The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-12-13
THE MEASURE TO BE PRE-
sENTED TO CONGRESS-.

| important of which Is sulphuric acid, one Of
the corner stones Of all chemical industry.
| "The duty on castor oil ls reduced from
| eighty-fye to thirty-fve cents per gallon,
and the duty on linseed oil, which was raised
| to thirty-two cents by the Conference Com
mittee on the Mckinley bill, We put Mt fifteen
cents gallon. Pig lead being reduced from
two to one, cent pound, lead paints are
correspondingly reduced.
"The Mckinley bill increased the duty on
| opium prepared for smoking to S12 q pound
| in the vain hope OF lessening its importation.
The Custom House officers on the Pacific
coast declare that this increase of duty has
simply placed in the bands of smuggiers the
bringing In Of opium to the decentralization
OF the customs service, and the loss OF over
half Q million revenue. The duty proposed
is believed to be; collectable and will put the
traffic under Government control and super
vision. &
I'm the pottery schedule, Substantial re-
ductions are made. Plain whiteware is
dropped from the high schedule in which It
mysteriously crowded itself. W !. Z i
Decorated ware is reduced from sixty to.
forty-fye per cent. Undecorated from fifty
five to forty. 4t.
"In common window glass, where close
combinations have kept up theprices to con-
sumers, under the shelter of duties ayerag-
ing 100 per cent, reduction OF more than
one-half has been made In all the larger
sizes. There is no doubt that these rates
will permit very healthy growth of the in
dustry here. Il
"In plate glass reductions are made, the
largest sizes from fifty cents to thirty cents
per square foot. or silvered from sixty to
thirty-flye cents. In the iron and steel
schedule we began with free ore. The dis
coyery Of the immense deposits OF 3essemer
ores In the lake region, and OF foundry ores
in Alabama have rapidly swept us to the
leadership Of the world In the production OF
iron and steel, and brought near at hand our
undisputed supremacy In the great field OF
manufactures. (;
s'The use of steam shoyels reduces the cost
OF mining to a point where the wages paid
natural labor are irrelevant. Pig from we
reduce from S6.72 a ton, which is from fifty
to ninety per cent, TO q uniform duty Of
twenty-five and q hall per cent. q rnte
somewhat higher in proportion than the rest
Of the schedule because of cheap freight rates
on foreign pig, It being a favorite freight on
westward voyages. Steel rails we reduce
from 1874 Per ton, now seyenty-fye per
cent. to twenty-five per cent. u
"The residue Of the schedules vary from
twenty-five to thirty per cent. wood screws
being put at the latter figures. Beams and
girders are thirty-fye per cent. because Of
the waste In cutting beams and the variety OF
lengths and sizes, and also OF the frequent
necessity of changing the rolls in making
beams and girders. because of the irregular
quantities ard lengths and sizes Of orders.
''Hn plates are reduced to forty per cent,
little more than one-half of the Mckinley
rate. This is revenue duty, snd at the same
time enough to permit any existing mill to
live and flourish. Cheaper grades Of POCKET
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fory-fve. Table cutlery Is put at thirty-fve
per cent.
"These are very substantial reductions
from present rates. which, being specific,
reach in some grades of pocket cutlery as
high as ninety per cent, but with release Of
taxes on raw materials, especially on pearl
and ivory for handles, seems ample.
Both copper ores and. pig copper are
made free: we being large exporters Of the
latter and the duty serving only to enable
the producers to sell higher to our people
than to foreigners. ...
'.NicSel is free. Lead ore has small duty
of fifteen per cent. Pig lead, one cent a
pound.
!'Silver lead ores are restored to the free
list. Unmanufactured lumber is free. Manu-
factured is put at twenty-five per cent, with
the proviso that II any export duties are
charged on foreign lumber, it shall be ad-
mitted only at the rates now existing.
"Sugar has been difficult subject to deal
with. Raw sugar was transferred to the
free list by the Mckinley bill.
"a strong desire among some members OF
the Committee was to put an I'D valorem
duty of twenty or twenty-five per cent. on it
and to abolish the bounty at once. After
much consideration it was decided to reduce
by one-haf the duty on refined sugar and TO
repeal the bounty one-eighth each year,
leaving raw sugar untaxed as at present.
SIN the tobacco schedule those rates wefo
sought which would bring most revenue.
The 4seseht taxes Of 90 and % Is pound
On wrapbeedeaf have blotted out many small
establishments and actually impaired rev.
enue. We make the rates 81 and $1.25 per
pound on wrapper leaf and thirty-fve cents
and fifty cents per pound on filed tobacco,
unstemmed and stemmed in each.
"Manufactures OF tobacco are put at forty
cents. Cigars are reduced from 81. so per
pound and twenty-five per cent. ad valorem
to $3 per pound and twenty-five per cent.
which Is believed to be the most productive
revenue rate, and Is higher than the law OF
1883.
Live animals are put at twenty-per cent.
Barley is reduced from thirty cents per
bushel to twenty per cent, which is about
twelve cents.
"Breadstufis, ofwhlch we are immense ex-
porters, are made free. except when import.
ed from countries putting on duties on our
like products, in which case the duty is
twenty per cent.
"Fresh vegetables, fruits, eggs and like
food products are untaxed for the benefit OF
our own consumers, largely the working peo-
pie of the cities.
':Salt in bulk is free in packages the salt
Is free. but the covering Is dutieble at rates
prescribed for like articles
"The tariff on spirits Is put at double the in
ternal revenue rates on like spirits, and some
slight reduction Is made on still wines, malt
liquors, ginger ale and like beverages In the
interest OF increased revenue The duty on
sparkling wines Is likewise slightly reduced
for the same reasons, that on champagne be-
ing put up at 81 per dozen quarts as against
SSin the Mckinley bill and s6 in the law of
1883. O..
"In cotton manufactures substantial re-
ducrions are made, especially on cheap
cloths and prints, and the existing system OF
taxing BY count OF threads In the square inch
is retained.
"Hemp and fax are made free, dressed
line ofhemp and fax one cent and ~ cents
respectively. Burlaps and cotton and grain
bagging are put at fifteen per cent, but
when imported for covering OF articles to be
exported are duty free. Wool is made free.
"Cloths and dress goods are put at forty
per cent, clothing at forty-lve per cent,
rates higher than the committee desired, but
deemed temporarily necessary because our
manufacturers have so long been excluded
from two-thirds OF the woods OF the world
that they will have to learn the art Of manu-
featuring with free wool.
"a sliding scale Is therefore added by
which the rates in the wooden schedule are
to come down five points with the lapse Of
five years.
Carpets, an industry in which we will
soon be independent OF competition. IRE put