The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-03-09
WILSON'S BILL.
The Tariff Measure Finally Given to-
the Full Senate Finance
Committee.
A Duty Of From 1 to l IA Cents
Placed on Sugar, According
to Quality.
Coal and Iron Ore Will Be Taxed 40
Cents a TOn-WOollens Re-
duced Slightly.

WASHINGTON, March 9.-The tariff
bill has been submitted to the finance
rommittee. The more important items
in the tariff bill just presented to the
full committee are as follows:
Sugar, not above 10 degrees polar
iscope test, 1 cent per pound; for every
additional degree or fraction, not above
80 degrees, LOO cent additional; above
80 and not above SO, 2-lOO cent per de-
gree; above 80 degrees, a duty of l 40
cents per pound.
Molasses testing not above Sc degrees
by the polariscope, shall pay a duty of
2 cents per gallon; molasses testing
above SO degrees shall pay a duty of 4
cents per gallon.
Whisky at S1.lO per gallon and the
bonded period extended from three to
eight years.
Iron ore, 40 cents per ton.
Lead ore, ga cents per pound, includ.
ing lead mixed with silver ores.
Coal, bituminous and shale, 40 cents
per ton.
Coal or slack Or Gull, IS cents per ton.
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The Metal Schedule.
Metal schedule-Iron ore including
manganiferous iron ore, also the dross
or residuum from burnt pyrites, 40 cents
per ton. Wilson bill free.
Iron ip pigs, iror, Kentledge, Spieg-
~eleisen, Ferrosilicon, % 1-2 per cent ad
valorem. Wilson bill, 20 per cent.
All iron in slabs, blooms, loops or
other forms, more advanced than pig
iron, and less finished than iron bars. rs
per cent ad valorem. Wilson bill, % 1-2
per cent.
Bar iron, rolled or hammered, round
iron, in coils or rods, and bars or shapes
of rolled iron. % per cent ad valorem.
Wilson bill, rs per cent.
Joisted and all other shapes of iron
or steel, whether plain or punched, or
fitted for use, 35 per cent ad valorem.
Wilson bill, 30 per cent.
Boiler or other plate OF steel, except
saw plates hereinafter provided for, not
thinner than No. 10, wire guage, shared
or unshared, and skelp iron or steel,
sheared or rolled, in grooves, 80 per
cent ad valorem. Wilson bill, 20 per
cent.
Forgings of iron or steel, or forged
iron or steel combined, 30 per cent ad
valorem. Wilson bill, 25 per cent.
Hoops, band or scroll iron or steel, 80
per cent ad valorem. Wilson bill, %
per cent.
Railway bars made of iron or steel,
and railway bars made in part of steel,
rails and punched iron or steel fiat rails,
90 ~ per cent ad valorem. Wilson
bill, ~ per cent.
3 The lead products remain as in the
Wilson bill.
The woollen schedule shows few
changes. These are about 5 per cent
reduction.
No change in cotton schedule. Collars
and cuffs increased from 35 to As per
cent ad valorem.
There is no change in lumber.
A New Provision.
In internal revenue section is a new
provision directing the president to i'm.
mediately notify the Hawaiian govern
ment that the United States will ter
inmate in IL months the treaty with
Hawaii made in 1875.
No change is made in the rates fixed
by the Wilson bill on imported tobacco.
The internal revenue section of the
bill covers the income tax, with many
verbal but few essential changes. 1t
makes a tax of 2 cents on every pack of
playing cards, similar to the provisions
In the Wilson bill; a tax on all tobacco,
cigars and cigarettes, weighing over 3
pounds per 1000 of s. per 1000; paper
cigarettes, of weight less than 3 pounds
per 1000, pay 81 per 1000, and those
wrapped in tobacco, so cents per 1000.
The date for going into effect of the
bill is changed from June l to June 80,
and a duty is levied on\articles imported
or withdrawn for consumption.