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

natural and healthy play to productio
and emancipates him from trusts an
like combinations OF capital.
"As to details of the bill, will briel
ly recaptulate the salient changes Of tn
several schedules 49,
I'm the chemistry schedule we hav
transferred to the free list quite q mum
Der OF articles used in manufacturing tn
most important of which is sulphuri
acid, one of the commodities OF all chem
zeal industry. The duty on castor oil i
reduced from IS to 35 cents per gallon
And the duty on linseed oil, which wa
revised to 35 cents by the ,conferenc,
committee Of the Mckinley bill ate
each house had openly voted for lowe
duty, we put at Is cents a gallon. ri;
lead being reduced from to cent ,
pound. Lead paints are conspicuously
reduced. Wv
THE Mckinley bill increased the duty
on opium prepared for smoking to $l2s
pound in the vain hope OF lesseniDg id
importation. The custom house officer:
on the pacific coast declare that this in
crease Of duty has simply placedit in the
hands of sfnugglers,. the bringing Of
opium to the decentralization of the Gus.
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. aae
"In the pottery schedule reductions
are made. Plain white wares decreased
from the high schedule in which il mys-
teriously crowded itself. Decorated ware
is reduced from 80 to As percent. I'M
decorated from So to 40 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
tnan 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
siz, from so cents to 80 cents per square
foot, on silvered from 60 to 50 cents.
"In 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 6.72 per ton, which is from
so to 80 per cent, TO uniform duty OF
% l-2 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.
"Steel rails we reduce from 1874 per
ton, now rs per cent, to % per cent. AS
the pool which has kept up prices so
many years in this country seems now
disorganized, 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
25 to 80 per cent. Beams and Orders 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
changing the rolls in making beams and |
girders, because Of the irregular guam
titles and lengths and sizes of orders.
TEMPLATES are reduced to 40 per cent.
a little more than one-half Of the Nc
Kinley rate. This is a revenue duty,
and at the same tine enough to permit |
any existing mills to live and flourish.
Cheaper grades OF pocket cutlery are IS |
per cent. higher grades As. Table cut
lery is put at IS per cent. There are
very substantial reductions from present |
rdJtS, WulCu UiiiS SpoSihO iVoOh AZ ooihO
grades Of pocket cutlery as high as 90
per cent. but with releases of taxes on |
raw material, especially on pearl and
ivory for handles, seems ample.
"Both copper ore and pig copper are
made free, we being large exporters Of
the 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 a small duty Of Is per cent
Pig lead l cent pound, silver lead ores
are restored to the free list. Unmanu-
featured lumber is free. Manufactured
is put at 20 per cent. with the proviso |
that in any export duties or charges on
foreign lumber, it shall be admitted only |
at the rates now existing.
"Sugar has been difficult subject to
deal with. Raw sugar was transferred
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