The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1893-12-23
MEN TARIFF CHANGES.
THE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE
HARD AT WORK.
Sweeping Alterations Made in the Arti-
eles of Import and the Duty
They Are to PAY.

1ANf H.N y" ~
More than 100 amendments have.
been submitted TO the tariff bill and
they are all being considered in
bunch.
These amendments affect nearly
every schedule of the bill and many
of them will be Incorporated before
the measure is submitted to the
House.
Already the committee has decid.
ed upon several changes from ad va
loren to specific duties This is
noticeable in the case of white lead,
the duty on which is made / cents
per pound instead OF 80 per cent.
There has been a uniform increase
agreed upon GU nearly all grades of
carpet, the increase being liked uni
formly at per eeut.
Other amendments have been dis
cnssed and several will undoubtedly
be adopted. The Indications are that
the bill will not be ready to report
to the House fnr week at least, and
the idea OF calling it up before the
Christmas holidays has been aban-
dnned
Chairman Wilson, however, is quo
Ted as saying the bill, may be presen
ted IN the House as early as this
week.
Among the more important chan
ges made in the tariff bill are these:
The schedule of cotton yarns is
raised on an average OF about 5 per
cent. A new class is created. not
exceeding II cents per pound in val
ne, on which The rate is 90 per cent.
| Yarns valued at over II and not ex
ceeding 20 cents per pound are put
up at % per cent. Up to 80 cents
per pound, 30 per cent. Up to 40
cents per pound, 35 per cent. Over
40 cents, 40 per cent.
All laces and embroideries of flax,
lutte, cotton and other vegetable fibres
are raised from 80 to 40 per cent.
Saxony, Wilton and velvet carpets
are advanced from 30 to 35 per ceat.
Velvet and tapestry carpets are ad-
vanced from rs to 30 per cent. and
the same advance IS made in tapes
try Brussels, trebled ingram and
Venetian carpets.
An advance is made in wool Dutch
carpets from 20 to % per cent and
in drnggets and bookings and felt
carpeting A like advance is made
in other carpets not especially pro
vided for.
Tin plate is changed from an ad
valorem duty OF 40 per cent. TO u
specific duty Of 1l.5 cents per pound,
and the reduction is not TO take eff
feet until October LIST next. Pocket
knives and razors are fixed at uni
form rate of 45 per cent.
The duty on pearl buttons is again
fixed at line measurement. at the
rate Of l cent per line, and the ad
valorem duty changed FROM 40 per
cent. to Is per cent
The provision for ivory in the free
list is amended so as 10 read: Sawed
or cut into logs" instead of simply
cut
Duties are restored GU planned lum-
Der at the rate of so cents per thou
sand feet for ench side pianed; 81
for planed, ,ougued and grooved on
one side, and $3.50 when pianed,
tongued and grooved on both sides.
The limit of value of wearing sp.
parel which can he brought in free
is reduced from $500 to $3.50.
At committee meeting Mr. Reed
of Maine submitted n resolution ia
substance that. inasmuch as. def
cheney of $72,000,000 is shown by
the committees calculations, it is
desirable 10 inform the committee in
what way it is 40 be met
Chairman Wilson replied. speaking
for the Democratic majority, that it
would be met by internal revenue
taxation. but that the internal reve.
nue. schedules were not con,pleted
A number of changes are also
made in the china schedule. but more
in the nature of establishments Of
classification than changes of rates
The duties On lead products arr
changed from adj valorem 20 specific
duties, and are made one half of { he
rate of the present law.
Everything relating TO the para.
graph in linen laces has been increas-
ed from 35 to DO per cent adj valor-
EN-.
Barley malt has been increased
from 20 to 25 per cent al valorem.