The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1893-12-06

natural and healthy play to production
and emancipates him from trusts anC
like combinations OF capital
GAS to details OF the bill, will brief
ly recapitulate the salient changes OF the
several schedules a
In the chemistry schedule we have
transferred to the free list quite a mum
Der OF articles used in manufacturing the
most important OF which is sulphuriC
acid, one Of the commodities Of all chem
ical industry. The duty on castor oil il
reduced from IS to 35 cents per gallon
And the duty on linseed oil, which was
revised-to 80 cents by the conference
committee of the Mckinley bill after
each house had openly voted for lower
duty, we put at Is cents gallon. Pig
lead being reduced from to cent a
pound. Lead paints are conspicuously
reduced. fsH
"The Mckinley bill increased the duty
on opium prepared for smoking to $l2 a
pound in the vain hope OF lessening its
importation. The custom house officers
on the pacific coast declare that this in
crease of duty has simply placed it in the
hands of smugglers, the bringing of
opium to the decentralization OF the cns-
toms service and the loss of over half a
million revenue. The duty proposed is
believed to be collectible, and will put
the traffic under government control
and suppression.
"In the pottery schedule reductions
are made. Plain white wares decreased
from the high schedule in which II mys-
teriously crowded itself. Decorated ware
is reduced from go to As percent I'm
decorated from 50 to 45 per cent. In
common window glass, where close COM
binations have kept up the price to con-
sumers under the scales Of duties aver
aging 100 per cent reduction of more
than one.half has b, en- made in all the
larger sizes. There is no doubt that
these rates will permit very healthy
growth of the industry here. In plate
glass reductions are made, the largest
size from so cents to 30 cents per square
foot, on silvered from 60 to 80 cents.
ain the iron and steel schedule we
begin 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 us to the
leadership OF the world in the production |
of iron and steel and brought near at |
hand an undisputed supremacy in the |
great field OF manufactures. The use of |
steam shovels reduces the cost of mining |
to point where the wages paid "natu-
raj labor" are irrelevant. Pig iron we
reduce from G.72 per ton, which is from
so to 80 per cent, to uniform duty of
% IL per cent. A rate somewhat high
er in proportion than the rest of the
schedule because of cheap freight rates
on foreign pig, it being favorite freight
ON westward voyages.
''Stcel rails we reduce from IA per
ton, now rs per cent, to 25 per cent As
the pool which has kept up prices SO
many years in this country seems now
the other producers will
soon need protection, more against Mr..
Carnegie at Pittsburg and Mr.. Stirling at
Chicago than against foreign producers.
The residue of the schedule varies from
20 to 80 per cent. Beams and girders are
30 per cent, because Of the waste OF cut
ting beams and the va iety of lengths
and also of the frequent necessity of
the rolls in making beams and
Orders, because Of the irregular guam
titles and lengths and sizes OF orders.
TEMPLATES are reduced to 40 per cent.
4 little more than one-half of the Nc
Kinley rate. This is revenue duty,
and at the same time enough to permit
any existing mills to live and flourish.
Cheaper grades OF pocket cutlery are 80
per cent higher grades As. Table cut
cry is put at IS per cent. There are
very substantial reductions from present
rates, which bring specific reach in some
grades of pocket cutlery as high as 80
per cent. but with releases of taxes on
Jaw material, especially on pearl and
worry for handles, seems ample.
"Both copper ore and pig copper are
made free, we being large exporters OF
he latter and the duty serving only to
enable the producer to sell higher to our
people than to foreigners. Nickle is free
Lead ore has small duty of Is per cent
Pig lead cent a pound, silver lead ores
ire restored to the free list. Unmanu-
actured lumber is free. Manufactured
8 put at 20 per cent with the proviso
hat in any export duties or charges on
oreign lumber, it shall be admitted only
It the rates now existing.
"Sugar has been difficult subject to
leal with. Raw sugar was transferred