Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1893-11-27
A RADICAL MEASURE.
How Democrats Have
Treated New Tariff Bill.
EXTENSION OF FREE LIST.
The Wool Schedule Proved a Difficult
Question to Handle.

ultHl tIN Vi Nue comm lce On ways IL u
m ans comp ele cir Ia if bill near mid
night Saturday the las item finally
acted upon being the sugHr schedule IT
WAS br ugh % uer a ,rutiOn that ecu
lator-, IA ssly pret,niiug to h we nf rma-
tion OF their prop Sc acton, have been
etking To maui u. te the stock market.
They deem, d IL best T. depart from /. cir
general plan II refusn in ornation a. TO
tauff items until tueIr .uli hill l. ma le
public aud at once TO pu hlsh tn .ir conclu
SOUS Oh this sche lue, 50 that all meu
may stand on the same I o ing of authen-
tic information. The new hill prOmul-
gated tod sh w. the following changes
In the su ar h dule:
The duty on refined sugar is reduced
from l-2 TO IA f a cent pound. II W
susar remain~ fr Q of tax. The Mckinley
bounty reptale progressively, that is.
o. ,ighIh each year at the end Of
eight years 1t is To ce s entirely
The dispo ition Of wool and woolen
goods has been one OF the most dIliicLlt
problems that the committee had TO solve.
After Two mon hs of delIb, ration, II has
been fiji ally decided to adopt the Springer
policy If he last congts ia this pect
In all lis material delal, and "a written
rep ri Ia accompany his portion OF the
bii VII also be N stant,ally the report
of the last chairman of the ways aud
means committee The ef r., the w, OF
and woolcn sche ule y i'll be ~ follows:
All wo Is. hair of the camel. 40 I. AL
paca and othr like AMIN us, and IL W, OF
and hiir on the * n, al p was e, stub
bidg W st,, Ing W st + ny uasJr, y RI
vast or rags compose WHO " ,r ia paI t
of wool, wor-tei ur har OF the came, ,
goat, etc. valued At not more han 30 cent
a pou, d, are ral ed IS PEE ce - when is
the ad vHiol,m ale un .er t,t p e,en law
without The specific duty wuIcn ~ at bill
provid,s.
On all wooden or worsted cloths, shnwls
and knit fabric, ana I'll fabr a. mad o ,
KNITTING machin. or frame, q. q al ma u
fattuie> OF 'eiy drst riptiUn IN d, who y
or la part of w oil and vos ed haIr of Jae
camel, goat, etc, vaIuel at not more than
80 cents pound, The Gut is 10 pr cent.
On blank Is mats # wool II tunels ior
underwear, com po,ed hol ly or In part Of
wool or hair "a the camel, goat, etc , vdlu Il
at not more than 80 cents pouud. Tia,
duty i p per cent; value at more than 80
cents aud not NOR, THAI 30 ceuts a pouG ID,
the duty is 3 pr cent
On blankets aud hats of wool, etc,
valued at not more than so cents pound,
the duty is IS per ceut.
On what We Wear
There Is likewise a we'll CT .dited fore
cast rs TO the sch.due e, which includes
woolens aud chidren's dr,-s goods, on
which coat lining, Iaiau C.OtIs, and
< iods of similar character, The warp Il
which is cotton or otuer We etable maLIer,
the value not exc eding 10 nts a square
yard, duty of 80 cents is placed.
On WOODEN, aud chi deus dress goods,
wholly or in pa Z wool, worsted, etc, the
duty Is fixed AZ 40 per cent
In olhiug ready made and articles of
weari x apparel duty OF as per cent il
placed. On cloaks. dolmars, ia kets, ETC.,
for ladies' and children, duty Of 45 r
cent; on wrbbug, suspendrrs, boiling !,
binding, brdlds, balloons, fr nges, etc, ~
per cent. On common carpe $, VIII ch were
taxed ~ per cent III the Springer bill, tne
duly in the t,riff bill will q about 35 per
cent, aud on some Of the finer grade car
pets, all oi which were taxed 40 per cent in
tue > ringer bill, the duty in this bill is
somewhat less.
Heavy Cuts.
The cut in linen schedule is quite heavy;
that OH silk 10 comparatively lignt and the
cut in the C, I on schedule is nothing like
Ms great as the cut in wool Steel raj are
put at sml lller rigurr, re lres entil lg a
Ia if Of 40 per cent ad valorem, while rails
are sell x at their present low price OF ssO
Rails will I've one of the few art cl - up N
which a spec fic duty will be retained.
Pig iron is put at per cent, while bar iron
L. r., ducad HbJut q Der cent
The rae on nearly all manufactures Of
cotton is 40 per cent. This inclu les
hosiery, which now pays compound du -
ranging as bigh as '2p r cent. The CLASH
flea ions of different grades OF goods are
abandoned. Manufactures Of fax, hemp
and jute are ere tly reduced, in view OF
the placing of the raw materials on the
free list.
the compound duty on collars and cuffs
l. aband oned. and not h ng left but the nd
valorem rate OF IS OF 40pr cent. The
chinaware schedules are reduced 10 per
cent on the existing rates Of 60 per cent
and IS per ce,t
The Mckinley bill restored the duty on
coverings, wnich are a la e element In the
cost OF chinaware, aud prdctic lily m de
the increase in duty much greater th Al
the change in the ad valorem rate.
Th.s. Come In Free.
The following are inc uded in the fr,e
list section of the new bill: Wool,
iron ore, coal, binding tNlnr, lumber Leaf
ore, sat, fr' e-ton'; granite, sandstone.
limestone and u,ber building or mo u
m, n ii stone. except marble, unmanufac-
tured OF undresSed; grlhdstones, fiuis ed
or unfinished; coppr, imporl ed in the
form OF ore; black or coars copper aud
copper ce uen, blue vitr o or sulpnate Of
copper, all pr~pa atipus Of coal tar, not
coiurs or yes; Dorax, crude or bnrste Il
soda or borate Of lime, coioring for rtudy,
wine, beer or 9th r liquors; cip ,eras o.
,ull ha e Of iron; ioiiue, resublimal ed;
olive Ill, INDIGO, phosphorus, sp NJ, =
aluminium or Hluminium: in crude form
rll ores Il any kind In which alum mum 8
the cYmpor eut mate of chef value;
SntluO y, a rcguius or metal, meta lic
mineral substances in crude STATE aud
me unwi.u ht; fdk straw, fax, spic. $.
grou d or pu ,d-red cayenne pepper. -age,
Tim Der hewn aud sawed "a timber u-ed
Tor spsrs aud Ia building wharveS; timb r
squared or sided. saved 10 rds, 81 INK
d, ais and other lumber Of hemlock, whit
word, sycamore. wbite pine aud bass W cd,
not planed or flushed, cotton ties, cloco-
late and lead ore.