The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-12-12

THE CHANGES.
The changes which are made in the
tariff bill since it was given to the pub.
lie two weeks ago are as follows:
Tin plate from 40 per cont ad valorem
to one and one-fifth cents per pound,
with a provision that the reduction
shall not go into effect until October l,
1894.
Pearl buttons from 40 per cent ad va
lorem to one cent per line and 10 per
cent ad valorem.
Velvet and tapestry, velvet carpets,
figured or plain. printed on thewarp, or
otherwise, and all carpets and carpeting
or like character or description, in
creased from % to 80 per cent ad valo-
rem.
Tapestry, Brussels carpets, plain or
figured, and all carpets or carpetlng OF
like character or description, printed oil
tho warp or otherwise, increased from
% to 50 per cent ad valorem.
Treble ingram, three-ply and all chain
Venetian carpets increased from 70 to
80 per cent nd valorem.
Wool, Dutch and two-ply ingram car
pets from 20 to % per cent ad valorem.
Druggets and bGckings, printed, col
ored or otherwise, felt carpeting, figured
or plain, from 20 to 25 per cent ad
valorem.
Saxony, Wilton and Towmay velvet
carpets, figured or plain, and all carpet
ingof like character from % to 30 per
cent ad valorem.
Carpets and carpeting Of wool, flax or
cotton or composed of part OF either not
specially provided for IN this act, from
20 to % per cent ad valorem.
A change is made in the time when
the wooden schedule shall go into effect.
The first print OF the bill stated that the
woolen schedule shall 80 into effect
July 1, 1894, and that on all rates OF
duty in woolen schedule except on car
pets there shall bo reduction OF one
cent on the hundred every year until
1900. This is changed so that the wool
en- schedule shall 90 into effect the
same time as the remainder OF the bill
and that the reductions which are to
follow will be on all woolens, except
carpets, there being no change in this
particular provision.
The silk schedule is now as follows:
"Silk partially manufactured from
cocoons or from waste silk and not
further advanced or manufactured than
carded or combed silk, % cents per
pound. Thrown silk, not more ad-
yanced than singles, tram or ganzine,
sewing silk, twist, aoss and silk threads
or yarns of every description, except
spun silk, 25 per cent ad valorem; spun
silk in skeins, cops, warps or on beams,
80 per cent ad valorem."
Several changes are made in the cot
ton schedule.
POTTERY CHANGES.
In the pottery schedules changes are
as follows:
Magnesic fire brick from free list to
81 per ton. Clays and earths wrought
or manufactured from So to 81 per ton.
The following are left out of tho new
bill:
White granite, common ware, plain
white or cream colored, lustered or
printed under glaze, in single color,
sponRed, dipped or edged ware thirty
per cent I'D valorem.
Undecorated china, porcelain, eaEthen
and stoneware, etc. reduced from 40 to
So per cent ad valorem, and decorated
from As to 40 per cent.
The following has been added to the
wood schedule taken from the free list
Lumber OF any sort, planed or finish
cd, for each side SO plaued or finished,
so cents per thousand feet, beard meas
ure; and II planed on one side and ton.
gued and grooved 81 per thousand feet,
board measure; and II placed on two
sides aud tongued and grooved 81 so per
one thousand feet, board measure; and