The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-11-27
1t Aims Deadly Blows at Wash
ington's Chief Industries.
LUMBER ON THE FREE LIST.
Also Coal. Lead and Wool, This
States other Important Products.
A Markse 50 BE Furnished for Brifish
Celumbia-sugar Duty Reduced, and
Bounty 60 Be Extisga shed-Irsn ore
Free-AM wovsn Goods RedacsA.

WAsHrxsros Crry. Nov. 20-The Demo-
cratic members of the COMMITTEES on ways
and means completed the tariff bill LAST
night near midnight. the last item finally
acted upon being the sugar schedule The
rev tariff bill TO be promulgated tomor-
row will show the following changes in
the sugar schedule:
The duty on refined sugar is reduced
from Il to !. cent per pound. Raw sugar
remains free of tax. The Mckinley
bounty is repealed progressively, that is.
one-eighth each year, so that al the end of
eight years il is to cease entirely.
The bill will be laid before the full mem-
bership of the ways and means committee
tomorrow morning. So far the Repubii-
cans of the committee know nothing Of
the bin except knowledge derived from
newspaper reports, and il is not expected
that tomorrow's meeting will be s'delib-
erative" one. The measure will be adopted
by strict party vote. II Is now definitely
announced that the internal revenue
schedule will be reserved until q later
date. as it is not yet compietsd. The
changes in this feature of the law. how
ever, will be slight.
In general terms the new tariff bill may
be called radical measure The free list
will include wool. iron ore. coal. cotton
ties. copper. lumber, chocolate. salt, bind
ing twine. fax, lead ore aud many other
articles OF less Importance.
After two months deliberation on wool
and wooden goods the committee finally
decided to ADOPT the Springer policy OF
the last congress. and the wool and wooden
schedule will be as follows: All wool,
and hair of the camel, goat. alpaca and
other like animals. and all wool and hair
on the skin, and all waste valued at not more
than 40 cents per pound, . duty of 40 per
cent. On blankets. hats Of wool. fanneis
and underwear, valued at not more than
30 cents per pound. duty Of q per cent;
valued at not more than so cents per
pound, duty of 80 per cent: valued at
more than so cents per pound. IS per cent
On the schedule which includes women's
and children's dress goods, coat Innings,
Italian cloths, ETC.. the warp Of which is
cotton or other vegetable matter. the value
not exceeding Is cents per square yard. a
duty of IS per cent is. placed; on women's
and children's dress goods, etc, wholly or
in part Of wool, worsted. ETC.. the duty is
fixed at 10 per cent. On clothing ready
made and articles Of wearing apparel a
duty of IS per cent. is placed. On cioaks,
ETC., for ladies and children, duty of IS
per cent. and on webbing. suspeuders.
boiling, binding braids, gslioons, fringes,
etc, 40 per cent. On common carpets the
duty will be about IS per cent, and on
finer grades of carpets all of which are
taxed 40 per cent. In the Springer bill, the
duty In this bill will be somewhat less.
Steel rails will probably be put at 50 or
50 ton. Pig iron will probably be put at
per cent, while bar iron will be reduced
about so per cent.
The rate on nearly all manufactures of
cotton will be 10 per cent Manufactures
of fax, hemp and jute will be greatly
reduced.
In view of the placing Of raw materials
on the free list the compound duty on
collars and cuffs, ii is said, will be aban-
doned. and nothing left but an al vaiorem
rate OF 35 or 45 per cent.
The chinaware schedule will probably be
reduced 10 per cent.
The Republican members Of the CON-
msttee are 10 be given ten days. time IN
which to prepare minority report dis
senting from the recommendations Of a
majority of the committee.
In regard to the new tariff bill Chairman
Wilson said today:
The tariff bill will be given to the pub
lie at Ii o'clock tomorrow. when the coin
mittea meets. The regular schedule is
made public today because il is reported
that spectators are attempting 10 manip-
ulate the market on the strength of al
legged inside information. and We did not
desire to be considered q party TO any
thing of the kind. +"
The tariff bill will be quite volu minous.
1t will really comprise two bills in one, for
IL will embrace both q customs bill proper
and an administrative bill. In some pro-
visions naturally there win be no change
at all. This will particularly be true of
the administrative provisions, where
changes are not so numerous in the tariff
s~gt4nr.