The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-12-06

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rates will permit a very healthy
growth of the industry here: In plate
glass, reductions are made, the largest
sizes from so cents to 80 cents per
square foot; Of silvered, from 60 to 81
cents.
IRON AND STEEL.
In the iron and steel schedule, we
began with free ore. The discovery of
the immense deposits of Bessemer ores
in the lake region and of foundry ores
in Alabama has rapidly swept us to
the leadership of the world In the pro-
duction of iron aud steel, and brought
Lear at hand our undiSputed supre'
macy in the great field Of manufac'
lures. The use of steam shovels re-
duces the cost of mining to point
where the wages paid natural labor
are irrelevant. Pig iron we reduce
from Sc, ~ per ton which is from 60 to
80 per cent, to a uniform duty OF 227f
per cent. a rate somewhat hlgher IN
proportion than the rest OF the sched-
ule, because of cheap freight rates on
foreign pig, it being favorite freight
on westward voyages. Steel rails we
reduce from S13!44 per ton, now 70 per
cent, to 25 per cent. AS the pool
which has kept prices up so many
years in this country seems now disor-
ganized, the other producers will soon
need protection, more against Mr.
Carnegie at Pittsburg and Mr.. Stirling
at Chicago than against foreign pro-
ducers. The residue of the schedules
varies from 25 to 30 per cent, wood
screws being put at the latter figure.
Iron beams and girders are 35 per cent,
and the variety of lengths and sizes,
and also of the frequent necessity OF
changing the rolls in making beams
and girders, because Of the irregular
quantities and lengths and sizes OF Or
Qers.
Tin plates are reduced to 40 per cent.
little more than one half Of the Nc
Kinley rate. This ls revenue duty,
and at the same time enough to permit
any existing mills to live and flourish.
Cheaper grades of pocket cutlery are
35 per cent. and higher grades 45. Ia
BILE cutlery Is put at 35 per cent. These
are very substantial reductions from
the present rates. which, being specific,
reach in some grades of pocket cutlery
as high as 90 per cent, but with release
of taxes on raw materials, especially on
pearl and ivory for handles, they seem
ample.
Both copper ores and pig copper are
made free, we being large exporters OF
the latter, and the duty serving only to
enable the producers to sell higher to
our people tnan to foreigners. -.
Nickle Is free. Lead ore has a small
duty of Is per cent. pig lead Is one
cent a pound. Silver lead ores are re-
stored to the free list.
Unmanufactured lumber Is free.
Manufactured is put at 20 per cent,
with the proviso that If any export du-
ties are changed on foreign lumber,
it shall be admitted only at the rates
now existing.
SUGAR MADE CHEAPER.
Sugar has been a difficult subject
to deal with. Raw sugar was trans.
ferred to the free list by the Mckinley
bill, because nearly all the taxes paid
on 1t went to the public treasury. A
strong desire among some members OF
the committee Was to pu5 an adValo.
rum duty of 20 or % per cent. on 1t,
and to abolish the bounty at once. At
ter much consideration, It was decided
to reduce by one half the duty on re-
fined sugar, and to repeal the bounty
one-eighth eacll year, leaving raw su.
gar untaxed, as at present.
In the tobacco schedule, those "a tes
were sought which would bring the
most revenue. The present taxes OF 81
and So Is a pound on wrapper leaf have
blotted out many small establishments
and actually impaired the revenue.
We make the rates 81 and $1.25 per
pound on wrapper leaf and 35 cents
and so cents per pound on filler tobac.
CO unsteamed and steamed 10 each.
Manufactures Of tobacco are put at 40
cents. Cigars are reduced from $3.50
per pound and 25 per cent. advalorum
to So per pound and 25 per cent. which
is believed to be the most productive
revenue rate, and is higher than the
law Of 1883.
Live animals are put at 20 per cent.
Barley is reduced from 80 cents per
bushel to 20 per cent, which Is about
IL cents. Breadstuffs, of which we
are immense exporters, are made free,
except when imported from some
country putting duties on our like pro-
ducts, in which case the duty is 20 per
cent.
Fresh vegetables, fruits, eggs and
like food products are untaxed for the
benefit Of our consumers, largely the
working people of the cities. Salt in
bulk is frea; in packages the salt is
free, but the covering Is dutiable at
rates prescribed for like articles.
The tariff on spirits Is put at double
the internal revenue rates on like
spirits, and some slight reduction Is
made on still wines, malt liquors, gin.
ger ale and like beverages, In the inter-
est of increased revenue. The duty on
spark ling wines is likewise slightly re-
duced for the same reasons, that on
champagne being put at 81 per dozen
quarts, as against SO in the Mckinley
bill and Sc In the law of 1888.
In cotton manufactures substantial
reductions are made, and especially on
cheap cloths and prints, and the exist
ing system Of taxing by count Of
threads in the square inch is retained.
Hemp and flax are made free; dressed
lines of hemp aud flax l cent and II
cents, respectively.
Burlsps and cotton and grain bag
ging are put at Is per cent. but when
imported for covering articles to be ex-
ported and duty free.
WOOL is FREE.
Wool is plade free. This takes the
stills from under woolen manufactures
and begets the hope that they may re-
cover from the languishing condition
in which they have been for quarter
of century, and that we may get