The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-12-01
TARIFF CHANGES.
What Purports to BE an Accurate Outline
of the 3flI-The Free List Enlarged.


What Purrorts to BE an Accurate Outline
of the Biil-The Free List Enlarged.
NEW YORK, Nov. 25.-The Herald's
Washington correspondent says that
he is able to send an accurate outline
of the tariff bill as far as determined
The free list will include nearly all
raw and crude materials which enter
into manufactures, including woods,
hair of the camel and goat, bituminous
coal, iron ore, lumber. salt, silver, lead
ore, fax, hemp and jute and a large
number of chemicals This will be the
chief benefit to manufacturers afforded
by the new measure. but they will also
also get the benefit in a number
of cases of an extension of time
from three to six months to
work off accumulated stocks before the
reduced duties on finished products
take effect This will be true of
wooden goods and proba bly, of manu-
features of linen. 1t is doubtful if any
discrimination of this sort is made in
regard to manufactures of iron, which
which will have to submit to some con-
siderable cuts The specified duties on
ii
possibly be retained, but they will be
reduced decidedly and plate glass is
likely to be put at uniform and ad
valorem rate of 10 per cent
Steel rails will probably be put at IS
or 50 a ton. Rails will be one of the
few articles upon which a specific duty
will be retained. Pig iron will proba-
bly, be put at 5 per cent. ad valorem. as
proposed in the last congress, and bar
iron will be reduced at least 80 per
cent Tin plate will be one cent per
pound and increased imports are
counted upon to make the revenue
nearly as great as under the present
duty of two and two-tenths cents
The specific duties on cutlery will be
abolished and an ad valorem duty be
used. Block tin will go back on the
free list where it was before the enact
ment of the Mckinley bill and copper
ore will follow it A uniform ad val
orem duty will be imposed upon fin
ished manufactures of wood, but logs
will be free. The textile schedule will
not suffer quite so much for there will
be few duties, if any, higher than 40
per cent ad valoren.
Specific duties and compensatory
duties will almost universally be wiped
off the statute.
I he committee believe a reduction of
5 or 10 per cent in the silk duties will
yield as much revenue as at present.
Wool goods will follow substantially
the rates of the Springer bill. but some
of the cheaper goods, especially cloth.
wilt tie put in separate class at 80 per
cent The rate on nearly all manu-
features of cotton will be 10 per cent
This will include hosiery. Manufact-
ures of fax. hemp and jute will be
greatly reduced in view of the placing
of raw material on the free list
Binding twin. is likely to be made
free. and the high duties imposed on
agricultural products will be merci-
lessly slaughtered. A duty vii, be re-
tanned on lemons and oranges. but sew
eral other fruits will GO on the free
list. The duty on wrapper tobacco will
be reduced to Fl or $50 per pound
when unstemmed, and fifty cents more
per pound when stemmed.
Al NdlOTNin Tdte u twenty i've Ceht>
will probably be fixed on all grades of
sugar, although this question is still
open. The poor grades come in al
low figure. The duty on gloves will
reduced.
The internal revenue features Of the
bill are agreed upon, except the form
of the income tax. There will Toe no
increase on beer. tobacco or cigars.
The only change will be on whisky.