Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1893-12-02

teen cents gallon. Pig lead being
reduced from two to one cent a
pound lead paints are conspicu-
ously reduced. The Mckinley bill
increased the duty on opium pre-
pared for smoking to $l2 pound in
the vain hope of lessening it's inn
portation. The custom house of
ticers on the Pacific coast declare
that this increase of duty has simp-
ly placed it in the hands of it's manu-
facturers, the bringing of opium
to the decentralization Of the custom
service and the loss of over $500,O00,
in revenue. The duty proposed is
believed to be collectable and will
put the traffic under government
control and supervision. In the
pottery schedule reductions are
made. Plain white ware is de-
creased from the high schedule in
which it mysteriously crowds it.
self. Decorated ware is reduced
from 60 to 45. In plate glass re-
auctions are made, the largest size
from 80 TO 30 cents per square foot;
on silvered from 60 to 81 cents.
In the iron and steel schedule we
begin with free ore. Pig iron we re-
duce from $6.72 per ton which is
from 80 to 80 per cent to uniform
duty of 22l2 per cent-a rate some
what higher in proportion than the
rest of the schedule because of
cheap freight rates on foreign pig,
it being favorite freight on west
ern voyages. Steel rails were re-
duced from $l3.44 per ton-now 10
per cent-to Is cent. b ann and
girders are 81 per cent, because of
the waste of cutting beams and the
variety OF lengths and also of the
frequent necessity OF changing the
rolls in making beams and girders,
because of the irregular quantities
and lengths and sizes of orders.
Tin plates are reduced to 40 per
cent, a little more than one-half of
the Mckinley rate. Cheaper grades
of cutlery are 81 per cent, higher
grades 40. Table cutlery is put at
80 per cent. There are very sub
stantial reductions from present
rates, which being specific, reach
in some grades of pocket cut
lery as high as 80 per cent, but with
release of taxes on raw material, es-
pecially on pearl and ivory for han
dies, seems ample.
Both copper ores and pig copper
are made free, we being large eX-
porters of the latter the duty serv-
ing only to enable the producer to
sell higher to our people than to
foreigners. Nickel is free. Lead
ore has small duty of IL per cent,
pig lead l cent pound. Silver ores
are restored to the free list.
Unmanufactl.red lumber is free.
Manufactured is put at % per cent,
with the proviso that in any export
duties or charges on foreign lum-
Der, it shall be admitted only at the
rate now existing.
Sugar has been difficult subject
to deal WITH, raw sugar was trans
ferred to the free list by the McKin-
ley bill, because nearly all the taxes
paid on it went to the public treas
ury. A strong desire among men,
bers of the committee was to put an
ad valorem duty of 20 or Is per cent
on it and to abolish the bounty at
once. After much consideration it
was decided to reduce to one-half
the duty on refined sugars and to
repeal the bounty one-eighth each
year, leaving raw sugar untaxed at
present.
In the tobacco schedule those rates
were sought which would bring
most revenue. The present taxes of
$2.75 per pound on wraps or leaf
have blotted out many small estab-
lishments and actually impaired
revenue. We make the rate 81 and
$l.75 per pound on wrapper leaf and