The Oskaloosa herald., 1893-12-14
OWA. THURSDAY DECEMBER
CHANGES IN TIE TARIFF.
Important Revisions Made by tfe Major
ity OF the COMMITTEES.

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Important Revisions Made by tl,e Major
ity OF the COMMITTEES.
| WASHINGTON, Dec. 13--The ways and
means committee have changed the
time when the tariff bill will go into
effect from March l to June ], 1894.
The revised bill was laid before the
committee Monday morning. The
changes which have been made
| during two weeks have been noted
from time to time, the most i'm
portant being pearl buttons and tin
plate. Members of the majority of the
committee say that the changes are
mostly from ad valorem TO specific du.
ties
| An increased tax on playing cards,
cigarettes and cigars is practically de.
termined upon, but the precise rate is
not yet formally adopted. There is nc
reason to change the statement made
ten days ago that the cigarette tax oi
fifty cents per 1000 will be doubled.
A tax on incomes is settled beyond a
peradventure, but its form and scope
are yet to be determined by the ma
jority members of the committee.
The following is given as the cor.
rected and official list of the changes
since the first publication of the bill:
| Collodion from 81 a pound 10 IS per cent ac
4 valorem. Ether, sulphuric, from p to % cents
L per pound Lead and lead products changed
/ from ad valorem 10 one half The present spe
4 cific rates. Magesic firebrick. I per ton Pot
/ terry classification changed and rates made 3
Il and 40 per cent FerromangaGese from 22h pei
i cent. TO 10 per cent Common black plate from
4 35 per cent ad valorem TO a specific duty o.
| 9-l0 cent.
Tin plate from an ad yalorem duty OF 40 pei
cent to q specific duty OF is cents per pound
/ taking effect October 1. Wire from 81 to 8:
| cents Lead sheets, etc, made specific at l1<
cents pound.
| Lumber-Duties are restored on plain lumber
1 at the rate OF 30 cents thousand feet for each
4 side planed; II for planed, lOngued and grOoVeC
i on one side; and sl5g when planed, tonguec
1 and grOoved on both sides.
| Malt, from 20 per cent 10 p per cent
/ Oranges, 8 cents per cubic foot capacity. Choc
olate confectionery, from cents per pound tC
L 25 per cent ad valorem. Champagne, restored
/ to the present rates. Twine OF hemp into bas
i ket, clause increased from 10 per cent to 81
per cent Oilcloth, from 90 per cent TO 25 pei
cent Linens, laces, etc, from IS to 40 pei
i cent Carpets, except Aubusson or Brussels
1 increased per cent Combed silk, which
Il is now on the free list is restored
L to the dutiabld list at half the presen
rate, 25 cents o pound. Brushes and feather
/ busters from p to 80 per cent Pearl buttons
from 40 per cent to one cent per line and 10 pei
I cent ad Valorem. Jewelry increased from p tC
l 81 per cent Ivory sawed or cut into logs only
L placed on the free list Petroleum, crude oil
refined, is made free II the country producing II
| admits ours free. Original drawings and
| sketches and artists proofs of etchings and en-
L cravings and statuary OF wood are added TO the
1 free art clause. Mother-of- pearl sawed and
i cut, is taken from the free list and left among
/ the manufacture OF pearl.
The limit of wearing apparel which may bt
| brought in free is reduced from $500 to ESQ.,
Cotton thread, yarn warps, or warp yarn,
| whether single or advanced beyond the condt
| ton Of single by grouping twisting two OF
i more single yarns together, whether in beams
/ or in bundles, skeins or cops, or in any other
| form, except spool thread or cotton
hereinafter provided for, valued at no
| exceeding IL cents a pound, 20 per cent
/ ad valorem: valued at over l2 cent!
1 per pound and not exceeding 20 cents pei
/ pound, % per cent ad valorem; valued at Over
20 cents per pound and not exceeding 80 cent?
| per pound, 80 per cent ad valorem: valued a
| 80 cents and not exceeding 40 cents per pound
i IS per cent; valued at over 40 cents pei
i pound, 40 per cent ad Valorem Burlaps, 10 pei
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