The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1893-11-28
STARTING The BATTLE
Chairman Wilson Fires The First Gun
for Tariff Reform.
WOOL ON THE FREE LIST
A Long List OF Protected Articles
Put on the Free List. Reduc.
ing the Revenues Fifty
Million Dollars.


cratic tariff bill was given out this morn-
ing. Its provisions fulfill every expecta-
iion of those who predicted il would be n
spects il Is a surprise. even TO the demo-
Gratis, as it is unprecedented In many pro-
visions. Tho free list is of liberal scope,
sufficient TO satisfy the most radical advo-
Gates OF reform and the repudiation of tho
principle OF reciprocity is decisive and
emphatic. Thus the bill in addition to
tariff reforms will, IL passed, necessitate
tho rcadjustnent of treaties with the
South American countries which enjoy
practical OF theoretic reciprocity with the
United States. The bounty on sugar,
instead Of being repealed at once, will be
repealed by easy Graduatious, and will not
reach full effect till after the close of the
present century.
Beginning March next. tho following
articles will he added to the free list
bacon, hams, beef, mutton, pork. meats
oi all kinds prepared or preserved, not
otherwise provided for; baryta, binding
twine made in whole or part Of istle or
tampice fiber, MANILA, sisal or sum. sim
gle ply measuring not moro than GOO feet
to the pound; stuffed birds not suitable
for millinery, birdskins, prepared for
preservation, blue vi,riol, bone charcoal,
bituminous and shalo and slack or cut
coke. coal tar, not co.ors or dyes not
specially provided for. oxide Of cobalt,
copper ores, old copper, clippings from
new copper, all compositions of which
copper is tho chief component of value,
rcgulus and black copper and copper ce-
ment, copper plates, bars, inRo,s, pigs,
other forms, copperas, cotton ties, dia-
monds, dust or bart, jewels used in the
manufacture of watches and clocks, yolks
OF eggs of birds, fish and insects, crude
down, fresh fish, undressed furs, iodine,
resublimated iron ore, including mag
niferous iron. dress of burnt py-
rites, sulphur. pyrites in natu-
raj state, lard and lemon juice,
mica and crude metallic M minerals and
unwrought metals: ocher and all ochery
earths; sienna and sienna earths, lumber
and umher earths; cotton seed oil; paint-
ings and statuary; plows, tools. disc har-
rows, harvesters, reapcrs, drills, mowers,
horse rakes, cultivators, thresbing ma
chimes, cotton gins, plush black for max
ing mem hats, quicksilver. salt. silk not
further advanced in manufacture than
carding or combing, soap not otherwise
provided for, sulphate OF soda, or salt
cake or nitre cake; sulphuric acid; tallow
and wool grease; straw. burr stone
bound into mill stones, FREQ stone,
granite, sand stone. lime stone
and other building or monumental stone
except marble undrcssed; all wearing APP
parel and other personal effects on idcn-
tity being established under regulations
TO be established by the treasury; timber
hewn and sawed; spar and wharf timber,
squared or sided timber; sawed boards
boards: planks, deals and other lumber
lath, pickets, palincs, shingles. slaves and
manufactured wood, provided that the
same duties as now exist shall obtain in
cases In which export duty is laid on any
article in the above schedule; chair. cane
or reeds; woods, namely: Cedar. lignum
vitae, lancewood, ebony, elm, box, grana-
dilla, mahogany, rosewood, satinwood, all
forms of cabinet woods in log. rough or
hewn; manufactured bamboo and rattan,
manufactured briar root or briarwood,
reeds and sticks of partridge, hairwood.
pimento. orange, myrtle and other woods
in rough; all wool of sheep. hair of camels,
goat. alpaca and other like animals, wool
and hair on skin noiles. yarn waste, card
waste, burr waste, rags and fogs, includ-
ing all waste or rags composed wholly or
in part of wool
CHAIRMAN WILSON'S STATEMENT.
Chairman Wilson of tho committee of
ways and means. has issued q statement
in regard TO tho tariff bill. the gist of which
is contained in the following Introductory
paragraphs:
The democratic mombcrs OF the com.
init IA, hne "a n< nfh foat
the momentous responsibility resting upon
them, and the magnitude, difficulty and
dclicacy of tho duty assigned them oi
framing a tariff bill for nation of 70.Ooo,,
600 of people. They were called on to re.
taxation, the elimination of 30 years coi,.
troll of the taxing power, by o few inter.
csts. gathering into their train n host oi
petty toll gathercrs. II was carefully
framed TO prevent, as long as possible
what it's author calls any "monkeying
with the tariff" II transferred to the free
list proper and fruitful revenue articles
where most OF the taxes paid by the people
were received by the government and
greatly increased the rates OH those
which we're paid by the people and wen,
ltltO pflNdNc CoueTs. anu ~ was DOibtcEef
about by many defenses, chief among
which are a swept and garnished treasury
and a swollen and colossal scale of perma.
nent expenditures. Such are the condi
tions that confronted us at the outset OF
our work. The committee have welcomed
information and counsel from every trus,
worthy source, and while they do not cx,
pcct their bill to escape just criti cism IN
all its details. they do present il to the
country as a result Of months OF patient,
anxious toll. and OF honest desire to dis
charge their duty. Purgcd of all taint oi
local and personal favor,ism or prejudice
It's main features are two: First. the
adoption wherever it seemed practicable
Of al vaiorem instead of specified dnties
Second. freeing from taxes oi
those great materials of industry
that lie at the basis of production
Specific duiies are objectionable because
they can bo used TO conceal onorousl,
large aud inequitable taxation, aud be-
cause they lead more readily to frauds. a.
weigherr and counters at custom houses