The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-11-29
duced firm 9 70 l cent a pound lead
paints are c~onspicuously reduced. y

duced firm 9 70 l cent a pound ead
paints are c~onspicuously reduced.
The Mckinley bill increased the duty
ON opium, prepared for smoking. to $l2
a pound, in the VAIN hope of lessenang
it's importation. The custom house Off
GERS ON the Pacific coast declare that this
increase of duty has simply placed 1t in
the hands of smugglers, the bringing OF
opium, to the decentralization of the GUS
tom service and the loss of over sos, 900
revenue. The duty proposed is believed
to be ~collectible, and will put h traffic
under governmental control and super
vision.
Iron and Steel Schedule.
In the iron and steel schedule we be-
gin with free ore. The discovery OF the
immense deposits of Bessemer ores in
the lake regions and of foundry ores IN
Alabama has rapidly swept M to the
leadership of the world in the production
of iron and steel, and brought near Mt
hand an u~ndisputed supremacy In the
great field of manufactures. The use of
steam shovels reduces the cost OF min
ing to a point wnere the wages paid
natural labor are irrelevant. Pig iron
we reduced from 1915 per ton, which Is
from 90 to 80 per cent, to a uniform of
% 1-2 per cent, a rate somewhat higher
in proportion than the rest of the sched-
ule, because of cheap freight rates on
foreign pig, it being afavorits freight on
westward voyages. Steel rails we re-
duce from 1914 per ton, now rs per
cent, to rs per cent.
The residue, of the schedule varies
from 25 70 80 per cent. Beams and
girders are 80 per cent, because of the
waste of cutting beams and the variety
Of lengths, and also of the frequent
necessity of changing the rolls in max
ing beams and Orders, because of the
irregular quantity and lengths and sizes
of orders. Tin plates are reduced TO 40
per cent, q little more than n half OF
the Mckinley rate. This is o revenue
duty, and at the same time enough ia
permit any existing mills to live and
flourish.
Both copper ores and pig copper are
made free; we being large exporters oil
the latter and the duty serving only te
enable the producer to sell higher to bur
people than to foreigners. Nickel il
, free. Lead ore has a small duty of Ii
per cent. Pig lead l cent a pound. Sill
! ver-lead ores are restored to the free list
manufactured lumber is free. Man
,, ufactured is put at 25 per cent with tn
: proviso that in case of any export duty o.
. charge on foreign lumber. it shall b
= Al o-l.. - A. -n%., now~ z-.n%.nr
!. Sugar Was Dificuit.
! Sugar has been a difficult sub
I ject to deal with. Raw sugar wa
transferred to the free list by the Nc
. Kinley bill because nearly all the take
= paid ON it went to the public treasury
A strong desire amongst the members 0
the committee was to put an advaloren
: duty of 30 or % per cent on it, and t
c abolish the bounty at once. After mucI
consideration, it was decided TO reduc
Q to one-half the duty ON refined sugar
: and to repeal the bounty one-eight eacI
= year, leaving raw sugar untaxed q
: present.
: In the tobacco schedule those rate
: were sought which would bring mos
! revenue. The present taxes of $2.75 pc
, pound on wrapper leaf tobacco hay
: blotted ont many small establishments
: and actually impaired revenue. w
: make the rates 81 and $1.75 per poun
: ON wrapper leaf, and IS and so per Ger
: ON filler tobacco, unstemmed an
" stemmed i'm each. Manufacturers OF Ii
= bacco are put at 40 cents. Cigars Al
: reduced from $4.40 per pound and 35 pr
: cent ad valorein, to p per pound and I
= per cent. 1t is believed to be the mo
= productive revenue rate and is highs
). than the law of 1868. 4
Live animals are put at 90 per cen
Barley is reduced from 30 cents p.
bushel TO 20 per cent, which is about
" cents.
o Breadstuffs are made free, exec
l. when imported from countries putin
q duties on our like products, in whit
= case it is 90 per cent.
>. The tariff ON spirits is put at doub
,, the internal evenue rates on like spirit
Is and some slight reduction is made
d still wines, malt liquors. ginger ale M
IN like beverages in the interest of j
creased revenue.
ie In cotton manufactures substantial I
IN auctions are made, especially on che
OF cloths and prints and the existing syste
ne of taxing by count, of thread in t
Is square inch is retained. Hemp and a
}, are made free.
As to Wool and WOODEN Goods.
q Wool is made free. This takes I
silt from under wooden manufactul
:. and begets the hope that they may
cover from the languishing condition
.a which they have been for a quarter a
century and that we may get WOO
% goods at reasonable rates instead of
duties that on the common grades 1
quently reach 100 per cent. and in ca
two OF three times that mercil
figure. Cloths and dry goods
put at 40 per cent; cloth
at 45 per cent-rates higher than
!. committee desired, but deemed temp
arily necessary because u manu-
turers have so long been excluded fl
ae two-thirds of the wool Of the world |
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