The Dickinson press., 1893-12-02

Wilson laid the now tariff hill before tn,
entire committee. Tn" following ar,i
cles have been placed on the free list:
| Brcon and hams, beef, mutton ant
pork, and meats of all kinds, prepared q,
preserved. not especially provided for i.
This act
Raryits. all binding twlne manufaci.
nrrd in whole or in part from istlc o,
Tampco fiber. Manilia, slsal grass y,
snnnd, OF single ply. mca Surins no, ex
ceeding GM feet TO the pound
| Birds, stuffed, not suitable for millinery
ornaments, and bird skins prepared fol
preservation but not further advanced in
manufacture.
blue vitriol. or sulphatc of copper
lSonr char. suitable for use in ,lcrour.
izins sugars.
Coal. htuminous and >halc and coal
slack or cut.
Coke, coal tar, crude and all prcpara-
tlonS and products of coal tar. not cplors
or dyes, not specially provided for il,
this act
Cobalt, oxide Of
Copper, oorperas or sulphate of iron.
Cotton tics. of iron or steel cut to
lengths. punched or not punched. with
or without buckles. for hel,ing cotton.
Diamonds, dust or bort, and jewels to
be used in the manufacture of watches
| or clocks.
iolks of eggs of birds, fish and insects
Downs of all kind, crude. not specially
PROV idcd for III this act.
Fresh fish
Furs, undreS>,.l.
Iodine, reSuhlimatcd iron ore, includ.
irS manganifcrols iron ore. also the
droSs or residium of the burnt pyritcs
and sulphurous pyrtes. or sulphurrt Of
iron i'll its natural state.
Lard, lemon juice, lime juice and sour
orange juice.
Mica and metallic mineral substances
in crude state and metals unwrnnght,
not specially provided for in this act,
Ochrc and ochry carths, sienna and
| sienna rarths, lumber and lumber carths,
not specially provided for in this act
Cotton seed oil, paintings, in oil or water
colors, and statuary, not otherwise pro-
| vidcd for in this act
Plows, tools aud disc lGlrrows, har-
| vesters, reaprrS. drills, mowers, horse
rakcS, cultivators, threshing machines
| and cotton gins; plush black for making
| mems hats.
| Quicksilver.
Salt; silk, partially manufactured from
cnoors, or from Waste silk. and not
| further advanced or manufactured than
cardcd or combcd silk; soap, all not
otherwise specially provided for in this
act.
| Sulphates of soda, or salt cake, OF
nitre cake, sulpliuric acid.
| HnllnIv and ,y,,,l tyrnnvn .
known commonly as dcgras Or brown
wool grease.
Straw, burr stones. bound up into mill.
stones; frcrstonr, gr"rite, sandstone;
Limestone and other building or mon,i-
mental, except mrrblc, manufactured,
not specially provided for in this act
| All wearing apparel and other personal
effects shall be admitted free Of duty,
without regard to their value upon their
identity being established under such
rules and regulations as the secretary
| of the treasury may prt scribe.
| Timber, l.. wn and sawed and timber
used for spars and in building wharves;
timber squared or sides, sawed boards,
| Ilanks, deals, and other lumber laths,
pi,kets and palings: shirglcs; slaves of
wood If all lands; wood man, factured,
provided that If any export duty is laid
upon the aforementioned articles, or
either of them, all said articles imported
from said country shall be subject to
duty as now provided by law
Chairman Wilson gave ont statement
explanatory of the hill and defending the
mtasure. Compared with 1892 the pres
ent bill will reduce the revenue about
$5O,UD,0M. Mr.. Wilson says:
Sugar has been a difficult subject to
deal with Raw sugar was transferred
to the free list by the Mckinley bill be-
cause nearly all the taxes paid on i,
went into the publ. treasury A strong
desire amongst members of the com
m.ttec was to put an nd valOrem duty of
~ or % per cent on it, and to abolish
tho bounty at onc'. After much consid-
GRAFTON il was decided to reduce to one
| half the duty on refined sugars, and Il
| repeal the bounty onc-cighth each year,
leaving raw sugar ml.t"Acd at prescn.
In the tobacco schedule those rates were
sought which would bring most revenue
The present taxes OF S2.75 per pound on
WRAPPER leaf have blottel out many
small establishments and actually i'm
paired revenue We make the rates 81
and $l.75 per pound ON wrapper leaf and
DO and 30 cents per pound on filler to-
Lhtoo, unstemmcd and stcmInc, in each
Manufactures Of tobacco are put at AZ
cents. Cigars are reduced from $4.;N
per pound and % per cent nd valorr,n to
81 per pound and 25 per cent