The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1893-12-02
THE TARIFF BILL,

The new tart bill, as completed by the
Ways and Means committee. is one of
the most sweeping free trade measures
ever proposed to an American congress
II it becomes law the United States will
become the scene OF intense suffering.
misery and hunger. Business will be
paralyzed, factories closed, farms left IN
titled, and ruin prevail. The party that
,dares pass such non-American legislation
will 90 down to oblivion in the gene raj
ruin. Among other things, they propose
to put the following on the free list:
Bacon, hams, beef, mutton, pork, meats
of all kinds, prepared or preserved, not
otherwise provided for, bsryta binding
'wine made in whole or in part of Istle
'Tampico fibre, MANILA Sisal or Sum,
single ply, measuring not more than 600
feet to the pound, stuffed birds not suit
able for millinery, bird skins prepared
for preservation. blue vitrol, bone, char
coal, bituminous and shale and slack or
cut coke. coal, colors or dies not really
provided for, oxide Of cobalt, copper
ores, old copper, clippings from new
copper, all compositions of which copper
is the chief component OF value, regulus
and black copper and copper cement,
copper plate, bars, ingots, pigs, other
forms OF copperas, cotton ties, diamonds,
dust or bort, jewels used in the manu-
facture OF watches and clocks, the eggs
of birds, fish and insects and crude down.
fresh fish. undressed. furs, iodine, resub-
limated iron ore including masniierous
iron. dross OF burnt pyrites, sulphur,
pyrites in natural state, lard, lemon
juice, mica and crude metallic minerals
and nnwrought metals, ochre and o. hery
earths, sienna and sienna earths. lumber
and lumber earths, cotton seed oil, paint
ings and statuary, plows. tools, disc har-
rows, harvesters, reapers, drills, mowers,
horse rakes, cultivators, threshing ma
chimes, cotton gins, plush black for max
ing mems hats, quick silver, salt, silk
not further advanced in manufacture
than carding or combing, soap, not other
wise provided for, sulphate OF soda or sal.
cake. ore in cake, sulphuric acid. sallow
and wool, grease, straw, burr stone bound
into millstones, free stone, granite sand
stone and other building or monumental
stones, except marble undressed, all
wearing apparel ard other personal ef-
fects on identity being established under
regulations established by the treasury,
timber hewn and sawed, spar and wharf
timber, squared or sided timber, saw
ed boards, pianks, deals, other lum-
Der, lath, pickets, pailing, shingles,
slaves, manufactured wood, provided the
same duties as now exist shall obtain in
all cases in which export duty has been
laid on any article in the above schedule,
chair cane or reeds, woods, namely,
cedar, lign um vitae, lancewood, ebony,
box granadilla, mahogany. rosewood,
in log. rough or manufactured
bambo o or rattan, manufactured brier
root or brierwood, reeds and sticks of
orange, myrtle and other
woods in the rough; all wool OF sheep,
hair OF camel, goat, alpaca and other like
animals, wool and hair on noils, yarn
waste, card waste, burr waste, rags and
flogs, including all waste or rags com
posed wholly or in part OF wool.