The sun., 1894-12-29
TARIFF REDUCTIONS ON JAW =.
Ths E.tirs weel sehes-ie e rsns pr..,
ep That Date


81 That Date.
wAsHINoror. Dec. os.-on neSt Tuesday the
hrst o. the new year. the TarIn act passed AT
the last session Of Congress will b. In full force
and eject in every particular. Although the
bill became law on Aug. 90 there was one
whole schedule and an Item In another schedule
that were not 10 take effect until Jan. 1, 1898.
The schedule was wool and the single item
~dolls, &C."
Shortly after the Tari6 act went into opera
tion the Secretary OF the Treasury made q
ruling. based upon an opinion Of the acting
Attorney General, which reversed the ruling Of
the Board Of General Appraisers at New York.
and which, IL was claimed by Senators. placed q
construction upon the terms Of the act entirely
opposed to that which was intended by the
Legislative body. Paragraph 2o7 reads as fol-
lows The reduction OF the rates of
duty herein provided for manufactures Of
wool shall take effect Jan. 1, 1895" Through
ont the wool schedule the hair OF the camel,
goat, or alpaca is classified with wool pure and
simple and when the question came before tho
Board Of Appraisers they decided that goods
made Of such material were exempt from the
new duty until Jan. 1. 1895. This ruling the
department reversed, and held that only goods
composed wholly Of wool should be exempt from
the new duty until Jan. /. Consequently much
OF the foreign manufactures entered were with
drawn for consumption under the reduced rates
Of duties.
On Tuesday next there can be no doubt. how
ever, a. TO what the rates shall be. and any
article coming under the wooden schedule, how
ever classified, will be subject TO the reduced
duty The entire wool schedule shows great
reductions. The average ad valorem rate under
the Mckinley act was 9S.62 per cent; under
rs'ESdi a Of $3.50 per cent Tie
ductions upon the various items OF the schedule
are as follows:
Yarns woollen and worsted, according 70 oassincs-
uSp Cloths. n sG t6ree n gel CLASSES to per cent
shawis, three. CLASSES, 55 to 7Tper cent.
Ar other % @snufsetSrss not specially provided for,
three Slssse, ; ~ to 90 per S sent ,a - mar cant
Hats, four olssse.. 30 to az per cent o . "a -
Flsnnels for underwear four classes - 70 ~ per
pre.. goods womcns and chlldrens italian cloth,
Other Ciothins, ready made. &C. SO per cent
Pu.S.s not and SVyia otSer ps fabrics os per cent
clocks domsns aSssS. ns ssss snd @ S'ner ne
OoSd. na and
ers. &C., a. az geT Tssnsi,nz-Aueu,.op. cent Administer, No.
qastte and chenils carpets and carpet; whol.
FOR rooms, and oriental, Berlin and other similar
sasony, Wilton. and Tourney velvet carpets, ~ per
Velvet and tapestry velvet carpets printed on the
tapestry brussels printed the warp or otherwise
Tteble ingram threepy and all chain Venetian car
Wool, Dutch. and two-ply ingram carpets, % per
cent.
DruEgets and bookings, printed. coiored or other
wise, NJ per cent.
Felt cafpeting SO per cent.
| for, 40 per cent - a..
| The single item selected as an exception sp-
| pears under the head of sundries, and is as
| follows:
Dolls doll heads, toy marbles OF whatever material
composed and all other toys not composed OF ruOOcr
china porcelain, paran blsque earthen or sonew
and not specially provided for in this act so per cent
ad valoreIn.
This Is a reduction. according 10 the statement
! made by the Finance Committees expert. OF q
per cent, but the Mckinley act made the duty
| on the same paragraph IS per cent This new
| duty goes into effect Jan. next