Morris tribune., 1894-03-14
IN FULL COMMITTEE.
THE TARIFF MEASURE FINALLY
COMPLETED

| As Far as the subcommittee Is Con-
cern~d-sugar, Coal and Ir"n Trans
ferred to the DutiabIe Lst-The Free
List Not Much changed-Ths Metal
Schedule.
WASHINGTON, March 9.-The senate
finance committee has submitted the
tariff bill to the full committee.
The free list is not so much changed
as had been supposed it would be, and
the distractions from it are far more
numerous than the additions. The date
when the free list shall go into effect is
changed from June /, 1894, to June 30,
1894. Apples of all kinds are stricken
from the free list and placed on the
dutiable list, as are also beef, mutton
and pork and bone char suitable for
use in decolorizing sugar. Bituminous
coal, shale, coal slack and coke are
transferred TO the dutialle list, leaving
anthracite on the free list. Cocoa fibre
is made duti*ble, Diamonds and other
precious stones rough or uncut are
added to the free list. Floor mating is
made dutiatle. Dates, cocoanuts, Bra
zil nuts, peanuts and gambler are also
taken from the free list. Cod oil is
made free Of duty. Sailed CUTS disap-
pear from the free list. Iron ore is
taken from the free list and also olives
and orchids. The tax on the more i'm
portant items is as follows:
Sugar, rot above 50 degrees polar
iscope test, cent per pound; for every
additional degree or fraction, not above
go degrees, 1-1G0 cent additional; above
90 and not above 96, 2-100 cent per de-
gree; above 96 degrees, duty of 40
cents per pound.
Molasses gcsting not above So degrees
by the polariscope, shall pay q duty Of
2 cents per gallon; molasses testing
above 56 degrees shall pay a duty of 4
cents per gallon.
Whisky at $1.10 per gallon and the
bonded period extended from three to
eight years.
Iron ore, 40 cents per ton.
Lead ore, 81 cents per pound, includ-
ing lead mixed with silver ores.
Coal, bituminous and shale, 40 cents
per ton:
Coal or slack or Gull, 10 cents per ton.
Coke, 10 per cent ad valorem.
The Metal Schedule.
Metal schedule-Iron ore including |
manganiferous iron ore, also the dross
or residuum from burnt pyrites, 40 cents
per ton. Wilson bill free.
Iron in pigs, iron, Kentledge, Spieg-
eleisen, Ferrosilicon, % 1-2 per cent ad
valorem. Wilson bill, 20 per cent.
All iron in slabs, llooms, loops or
other forms, more advanced than pig
iron, and less finished than iron bars, %
per cent ad Ealoram. WILSON bill, 29 1-2
per cent.
Bar iron, rolled Or hammered, round
iron, in coils or rods, and bars or shapes
of rolled iron, % per cent ad valorem.
Wilson bill, 25 per cent.
Joisted and all other shapes of iron
or steel, whether plain or punched, or
fitted for use, 80 per cent ad valorem.
Wilson bill, 30 per cent.
Boiler OF other plate or steel, except
saw plates hereinafter provided for, not
thinner than No 10, wire guage, shared
or unshared, and skelp iron or steel,
sheared or rolled, in grooves, 80 per
cent ad valorem. Wilson bill, 20 per
cent.
Forgings of iron or steel, or forged
iron OF steel combined, 30 per cent ad
valorem, Wilson bill, 25 per cent.
Hoops, band or scroll iron OF steel, 80
per cent sad yalorem. Wilson bill, 25
per cent,
Railway bars made of iron or steel,
and railway bars made in part Of steel,
rails and punched iron or steel fiat rails,
% 1-2 per cent I'D valorem. Wilson
bill, 2O per cent.
The woollen schedule shows few
changes. These are about . per cent
Feduetien, a.
No change in cotton schedule. Collars
and cuffs Increased from 35 to 45 per
cent ad valorem.
There is no change in lumber.
A New Provision.
In internal revenue section is a new
provision directing the president to i'm
mediate1y notify the Hawaiian govern
ment that the United States will ter
inmate in 12 months the treaty with
Hawaii made ip 1873,
no change is made in the rates fixed
by the Wilson bill on imported tobacco.
The internal revenue section of the
bill covers the income tax, with many
verbal but few essential changes. 1t
makes a tax Of 2 cents on every pack of
playing cards, similar to the provisions
ia the Wilson, billi atax on all tobacco,
cigars and cigarettes, weighing over
pounds per 1000 of s. per 1000; paper
cigarettes, of weight less than 3 pounds
per 1000, pay s. per 1000, and those
wrapped iq tobacco, 30 cents per 1000.
The date fer going into effect Of the
bill ia changed from June to June 80,
and duty is levied on articles imported
or withdrawn for consumption.
Shot His Stopdaughter.