The record-union., 1893-11-27
NEW TARIFF BILL.
Some Provisions of the Measure to be
Presented to the Next Congress.


Presented to the Next Congress.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 26.-The Demo-
cratic members of the Committee on
Ways and Means completed the new
tariff bill last night near midnight, the
last item finally acted upon being the
sugar schedule. The new bill, to be pro-
mulgated tomorrow, will show the fol-
lowing changes in the sugar schedule:
The duty on refined sugar is reduced
from one-half to One-fourth of a cent per
pound. Raw sugar remains free of tax.
The Mckinley bounty is repealed pro-
gressively, that is, One-eighth each year,
so that at the end OF eight years it is to
cease entirely.
The bill will be laid before the full
membership of the Ways and Means
Committee tomorrow morning. So far,
the Republicans of the committee know
nothing of the bill except the knowledge
derived from newspaper reports, and it
is not expected that tO-mOrroW'S meeting
will be ''deliberative" one. The meas
ure will be adopted by strict party vote.
1t is now definitely announced that the
internal revenue schedule will be reserved
until later date, as it is not yet COM
pleted. The changes in this feature of
the law, however, will be slight.
In general terms the new tariff bill may
be called a radical measure. The free list
will include WOOL iron ore, coal, cotton
ties, copper, lumber, chocolate, salt, bind
ing twine. flax. lead ore and many other
articles of less importance.
After two months deliberation on wool
and wooden goods, the committee finally
decided TO adopt the Springer policy of
the last Congress, and the wool and
wooden schedule be as follows: All
woods, hair, camel, goat. alpaca and other
like animals, and all wool and hair on
skin, all waste valued at more than thirty
cents per pound, will be rated at 35 per
cent, which is the ad valorem under the
present law, without the specific duty
which that bill provides. On all WOODEN
and worsted manufactures valued at not
more than thirty cents per pound duty
OF 40 per cent. On blankets, hats or wool,
fiannels and underwear valued at not
more than thirty cents per pound duty
Of % per cent; those valued at not more
than fifty cents per pound duty of 80
per cent; those valued at more than fifty
cents per pound duty Of 80 per cent.
The schedule which includes women's
and chilGren's dress goods, coat Innings,
Italian clothes. ETC., the warp of which
cotton or other vegetable matter is Of
value not exceeding - cents per square
yard, d duty OF 80 per cent. is placed. On
wOmen's and children's dress goods, ETC.,
wholly or in part wool. worsted, ETC., the
duty is fixed at 40 per cent. On clothing.
ready-made, and articles of wearing ap-
parel, duty of 10 per cent. is placed. On
cloaks, etc., for ladies and children, there
is a duty OF 10 per cent, and on webbing.
suspenders, boiling, binding, braidS,
galloons, fringes, ETC., 40 per cent On
common carpets the duty will be about 50
per cent, and on finer grades of carpets,
all of which are taxed 10 per cent in the
Springer bill, the duty in this bill will be
somewhat less.
Steel rails will probably be put at IS or
50 ton. Pig iron will probably be put at
80 per cent, while bar iron will be re-
Guced about 80 per cent.
The rate on nearly all manufactured
cotton will be 40 per cent.
Manufactures of flax, hemp and iute
will be greatly reduced in view of the
placing OF raw materials on the free list
The compound duty on collars and cuffs,
it is said, will be abandoned, and nothing
is left but the ad valorem rate of 80 or 45
per cent.
The chinaware schedule will probably
be reduced ten cents.
The Republican members of the COM
mittee are to be given ten days time in
which to prepare minority report dis
senting from the recommendations of
the majority of the committee.
In regard to the new tariff bill, Chair
man Wilson said tonight: THE tariff
bill will be given TO the public to-mor-
row morning when the committee meets.
The regular schedule we made public to-
day because it was reported that specu-
lators were attempting to manipulate the
market on the strength of alleged inside
information, and we did not desire to be
considered a party to anything OF this
kind. The tariff bill will be quite
yoIuminous. 1t will really comprise two
bills in one, as il will embrace both the
customs bill proper and the Administra-
ton bill. In some of the provisions
there naturally will be no change at all.
This will be particularly true of the ad-
ninistrative provisions, where changes
are not so numerous as in the tariff sec