The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1893-11-28

0oEeovoIs tno al Nalorotn system uos
worked well in practice and ID essentially
fair. II defends the large FREQ list Of raw
materials on tho ground that taxes on
production arc . double wrong, culIninat-
ing on consumers and hurting labor hy
narrowing the market. They are made
free for the further reason that no other
country can supply them as cheaply Ms
We can; no competition can In
terfere with US in them. And free
dom from taxation must i'm
meusely stimulate the production
OF ores. coal, lumber, wool and other
things In certain parts of the country.
American manufactures have entered
every country and with free raw materials
there is no limit to the growth of our for-
eign trade, with incalculable advantage to
labor. In every great limo Of manufacture
We can produce enough for home con-
sumption in six to nine months aud we
can get rid Of our surplus only by export.
Trade cannot bc built up so long ms
raw materials are taxed. Hence the for
nation of trusts TO keep down the produc.
ton, to the great detriment OF labor. The
statement then points out the various
items OF reduction in the schedule in
Guiding sulphuric acid TO the free list
because OF its general use; castor oil
from IS to S cents per gallon; linsced oil
from % to Ii cents per gallon; pig lead
from cents to cent per pound, thus re-
ducing the price of paints. IL declares
the increase of duty on opium to Sl2 per
pound by the Mckinley bill simply put the
business into the hands of snugglers OH
the Pacific coast. The present bill puts
II where il is thought II can be collected.
The duty on common window glass is re-
duced more than half, which will stimu-
late home production, because il has been
produced under trust conditions. There
is also marked reduction in plate glass.
In the iron and steel schedule, free orc
on account Of tho discovery of bessemer
ores in the lake regions and foundry ores
in Alabama will givc us supremacy In
this great line of manufacturing. Pig iron
10 reduced to n uniform duty OF 22H per
cent; steel rails from Sl3.4i per ton. equal
to 15 per cent, to 25 per cent. The residue
of the schedule varies from % to -
per cent, beams and girders IS per cent.
Tin plates are reduced nearly one half To
40 per cent, which should allow existing
mills to live and flourish. Cheaper grades
Of pocket cutlery IS per cent, higher
grades Is, table cutlery 35. Copper ores
and pig copper made free. We are OK
porters of the latter and the duty has
served only to allow the producer to sell
higher TO our people than to foreigners.
Nickle free, lead ore only Is per cent. Pig
lead ore one cent per pound, silver lead
ores free, unmanufacturcd lumber FREQ,
manufactured 25 per cent.
On the subject of sugar the statement
says: "Sugar has been difficult matter
to deal with. Raw sugar is transferred to
the free list by the Mckinley bill, because
nearly all the taxes paid on IL went to the
public treasury. There was strong do.
sire among tho members of the committee
to put an ad valorem duty of - per cent.
on il and abolish the bounty at once.
After much consideration il was decided
TO reduce to one half the duty on refined
sugars and repeal the bounty one eighth
each year, leaving raw sugar untouched at
present.
In tho Tobacco schedule rates arc
sought which would bring the most rev.
enue. Live animals are taxed 20 per cent. !;
barley is reduced from 80 cents per bushei
TO 30 per cent, or about II cents; bread.
stuifs, of which we are immense exporters
free, except 10 countries which put duties
on our like products. in which case il is
20 per cent; vegetables, fruits, eggs
and like food products untaxed
for the benefit of working
people; salt in bulk free; in package S
covering dutiablc; tariff on spirits double
internal revenue rates, with some slight
reduction on still wines, malt liquors, GIN
ger ale and like beverages, in the interest
of increased rovcnue; for the same reason
champagnes are reduced to s. per dozen
quarts against 81 in the Mckinley bill.
Substantial reductions are made in cotton
manufactures, especially cheap cloths and
prints. Hemp and fax are free; dressed
line hemp and fsx, one cent and one and
one-half cents respectively; burlaps and
cotton and grain bagging, Ii per cent !;
when exported as covering, free; wool.
free: this takes the stills from under
WOODEN manufactures and begets the hope
that they may revive from the iangush-
ing condition in which they have been for
n quarter OF . century, and that we may
get wooden goods at reasonable rates.
Cloths and dry goods are put at 40 per
cent. clothing at 45. Tho rates are
higher than the committee desired, but
It is deemed temporarily necessary,
because our ma nufacturers have SO long
been excluded from two.thirds of tho
wool of tho world, that they will have Ia
learn the art Of manufacturing with free
wool. A sliding scale, therefore, is added.
by which the rates in the woolen schedule
are 70 como down five points with a lapse
of five years. Carpets, an industry in
which we will soon be Independent, are
put at IS per cent for exminsters, mo
quette and wilton %, Brussels, white aud
common grades from 80 down to 20. The
bill provides that the entry shall be re.
moved from wool on March !, aud re
duced on WOODEN goods July 1. In the
silk schedules the reductions of rates arc
smaller than in cotton or woolen fabrics
Sole leather is reduced from o to per
cent. Leather gloves are classified ac-
cording to material and length. and arc
uniformly rated at specific duties which
average not over % per cent on common
varieties aud near 40 per cent
on finc lamb and kid gloves
Hattcrs' plush is put on the FREQ list. The
duty on cut diamonds, pearls and other
precious stones is increased. Works oi
art are put back on the free list. All man.
ufacturcs OF iron and steel have a tariff OF
25 per cent. except cast hollow ware,
coated. glazed or timed"
The statement continues as follows