The herald., 1893-11-28

United Statee supremacy in this great
line OF manufacture. Pig iron is reduced
from s6 70 per ton, equivalent oil DO to
80 per cent, to q uniform duty OF 2219
per cent, steel rails, from $l3+4i per
ton. equal to 75 per cent, to 20 per cent.
Tin plate is reduced nearly half to 40
per cent, which should allow the exist
ing mills to live and flourish
Copper ores and pig copper are made
free. We are large exporters OF the lat
ter and the duty served only to allow
the producer to sell higher to our people
than to foreigners.
Nickel is free; lead ore, only 10 per
cent; pig lead, cent per pound; silver
lead ores free.
Unmanuiactured lumber is free man
ufactured, % per cent.
On the subject OF sugar the statement
says: "Sugar has been difficult mat
ter to deal with. Raw sugar was trans
ferred to the free list by the Mckinley
bill, because nearly ali the taxes paid
on it went to the public treasury.
There was strong desire among the
members of the committee to put
an ad valorem duty'of 90 or % per cent
on it, and abolish the bounty at once.
After much consideration it was decided
to reduce to one-half the duty on refined
sugars, and repeal the bounty one-eignth
each year, leaving raw sugars untouched
at present.
sin the tobacco schedule rates were
sought which would bring the most
revenue. The present tax OF $2.75 per
pound on wrappers and leaf blotted out
many small establishments and i'm.
paired the revenue. We make the rate
Of 81 and $1.75 on wrapper leaf and 80
and 30 cents ON filler unstemmed and
stemmed. Manufactures OF tobacco 40
cents. Cigars are reduced from $3.50 per
pound and % per cent ad valorem. to So
per pound and % per cent. These are
believed to be the most productive rev.
enue rates."
Live animals are 20 per cent. Barley
is reduced from 80 cents per bushel to
20 per cent, or about II cents. Bread
stuffs, OF which we are immense ex.
porters, are free, except TO countries
which put duties on our like products,
) in which case it is 20 per cent. Fresh
vegetables, fruits. eggs and like food
products are untaxed for the benefit OF
the working people of the cities. Salt,
in bulk, is free, in packages, dutiable.
'The tariff on spirits is double the
internal revenue rates, with some slight
reduction on still wines. malt liquors.
ginger ale and like beverages, in the in
terest of increased revenue; fer the same
reason the duty on champagne is re-
duced to 81 per dozen quarts, against IS
in the Mckinley bill.
"a substantial reduction is made in
cotton manufactures, especially cheap
cloths and prints. Hemp and fax are
free; dressed linen, hemp and flax,
cent and % cents respectively burlaps
and cotton and grain bagging are Is per
cent; when exported as covering, free.
"Wool is free; this takes the stills
from under the wooden 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 woolen
goods at reasonable rates.
"Cloths and dry goods are put at 40
per cent; clothing at 45, rates higher
! than the committee desired, but deemed
temporarily necessary because our
manufacturers have &c long been ex-
| cluded from two-thirds Of the wool OF
the world, that they will have to learn
the art OF manufacturing with free wool.
A sliding scale is therefore added by
which the rates in the woolen schedule
are to come down five points with the
lapse of five years.
'Carpets, an industry which will soon
be independent of competition. are put
at 35 per cent for Administers, Moquette
and Wilton; 80 ior Brussels, while the
common grades are so down to 90
"The bill provides that the duty shall
be removed from wool on March 1st,
and reduced on wooden goods July 1st.
"In the elk schedules the reductions
| 81 in nr
woollen fabrics.
"Sole leather has been reduced from
10 to per cent. Leather gloves are
classified according to material and
length and are uniformly rated at spe.
cific duties which average not over %
per cent on common varieties and
nearly 40 per cent on fine lamb and kid
gloves.
''In the schedule of sundriee, many
articles, like hatters' plush, are put on
the free list.
"The duty on cut diamonds, pearls
and other precious stones is increased.
Works OF art, l am delighted to say, are
put back on the free list"
The statement concludes as follows:
"The above is rapid summary of the
chief changes made by the proposed
bill, and will give satisfactory idea,
believe, of it's gene.al structure. 1t is
eetimated that it will reduce the reve-
nues on the basis of the importations Of
1892, about $50,000,000, with an i'm
mensely larger decrease OF the tax bur-
den to the American people. The
administrative law is retained,
with few amendments, sug.
gested by the experience of its oper-
alton. That law was chiefly prepared
by Hewitt when he WAS in congress-, and
the changes proposed in our bill are to
make it more effective, while at the
same time softening some OF the features
added by the Mckinley bill, that would
treat the business of importing as an
outlary, not entitled to the protection of
the government"
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