Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-12-11
THE TARIFF BILL.
Changes in the Revised Measure
Now Made Public.
THE WOOL and CARPET SCHEDULES.
Quite a Number of Notifications
as to China.
INTERN AL REVENUE FEATURE

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The ways and means committee toda,
made public the revised print of the tariff
| bill. 1t contains a number of changes IL
| the schedules which the committee ha!
made since the bill was first maze public
The following are the more important:
The schedule of cotton yarns is raised OF
an average of about D per cent. A new
class is created, not exceeding II cents pei
pound in value, on which the rate is ~ pei
cent. Yarns valued at over II and not ex
ceeding 20 cents per pound are put at % pei
cent; up to 80 cents per pound. 80 per cent
up to Az cents per pound, 30 per cent; ovei
40 cents, 40 per cent. All laces and en-
broideries in which fax, jute. cotton ano
other vegetable fibers are used are raised
from IS to 40 pen cent.
Saxony, Wilton and velvet carpets are
advanced from 30 to 80 per cent, velvet and
tapestry carpets are advanced from % 10 oo
per cent, and the same advance Is mace III
tapestry Brussels, treble ingram and |ehe-
tian carpets.
An advance ia made in wool Dutch car
pets from 10 to 70 per cent, ana IN orus
and bookings and felt carpetinss' 60
advance is made in other carpets HUI "pe
cially provided for. ,.,,,
Tin plate is changed from an ad valorein
duty of 40 per cent to a SPECIFIC duty OF IL
cents per pound, and the reduction Is not 10
take effect until october next.
Pocket knives and razors are hxeo at d
uniform rate of 45 per cent.
The duty on pearl buttons Is again fXed
at line measurement, at the rate OF L cent
per line, and the ad valorem duty chansed
from 40 per cent to II per cent.
The provision for ivory in the free list Is
amended SO as to read, sawed or cut into
logs instead OF simply sawed or cut
Duties are restored on planed lumber al
the rate of 80 cents per 1000 feet for each
side planed; 81 for planned, tongued and
grooved on one side, and 81 80 when planned,
tongued and grooved on both sides.
The limit of value of wearing apparel
which can be brought in free is reduced
from $500 to $3.50.
The China Schedule.
A number of changes are made in the
china schedule. but are more in the nature
of readjustments of classification than
changes of rates. The schedule now reads
ds follows:
Common yellow and brown earthen ware,
plain or embossed, common stoneware and
crucibles, not decorated in any manner, ~
per centum ad valcrem.
China porcelain, parian, bisque, earthen,
stone and crockery ware, including qlaques,
toys, charms, vases and stat
uettes. plain white, and not decorated in any
80 per centum ad valorem.
China, porcelain, parian, bisque, earthen,
stone and crockery ware. including plaques,
toys, charms, vases, statuettes,
painted, tinted, stained. enameled, printed,
gilded, or otherwise decorated in any man
ner, 40 per centum ad valorem.
All other china, porcelain, parian, bisque,
stone and crockery ware, including
lava tips for burners. not specially provided
for in this act, If decorated in any manner,
~ per centum ad valorem; If not decorated,
So per centum ad valorem.
The duties on lead products are changed
from ad valorem to specific duties, and are
made one-half of the rates of the present
law.
Everything relating to the paragraph in
linen laces has been increased from 50 to
40 per cent al valorem.
Barley NAL, has been increased from %
to % per cent ad valorem.
A change was also made in the adminis
trative clause of the wooden schedule. max
ing that clause read as follows: THE reduc-
ton of rates herein provided for manufac-
lures of wool shall take effect July /. 1894,
and on all rates of duty in the wooden
except on carpets, there shall be
take effect on July l. 1896. and thereafter
Of like amount OH July l, 1897, '9S 80 and
1900, respectively"
The effect Of this paragraph is to make
the reduction on manufactures of wool take
effect two years earlier than was at first in
tended.
che Morning Session,
The committee were in session an hour
his morning, when they adjourned to meet
again at 80. The early session was de-
voted mainly to the consideration of a reso-
luton offered by Mr.. Reed of Maine. The
resolution in substance was that, ir asmuch
rs a deficiency of $I2,OOOOO0 is shown by the
calculations it Is desirable to
MORN the committee in what way it is to
De met. chairman Wilson replied, speaking
'or the democratic majority, that IL would
De met by internal revenue taxation bnt
nat the internal revenue schedules We're not
Some discussion then ensued as
% the adVlsability of considering the bill
n sections and not a whole The resolu
ION was defeated by a strict party vote
All the members of the committee were
present, with the exception of Messrs. Whit
ng and Stevens
The date when the bill will go into effect
las been changed from March to Iuna
considerable time was consumed in read
rS the bill, and then Mr. Cobb of Alahana
explained that the bill does not provide for
any new office, but the only subject 10 re-
,orm certain abuses which have grown I'M
mere py INSCRIPTIONS persons who sell nv
snort measures and weights and sWindIe
me, M, people Some questions were raised by
Mr. kilgore as to the fees collected undar
the bill, and Mr. Cobb explained thar tho
ate was recommended by the District Com
missioners.
The bill was then passed. but It does not
anect the large railroad scale
Mr.. Heard then called I'D the bill authoriz
ing the Commissioners to make service CON
aections with the water mains and sewers
ana to assess the cost against the abutting
property.
The service connection bill was then
passed. ,NeH
The bill for the relief of Mrs. Mary O
Augusta was taken up.