The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-03-09

r personalities February /, was laid
before the full membership OF the Sen
ate com mittee Of finance this forenoon
at II o'clock, in amended form, upon
which the Democratic majority of that
committee finally agreed after one
whole months consideration and nu.
merous changes Of front upon all the
more important objects Of taxation.
The chief feature upon which public
interest is conferred were the provisions
in regard to the tariff on sugar, iron ore,
lead, wool and it's manufactures, cotton
manufactures and internal revenue,
taxes on which, whiskey and tobacco
In the sugar schedule, duties of cent
per pound for the ordinary polariscope
test grades to 4-lO cents per pound
are placed; molasses testing not over
SO degrees, cents per gallon and above
So degrees 4 cents per gallon.
Iron ore, including manganiferous
iron ore, also deross or residunam from
burnt pyrites, 40 cents per ton. Coal is
taken from the free list and made
dutiable also at 40 cents ton, and coke
at Is cents. Lead ore, which in the
Wilson bill was Is per cent. ad valorem,
lead ore and lead dross, three. fourths
Of one cent per pound; provided that
silver ore and all other ores containing
lead shall pay duty of three. fourths of
one cent per pound on the lead con-
tanned therein, according to sample, and
assay at the port Of entry.
Raw wool is left on tho free list ex-
actly as in the Wilson bill, with the
provision to go into effect August .,
1894. The whiskcy tax is raised TO 81 10
and the bonded period is extendrd five
years, that is, from three to eight years;
cigars, IS thousand; cigarettes, in
paper, 81 a thousand; cigarettes, in to-
bacco, so cents thousand. Lumber
remainJ on the free list. The income
tax provision of 9 per cent. remains in
the bill, but the tax on non residents is
stricken out.
The wooden schedule shows few
changes, whore changed about per
cont. reductio No changes in the cot
ton schedule. Collars and cuffs are in
creased from 35 to as per cent. ad va.
loren. The date for going into effect
of the bill is changed from June 1st to
June 30th, and duty is levied on articles
imported or withdrawn for consump-
ton.
In the internal revenue section is q
now provision directing the President to
Immediately notify the Hawaiian gov
eminent that the United States will
terminate in twelve months the treaty
with Hawaii made in 1875.
The provisions OF the House bill in
regard TO tho imported tobacco are left
unchanged, and there Is no change in
the law as to the sale of tobacco in
hand, the only tobacco changes being in
regard to domestic cigars and cigarettes.
nd Aor
raised per cent.
In manufactures of woll the valua-
lions as given in the Wilson bill are
stricken out, and new schedules in
serted. The lower grades of wool, hair,
etc, are taxed from Is to IS per cent
Wooden yarn, 80 per cent. Wool manu-
features combined with India rubber,
30 per cent, a reduction OF per cent.
Blankets and wool hats, women's dress
goods, ready made clothing and kindred
articles are reduced per cent. Carpets
are unchanged. The reductions in the
duties for manufactures OF wool shall
take effect December 9, 1894.
There are only four changes in the
glass and glass ware schedule
Flows and other agricultural imple-
ments, which the House bill made free,
have provision that all articles men
which lays an import duty on like
articles coming from the United States,
shall be subject to duties under the
existing law.
In the iron schedules, iron in pigs is
Increased from 20 10 2215 per cent. ad.
valorem. Iron in slabs increased from
va to 25 per cent. Bar iron increased
from 20 to % per cent. Beams increased
from 80 to 35 per cent. Boiler plates
iron or steel increased from % to 30
per cent. Forgings Of iron increased
from 25 to 30 per cent. Hoops of iron
Increased from 25 to 80 per cent. Rail-
way bars increased from 90 to 22@ per
cent. Boiler tubes reduced from 25 to
90 per cent.
With the exception of changes in the
text and modification of some of its
provisions tho income tax remains as
part Of the bill.
The bill seemed to be generally salts.
factory to the Democrats of the House.
Bynum, OF Indiana, who is one of the
mem bers OF the ways and means COM
mittee, said today:
while good many changes have
been made by the committee ONLY those
placing coal, lion ore and sugar on the
dutiable list are of any material in.
tererest. l don't think that these
destroy the symmetry or har.
mony of the bill"
Representative Breckenridge, of Ar
kansas expressed his regret that the
duty had been restored to some extent
on sugar, coal aud iron ore.
Representative Springer. of Illinois,
said: 81 think it unfortunate that
coal and iron ore should have been
taken from the free list. / strongly
faver free raw materials at all times
Representative Price, OF Louisiana.
said: 'Of course it is better than the