Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-12-02


touS responsibility resting upon them
and the magnitude, difficulty and deli
cacy Of thu duty assigned them of fran.
Ing tariff bill for Il nation of 10000
600 people The bin they were called
on to reform Is a vast and labyrinthian
system Of class taxation, the culmina-
ton OF thirty years control of the tax.
ing power by few great interests,
gathering into their train host Of pet
~ toll gathering II was carefully
framed TO prevent rs long us possible
what its author called ANY monkeying
with the tariff" by which he meant
any successful effort of the people to
undo or TO lessen the bountics which its
bcuchciarieS We're PERMITTED to write
therein. in their own words and their
own figure IL transferred to the free
list proper and fruitful venue articles
where most OF the taxes paid by the
people were received 10y their move
ment and greatly Increased the rates
of these articles; where all or most OF
the taxes paid 10y the people went into
private Golfers, and IL was bolstcrcd
about by many defenscs. chief among
which are 4 swept and garnisnrd treas.
ury and a swollen and colossal scale
of permanent expenditures. Such ara
the conditions that confronted us ut
the Threshold of our Work, The COM
mittee have welcomed information
and counsel from ey,ry Trustworthy
source, and while they DO not expect
their bill to escape gust criticism in all
of It's details, they do present ii TO the
country as the result OF months of pa-
ticnt, anxious toll ana of an honest dc
sire to discharge their duty, purged OF
all faint OF local and personal favor
ulsm on prejudice, Its main features
are two;
1. The adoption, wherever it seemed
practicable, OF ad yalorem instead Of
specific duties
3 The freeing from taxes Of those
great materials Of Industry that lie at
the basis of production.
Specific rates OF duty are objection.
able for these reasons They frequent.
ly conceal rate Of taxation too enor-
nous to be submitted to If exposed in
adj yalorem terms, us the duty of s
cents a hundred pounds on salt In bulk.
which amounts to over 80 per cent on
"A common necessary of life. They al
ways bear heavily ON the common arti-
e. used 10y the mass and lightly on the
expensive article consumed by the rich
as a tax OF $50 on all houses would be
little or nothing on the great mansion
and very high on the humble home.
And contrary to common belief speci-
tic duties lead TO greater frauds in ad-
ministration, for counting aud weigh
ing at the custom house are done by
, the cheapest and most easily corrupted
labor, while ad yalorem rates are as
sesscd by the best paid and most re
sponsible appraisers.
An manufactures Of iron and steel
have a tariff of - per cent. ad yalo-
rem excepting cast hollow ware AMI
chains which will have 80 per cent.
Metals are scheduled almost wholly 10y
ad yalorem duties Iron in pig - -
per cent Bar iron rolled or hammer
ed iron, in coils or rods, 30 per cent
Beams, girders, josts, angles. car
trucks, channels and all other structu-
III iron or steel 50. All other iron
and steel ranges from 20 to 30 per cent
I AIuskets, muzzlc loading shot guns
aud sporting rifles and parts thereof
% per cent no changc) Sporting
\ hrecch londing shot guns and pistols
and 'mrts thereof 80 per cent, Nails
Of most descriptions - per cent
Sugar bountcs shall be reduced one
eighth part Of the respective amounts
each year beginning with July /, 1896
ana extending TO July t. 1902, inclu-
slyc and shall thereafter cease. The
Wilson bill also reduces the duty ON
all sugars above 10 standard FROM
$40 Of 4 cent per pound to $40.
On leaf tobacco or such part known
rs wrappers, tobacco suitable for cigar
wrappers, II uustemmed the duty is
TO be 81 per pound. II stcmmcd, s.
and S27J. All other leaf tobacco, IL
rnstcmmcd, is fixed at 80 cents per
pound, II stcmmed 80 tas at present..
Cigars, cheroots and cigarettes Of all
kinds, including wrappers 50 per pound
ana - per cent ad yalorcm present
duty 50 and 70 per cent?.
Clothing, ready made, and articles OF
wearing apparel Of every description,
80 per cent nd yulorem present law
50). Linen material valued at not more
than 80 cents per pound IS per cent,
valued ut over 30 cents per pound 80
per cent
Duties are fixed on manufactured
wool as follows Wooden and worsted
yarns Per cent; valued at more than
10 cents per pound 80. Wooden Or
worstcd clothes, shawls, knit fabrics
and other manufactures 10 per cent.
I'D yalorcm Other WOODEN goods 10
aud 10 per cent. Carpets of different
kinds reduced ! and per cent
The bin provides that on all rates Of
duties IN the wooden schedule, except
carpets, there shall be a reduction of
one cent a hundred on the first OF July,
1896, and thereafter of Ike amount