Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-11-27
THE NEW TARIFF BILL


before the full membership Of the
Ways and Means Committee at IL
o'clock tomorrow morning. The
call for a full meeting Of the
committee was Issued nearly
week ago by Chairman Wilson and the
Republican members from various parts
of the country are arriving 10 the city
to-day. So far the Republicans OF the
committee know nothing OF the Dill
that is 20 be submitted by the
Democratic majority except that knowl-
edge derived from newspaper reports
and il is not expected that
tO-morroW's meeting will be "delioera-
tive" one. The committee will convene
at II O'Clock, five minutes later the Dill
will be submitted by Chairman wilson
and read at length, and Democratic
member will then promptly move It's
adoption.
lis now definitely announced that
the internal revenue schedule will be
reserved until a later date as it Is not
yet completed.
The practical certainty, however,
that the changes in this feature Of the
law will be slight and that the increase
of the whisky tax, If an increase at all,
will not exceed ten cents per gallon, de-
prives the internal revenue schedule OF
any great public interest.
In its general terms the new tariff
bill to be made public tomorrow may
be called a radical measure. The Tree
list will be a surprise to the country.
Il will include wool, iron ore, coal, cot
ton ties, copper, lumber, chocolate,
salt, binding twine, fax, lead ore and
many other articles OF less i'm portance
TO the large commercial Interests.
The disposition OF wool and woolen
goods has been one of the most difficult
problems that the committee had to
solve. After two months of delibera-
ton, it has been finally decided TO adopt
the Springer policy Of the last Congress
in all the material details, and the
written report TO accompany this por-
tion 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:
can wools, hair OF the camel, goat,
alpaca and other like animals, and all
wool and hair on the skin, all top
waste, stubbing waste, rowing waste,
ring waste, yarn waste, cara
waste, burn waste and hocks,
including all waste OF rags COM
posed wholly or in part, OF wool,
worsted or hair of the camel, goat, ETC.,
valued at not more than thirty cents
per pound, are rated at 35 per cent.
which is the ad valorem rate under the
present law, without the specific duty
which the bill provides. On all woolen and
worsted cloths, shawls aud knit fabrics;
and all fabrics made on knitting ma
chimes or frames, and all kind Of manu-
features of every description made
wholly or in part Of wool and worSted,
or hair of the camel, goat, etc,
aad valued at not more than
30 cents per pound, the du4y is
40 per cent; on blankets, hats,
OF woolen fannels, underwear COM
posed wholly or in part Of wool or hair
of the camel, goat, ETC., valued at not
more than so cents per pound, the duty
is 35 per cent; valued at more than 30
cents and not more than so cents per
pound, the duty is 30 per cent. On
blankets and hats of wool, etc, valued
at not more than so cents, the duty is
35 per cent
The best information tonight is that
steel rails will probably be put at So or
50 a ton. a smaller figure representing
a tariff Of 40 per cent. ad valOreu, while
rails are selling at their present low
price of $50. Rails will be one Of
the few articles upon which
a specific duty will be retained. Pig
iron will probably be put at so per cent.
while bar iron will be reduced about so
per cent. The rate on nearly all
manufactures Of cotton will be 40
per cent. This will include
hosiery, which now pays compound
duties ranging as high as 72 per cent.
of the classifcations of different grades
OF goods, will be abandoned.
The latest reports frOm authentic
sources tonight give the following as
included in thefree list section Of the
new bill;
Wool, iron ore, coal, binding twine,
lumber, lead ore, salt, free stone, lime
stone and other building or monumental
stone, except marble, manufactured or
uDdressed, grind stones, finished or un-
finished, copper imported in the form
OF ore, reguluS OF copper and black
or coarse copper aud copper cement,
blue vitriOl, or Sulphate OF copper, all
preparations Of coal tar, not cOlors or
dyes, bOrax, crude or 6Orate of soda, or
borate of mine, cOloring for brandy,
wine. beer or other liquors; cOpperas
or sulphate OF iron, iodine, olive
oil, indigo, PHOSPHORUS, sponges,
aluminium, in crude form, alloys
of any kind in which aluminium
is the component material or chief
value, antimonY, as regulus OF metal;
metallic minerals, substances in a crude
state aud metals unwrOugnt; haxStraw,
fax, spices, ground or powdered, cay
enne pepper, sage, timber, heWn aud
sawed, aud timber used for spars In the
building WharyeS, timber, squared or
sided, sawed board planks, deals
and other lumber Of hem
lock, white wood, sycamore,
white pine and Eastwood not Dlaned or
finished; cotton ties, chocolate or lead
ore. The Republican members OF the
committee are to be given ten days
time ia which TO prepare minority re-
port, dissenting from the recommends
tions of the majority Of the committee.
In regard TO the new tariff bill, Chair
mau Wilson said tonight:
"The tariff bill will be given to the
public at IL o'clock tomorrow morning
when the committee meets. The inter
nal revenue schedule is not yet COM
plete, and will, therefore, be preserved
until a later date. The regular sched-
ule we have made public to-day because
IL was reported spectators were at
tempting 70 manipulate the mar
ket on the strength OF al