The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-03-15
CORRECTED WILSON BILL.
THE FREE LIST CUT DOWN.
a Duty on Sugar. Lead. Ore. Coal. Coke
and Iron Ore, Raw Wool and Lum-
ber Remain on the Free List.

The Wilson tariff bill which passed the
house of representatives February 1, was
ltid before the full membership OF the
senate COMMITTEES on finance in the amend
ed form upon which the Democratic major
ity OF that committee finally agreed after
one whole months consideration and mum.
erous changes Of front upon all the J. ore
important oh ects of taxation. The more
important items are as follows:
sugar not above 50 degrees polariscops
test ! cent per pound: for every additional
degrees or traction not above 90 degrees,
LOO cent ADDITIONAL above 10 and not
above 10, 2-lO0 per degree and above 90 de-
grees, duty of I-l0 cents per pound.
Molasses. testing not above 50 degrees by
the pOiatscOpe. shall pay a duty OF . cents
per gallon; mulasses testing above 56 de
grecs shall pay u duty of 4 cents per gallon.
whisky at sl.lO per gallon aud the
bonded period extended from to years
Iron ore, 10 cents per ton.
Lead ore c TER pound, including lead
mixed with silver ores. 4 Coal bitumnous and
culm IL cents per ton; coke 10 per cent al
valofen.
Iron ore including manganiferous iron
ore. also tie dessOs or resdum from burnt
pytltes, iOc per ton; iron IN pig, iron kent.
ledge spiegelelsen, ierro silicon, - ! per
cent al yalorem. All iron In slabs, blooms,
loops, or other forms more advanced
than pig IRON, and less finished than in bars
- ter cent al valorem Wilson bill 22l per
cent?
Bar iron, rolled or hammered. round iron
in coil or rods and bar shapes oi rolled iron
= per cent ad ya.orem, Wilson bill, 2j
per c.D Beams, girdets iOists, ana all other
ghuIsa af AR a. oh tph hatI Iar la,
or punched. or Tiled tor use, 81 per cent nd
valOrem. Wilson bill 30 per cent, Boiler
or other plate iron or steel. except saw
plates hereinafter provided Tor, not thinner
lhan No. 10 wire gauge. sheared and un.
sheared, and skelp iron or steel, sheared or
rolled IN grooves, 30 rer cent al yaloren.
Wilson bill, 20 per cent?
Forgines Of iron OF steel. or forged iron
or steel combined, 80 per cent ad valotem
wilson bill, - Der cent? Hoop. band OF
scroll iron or scroll 81 per cent ad valorem
(NlIsOn bill, - per cent? Halfway bars
made OF IRON or steel, and railway bars
made In part OF stecl I rails and punched
iron or steel Hat rails - - per cent ad
yllorem. Wilson bill ~ per cent? The
lead products remain as in the wilson bill.
The wuOlen schedule shows few changes
These are aboutJ per cent reduction
There is no change in the cotton schedule
The duty on collars and cuffs is increased
The date for going into effect of the bill is
changed from June To June 80 aud q
duty - levied on articles imported or with
drawn for consumption. There is no
change in lumber.
In the eartheuware schedule decorated
china - per cent not decorated so per cent
No other changes in this schedule from the
House bill.
Plain green flint glass and lined glass.
including bottles, 40 per cent. glass cut
Htnfpu fnlprp1 an no nj tyiu.a
bottles and vessels, decorated, 20 per cent.
including opal and porcelain glass
window glass l6X9I inches | IS cents
per pound; 2ix30, u cents; lix36 II cents:
all above that, Il cents. Noextra changes
In glass schedules
In paragraph us the provso that the re-
ductions provided tor as 10 sheets of iron
or steel thinner than No. - wire gauge shall
take effect on October !, 1854. is stricken
n 90, 9 :. ...-- f. ..... pI nviso in para -raph
l2l relating TO the plates, terne plate and
taggers tin.
Boilers, or other tubes, pipes, hues or stays
OF wrought iron or steel ~ per cent ad val
orem; Wilson bill. p per cent
Cast iron pipe of every description, 20 per
cent, Wilson bill - per cent
In paragraph l3S shears aud scissors are
added to the list OF articles on which duty
OF - per cent is levied
Wood screws, 80 per cent; Wilson bill. 80.
AtOll anu NlANtI ltdl ~ titF cent. " llSOn nil
-. Lead ore ani lead drOss, three fourths
Of one cent per round; provided. that silver
AMI all other ores containing lead shalt nav
IA duty OF three iOurths OF one cent per
pound on the lead contained therein, accord.
ing TO sample ana assay AT the port of ell
Try,
Ieus metallic except gold pens. 80
pes cent al Naloremi Wilson bill, - per
cent
Manufactured articles nr wares, not speci.
ally provided iur in this act, com posed
wholly ur IN part OF any metal. and whether
partly %: wholly manufactured, 80 per
cent ad valorem; Wilson bill, 81 per
cent.
In the miscellaneous, schedule of metals
gold l'at S reduced from - 10 30 per cent
silver leaf from 30 To 80 per cent, steel pens
from - To- - per cent.
Under agricultural products barley is in
creased from - to 80 per cent. and barley
malt from 20 tu 10 per cent: maccaroni i
rcdnced from % to - per Ct; butter changed
from CtutS per Ound TO 20 per cent ad valo-
rem, preserved milk irO n - per cent ad VA.
lorem to cents per pound hay from 81 a
ton 20 - per cent, honey from 10 cents IA
gallon To 20 per cent al valorem; hops from
; cents a pound 10 % per cent ad Nalore n,
onions tIom 20 cents a bushel to 20 per
cent nj valorem; peas from specific duty 10
20 per cent potatoes from 10 cents a b,.shel
10 ou per cent hppIes, bhlanns, uhteS, owes,
and pineapples, 20 per cent. ad vaiorem,
plums. prunes raisns and zante currants,
30 per cent ad Nalorem fresh beef. mutton
and pork ~ 5per cent al valorem poultry
is changed from cents pound to 20 per
cent ad valorem; starch and dcXtrine
changed from cent pound 80 per cent.
and mustard changed from 10 cents q
pound 10 % per cent; spices changed from
cent pound 10 80 per cent AT vaorem;
vinegar changed TO % per cent al valorenl.
he cotton schedule remains as in the
wilson bill
sole leather is increased from to 10 per
Cent Calf skins from 10 TO 20 per cent.
THE INCOME TAX
with the exception OF changes In the
text and modification OF some of its pro.
visions, the income tax remains as part OF
the bill. The first section reads:
That from and afer January l. 1895.
there shall hp R,llaata1 and nail iu