been finally decided to adopt
tho Springer policy OF the last Congress
IN all the material details and the writ
ten report to accompany this portion Of
the bill will also be substantially the re-
mort of the last chairman OF the ways
and means committee.
The best information tonight Is that
steel rails will probably be put at S. or
50 ton, or a smaller figure represent
ing o tariff Of 40 per cent ad yalorem,
while nails are selling at their present
low price OF $50. Rails will be one Of
the few articles upon which specific
duty will be retained. Pig iron will
probably be put at so per cent, while
bar iron will be reduced about so per
cent. The rate on nearly all
manufactures OF cotton will be
40 per cent. This will include
hosiery, which now pays compound
duties ranging as high as 72 per cent.
The cIassiGcations Of different grades Of
goods will be abandoned.
The latest reports from authentic
sources tonight give the following as
included in the free list section OF the
new bill:
Wool, iron ore, coal, binding twine,
lumber, lead ore, salt, free stone, gran
ite, sandstone, limestone, and other
building and monumental stone, except
marbles, manufactured or undressed,
grindstones, finishing or unfinished,
copper imported in the form OF ore,
regulus OF copper and black or coarse
copper and copper cement, blue vitriol,
or suiphite OF copper, all prep
arations OF coal tar, not colors or
dyes, borax, crude or borate
OF soda, or borate OF mine, coioring for
brandy, wine, beer or other liquors;
copperas or sulphate OF iron, iodine,
olive oil, indigo, phosphorous, sponges,
aluminium, in crude form, alloys OF any
kind in which aluminium is the compo-
nent material or chief value, antimoly,
as regulus OF metal; metallic minerals
substances in crude state and metals
unwrought; tiaxstraw, flax, spices,
ground or powdered, cayenne pepper,
sage, timber hewn and sawed timber
used for spars in the building
wharves, timber squared or sided, saw
boards, plank, deals and other lumber OF
hemlocE, white wood, sycamore, white
pine and Eastwood not planed or finish
ed; cotton ties, chocolate or lead ore.
The Republican members OF the COM
mittee, are to be given ten days time in
which to prepare q minority report.