South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1893-12-07
new TARIFF BILL.
A Large Free List and Duties
Cut VithAn UnSparing Hand.
SALIENT FEATURES GIVEN.

Free Raw Materials Given to the
Manufacturer, but the Finished
Articiesare Taxed Less Heav-
ily-The Difficulties the
Committee Met With.
At lilo O'Clock Monday morning tho new
tariff bill was given to tho public, and Mr..
Wilson briefly summarized 1t as follows:
I'm tho chemical schedule We have trans
ferred to the free list quite number Of ar
ticles used In manufactures tho meet import
ant OF which is suIpburic acid, one OF the
corner-stones OF all chemical industry. The
duty on castor oil Is reduced from IS to IS
cents per gallon. and tho duty on lnseed oil,
which was secretly raised to 81 cents by tbs
conference committee on the Mckinley bill,
after each house had openly voted for a lower
duty. We put at 15 cents a gallon. Pig lead
being reduced from to cent a pound, lead
paints arc correspondingly reduced.
"ln the pottery schedule substantial reduc-
lions arc made. Plain white ware is dropped
from the high schedule in which It mysteri-
ously crowded itself Decorated ware is re-
duced from 50 to IS per cent undecoratod,
from IS to ~.
I'm common window-glass, where clos.
combinations have kept up the prices to con-
sumers under the shelter of duties averaging
100 per cent, reduction OF moro than one
hall has been mado in all the larger sizes
There 10 NO doubt that these rates Will per-
NIT a very healthy growth OF the Industry
here.
In plate glass reductions are made, the
largest sizes from so cents to sc cents per
square foot. or silvered, from 60 10 IS
IRON AND sTKEI.
"1n tho iron and steel schedule We began
with free ore. The discovery OF tho 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 Of
the production OF iron and steel and brought
near at hand our undisputed supremacy in
the great field OF manufactures.
''The use ofsteam shovels reduces the cost
OF mintas to point where the wages paid
natural labor nre irrelevant. Pig iron we
reduce from e6 u per ton, which Is from 80
to 90 per cent, to a uniform duty OF 22k por
cent, a rate somewhat higher in proportion
than the rest ofthe schedule because OF cbeap
freight rates on foreign pig, it being favor
lie freight on westward voyages. Steel rails
we reduce from s13.4l 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 disor-
ganized, the other producers will soon need
protection moro against Mr.. Carnegie, at
Pittsburg, and Mr.. Stirling, at Chicago, than
against foreign producers.
''The residue OF the schedules vary from Is
to 80 per cent, 1ood screws being put at the
latter figure Beams and girders at IS per
cent. because OF the waste in cutting beams
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 o:
orders. ..
TIF-PbATks.
TEMPLATES are reduced to 40 per cent, a
little more than one-haif OF the Mckinley
rate. This Is q revenue duty, and at the same
time enough to permit any existing mills to
live and flourish. Cheaper grades Of pocket
cutlery are IS per cent Higher grades As.
Table cutlery Is put at IS per cent There
are very substantial reductions from 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 MATER
ials, especially on pearl and ivory for handles
seem ample.
'Sugar has been q difficult subject to deal
with. Raw sugar was transferred to tho free
list by the Mckinley bill because nearly all
the taxes paid on It went to the public treas
ury. A strong desire among some members
OF the committee was 10 put IN ad valorem
duty Of 20 to rs per cent. on 1t and to abolish
the bounty at once. Aftor much considcra-
ton 1t was decided to reduce by one-haIf tho
duty on refined sugar and to repeal the
bounty one-eighth each year, leaving raw
sugar unta1ed as at present.
TOBACCO.
'In tho tobacco schedule those rates we're
sought which would bring most revenue.
| The present taxes OF % and e2. rs a pound on
! wrapper leaf have blo;ted out many small es-
Establishments aud actually impaired revonue
| We mako the rates 3l and el.25 per pound
| on wrapper leaf and IS cents and so cents
| per pound on filler tobacco, unstemssed aud
s:emmed in each. Manufacturers OF tobacco
| are put ut 40 cents. Cigars nre reduced
| from, $500 per pound aud IS per cent. ad
valorem to IS per pound and 60 per cent
which is believed to be tho most productive
revenue rate, and Is higher than tho law OF
1883.
LIQUORS.
'Tho tariff on spirits Is put at double the
internal revenue rates on like spirit, and
some slight reduction is made on still wines,
malt liquors, ginger ule and like beverages
IN the interest OF increased revenue. The
duty on sparkling wines is likewise slightly
reduced for tho same REASONS, that on ohnm-
pagne being put at 81 per dozen quarts. as
against 90 in the Mckinley bill and se In tho
law Of 1883.
Sin cotton manu- features substantial re-