People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-12-01

the public to-day. In many respects
it is surprise even to the Democratic
members of congress, as it is unpre-
cedented in many of its provisions
The free list is of liberal scope suf-
ticient to satisfy the most radical ad-
vocates of reform and the reputation
of the principle of reciprocity. which
has been the pride of the Republicans
and the bette noir of the Democrats
for number Of years, is decisive and
emphatic. In addition to the reforms
it makes in the customs laws, it will
necessitate readjustment of treaties
with those South American countries
which enjoy practical or theoretical
reciprocity with the great American
republic of the Northern hemisphere.
The bounty on sugar is to be repealed
by easy graduations and will not reach
its conclusive effect until after the end
of the present century
1t has therefore been agreed that
ten DAYS should be allowed the Re-
publican members for undisturbed
consideration and at the expiration of
that period, when the bill is formally
presented to the house it is likely that
the minority will content itself with
such caustic comment as it NAV evolve
for the occasion and a proposal to con-
tinue the Mckinley bill in operation.
The bill presented to-day relates to
the customs schedules only. The gem
eral effect of the new bill is apparent
in the statement that it reduces the
tariff tax of about Sl73,OOO,OOO to
about $4,000, 900, being net reduc-
ton ofabOut S5S, 00t, 900 or thirty-three
per cent.
When the Democratic members of
the committee concluded their revis-
ion of the customs schedules and as
certained that its effect would be to
reduce the revenus of the government
by about 500, 200, 900, in a general way
the committee to-day announced that
to make up that deficiency it proposed
to rely in the main upon an income
tax, but that it had not concluded
consideration of the internal revenue
figures of taxation and would submit
the perfected measure to their col
leagues at an early date. 1t is c.r-
tain, however, that no increase will
be made in the tax on beer, and it is
not likely that the tax on whisky will
be increased. An increase in the lat
ter tax of ten cents would yield bnt
about Slt,0O0,000 of revenue to the
government and an infinitely larg err
tribute to distillers, who have tn cir
product in bond Some time during
the week a conclusion will be cached
as to this particular tax.
THE NEW FREE LIST IN DETAIL
The committee met at IL o'clock this
morning and after the roll call, Chair
man Wilson at once laid the bill
before the entire committees:
On and after March |, 1894, the following
articles are TO be added TO the free list:
Articles for the use of the United States; bacon
and hams, beef, mutton and pork, and meats
OF all kinds prepared or preserved, not
| specially provided for: all binding Irvine
manufactured in whole or in part from stle or
tap Oca fiber, MANILA, sisal grass, or sum, OF
single ply and measuring not exceeding 600
| feet to the pound, birds, stuffed, not suitable
for millinery ornaments, and birdskins. pre-
| pared for preservation, but not further ad-
Vanced IN manufacture: blue vitriOl, or
sulphate Of copper bone char, suitable for
use in deOdorizing sugar; coal bituminous
and shale, and coal slack or cut coke:
| crude coal and all preparations and pro-
ducts of coal tar not colors or
dyes not specially provided for; oxide OF CO.
bait, copper imported in the form OF ores: old
"copper" lit only for manufacture clippings
firm new copper and all composition
metal OF which copper is component
material OF chief value not special.
ly provided for; regalus Of copper and black
| or coarse copper and copper cement copper
In plates, bars, ingots or pigs and other forms
not manufactured not specially provided for.
copperas, or sulphate Of iron: cotton ties of
iron or steel cut to lengths, punched or not
punched. with or without buckles. for betting
cotton diamond dust or bort and jewels to be
used in the manufacture Of watches and
clocks, the yOlks of eggs Of birds, fish and in.
sects; crude downs Of all kinds, not
/
furs, undressed iodine resublimated
iron ore, including manganiferous
iron ore and the dross or resluum from burnt
pyrites. and sulphur ore and pyrites sulphur
OF iron in its natural state lard: lemon Juice.
lime Juice and sour oran juice; mica and
metallic mlne-al substance in a crude state
and metals unwrOught, not specially provided
Tor 0chre and Ochery earth sienna and sienna
| earthS. lumber and lumber earths not specially
provided Tor in the act. cotton seed oil paint.
mss. IN oil or water col0rs, and statuary, not
otherwise provided for, plows, tools and disc
harrows, harvesters, reapers drills mowers,
horse rakes and cultivators, threshing ma
chimes and cotton gins, plush, black for maxim :
mems hats: quicksilver salt: silk partially
manufactured from cocoons or from waste silk,
ana not farther advanced or manufactured
than carded or combed silk all soap not oth.
erwlse specially provided for. sulphate OF
soda, or salt CAKE or nitre cake, sulphuric
acid, tallow and wool grease, including that
known commercially as degras or brown wool
grease straw: burr stone rounded rP into
millStones, free stone, granite. sandstone,
limestone and other building or monumental
except marble, manufactured or undreSsed
not specially provided for: all wearing apparel
and other personal effects. without regard Ia
their value upon their identity being estab
llshed under such rules and regulations as the
secretary of the treasury may prescribe:
TIMBER hewn and sawed, and timber used fol-
spars and in building wharves. squared
or sided timber. sawed boards planlIs, deals
and other lumber laths, plekets aud palings,
shingles slaves Of wood OF all kinds and un.
manu- acturel wood, provided, that If any ex-
port duty is laid from abroad upon the above
mentioned articles, or either Of them all such
articles shall be subject 10 duty as now pro-
Vided by law chair cane, or reeds, wrought or
manufactured from rattans or reeds: woods,
including cedar. lignum Vita. lancewood,
ebony. box, grandilla mahogany, rosewood
satinwood and all forms OF cabinet woods
in log. rough or hewn: bamboo and
rattan, manufactured briar root or briar
wood and similar wood manufactured;
reeds and sticks OF partridge. hair wood, pi
mentO, orange myrtle and other woods in the
rough or not further manufactured than cut
into lengtns suitable for umbrellas. parasols
sun shades. whips or walking canes. all WOO
OF the sheep hair Of the camel, goat alpaca
and other like animals, and all wool and hail
on the skin nOils yarn waste, card waste, burr
waste rags and fogs. including all waste or
rags composed wholly or in part Of WOOL
Mr.. WILSON EXPLAINS.