The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1893-12-02
General Terms of the Measure An
nounced by the Committee.
LEAD ORE UNPROTECTED
Wool and Wooden Schedule Practically
the Same as springer's-Changes
In Sugar Customs.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 26.-The demo
cratic members of the committe on
ways and means completed the tariff
bill last night near midnight, the last
item finally acted upon being the sugar
schedule. The new bill to be promul-
gated tomorrow will show the following
changes in the sugar schedule: The
duty on refined sugar is reduced from
one-half to one-quarter of cent per
pound; raw sugar remains free from
tax. The Mckinley bounty is repealed
progressively: that is, one-eighth each
year, so that at the end of eight years
it is to cease entirely.
The bill will be laid before the full
membership of the ways and means
committee tomorrow morning. So far
the republicans on the committee know
nothing of the bill except the knowl-
edge derived from newspaper reports
and it is not expected that tomorrow's
meeting will be a deliberative one.
The measure will be adopted by strict
party vote. 1t is now definitely an
nounced that the internal revenue
schedule will be reserved until a later
date, as it is not completed. The
changes in this feature of the law, hom-
ever, will be slight.
In general terms the new tariff bill
will be called radical measure. The
free list will include wool, iron ore,
coal, cotton ties, copper, lumber, choco-
late, salt, binding Irvine, fax, lead ore
and many other articles of less impor-
lance.
After two months elaboration on
wool and wooden goods the committee
has finally decided to adopt the Springer
policy of the late congress and the
wool and wooden schedule will be as
follows:
IAN woods, the hair of the camel,
goat, alpaca ana other like animals,
and all wool and hair on skin, all waste
valued at not more than 80 cents pei
pound, will be rated at 35 per cent
which is the advalorem rate under the
for which that bill provides. On all
wooden and worsted manufactures
valued at not more than 30 cents pei
pound, a duty of 40 per cent. On blan
kets, hats of wool, hannels and under
wear, valued at not more than 30 cent?
per pound, duty of 25 per cent; valued
at more than so cents per pound, 80 pc
cent On schedules, which includ
womans and children's dress goods
coat Innings, Italian cloths, etc, tn
warp of Which is cotton or other vege
table matter to the value of not ez
ceeding IS cents per square yard,
duty of IS per cent placed; on woman
and children's dress goods, etc, who'll
or in part wool, worsted, etc, the dut
is fixed at 40 per cent. On clothin
ready made and articles of wearin
appeared, a duty of As per cent is place.
On cloaks, ETC., for ladies and children
d duty of As per cent, and webbin
suspenders, boiling, binding braid
galloons, fringes, etc, 40 per cent. G
common carpets the duty will be abot
35 per cent, and on finer grades
carpets, all of which are taxed 40 Pr
cent in the Springer bill, the duty
this bill is somewhat less
Steel rails will probably be put at
or 50 a ton. Pig iron will probably
put at per cent, while bar iron "
be reduced about so per cent. II
rate on nearly all manufactures
cotton will be 40 per cent. Manufactu
es of fax, hemp and jute will
greatly reduced. In view to placil
raw materials on the free list, t
compound duty on collars and cuffs,
is said, will be abandoned and nothil
left but an advalorem rate of 35 or
per cent. The chinaware schedr
will probably be reduced 10 per Gel
The republican members of the CO
mittee are to be given 10 days time
which TO prepare a minority repC
dissenting from recommendations
the majority of the committee.
THE RVTI IN DETAIL