Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-12-07

advanced or manufactured than carded or
combed silks: soaps all not otherwise special
ly provided for in this act; sulphate of soda,
or salt cake or nitre cake sulphuric acid. tai
low and wool grease, including that
known commercially as degras or
brown wool grease, straw. burr stone,
bound up into millstones; freestone.
granite, sandstone, limestone and other build
ing or monumental stone except marble, I'M
manufactured or undressed, not specially pro-
vided for in this act; all wearing apparel and
personal effects shall be admitted free Of duty
without regard to their value upon their fden-
tity being established under such rules and
regulations as the secretary of the treas
ury may prescribe; timber, hewn and sawed
and timber used for spars and in
building wharves; timber, squared sided;
sawed boards. planks, deals and other lumber;
laths. pickets and palings; shingles and
slaves of wood OF all kinds, wood unmanu-
featured; provided that il any export duty is
laid upon the above mentioned articles, or
either of them. all said articles imported from
said country shall be subject to duty as now pro-
vtded by law: chairs cane or reed wrought
or manufactured from rattans or reeds. woods,
namely cedar, llgnum vitae, lancewood ebony.
box, grandilla, mahogany, rosewood, satinwood
and all forms OF cabinet woods in the log,
rough or hewn. bamboo or rattan, unmanufac-
tured; briar root or briar wood, and similar
wood manufactured, reeds and sticks OF
partridge, HARDWOOD, pimehto, orange, myr-
tie and other woods, in the rough not
further manufactured than cut into lengths
suitable for sticks for umbrellas, parasols sun
shades. whips or walking canes; all wool OF the
sheep, hair OF the camel, goat, alpaca and other
like animals; and all wool and hair
the skin, nails, yarn waste, card waste,
bur waste, rags and flags. including all waste
or rags, composed wholly or in part OF wool,
Both copper ores and pig copper are made
free, VIC being large exporters of the latter,
and the duty serving only to enable the pro-
Queer to sell higher to our people than to for
eigners. Nickel is free. Lead ore has small
duty of IL per cent, and pig lead cent pound
Silver lead ores are restored to the free list
Unmanufactured lumber is free Manufac-
ture6 Is put at Is per cent, with the proviso
that in any export duties or charges on foreign
lumber it shall be admitted only at the rates
now existing
Sugar has been a difficult subject to deal
with. Raw sugar was transferred to the free
list by the Mckinley BILL because nearly all
the taxes paid 1t went to the public
treasury. strong desire amongst members
Of the committee was to put an ad valoreD7
duty OF 20 or 25 per cent. on 1t apd to abolish
the bounty at once. After much consideration
1t was decided to reduce to one-half the duty
on refined sugars and to repeal the bounty one
eighth each year. leaving raw sugar untaxed
at present.
In the tobacco schedule those rates were
sought which would bring most revenue. The
present taxes of 81. IS per pound wraps OF
leaf have blotted out many small establish
ments and actually impaired the revenue.
THE wooden goods schedule does not take
effect until July 1. 1894 although the remainder
OF the bill takes effect March l. 1884,