The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1893-11-27
HERE'S YOUR TARIFF
Synopsis Of the Bill E Agreed Upon
by The Democratic Members
PRACTICALLY ALL FIXED UP
It Is to Be Submitted to the Repub-
licans To-Day. But. of Course.
That's a Mere Matter
OF Form.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6.-The democratic
members OF tho committee on ways and
means completed the tariff bill last night
near midnight, the last item finally
acted upon being the sugar schedule. Tho
now hfll to be promulgated tomorrow will
show the following changes in tho sugar
schedule: The duty on refined sugar is
reduced from y to q cent per pound; raw
sugar remains free of tax; the Mckinley
bounty to be repealed progressively. that
is, one-eight each year, SO at the end Of
eight years 1t is to cease entirely.
The bill will be laid before the full menu
bership of the ways and means committee
tomorrow morning. So far the repub-
licans OF the committee know nothing OF
the bill except what knowledge has been
derived from newspaper reports. and It is
not expected to-inorrow's mea;ing will be
"deliberative." The measure will be
adopted by strict party vote. II is now
definitely announced that the internal rev.
enue schedule will be reserved until q
later date, as it is not yet completsd. The
changes in this feature OF the Law, how.
ever. will be slight. In general terms the
new tariff bill may be called . radical
measure. Tho free list will include wool,
iron ore, coal, cotton ties, copper. lumber,
chocolate, salt, binding twine, FAX, lead
ore ami many other articles of less i'm
portance.
After two months deliberation on wool
and wooden goods, tho committee finally
decided to adopt the Springer policy of the
last congress and the wool and wooden
schedule will be as follows: "All woods,
hair camel. goat. alpaca aud other like
animals, and all wool and hair on skin,
all waste valued at not more than 30 cents
per pound will be rated at Is per cent,
which is advalorem rate under the present
law without the specific duty which that
bill provides. On all woolen and worsted
manufactures, valued at not more than 30
cents per pound, the duty will be 40 per
cent. On blankets, hats of wool, fiannels,
underwear, valued at not more than 30
cents per pound, duty % per cent;
cents per pound, duty 30 per cent. !;
valued at moro than 20 cents per pound,
35 per cent. schedule, which includes wo-
mems aud children's dress goods, coat
Innings, Italian cloths, etc., tho warp OF
which Is cotton or other vegetable matter,
value not exceeding Is cents per square
yard, duty of IS per cent. will be placed; !;
on women's and cbildren's dress goods.
etc., wholly or in part wool. worsted. etc
duty fixed at 40 per cent; ; on clothing
ready.mnde and other articles of wearing
apparcl, duty of As per cent, is placed: on
cioaks, etc. for ladies and children. duty
As per cent; and on webbing. suspenders.
boiling, binding braids, galloons, frinces.
etc., 40 per cent. ; on common carpets the
duty will be about IS per cent, and ON
finer grades of carpets, all of which are
taxed 40 per cent. in the Springer hill.
the duty i'm this bill is somewhat less,
Stcl rails will be put at Ss or 50 a ton :
pig iron will probably be nut at per cent.
while bar iron will be reduced about 30
per cent. The rate for nearly all manu-.
factures of cotton will be 40 Der cent.
Manufactures of fax, hemp and lutte will
be greatly reduced. In view of pIacipr