Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-11-29
LEADING ARTICLES.
The New Measure Makes a Decided
Cut on Many Usesul and Nee
essary Articles.

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be repealed by easy grsduations, and
not reach concluse effect until the
end of the present century.
The bill puts wool, coal, lumber
salt and iron ore on the free list, and
and reduces the tariff on sugar from
1-2 to IA cent per pound. L also
provides for the exUermination of the
bounty by degrees.
The committee has placed iron ore
on the free list and made large cut
all along the metal schedule, the duty
on steel rails being reduced more than
80 per cent.
Free lumber will be a great benefit
to the people of the prairie states, tine
committee claim, and free salt will
give to those who need salt for their
cattle or for curing meat the same ad-
vantage which has been secured here
tofore by means of rebate to those
whe cured fish.
Agricultural implements have been
placed on the free list, in order, the
committee says, to enable the farmer
to better compete In foreign markets,
and because many Of our agricultural
implements are being sold abroad to-
day cheaper than at home.
Pen-knives or pocket-knives of all
Kinds or parts thereof and razors or
razor blades, finished or unfinished,
valued at not more than 60 cents per
dozen, 35 per cent advalorum; above
that 40 per cent.
Table knives, steep forks, and all
carving, cooks and butcher knives,
forks and stcels, all sizes, finished or
unfinished, 95 per cent. advalorem.
Muskets, muzzle-loading shotguns
and repeating rifles, and parts thereof,
25 per cent advalorum (no change).
Sporting, breech-loading shotguns
aud pistols, and parts thereof, 80 per
cent advaorem.
Cut nails and cut spikes Of iron
and steel, horse shoe nails, hob nails,
and all other wrought iron or steel
nails not especially provided for, 25
per centum.
Needles for Knitting or sewing ma
chimes, crochet needles and tape need
les and bodkins of metal, 25 per cent,
same as at present.
Cross-cut saws, mill, pit and drag
saws, circular saws, hand and all other
saws, 25 per cent.
On wooden or worsted cloth, shawls,
knit fabrics and other manufactures,
40 per cent advalorem,
On women's and children's dress
goods, coat Innings, -buntings and
goods of similar description or char
acter, 40 per cent advalorem.
On cloaks, dolmaus, jackets, ulstcrs
or other outside garments for ladies'
and children's apparel, As per cent ad-
valorem, Present law 49 ID per
pound and 80 per cent advalorem.
Duties are fixed on manufactures Of
wool as follows: On wool and worst
ed yarns so per cent, valued at more
than 40 cents per pound, 35 per cent
advalorem.
The bill provides that all rates of
duty in the wooden schedule, except
on carpets. shall be q reduction of
one cent on the hundred on the lst
of July, 1896, and theaoafter of like
amount on the first dayssof July, 1897
1898, 1899 and 2O00.
Clothing ready made and articles
of wearing apparel of every descrip-
ton, haudkerchiefs composed Of cot
ton or other yegetebe fibre or OF
cotton or other vegetable fibre is the
component material or Of value, 40
Str cent adyalorem. Present law is
80 per cent.
Linen collars and cuffs and shirts
and all articles Of wearing apparel,
not especially provided for, 80 per
cent advalorom. All manufactures of
flax, hemp, jute or other vegetable
fibre: except cotton, 80 per cent adva-
loren; present law from &c per pound
to 40 per cent advalorem.
Ofal leaf tobacco, or such part
thereof as its commercially know as
wrapper tobacco and suitable for
cigar wrappers is unstemmed, the
duty is to be 81 per pound. If
stemlned 1925 per pound. The
present duty is $2 and $2.75per pound
all other leaf tobacco, is unstemmed,
is fixed at 50 cents per pound as al
present.
PUBLIC LAND BILL.