Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1893-11-23
CHANGES IN TARIFF.
WAYS and Means Com.
mite Dispose of Wool.
IRON ORE MEN GET LEFT.
Will Ask the House to Take the
Product From the Free List.

wAsHINGrpS, Nov % -Iae ways and
means committee yrst-ri,y co C uded the
wool sched r.. IA new tn II bll The
m asure pr. .yidf- tor admission, free OF
du Y, Of al woods, hatr of the camel, goat
alpaca aud oth,r ke animal-, and oi
wool aud hair on the skin, Top waste and
other wastes, aud rays composed wholly
or in part Of wool; and also repeals what
are know AS IIpen -atOry duties on
woolen goO1s and reduces the ad valorem
duties on such goods.
IL also repoas = the comp nsatory duties
up carpets 81 ( all kinds, rugs and mats,
aud reduces the al valorem duties thereon
from ~ per cent I'D valorrm 10 80 per cent
al yaorem. IL reduces the duties upon
certain quail ties OF waste which have been
advanced beyond the condition Of secured
wool, by the use Of machinery or by the
application o. labor. 20 70 per cent al VA
loren. The duty on shoddy, mungo and
certain other wastes is put at - per cent
ad valorem.
Over 1000 petition kilograms and me-
MORALS have been received by mem b-rs Of
the committee from temperance sOcit ties
asking thai the whisky tax be raised.
J. :. LauRler, ;. Goldenberg AMI others
Of New York ye ,terday appe red aud
urged the pa. s. ge Il "A measure TO prevent
repr, santative- Of foreign houses from
coming TO America sud taking orders for
foreign goods They want a license i'm
posed upon such agents, who snail be
termed peddlrrs
They also urged and received assurance
that provision should be inserted in the
new tariff hill provid, that the value
OF the out-ide crates, cases. boxes. sacks
and coverings in which merchandise IL
packed for shipment 10 the Cuited States
shall not be- included in the dutiable value
Of the merchaudise cOntaiu ed in the same,
but shall hereafter be free from duty
Iron Ore Men viii Fight
The iron ore men have been defeated,
and the men who have mbatted 20
valiantly 10 keep this article off the free
list were yesterday informally notified 10y
members Of the ways aud means com
mittee hat IL had been finally decided by
the Democ a'ic mem hers that iron ore
would be placed on tie free list
This il the mos important development
OF the day. a. 1t ], av-s the iron ore men Of
Alabama, Virginia and Michigan no al
tentative bui q carry their fight e she floor
OF the house. This they threaten TO do,
and IL il more freely stated han ever that
the NV tariff bill con al iug this new
provision will be opposed IN the house by
the solid Democ, aric d, legation from Ala
bama, and in the senate by Senators Nor
gan and Pugh.
The Western Iron Ore assocati ion,
through George Ely, prr.id-nt, has made
vigorous protest To the committee. The
western iron ore men In their communi-
cation nave history Of the development
OF Lake superior iron ore industry, md
make an appeal for the retention OF the
present duty not only in their own inter-
est but in the inter, II II the consumer and
the laboring man. The letter concludes
thus:
II. for a while ahead iron ore should be any
cheaper than il has been for the last two
years, Il can only come through materially
lower wages not only In mining but on tho
docks, on the vessels and on the railroads q at
give IL transit 10 mills and furnaces; and,
along the line OF independent industries in
Lake Superior Ores alone, SlS!,WcbO is now
invested with all the labor occupation in
volved.
Iron ore Is a product of labor and capital
Todiscrimnate against IL because it r. at the
bottom and because theorists designate IL rs
raw material, would be an obvious injustice.
II finished products above iron ore are made
duiiable, there can be no valid reason Tor a
different treatment of this product