The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-11-29
The Wilson Tariff Bill Given Ont by
the Ways and Means Com
mittee.
A Long List OF Articles on Which
There Will Be No Duty Col
lected.
Mr.. Wilson Makes q Statement Con.
corning the Bill and It's
Aims.

every expectation of those who have
predicted that it would be radical
measure. In many respects it is sur.
prise, even to the Democratic members
of congress, as it is unprecedented in
many of its provisions.
The free list Is of that liberal scope
sufficient to satisfy the most radical ad-
vocates of reform, and the Reputation
OF the principle Of reciprocity, which has
been the pride of the Republicans and
the bette noir of the Democrats for a
number Of years, ID
Decisive and Emphatic.
The United States tariff bill, in addition
to the reforms it makes in the customs
laws, will necessitate readjustment of
treaties with those South American
countries which enjoy practical or theo-
retical reciprocity with the great Amer
lean republic of the northern hemi-
sphere.
The bounty on sugar, which was to be
80 promptly repealed, is instead, to be
repealed by easy gradations. and will
not reach its conclusive effect until after
the present century.
The committee met at Ii o'clock, and
after the roll call, Chairman Wilson at
once laid the bill before the entire COM
mittee. On and after March /. 1884, the
following articles are to be added to the
free list:
Bacon and hams, beef, mutton and
pork, and meats of all kinds prepared or
preserved, not specially provided for in
this act.
Baryita, all binding twine manufac.
tured in whole or in part from istle or
tampico fibre, MANILA, sisal grass, or
sunna of singleply, measuring not ex-
ceeding 600 feet to the pound.
Birds, stuffed, not suitable for milli-
merry ornaments, and bird skins, pre-
pared for preservation, but not further
advanced I'm manufacture.
Blue vitriol, or sulphate of copper.
Bone char, suitable for use in decoriz-
ing sugars.
Coal, bituminous and shale and coal,
slack or cut.
Coke, coal tar, crude and all prepara-
tions and products of coal tar, not colors
or dyes, not specially provided for in
this act.
Cobalt, oxide of.
Copper, imported in the form of ores;
old copper, fit only for manufacture,
clipping from new copper, and all COM
position metal of which copper is COM
saf ~R
specially provided for in this act; regulus
of copper, and black or coarse copper
and copper cement: copper in plates,
bars, ingots or pigs and other forms, not
manufactured, not specially provided
for in this act; copperas, or sulphate Of
iron.
Cotton ties. of iron or steel cut to
lengths, punched or not punched, with
or without buckles, for betting cotton.
Diamonds, dust or bort, and jewels to
be used in the manufacture of watches
or clocks.
Downs of all kinds, crude, not spe-
cially provided in this act,
Flesh fish.
Furs, undressed.
Iodine, resublimated iron ore, includ-
ing manganiferous iron ore, also the
dross or residium of the burnt pyrites
and sulphurous pyrites or sulphuret of
iron in it's natural list.
Mica and metallic mineral substances
IN crude state and metals unwroughN
not specially provided for in this act.
Ochre and ochery earths, sienna and
l. asov,So nav<ho I,ar o,,H S.~AS~AN
not specially provided for In this act.
Cotton seed oil, paintings in oil or
water colors and stataaSy, not otherwise
provided for in this Act.
Plows, tools and disc harrows, har-
vesters, reapers. drills, mowers, horse
rakes, cultivators, threshing machines
and cotton gins
Plush, black, for making mems hats
QdjSksilver.
y SILK, partially manufactured from
cocoons or from waste silk, and no,
further advanced or manufactured thar
tarded or combed silk.
Salt, soap, all not otherwise specially
provided for In this act.
Sulphate of soda, or salt cake, or nitr,
cake, suphuric acid.
Tallow and wool grease, includin,
that known commercially as degras o
brown wool grease,
Straw. burr stones, bound up int
millstones; freestone, granite, sandstone
limestone and other building or nonu
mental, except marble, unmanufacture
or nndressed, not specially provided fo
I in this act.
All wearing apparel and other pei
sonal effects shall be admitted free 8
duty, without regard to their value
upon their identity being establishe
under suchrules and regulations as th
AA1retarv Of sthe treasury may prescrihs