The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-11-27
THE NEW TARIFF BILL.
Some of the Provisions of the Pro.
posed Measure,
ADDITIONS TO THE FREE LIST.
These Include Wool, Iron and Copper Ore,
Coal, binding Twino, Building Stone
and Timber for Spars and Wharf Buiid-

Coal, binding Twinc, Building Stone
and Timber for spars and Wharf BuiId-
ing-To Abolish the Sugar Bounty.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 27--The new Demo-
cratic tariff bill was laid before the full
mem bership Of the ways and means com
mittee at II o'clock this forenoon. The
call for full meeting of the committee
was issued nearly week ago by Chair
man Wilson. After the reading of the bill
it was promptly adopted by n strict party
vote.
1t is now definitely announced that the
internal revenue schedule will he re-
served until later date, as it is not yet
complete. The practical certainty, how
ever, that the changes in this feature of
the law will be slight, and that the in
crease Of the whisky tax, ii an increase Mt
all, will not exceed ten cents per gallon,
deprivos he internal revenue schedules Of
any great public interest.
In its general terms, the new tariff bill
may I've denomInated radical measure.
The free list will be IL surprise TO the
couatry, Ii includes wool, iron ore, coal,
binding twine, ltunber lead ore. salt,
freeA;one, granite, sandstone, limestone
aud oLrr budding or monumental
stone, except marble unmanufactured or
uudrcSscd; griudstone, finished or unfin-
i,hed; copper imported in the form of ores;
reSlilus OF copper and black or coarse cop
per, and copper cement; blue vitriol or
snlphate of copper; all preparations OF
coal tar, not coiors or dyes: borax, crude,
or boratc of sodium, or borats of calcium;
colcrnX for wine, beer or other liquors;
copperas, or sulphate of iron; iodine, re-
sublincd; olive oil, indigo, phosphorus,
sponges aluminium in crude form alloys
of any kind in which aluminium is the
component material of chief value; anti
mOuy. as regulus or metal metallic min
eral substances i'll Il crude state and met
ais unwrought fax straw. flax; spices,
ground or powdered, cayenne pepper
sage; timber hcwn and sawed and timber
uscd for srars and in buldng wharves;
timber squared or sided; sawed bonrds
plank, deals and other lumber of hem.
lock, whitcwood, sycamore, white pine
ami bass wood not planed or finished; cot
ton ties, chocolate and lead ore
The best Information this morning is
that steel rails will probably he put at 80
or 50 u ton, the smaller figure represent
ing tariff of 10 per cent. ad valorcm,
while rails are selling Mt their present low
price Of $50. Rails will be- one Of the few
articles upon which specific duty will be
retun+d, Pig iron will probably be put
at ) per cent, while bar iron will he re-
ducsd about 80 per cent. The rate on
nearly all manufactures Of cotton Is 40per
cent This includes 4sasiery, which hns
compound duties ranging aS high az ~
per cent, and the classilGations OF differ
ent grades of goods is abandoned Manu-
features of flnX hemp and iute are greatly
reduced in view of the placing of the raw
materials OH the free list.
The compound duty on collars and cuffs
is isabandoned, and nothing left but the ad
valorcm rate of 3j or 40 per cent. The
ohnaware schedule will peobably he re-
duced per ceut. on The existing rate 4
60 per cent. The Mckinley bill restored
the duty on coverings which are largo
element in the cost of chinaware, and
practically made the increase in duty
greater than the apparent change in The
al valorem rate.
The duty on refined sugar is reduced
from one-h half to one.fourth Of a cent
pound. Raw sugar remains FREQ of tax.
The Mckinley bounty is repealed progress
siNely-thSt is, one.eighth each year so
that at the end Of eight years it is TO cease
entirely
In the schedule which includes women's
and chldreu's dress goods, on which, with
coat Innings, Italian cloths and goods Of
similar character, tho warp of which is
cotton or other vegetable matter, the value
not exceeding fifteen cents per sQunre
yard, duty OF thirty.livc cents is placed.
On womsn's and childrcn's dress goofls,
etc, wholly or in part of wool, worsted,
etc, the duty is fiXed at 10 per cent On
clothing, ready made, and articles of wear
ing apparel a duty of 45peree is placed.
On cloaks, dolmans. jackets, etc, for
ladies and children, duty of 10 per cent;
on webbing, suspendcrs, bolting, binding,
braids, galloons, frinses, etc, 40 per cent.
On carpets, which are taxed 30 per cent.
in the Springer bill, the duty in this tariff
bill is % pei cent, and on some OF the
finer grades Of carpets, all OF which were
taxed 40 per cent. in the Springer hill, the
duty in this bill Is somewhat less The
cut in the linen schedule Is quite heavy;
that on silk is comparatively light, and
the cut in the cotton schedule is nothing
like as great as the cut in wool