Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-11-30
The NEW TARIFF Bill
Measure Completed by Way;
Ind -.ieans Cor2c1i----cc.

fulfill every expectation OF those who
had predicted that it would be a radical
measure of reform. In many respects
it is q surprise 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 advocates of reform, and
the reputation of the principle of
reciprocity which has been the
pride Of the Republicans and
the bette NOR of the Democrats
fora number of years is decisive and en-
phatic. Thus the 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-
retlcal reciprocity with the great
American republic Of the northern
hemisphere. The bounty on sugar,
which was to be SO promptly repealed,
is instead to be repealed by easy grada-
tons and will not reach its conclusive
effect until after the end of the present
century.
The committee met at II O'Clock this
morning, and after the roll call Chair
man Wilson at once laid the bill before
the entire committee. On and after the
LIST of March, 1894, the following arti-
cles are to be added to the free list:
Articles for the use of the United States
Bacon and hams, beef, mutton and pork
and meats Of all kinds, prepared or pre-
served not specially provided for in this
act; baryta, ali binding Irvine manufactured
in whole or in part from istle or tampico
fiber, manila sisal grass or sum, OF single
ply and measuring not exceeding 600 feet to
the pound; birds, stuffed, not suitable ior
millinery ornaments, and birdskins
prepared for preservation but not
iurther advanced in manufactures blue vitri-
oil or sulphate OF copper; bone char, suit
able for use in decOriZing sugars; coal btu
minous and shale, ana coal, slack or cut;
coke; coal tar, crude, and all preparations
and produces of coal tar not colorss or dyes
not specially provided for in this act;
oxide Of cobalt; copper imported in the
form of ores; Old copper, tit only
ior manufacture; clipping nom new copper,
and all composition metal Of which copper
Is a component material ct chlet value not
specially provided for i'll this act; regulus OF
copper and black or coarse "copper" and cop
per cement; copper III plates, bars ingots or
pigs, and other forms not manufactured not
specially provided for III this act; cOpperas
or sulDhatc Of iron; cotton ties or iron
or steel cut to lengths, punched or not
IoT betting cotton; diamonds, dust or bort
and jewels to be used III the manufacture of
watches or clocks; yolks of eggs Of birds,
fish and insects; downs OF all kinds, crude,
not specially provided for in this act; fresh
fish, turs, undressed; iodine, resublimatcd
iron ore, including managaniterous iron
ore; also the dross or residuum from burnt
pyrites, and sulphuTor, and pyr!tcs or
sulphurct of iron in its natural
state; lard; lemon juice, lime juice and sour
orange juice; mica anG metallic mineral sub
stances III a crude state and metals UNI
wrought. not specially provided for III this
act; ochre and ochery earths sienna and
sienna earths. lumber and lumber carths, not
specially provided Tor in this act; cotton
seed oil; paintings in oil or water colors
and statuary, not otherwise provided
for in this act; plows tools and
discharrows; harvesters, rcapers, drills,
mowers hOrserakeS, cultivators, thrcshing
machines and cotton gins; plush, black, for
making mems hats; quicksilver salt silk
partially manufactured, from cocoons
or manu- tact,red than carded or
specially provided for in this act
suiphate Of soda Or salt cake or Nitro cake;
sulphuric acid and tallow and wool grease,
including that known commercially as de-
gras or brown wool grease; straw; burr
stone, bound up into mlllstones free
stone; granite; sandstone; limestone
and other building or monumt ntal,
except marble, manufactured or
undressed, not specially provided for
in this act; all wearing apparel and other
personal effects shall be admitted free of
duty without regard to their value from
their identity being established under such
rules and regulations as the secretary Of the
treasury may prescribe; timber hewn and
sawed, and timber used for spars and in
building wharves; timber, squared or sided;
sawed boards, planks, deals and other
lumber; laths, pickets and palings; shingles;
slaves of wood OF all kinds; wood manu-
featured; provided that if any export duty
is laid upon the aforementioned articles
ported from said country shall be sub
.iect to duty as now provided by law;
chair cane or reeds wrought or man
utactured from rattals or reeds;
woods, namely cedar, lignum vitn. lance
wood, ebony, box granadllla, mahogany,
rosewood, satinwood and all forms of cabi-
net woods, in the log, rough or hewn; BAN
boo and rattan, unmanntactured briar root
or briar wood and similar wood unmanu-
featured; reeds and sticks of partridge, hair
wood, plmentO, orange, myrtle and other
woods in the rough or not further manufac-
tured than cut into lengths suitable for
sticks for umbrellas, parasols, sun-shadeS,
whips walking canes; all wool OF the
sheep, hair of the camel, goat, alpaca and
other like animals, and all wool and hair
on the SKIN; nails; yarn waste: cara waste;
bur waste rags andt1ogs, including all waste
or rags composed wholly or i'll part of wool.
All manufactures of iron and steel have
tariff of % per cent. ad valorem, excepting
case hollow ware coated glazed or timed
and chains of all kinds made of iron and
steel, 80 per cent. adj valorem.
Chairman Wilson has issued the fol-
lowing statement in regard to the bill:
The Democratic members of the commit
tee on ways and means have felt, as none
others could feel, the momentOus RESPONSE
bility resting upon them and the magni
tude, difficulty and deicacy of the duty
assigned them of framing tariff
bill for nation of 10000, 900 people. The
bill they were called on to reform is vast
and labyrinthian system Of class taxation,
the elimination of thirty years control of
the taxing power by a few great interests,
gathering into their train host of petty
toll gathering. 1t was carefully framed
to prevent as long as possible what
its author called amy monkeying with the
traitf," by which he meant any successful
effort of the people to undo or to lessen the
bounties which its beneticiaries were per-
mitted to write therein, in their own words