Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-11-24
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CHANGES N TARIFF.


WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 The ways and
means committee yesterday concluded the
wool schedule Of the new tariff bill The
| measure provides for the admission, free of
duly, Of all woods, hair of the camel, goat
alpaca and other like animals, and of
| wool and hair on the skin. top waste and
| other wastes, and rags composed wholly
! or in part of wool; and also repeats what
| are known as compensatory duties on
| wooden goods and reduces the al valorem
| duties on such goods.
1t also repeats the compensatory duties
upon carpets Il all kinds, rugs aud mats,
and reduces the al valotem duties thereon
| from ~ per cent I'D valoyem to 30 per cent
| ad yalorem. IL reduces the duties upon
| certain qualities of waste which have been
advanced beyond the condition Of secured
| wool, by the use of machinery or by the
| application OF labor. to % per cent al va
| loren. The duty on shoddy, muugo and
certain other wastes is put at % pes cent
ad valorem.
Over 1000 petition kilograms and me
no; ials have been received by members Of
| the committee from temperance societies
asking that the whisky tax be raised
J. :. L1ngi"" :. Gnldenberg an! othe RS
| of New York yesterday appeared and
urged ,he pas sage 1 a measure to prevent
| repre- sentativet of foreign houses from
coming to Americs, and taking orders for
| foreign goods. They want a license i'm
posed upon such agents, who shall be
| termed peddlers.
They also urged and received assurance
| that "A provision should be inserted in the
| new tariff bill providing that the value
| OF the outside crates, cases, boxes, sacks
and coverings in which merchandise is
| packed for shipment TO the United States
shall not be included in the dutiable value
of the merchandise contained in the same,
| but shall hereafter be free from duty.
Iron Ore Men viii Fight.
The iron ore men have leea defeated.
and the men who have com batted so
yaiiantly to keep this article off the free
| list were yesterday informally notified by
memhpr- Of the ways and means com
| nltyt- IA iG hg,n fiia''Y 4 lie .'g
| the Dcn,nc "a .c me'ul,rs that iron ore
would be placed on the free list.
This is the most important development
| Of the day a. il ay-s the iron ore men of
Alabama, Virvinis and Michigan no al
| Tentative bu o carry their fight to the floor
of the house This they threaten to do,
and it is mere freely stated than ever that
| the new tariff bill containing this new
provision will be opposed in the house by
the solid Democratic delegation from Ala
bama, and in the senate by Senators Nor
gan and Pugh.
The Western Iron Ore association,
| through George Ely, president, has made
a vigorous protest to the committee. The
western iron ore men in their cofnmuni-
| cation gave history Of the development
OF Lake Superior iron ore industry, and
| make an appeal for the retention of the
present duty not only in their own inter-
est but in the interest Of the consumer and
the laboring man. The letter concludes
thus.
If. for a while ahead. iron ore should be any
cheaper than it has been for the last two
years. il can only come through materially
lower wages. not only In mining. but on The
docks, on the vessels and on tl,e railroads tat
give 1t transit TO mills and furnaces and.
along the line 81 independent industries in
Lake Superior ores alone, SIS .eta.gD Is now
invested with all the isDor occupation in
VOWED.
Iron ore il product Of labor and capital
Todscriminafe against il because il Is At the
bottom and because theorists designate II ar
a raw material would be an obvious injustice.
II finished products above iron ore are made
dutiable, there esn be no valid reason for
different treatment "a this product.