Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-03-08
THE TARIFF BILL
Reported to the Full Senate Com
mittee on Finance.
THE MOST INTERESTING ORANGES
Tax on Sugar, Iron Ore, Coal and
Whisky.
F. EE LIST CHI AN G E S

The tariff bill was reported to the full
committee on finance this morning and was
given to the public. The changes in the
bill are comparatively few; nothing like as
many have been anticipated. The most
interesting changes those which all
along have been discussed Of sugar, iron
ore, lead and lead ore. coal and whisky.
Sugar is taken from the free list and put
upon the dutiable list at rate of one cent
per pound on all sugar not above eighty
degrees; one cent and one-hundredth for
all above eighty and not above ninety de-
grees: above ninety and not above ninety
six. one cent and two one-hundredths;
above ninety-six, one cent and four-tenths.
Iron ore and coal are taken from the free
list and put at forty cents per ton; lead
ore and silver lead ore are taxed three
fourths of a cent per pound Whisky is
taxed one dollar and ten cents per gallon
and the bonded period is extended 20 eight
years. The item of collars and cuffs, about
which there was a hard fight in the House
and which excited the New York Sena-
tors to extraordinary efforts to secure an
increase Of duty, the rate is advanced from
thirty-five to forty-fve per cent. and all
tOther wearing apparel composed wholly or
part of linen is left at thirty-five per cent
as in the House bill. The bill is made to
go into effect on the Both of June, 1884.
Some Small Changes.
Here and there throughout the schedules
Of the bill there small changes up or
down, designed to put the duties at the rate
calculated to be best for revenue purposes.
There are very few changes in the earthen-
ware and china schedule, over which there
has been considerable contention. The duty
on bricks not glazed, enameled or decorated
Is increased from % to % per cent. China,
porcelain, bisQue, etc, plain white and not
decorated in any manner is increased from
35 per cent to 40 per cent. The same deco
rated is increased from 40 per cent to A.
per cent On plain green and colored glass
and flint glass. including bottles, demi-
johns etc, the duty is increased from 30 to
40 per cent. On cut glass. colored, stained
and decorated, sivered, not including plate
glass sivered or looking glass, the duty is
increased from 30 to 40 per cent, On cut
glass, bottles. etc, the duty is increased
from 35 to 40.
The Iron Schedule.
In the iron schedule the duty on iron
slabs. blooms, etc, advanced beyond the
state of pig iron, the duty is increased from
% 1-2 to % per cent. Bar iron, rolled or
hammered in coils rods. etc, from 25 to
% per cent. Beams and girders from 80 to
35 per cent. Boiler or other plate iron or
steel, except saw plates, not to be thinner
| than No. 10 wire gauge, increased from %
to 30 per cent. Iron and steel forgings, in
creased from 25 to 80 per cent. Hoops and
bands or coil iron or steel, from 25 to 80 per
cent
Steel rails from twenty to twenty two
and one-half per cent. Boiler tubes reduced
| from twenty-five to twenty per cent. Cast
iron pipes of all descriptions reduced from
twenty-five to twenty per cent. Shears ard
scissors are put in the fCrty-fiv per cent
rating. Gold leaf is reduced from thirty
five to thirty per cent.
| Az to Grain.
| The duty on barley is increased from
twenty-five to thirty per cent ana OH barley
malt from thirty five to forty per cent. The
duty on hay is changed from 81 per ton to
twenty per cent ad valorem; on honey.
from 10 cents per gallon to twenty per cel.t
ad valorem; on hops, from cents per pound
| to twenty per cent ad valorem: on onions,
| from - cents a bushel to twenty per cent
ad valorem. An ad valorem duty of twenty
per cent is put on pears and of thirty per
cent on potatoes. Apples, green o. ripe. and
| dried apples are taken from the free list
and placed at duty of twenty per cent
| Twenty per cent is placed on bananas
! Dates and olives and pineappleS are also
placed at twenty per cent. Plums and
| prunes and figs at thirty per cent. Fresh
beef, mutton and pork are placed at twenty
five per cent. The duty on cocoa is changed
| from cents per pound to five per cent ad
Valorem. On cocoa butter, to fifteen per
cent ad valorem. On dandelion roots thirty
per cent. Starch changed from l cent per
|
tard from 10 cents per pound to twenty
nVe per cent ad valorem. Orchids. lilies of
the valley, aZaleas, etc, are placed at ten
per cent ad valorem. Spices are rated at
| thirty per cent ad valorem. Vinegar at
twenty per cent ad valCrem.
| The Spirit Schedule.
In the spirit schedule there is a new pro-
vision that upon all compounds or prep
arations containing alcohol there shall be
| levied duty at the rate of 81 50 per proof
| gallon upon the distilled spirits contained
| therein in addition to the duty provided by
the law upon other ingredients contained in
| such compound or preparation" In the
schedule of cotton manufactures there are
no changes made In the linen schedule
the only changes are those relating to
collars and cuffs given above; an increase
In the duty on oil cloth from 30 to % per
cent and on flax gill netting from 30 to 3J
per cent The duty OH wooden and worsted
| cloths. shawls. knit fabrics and all fabrics
made on knitting machines or frames, etc,
wholly or part of wool, the duty is reduced
from 10 to 30 per cent; on linen and chill
dren's dress goods, from 40 to 80 per cent;
| on ready made clothing and articles of
wearing apparel, from 40 to 40 per cent;
| on webbing, suspenders, beltings, braids
| etc, from 10 to 30 per cent; on silks par
| TALLY manufactured, not beyond the state
| of combed silk, the duty is reduced from %
| to 70 per cent. The duty on unsized paper
and on paper for printing purposes is re-
duced from ID and Il to 10 per cent. The
duty on dice, chess men, billiard balls etc,
is reduced from 80 to 30 per cent ad valor-
EN-. The duty on matches is reduced from
20 to 10 per cent ad valorem. The duty on
| hats for men, women and children, COM
posed of fur, is increased from 30 to 50 per
! cent. The duty on pearls is reduced from
| 15 to 10 per cent, and on precious stones
cut, but not set, from 30 to 10 per cent and
| on set from 30 to 80 per cent. On imitation
precious stones a duty of 10 per cent ad
valorem is fixed. Sole leather is increased
| skins n
| creased from 10 to 20 per cent; bookbinders
| leather is reduced from - to 20 per cent
| Lead pencils are increased from 30 to 40
per cent, and slate pencils from % to 30
per cent. Smokers pipes from 80 per cent
| to 10 per cent common clay pipes to 10 per
| cent. Umbrellas, sun shades, etc, are re-
| duced from 35 per cent to 30 per cent.
Wool and Manufactures of Wool.
ION wool of the sheep, hair of the camel,
goat, alpaca or other like animals. in the
form of rowing, roping or tops" the Wilson
bill is changed so as to make only one
rate of 25 per cent ad valorem
| A like change is made in the paragraph
relating to wooden and worsted yarns made
wholly or in part of wool, worsted, the hair
of the camel, goat, alpaca or other animals
and the whole put at 80 per cent ad valor-
EN-.
On wooden worsted cloths. shawls. knit
act. 35 per cent ad valorem. Wilson bill
40 per cent.
The paragraph relating to blankets, hats
of wool and hannelS for underuear ora