Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-11-27
THE TARIFF BILL.
That Long-Expected Measure is
at Last Completed.
A GREATLY ENLARGED FREE LIST.
Chairman Wilson's Statement of
the Committees Aims.
THE MAIN FEAT RES,

The tariff bill was reported to the re-
publican members Of the ways ana means
comittee today and given to the public
1t is complete. with the execution of the
! internal revenue features The average
duty In the bill has not yet been figured
out accurately. and the bill as reported.
consisting of lbs pages. presents a confus-
ing mass OF items without there being in
IL any guidance for comparison. AS near
as can be got at at this time, IL is believed
.hat the average duty in the whole bin
ls ABOUT DO OF the average duty OF the Nc
hiiiiey tann BILL 1t may turn out to be
considerably less. The average duty I'm the
cotton. wooden and metal schedules. wh,cn
are the most important in the bill, is about
IS per cent
Change to Ad vaIorem
very important feature of the hin ,s
the change in almost every instance oY
the form of duty from specific TO ad va
iorem, ana this feature OF the bill will prob
aoiy De criticised on account Of the op-
/ portunity offered In ad valorem duties for
uhoerValuation OF goods imported; but the
! committee have revised the administrative
features-the laws regulating the methods
! OF assessing and collecting the revenues
which they believe will guard against un-
oerVaiuation. The general character OF
tne Dill was accurately described in The
Star on Saturday
Knocked Out Protection.
Wherever any protective features OF the
mckinley tariff bill presented itself, the
committee have knocked IL on the head.
I and II the measure fails to furnish reye-
nue. enough for the government. IL is sue
cessful as a direct reputation of protec-
/ There %
even those most interested to get a COM
| prehensive idea of II in this short time
out IL is recognized at first glance as a
Iaulcai measure, very closely following the
declarattons of the democratic platform.
| tutionaL
/ Added TO the Free List.
The following items are added TO the free
| list in the new tariff bill:
Ammonia, carbonate OF. muriate Of, or
sal-ammoniac and sulphate Of Apples
green or ripe. Apples. dried. desiccsted
evaporated or prepared in any manner, and
| not otherwise provided for in this act Ar
ticles for the use Of the United States. Ba-
| con and hams, beef. mutton. and pork and
meats of all kinds. prepared or preserved,
not specially provided for in this act All
binding tw:ne manufactured in whole or in
! part from istle or Tampico fiber, manila.
sisal grass, or sum, of single ply and meas
uring not exceeding 600 feet to the pound.
Blue vitriol or sulphate of copper. Bone
gars. -Borax. crude or borate Of soda. or
borate OF lime. Bristles Broom corn. Cab
bages. Cider. Chromate of iron or chronic
ore. Clays or earths, unwrought or unman-
ufactured. not specially provided for In this
act. Coal, bituminous and shale and coal
slack or culm. Coke. Copper imported In
the form Of ores. Old copper. fit only for
manufacture, clipping from new copper.
tap oil Of u-hi or
! is a component material Of chief value not
! specially provided for in this act. Regulus
Of copper and black or coarse copper. and
copper cement. Copper in plates. bars. In
| gots or pigs. and other forms not manufac-
/ tured, not specially provided for In this act
Copperas or sulphate Of iron. Cotton ties
Of iron or steel cut to lengths. punched or
not punched. with or without buckles, for
baling cotton. Feathers and downs Of all
kinds, crude or not dressed. colored or man
ufactured, not specially provided for In this
act
Iron ore, including manganiferous iron
ore, also the dross or residium from burnt
pyrites and sulphur ore. as p1 rites or sui
phuret of iron in its natural state. Lard
Magnesia, sulphate of. or EPSON salts.
Mica, and metallic mineral substances in q
crude state and metals unwrought not es-
pecially provided for in this act MIX.
fresh Nickel, nickel oxide, alloy Of any
kind in which nickel is the component ma
terial of chief value. Ocher and ochery
earths, sienna and sienna earths. umoer
and umber earths, not especially PROVIDED
Tor in this act, dry. Paintings, in oil or
water colors, and statuary. not otherwise
provided for IN this act, but the term stat
uary" as herein used snail De understood
" include only such professional prooue-
uons al marble. stone, alapaster or metal
OF a statuary or sculptor onIy. Pease. green.
Ill puIh or IN barrels, SACKS or slinliar pacA-
ages. PIows. looIh ana dIsc harrows. mar
Nsspers. reapers, drlIis, mowers. horse raAes.
cuIIlSaIors, InIasnlng machines ana cotton
D
aaatters plush. composed OF SILK or o. siiA
anu cotton ANA used exclusively Ior max
..Is men > haas. lulcksLyer.
Salt in bulk. ana SAT- in bags. barrels or
other Packages, but the coverings shall pay
the same rate OF duty as II imported sep
arately; provided. that IL the salt II I'M
poruea from any country which IMPOSES q
auty upon salt exported from the United
states then there snail be LEVIED. paid and
collected upon such salt the rate OF duy
now provided by law. silk. partially man
uractured from cocoons or from waste SIX.
ana not farther advanced or manufac-
tured than carded or eombed silk. soap,
all not otherwise provided for In this act
Seeds OF all kinds not specially provided Tor
in this act Straw. talow and wool grease
including that known commercially as de-
gras or brown wool grease. Teazles. Tim
Der, hewn and sawed. and timber used Tor
spars and in building wharves. Timber.
squared or sided Sawed boards. planks.
deals and other lumber. Pine clappoaros-
Hubs for wheels, posts. last blocks, wagon
blocks, oar blocks. gun blocks, heading
and all like blocks or sticks, rough he~n
or sawed only. Laths. pickets and palingss
Shingles. Slaves Of wood Of all kinds.
Wood manufactured; provided that II any
export duty is laid upon the above men
toned articles, OF either Of them. all said
articles imported from said country shall
be subject to duty as now provided by law.
Chair cane or reeds, wrought or unmanu-
factured from rattans or reeds. All wool OF
the sheep, hair OF the camel, goat alpaca
and other like animals. and all wool and
hair on the skin, noils, yarn waste, card
waste bur waste. rags and hocks. including
all waste, or rags composed wholly or In
part Of wool
The Woolen Schedule.
The wooden schedule, which is one OF Tho
most important in the bill. puts all wool.
hair OF the camel, goat. &c. on the free
list This was divided into three classes in
the Mckinley bill at rates equivalent TO AZ.
46 and 81 per cent. The wooden and worst
ed yarns made wholly or in part OF WOOL
worsted. the hair of the camel. &C, valued
at not more than forty cents per pound, the
present bill puts the duty at 80 per cent
ad valorem; valued at more than forty
cents per pound. at 30 per cent ad valorem.
Under the Mckinley bill. the rates In this
section were such TO be equivalent in
the year 1892 to 1893 per cent. On wooen
and vvorst ed cloths ShaWls knit fabrics.