Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-12-08
NEW TARIFF BILL.
A Large Free List and Duties
Cut with An UnSparing Hand.
SALIENT FEATURES GIVEN.
Free Raw Materials Given to the
Manufacturer, but the rlnisneu
Articles are Taxed Less HeaV-
ily-The Difficulties the
Committee Met with.

COnnnlIL09 m0b
N1i.10 O'Clock Monday morning tne ne"
tariff bill was given to the public, and MI.
Wilson briefly summarized 1t as follows
"In the chem lcal schedule we have trans
ferred to the free list quite number OF ar
ticles used in manufactures, the most import
ant OF which is sulpburic acid, one OF 'ne
corner-stones OF all chemical Industry. Inc
dutv on castor oil is reduced from 60 to %
cents per gallon, and the duty on linseed OIL
which was secretly raised to 80 cents by tne
conference committee on the Mckinney DILL
after egch house had openly voted fora lower
duty. we put at IS cents gallon. ZIG le"a
being reduced from to cent pounu, ie''u
paiuts are correspondingly reduced
SIN the pottery schedule substantial reouc-
tions are made Plain white ware Is droppeu
from the high schedule in which 1t mysteri-
ously crowded ITSELF Decorated ware is re-
duced from g. to As per cent. ; undecoraied,
from 55 to A..
ON common wlndow-glass, where close
combinations have kept up the prices to con-
.umers under the shelter OF duties averaging
100 per cent, a reduction of more than one
half has been made in all the larger zes'
Tboro ia no doubt that these rates will per-
NIT very healthy growth OF the industry
here.
"In plate glass reductions are made, the
largest slz from 50 cents to 80 cents per
cilyora1 from 6U 10
cents.
IRON AND STEEL.
"Jn the iron and steel schedule we began
with free ore. The discovery Of the Immense
deposits of Bessemer ores in the lake region
and of foundry ores In Alabama has rapidly
swept us to the leadership OF the world OF
the production of iron and steel and prougnt
near at hand our undisputed supremacy III
the great field OF manufactures.
sThe use OF steam shovels reduces the COST
Of minias 10 Il point where the wages paio
natural labor are irrelevant. Pig iron We
reduce from Sc y per ton, which Is from o.
, to % per cent, to Uniform duty OF 221R pei
, cent n rate somewhat higher In proportion
.hsn the rest ofthe schedule because OF c0e'l
freight rates on foreign pig, it being lavor
tie freight on westward voyages. Steel ram
we reduce from Sl3.44 per ton, now 70 PEI
: CENT, to 25 per cent.
GAS the pool which has kept up prices 81
, many years in this country seems now disor
, panized the other producers Will soon nee
: protection more against Mr.. Carnegie, a
1 pittsburg, and Mr.. Stirling, at Chicago, tha
D against foreign producers.
. "The residue OF the schedules vary from
q to 80 per cent, wood screws being put NJ 'n
r latter figure. Beams and girders at 20 pc
a cent. because OF the waste in cutting beam
4 and the variety OF lengths and sizes, and ais
Y Of the frequent necessity Of changing the roll
h IN making beams and girders, because oil ID
o irregular quantities and lengths and sizes
i orders.
TEMPLATES.
8. "Tin-plates are reduced tc Al per cent,
\. little more than one-half Of the McKinle
ID rate. This is a revenue duty and at the san
J.. time enough to permit any existing mills
W live and flourish. Cheaper grades OF pocK
re cutlery are So per cert. Higher grades
st Table cutlery Is put at S5 per cent. The
a. sre very substantial reductions from prese
m rates. which being specific reach In sor
a. grades of pocket cutlery as high as -
le cent. but with release OF taxes on raw maIt
cd ials, especially on pearl and ivory Tor handl
a seem ample.
OF "suoar has been difficult subject to d'
I'm with. Raw sugar was transferred to the II
ng list by the Mckinley bill because nearly
es- the taxes paid on 1t went to the public tre
on ury. A strong desire among some memD
he of the committee was 10 put an ad vaIor'
is dntv Of 20 10 25 por cent. on it and to aoon
the bounty at once. After much conside
tion II was decided to reduce by one-hali
20 duty on refined sugar and to repeal
I'D bounty one-eighth each year, leaving r
sugar untaxed as at present.
nd TOBACCO.
'as .In the tobacco schedule those rates "
soupbt which would bring most reVeh
on The present taxes Of 81 and az. 10 pouhu
III wrapper leaf have blotted out many small
Establishments and actually impaired reven
Ter We make the rates s and Sl.25 per pou
ie' on wrapper leaf and 35 cents and oo ce
Oh ner Mound on filler tobacco, unstemmed
s.emmed in EACH Manufacturers OF topa
III are put at 40 cents. Cigars are reuu
at from "a. so per pound and IS per cent
MO valorem to So per pound and 25 per Gel
which ia believed to be the most product
nat reyenue rate. and Is higher than the law
0' 1883.
ost LIQUORS.
up "The tariff on spirits is put at double
internal revenue rates on like spirits,
ON some slight reduction is made on still VII
'er' malt liquors, ginger ale and ike peVeru
an ~ the interest of increased revenue
uck dutv on sparkling wines is likewise slig
the reduced for the same reasons, that on CD
papne being put at 81 per dozen quarts
E 80, against SO In the Mckinley bill and IS In
= to law of 1888.
.,r I'm cotton manufactures substantial
,,a ductions are made, especially on ct
cloths and prints, and the existing s, steI
taxing by count Of threads in the square
is retained. Hemp and fax are made
,p| dressed line of hemp and fax, cent ant
.on cents respectively. Buraps and cotton
iOln ,-;.. oro mt at tx ner cent,