The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-12-01
THE NEW TARIFF
The New Democratic Tariff Bill Has
Been Given Out.-SOme Of the
Principal Items Enumerated.
The Free List Is of Liberal ScOpe.-
The Principal of Reciprocity
Repuidated.

WASHINGTON. Nov. 2S.-The new demo-
cratic tariff bill has been given out. Its
provisions fulfill every expectation of
those who predicted it would be meas
ure of radical reform. In many respects
it is surprise, even to the democrats, as
it is unprecedented in many provisions.
The free list is of liberal scope, sufficient
to satisfy the most radical advocates Of
reform and the reputation of the prin-
ciple of reciprocity is decisive and
emphatic. Thus the bill in addition to
tariff reforms will, if passed, necessitate
the readjustment of treaties with the
South American countries which enjoy
practical or theortic reciprocity with the
United States. The bounty on sugar,
instead Of being repealed at once, will be
repealed by easy graduations, and will
not reach full effect till after the close
of the present century.
Beginning March next, the following
articles will be added to the free list:
Bacon, hams, beef, mutton, pork, meats
of all kinds prepared or preserved; not
otherwise provided for; baryta, binding
twine made in whole or part Of thistle or
tampico fiber, MANILA, sissal or sum,
single ply measuring not more than 600
feet to the pound; stuffed birds not
suitable for millinery, birdskins, prepar-
ed for preservation, blue vitrol, bone
charcoal, bituninous and shale and
slack or cut coke, coal tar, colors or
dyes not specially provided for, oxide of
cobalt, copper ores, old copper, clippings
from new copper, all compositions Of
which copper is the chief component of
value, regulus and black copper and
copper cement, copper plates, bars, in
gots, pigs, other forms, copperas, cotton
ties, diamonds, dust or bart, jewels used
in the manufacture of watches and
clocks, yolks of eggs of birds, fish and
insects, crude down, fresh fish, undress-
ed furs iodine, resublimated iron ore
including magniferous iron, dress or
burnt pyrites IN natural state, lard and
lemon juice, mica and crude metallic
minerals and unwrought metals; ocher
and and ochery earths; sienna and
sienna earths, umber and umber earths;
cotton seed oil; paintings and statuary;
plows, tools, disc harrows, harvesters
reapers, drills, mowers, horse rakes, cul-
tivators, threshIng machines, cotton
gins. plush black for making mems
hats, quicksilver. salt, silk no,
further advanced in manufacture than
carding or combing, soap not otherwise
provided for, sulphate of soda, or salt
cake or nitre cake; sulphuric acid; tallow
and wool grease; straw, burr stone
bound into mill stones, free stone
granite, sand stone, lime stone and Other
building or monumental stone except
marble undressed; all wearing appare
and other personal effects ON identity be-
ing established under regulations to be
established by the treasury; timber
hewn and sawed; spar and wharf timber
squared or sided timber; saved boards
boards, planks, deals and other lumber
lath, pickets, paings, shingles, slaves anC
manufactured wood, provided that thu
same duties as now exist shall obtain il
cases in which export duty is laid or