The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1893-12-07
monds, pearls and other precious stones
i3 increased.
Works Of art are, am delighted to
say, put b2ck on the free list.

| " OThS VI dTG are, l. ain QelIguJeU 10
say, put bSck on the free list.
a REDUCTION OF FIFTY MILLION.
The above is a rapid summary Of
the changes made by the proposed bill
and will give a satisfactory idea, be
lieve, Of its general structure. 1t is es-
timated that it will reduce the revenue,
on the basis of the impOrtatiOns of 1892,
about fifty millions, with an immense.
ly larger decrease Of tax burdens to the
| American people. The administrative
law ls reported with few amend
ments, suggested by experience of It's
operation. That law was chiefly pre-
pared by Mr.. dewitt when he was in
| Congress, and the changes proposed in
| our bill are to M Ike it more effective,
while at the same time Sottening some
of the features added by the Mckinley
bill that would treat the business of
| importing as an outlawry, not entitled
to the protection of the government.
There were present in the commit
| tee room today when the seal of secrecy
was removed: Mr.. Wilson, the chair
| man. MessrS. TarSney, Breckinridge,
Buynum, Turner and Brvan Demo.
| Crats). and Reed, Burrows. DalZell and
Hopkins Qtepublcans) The corrid ors
| IN the nelghbOThOOd Of the room were
tiVeS OF some Of the protected indus
tries, and others interested in tariff leg
iSlation..
RATES OF NEW DUTIES.
Following are some of the principal
articles named in the bill anI the rates
OF duty imposed:
Alcoholic perfumerieS, two dollars a
gallon and % per cent.
ChlOrOfOrm o5 cents nor Doup6
Morphia, 50 cents per ounce.
Opium, aqueous, extract and tine.
lure, 20 per cent; opium containing
less than nine per cent. OF morphia and
opium prepared for smoking, $6 a
pound.
Narnshes, % per cent. and Sl.32 ad .
dltlonal on the alcohol in spirit var
niShe5.
Sponges, ten per cent.
Sulphur,20 20 per cent.
Brick, 20 per cent; decorated, 30.
Tiles, plain, % per cent; glazed 40
per cent.
uarble, rough, 40 per cent, per cubic
loot; dressed, IS cents per cubic foot.
Freestone, granite and other build.
ing stone, not especially provided:
dressed, 20 per cent.
Iron, pig and scrap, and scrap steel
p per cent; slab blooms, etc, 20 per
cent; bar, 80 per cent; beams, girders,
etc, 30 per cent; boilers, 30 per cent
torgings of iron or steel, 30 per cent;
railway bars, iron or steel, - per cent. :;
sheet iron or steel, 80 per cent; sheet
iron, galvanized, :}3 per cent.
Tin plates, 40 per cent.
Steel ingots, blooms, etc % per cent. ::
wire rods, 30 per cent.
Anchors and ship and mill forkings.
70 per cent: cast iron pipe, 25 per cent;
chains, 30 per cent.
Pocket cutlery, lowest 30 per cent;
highest 10 per cent; table cutlery, 30
per cent.
Muzzle loading guns, % per cent:
breech leaders, 80 per cent.
Nails, % per cent; wood screws, 30
per cent; wheels, 35 per cent.
Brass, unmanuf tctured, 10 per cen t.
Rolled copper, 20 per cent
Lead ore, ID per cent lead sheets
ana pigs one cent a pound.
Willow ware. % per cent; casks
and shocks, 20 per cent; furniture. %
per cent.
Sugar-The present bounty is to be
eXtlnguShed one-quarted of a cent each
year until 1T has ceased to exist. All
sugars above number sixteen Dutch
standard, live-twentieths of one cent a
pound.
Leaf tobacco for wrappers. unstem-
med, Il dollar per pOunI; Stemmed Il
dollar and a quarter; other leaf, I'M
'temmed. 30; stemmed, 80 cents; all
other tobacco not enumerated, 40 cents
Snutf. no cents; cigars, cherOOtS and
cigarettes, $3 per pound and 2J per
cent.
Rice, cleaned, one and one half cents
per pound; uncleaned, one cent. Flour
and broken rice, one quarter cent;
PADDY, three quarters OF cent.
Potatoes, 10 cents per buShel.
Vegetables in their natural state, not
specially provided for ten per cent.
Oranges, lemons and lines. packed.
len cents per cubic foot; bulk 81 80 per
thousand. and thirty per cent advalo-
rem on the boxes or barrels in addition.
Peanuts, cent and half per pound.
Brandy, and other spirits, mauufac,
Lured from grain or otder materials,
Sl.6O per proof gallon. Bay rum, a
dollar IA gallon; champagne quarts,
81 dollars dozen; other sizes prOpDr.
Malt liquors, bottled, 30
cents per gallon; Othtrwise than bottled
fifteen cents Il gallon.
Cotton thread ranges from b to 3 )
per cent; sewing thread cotton, l-2
cents per dozen for hundred yard spools.
Cotton cloth ranges from one cent to
,Wo and three quarter cents per square
yard according TO quality and condition
with advalorem addition for higher
grades ranging from 20 per cent, to 40
per cent.
Bagging for cotton Of all kinds, iif-
,een per cent; but when imported for
covering articles to be exported, it is
rec. Printing paper, unsiZed. twelve
)er cent; sized, fifteen per cent.
Among the principal additions to
he tree list are the following: Bacon
and hams, beef, mutton. pork and
meats Of all kinds not specially pro-
vided for;binding twine, borax, cam
phor, bituminous coal, coke, copper in
all crude forms. cotton ties, iron ore,
cotton seeds oil, agricultural imple-
ments Cotton gins named), salt, soap,
building material Except inarble) lum-
Der timber and wood in all but a few
which are named.
The metal schedule Of the bill leVies
almost wholly advalorem duties, while
the present law leaves specific duties.