The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-11-27
whisky tax, or all three Of them, may OF
necessity be adopted.
RADICAT. MEASURE.

whisky tax. or all three of them. may Of
necessity be adopted.
A RADICAL MEASURE.
The Associated Press reporter says that
In its general terms the new tariff bill TO
be made public tomorrow may be called a
radical measure. The free list will be a
surprise to the country. 1t will include
wool. iron ore, coal, cotton ties. copper, lum-
Der. chocolate. salt, binding Irvine, flax, lead
ore and many other articles Of less i'm
portance to the large commercial interests.
The disposition Of wool and wooden goods
has been one of the most difficult problems
that the committee had to solve. After two
months Of elaboration it has been finally
decided to adopt the Springer policy of the
last Congress in all the material details.
and the written report to compa this
portion of the bill will also be substantially
the report Of the last chairman of the ways
and means committee, therefore the wool
and wooden schedule will be as follows: All
woods, hair of the camel, goat. alpaca. and
other like animals and all WOOL ana hair on
the skin, all top waste. slubbing waste, row.
ing waste, ring waste, yarn waste, caro-
waste. burr waste and focks, including all
waste or rags composed wholly or in part
Of wool. worsted or hair OF the camel. goat,
etc, valued at not more than 80 cents. per
pound are rated at So per cent, which is
the ad valorem rate under the present law
without the specific duty which that bill
provides.
and knit fabrics and all fabrics made on
knitting machines or frames and all manu-
or in part of wool and worsted or hair OF
the camel, goat, etc, valued at not more
than so cents per pound the duty is 40 per
cent. On blankets, hats or wool, rannels,
underwear composed wholly or in part of
wool or hair of the camel, goat, ETC., valued
at not more than 80 cents per pound the
Hrrfx &c Ok nov n0nt x-Qlra6 of moro than St
cents and not more than 50 cents per pound
the duty is 30 per cent. On blankets and
hats of wool valued at not more than 90
cents per pound the duty is 35 per cent.
There is likewise q well-accredited fore
cast as to the schedule which includes WON
ems and children's dress goods, on which
with coat Innings, Italian cloths and goods
of similar character, the warp OF which. is
cotton or other vegetable matter, the value
not exceeding Is cents per square yard,
a duty of 50 per cent. ad valorem is placed.
On women's and children's dress goods,
duty is fixed at 40 per cent. on clothing
ready made and articles OF wearing APP
parel a duty of 40 per cent is placed; On
cloakS, doimans, Jackets, etc, for LADIES
and children, a duty of 40 per cent; on web
bling. suspenders, boiling. binding braids,
mon Carpets, which were taxed SO per cent.
in the Springer bill, the duty In the tariff
bill will be about % per cent, and on some
were taxed 40 per cent. in the Springer bal,
the duty in this bill is somewhat less. The
cut in the linen schedule IS quite neaVy,
cut in the cotton schedule is nothing like
as great as the cut in WOOL
STEEL AND IRON.
The best tonight is that steel
rails will probably be put at IS or 50 a ton, a
smaller figure representing a tariff OF 40
per cent. ad valorem, while rails are sell
ing at their present low price Of $40. Rails
will be one Of the few articles upon which
D.- s-D-
will probably be put at 5 per cent, while
bar iron will be reduced about 80 per cent.
The rate on nearly all manufactures of cot
ton will be 40 per cent. This will include
hosiery, which now pays compound duties,
ranging as high as 70 per cent. The clas-
sifcations of different grades of goods
will be abandoned. Manufactures of flax,
hemp and jute will be greatly reduced in
view Of the placing. of the raw materials
collars and cuffs, it is said, will be aban-
doned, and nothing left but the ad valorem
The chinaware schedules will probably be
reduced 10 per cent. on the existing rates
of so per cent. and 80 per cent. The Nc
kinley bill restored the duty on coverings
which are q large element in the cost of
chinaware, and practically made the in
crease in duty much greater than ire ap-
parent change in the ad valorem rate.
The latest reports from authentic sources
tonight give the following as included in
the freo-llSt SecLlOn OF lDS new Dlls NObA,
iron ore, coal, binding Irvine, lumber, lead
ore, salt, freestone, granite, sandstone, lime,
stone and other building or
stone, except marble, unnanuIactured or an
dressed; grindstones, finished or unfiin-
ished; copper, imported in the form OF ores,
regulus Of copper and black or coarse cop
per and conner cement: blue vitriol or sui
phate of copper; all, preparations or coal
tar, not colors or dyes; borax, crude or
borate of soda or borate OF lime; colorlng
for brandy, wine, beer or other liquors;
copperas or sulphate of iron, iodine. re-
sublimed; olive oil, indigo, phosphorus,
sponges, aluminium in crude form, aIoys OF
any kind in which aluminium is the COM
ponent material of chief value; anthony,
as regulus or metals; mineral substances
in a crude state and metals unwrought;
flax straw and fax, spices ground or pow
dered, cayenne pepper and sage. timber
hewn and sawed and timber used for spars
and in building wharyes, timber squared or
sided, sawed boards, .planHs, deals ana
other lumber of hemlock, white WOOD, Syca-
more, white pine and bass wood, not planed
or finished; cotton ties, chocolate and lead
,The duty on refined sugar is reduced from
one-half cent to one-quarter of a cent 4
pound. Raw sugar remains free o. TAX
The Mckinley bounty is repealed progress
siyely-that is one-eighth each year-so that
at the end OF eight years it is to cease en-
'ros Republican MEMBERS of the committee
are to be given ten days time in which TO
prepare a minority report dissenting from
the recommendations of the majority or the
In regard to the'new tariff bill Chairman
Wilson said tonight: The tariff bill VIII
be given to the public at II O'Clock to-mor-
row morning, when the committee meets.
The internal revenue schedule is not yet
complete, and Will, therefore, be preserved
until a later date. The regular schedule we
have made public to-day because it was re-
ported spectators were attempting TO man
| iuulate the market on the strength OF a.
| legged inside information, and we did not
| desire to be considered a party TO anything
of this kind. The tariff bill will be quite
yoiuninouS. 1t Will really comprise two
bills IN one, as il Will embrace both the
customs bill proper and the administrative
bill. Mckinley, you will remember, pre-
| sented two bills-one was the tariff bill and
the other WIS the administrative bin. We
make one bill of these, the administrative
| provisions following the customs schedules.
II will, therefore, cover the same ground
| as those two bills and be OF the same length.
In some of the provisions naturally there
will be no change at all. This viii be par
ticularly true OF the administrative pro-
visions, where the changes are not SO nu-
merous as in the tariff schedules"
SUSPICIOUS SECRECY.
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