Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-03-15
THE TARIFF MEASURE.
As Amended by the Senate Sub
Committee Having It in Charge,

Laid Before the Full Committee and
Given Out for Publication-The Prin-
efpal Features In Which It
Has Been Amended.
THE SENATE AND THE TARIFF BILL.
WASHINGTON, March s.-The Wilson
tariff bill. which passed the house of
representatives February 1, was laid
before the full membership of the sem
ate committee on finance this morning
At IL o'clock in the amended form upon
which the democratic majority of that
committee finally agreed, after one
whole months consideration, and
numerous changes of front upon all
the more important objects of taxation.
simultaneously with the presentation
of the bill to the full committe it was
given out for publication through the
press. The chief features upon which
public interest conferred were the pro-
visions in regard to the tariff on sugar.
iron ore, lead, wool and it's manu-
features, cotton manufactures, and
the internal revenue taxes on whisky
and tobacco. The sugar provision is
as follows:
SUGAR SCHEDULE.
All sugars. tank bottoms. sirups OF cane
Juice or Of beet juice, melada concentrated
melada. concrete and concentrated molasses
testing by the polariscope not above 80 de-
erees shall pay q duty of one cent per pound;
and for every additional degree or fraction of
a degree above 80 and not above 30 degrees
shown by the polariscope test. shall pay one
one-hundredth Of q cent per pound additional;
and above 90and not above 96 degrees for every
H~nn NF aa
shown by the polariscope test shall pay duty
OF two one-hundredths of q cent per pound
additional; and above 96 degrees by polariscope
test shall pay q duty OF one and four-tenths
cents per pound; molaSseS testing not above
So degrees by the polariscope shall pay duty
OF two cents per gallon; molasses testing above
SO degrees shall paw q duty OF four cents per
gallon.
IRON ORES. COAL, ETC
Iron ore. including managniferous iron ore
also the dross OF residium from burnt pryites.
20 cents per ton
Coal is taken from the free list and made
dutiable also at 40 cents q ton. and coke at Is
cents.
Lead ore. which in the Wilson bill was Is
cents per cwt ad valorem; lead ore and lead
dros. three-fourths OF one cent per pound: pro-
vided that silver ore and all other ores contain
ing lead shall pay a duty OF three-fourths Of
one cent per pound on lead contained therein.
according to sample and assay ut the port of
entry.
WOOL SCHEDULE.
Raw wool is left on the free list ex-
actly as in the Wilson bill, the provi-
sion to go into effect August 9, 1894.
In manufactures OF wool the valuations
as given in the Wilson bill are stricken
out, and the schedules now read as fol-
lows:
Wool OF the sheep, hair OF the camel, goat.
alpaca and other like animals in the form of
slubbing. waste. rowing waste, ring waste
mungo. shoddies, garnetted or carded waste,
carbonized' noils or other waste product, any
of which is composed wholly or in part OF wool,
the hair of the camel, goa: alpaca and other
like animals, which has been improved or ad
vanced beyond its original condition as waste
by the use of machinery or the application of
labor both. and carboniZed wool, shall be
subject to duty of per centum ad valorum.
On wool of the sheep, hair of the camel, goat
alpaca. other like animals in the form of
rowing. roping or tops. 25 per centum ad val
orem. On wooden and worsted yarns 30 per
centum ad valorem. On wooden worsted
cloths, shawls. knit fabrics, manufactures of
every description made wholly or in part of
wool, worsted. the hair of the camel. goat al
paca. or other animals. and any of the above
having India rubber as component material.
not specially provided for in this act, s. per
centum ad valorem (instead of 40 as in the Will
son bill)-
On blankets. hats of wool and flannels % per
centum I'D valorem; valued at more than 30
cents per pound. 80 per centum ad valorem.
On women's and chlldrens dress goods, COM
posed wholly or in part OF wool, not specially
provided for in this act, IS per centum ad va
loren Gnstead of 40).
On clothing ready made. and articles of wear
ing apparel Of every description. and imita-
tions OF fur. composed wholly or in part OF
WOOL ETC., 40 per centum ad valorem (instead
of 49,.
On weddings. gorings. suspenders. braces.
beltings. bindings. braidS. etc. IS per centum
ad valorem (instead of 40).
Carpets remain unchanged.
The reductions in the duties for man
ufactures of wool shall take effect De-
cember 2, 1894.
STRICKEN FROM THE FREE LIST.
Articles stricken from the free list
are as follows:
Apples green. ripe and dried. ETC.; beef, NUT
ton pork; bone char. suitable for use in de-
colorizing sugars: bituminus and shale and
coal slack or culm, coke: cocoa, fiber, floor
mating, manufactured from round or split
straw, including Chinese mating; dates. cocoa
nuts. Brazil nuts. cream nuts: gambler: CUTS
sailed: horn strips and tips: iron ore; olives.
green or prepared; orchids. lily of the valley.
azaleas. palms and other plants used for forcing
under glass for cut flowers decorative pur-
poses: sausage skins: sugars; stained or paint
and statuary.
In the paragraph referring to articles
imported for exhibition by any associa-
ton authorized by the United States or
any state the additions to the free list
are as follows:
Any cattle horses. sheep or other domestic
animals which have strayed across the border
to any foreign country. or where such domestic
animals have teen or may be driven across
such boundary by the owner for pasturage pur-
pose. the same may be brought back to the
United States free OF duty under treasury
regulations
The para graph pertaining to straws,
hats, etc, is changed to rsad as fol-
lows:
Straw. chip. grass, palm leaf willow, osier
or rattan. in the form OF hraids, plaits. laces
suitable for making ornamenting hats, bon
nets and hoods; also when imported for trim
ming mems and boys hats only, hat-bands not
exceeding two and one-half inches width.
and when cut in lengths not exceeding thirty
seven inches: hat landings not exceeding one
and one-Quarter inches in width and when cut
in lengths not exceeding fifty-four inches; and
hat lining composed in whole or in part of silk.
satin or cotton. when cut in pieces not ex-
ceeding twelve by sixteen inches. or five by
thirty inches
Other items added are:
Diamonds and other precious stones. rough
or uncut, including miners diamonds: cod oil.
not specifically provided in the act: medals
bestowed and accepted as honorary distinc
lions.
To the paragraph which admits free
s.spermaceti, whale and other fish oils
of American fisheries" the committee
adds, land all fish and other products
of such fisheries
TO the narapraph dealing with paint