New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-05-15
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| PiRTICTLiES or 7HE ELL or SALE
ON Sunday. II appears the Democratic tariff
nxcrs had another session aud corrected mis-
takes I'm The positively last final revision. Mr..
Jones himself had previously changed some of
the rates from those printed under his dircc-
ton On fannie acid. for instance, he moved
IlG per cent instead OF Isl per cent. which
makes difference Of about 5000 to the tax
pagers Everybody will understand that the
outside world cannot be- expected to know cN-
acily villa, The positively last hnal revision is
when 1t is not exactly known 10 the men who
framed It. But 1t IS of some importance that
the printed copy does show. rs Mr. Jones has
claimed. an important advance in duties on
woollcn cloths and dress goods. which it was
proposed before Sunday-what was done In
secret that day Is not yet annOunccd-to make
40 per cent II not valued al more than 81 per
yard. but II per cent If printed and valued AZ
50 cents 10 81, and 30 per cent II VALUED at over
81 per yard This would add about S1,2O0OO0
10 the duties proposed in the Senate bill, with
other changes making the aggregate in that
schedule a tribe more than was proposed IN The
House bill. or practically 10 per cent. But with
al valorcm duties the rates are practically less
useful for protection than If they were specific
averaging - per cent.
In The chemical schedule. on which the Senate
has been working, the changes are numerous
but in the main SO Insignificant that. unless the
object is 10 maintain monOpOlics" and rob
the people" there can be no excuse for them.
While the rule appears To have been TO PUT the
duties In that schedule at about half the pres
cnt rates, the variations are extremely wide.
some proposed duties reaching 100 per cent.
In another ease. though the duty on linSccd oil
is fixed N only 30 cents. or - per cent it is
denounced by THE Ncw-York Times" rs gift
to the Linsccd oil Trust, and that paper states
that an influential Democrat in the Senate il
'brOthcr-in-law OF one prominent officer of the
combination, and partner In business Of an
other" In spite of all cases of barter. the gen
cral change from an average rate Of - per
cent proposed by the House is insignificant.
though some articles Of importance. particularly
ammonia. borax, barks magncsia sulphatc and
sulphur are taken from the free list and made
dutiablc.
In the carthcn and glass schedule the bill
proposes extremely Irregular changes, ranging
from 30 10 - per cent Of the present duty, but
the cases Of indecent favoritsm are so impor-
tant that the aggregate Of proposed duties is
about S9,000,0oO, against S12.000,000 under the
present law. Some Of the duties on carthcn and
glass ware are so shameless from reform.
crs" point of view that II Is bluntly admitted
they were eXtOrtcd by blackmall. But ii does
not appear why the duty on manufactures Of
marble should be raised from 30 per cent in the
House and Senate bill TO 40 per cent, against
20 per cent in the present law.
The iron schedule Is one Of those in which
the most peculiar arrangements were made for
buying votes Of 'recrcant and greedy Senator's"
The general effect Of the changes made Is to
leave the duties about two-thirds of those now
in force but in some cases the results Of black
mailing are obvious, while in others they are |
not obvious ut all. The new classIiications |
adopted on cutlery, wire and wire rods are in !
tended TO hide from view exceptional duties for |
certain favored interests, and are not easily in
terpreted. though II may be seen that on cut |
lery costing just over 81 per dozen. for ex-
ample, the rate would be 50 per cent. On sheets
thinner than No. % 1t would be So per cent, |
while on steel ipgots 1t runs down curlously !