The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1893-12-02
THE NEW TARIFF BILL.
A Brief Resume of the Proyi.
sions of the Measure.
The Free List Much Extended

slons of the Measure.
The Free List Much Extended
To Admit Free of Duty Raw Mate
rails Needed by American Manu-
Footing---Duties Generally Re-
duced.
The new Democratic tariff bill was
given out to the public, and its pro-.
visions'fulfill every expectation of
those who have predicted that it
would be radical measure of re-
form. In many respects it is sur
prise even to the Democratic mem
bers of Congress, as it is unprece-
dented in many Of its provisions.
The free list will include nearly
all raw and crude materials, which
enter into manufacture. Woods, hair
of the camel and goat, bituminous
coal, iron ore. lumber, salt. silver,
lead ore, fax, hemp and jute, and a
large number of chemicals will all
be free of duty when the new bill
takes effect
This will he the chief benefit TO
manufacturers afforded by the new
measure, but they will also get the
benefit, in number of cases, Of an
extension OF time of from 3 to 6
months to work off accumulated
sto,.ks before the reduced duties on
finished products take effect This
will be true Of wooden goods aud
probably of manufacture of linen.
1t is doubtful if any discrimination
of this sort is made in regard to sub
nit to some considerable cuts.
The specific duties on bottles.
glassware and plate glass may posi-
bly, be retained, but they will be de.
cidedly reduced and plate glass will
likely be at a uniform and advalorm
rate of 40 per cent.
Steel rails will probably he put at
So or Sc ton. Rails will be one of
the few articles upon which specif-
ic duty will be retained. Pig iron
will probably be put at 5 per cent.
ad valorem as proposed in the last
Congress, and bar iron will be re
dueed at least so per cent.
Tin plate will be charged one cent
per pound, and increased imports are
counted upon to make the revenue
nearly as great as under the present
duty Of two cents and two-tenths.
The specific duties on cutlery will
be abolished and an ad valorem duty
be substituted.
Block tin will go back on the free
list, where it was before the enact
ment of the Mckinley bill, and cop
per ore will follow it upon the same
list
A uniform ad valorem duty will
be imposed upon finished manufac.
lures of wood, bulldogs will be free.
The textile schedules will not suf-
fer quite so much as china and met
ais, for there will be few duties, il
any, higher than 40 per cent adval-
orem. Specific dnties and compen-
satory duties win almost universally
be wiped out The committee be-
lieves that a reduction of or 10 per
cent in the silk duties will yield as
much revenue as at present. Wool
en- goods will follow substantially
the rates of the Springer bill, but
some of the cheaper goods, especially
cloth, will be put in seperate class
at 80 per cent. The rate on nearly
all manufacturers of cotton will be
40 per cent. This will include hos
iery. Manufacturers of fax, hemp
and jute will be greatly reduced in
view of the placing the raw material
on the free list. Binding Irvine is
likely to be made free of duty. The
high duties imposed ON agricultural
products will be mercilessly slashed.
A duty will be retained on lemons
and oranges, but several other fruits
will go on the free list. The duty
on wrapper tobacco will be reduced
TO 81 or $3.50 per pound when I'M
stemmed, and so cents more per
pound when stemmed.
An ad valorem rate of 25 per cent.
will probably be fixed on all grades
of sugar, although this is one of the
questions still open. The poorer
grades of sugar come in at a lower
figure. The duty on gloves will be
reduced.
The internal revenue features of
the bill are substantially agreed up
on, except the form of the income
tax. There will be no increase on
beer or tobacco or cigars. The only
change will be on whisky The ad-
ditions to the free list will cause
considerable losses of revenue, and
while reductions of duty are count
ed upon to produce increased i'm
ports, this effect may not appear for
a year or two. The proposed duty
on sugar will bring in about $50, 600,
900 and it is thought that some 800
100000 or 100000 will be reliev-
ed from the increase in the whisky
tax and from the income tax.