Daily Kennebec journal., 1895-12-27

he said or else that as a nation we are
preparing to make cowardly back down
or that we are willing to expose the
country to war when it is least prepared
for defense How the Democratic mem
| bers of Congress ard the Democratic
President can refuse to sanction bills for
sufficient revenue and fer replenishing the
treasury, which they themselves have
depleted, without stultifying themselves
and acting the part Of traitors to their
average mortals.
The revenue measure as it came from
the ways and means committee to Con-
grcss, Thursday, is as follows:
Bill TO temporarily increase the revenue
to meet the expenses of the government
and provide against deficiency.
Be it enacted, etc.-That from and after
the passage of this act and until August,
1898, there shall be levied, collected and
paid on all important wools of classes one
aud two, as defined in the act hereafter
cited, approved October |, 1890, subject
to all conditions and limitations thereof,
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other like animals, except as hereinafter
provided and OH all nails shoddy, gar
netted waste, top waste sibbing waste,
rowing waste, rug waste, yarn waste and
all other wastes composed wholly or in
part of wool or woolen rags. The nungo
and ilacks duty is equivalent to 60 per cent
OF the duty imposed on each of such
articles by the act entitled "Act to reduce
revenue and equalizo duties on imports
and for other purpeSes. A." approved Octo
Der /, 1890, subject. to all conditions of
said act. -
On all woods ana Russian camels bair
of class three, as defined in said act,
approved October /, 1890, subject to all
condition and limitations thereof shall
be levied, collected and paid several
duties. provided by such act, approved
October /, $780, paragraph 10, of the
schedule, also schedule 6S5 in the free list
of the act entitled aud Act to reduce
taxation, to provide revenue for the gov
ernment and other purposes That
which became a law August %, 1894, and
hereby suspended until August l., 1898.
Section 2. From and after the passage
of this act and until August l, 1898, shall
| be levied, collected and paid on all i'm
ported articles made in the whole or in
part of the wool. worsted or other ma
terialS described in section / of this act.
except as hereafter provided, 90 per cent
of the specific pound or square yard duty
| imposed on each of such articles by the
act entitled q" Act TO reduce the revenue
and eGualize duties on imports and other
purposes, approved October l, 1890,
subject to all conditions and limitations
thereof in addition 10 the advalorem duty
now imposed on such articles
| Be an act entitled an 'act to reduce
| taxation, and to provide revenue for the
government and other purposes, which
became law August 81, 1894, on car
pets, drugs. etc. bookings, mats, rugs,
screens, coyers, hassocks, besides art
squares and other portions of carpets or
carpetings in whole or part of wool. a
specific square yard of duty is imposed on
each such article by said act approved
| October /, 1890, subject to all conditions
and limitations thereof, in addition to an
all valorem duty imposed on such articles
by said act which became a law August
81, 1894.
Section 3-From and after the passage
of this act and until August /. 1898, there
| shall be levied collected and paid on all
| imported lumber and other articles de-
signated in paragraphs 674 to 6S3, in
| elusive of act entitled an act to reduce
| taxation, to provide revenue for the
government and other purposes, y which
| became q law, August 2, 1894, a duty
| equivalent to 60 per cent of the duty
| imposed on each of such articles, by an act
entitled an act to reduce revenue and
| equalize duties on imports and other
purposes, approved October l, 1890, sub
| ject to all conditions and limitations of
Esuch last named act, but pulp wood
| shall be classified us round, unmanu
| factured timber, exempt from duty, pro-
vided in case any foreign country shall
| impose an export duty upon pine, spruce,
elm or other logs or upon, stave bolts,
shingle wood, pulp wood or heading
blocks exported to the United States from
such country, then the duty upon lum
Der and other erticles mentioned in said
paragraph GA to 683 inclusive, when
| imported from such country, shall be the
same as fixed by law in force prior to
| October |, 1890.
Section 4-On and after the passage of
this act and until August l, 1898 there
shall be levied, collected and paid on all
| imported articles mentioned in schedules
A, b, G, d, +, G, Fl, |, j, l., NJ and n, of
act entitled an ''act to reduce taxation, to
provide revenue for the government and
other purposes, which became law
August "a. 1894, duty equivalent to 10
per cent of the duty imposed on each Of
said articles by the existing law in addi-
tion to the duty provided by said act,
August 27, 1894, provided additional
duties imposed by this section shall not in
any case increase the rate of duty on any
articles beyond the rate imposed thereon
by the said act of October /, 1890. in such
cases the duty shall be the same as i'm
posed by the said act provided further
that where the present rate of duty on
any article is higher than fixed by said
last named act the rate of duty thereon
shall not be further increased by this sec
ton, but remain as provided by law.
1t may be stated in explanation that
the tariff schedules A, B, c, ID, F, g. H,
l, j, L. M and n of the act of 1894,
specifically mentions in section T. on
which the duty is equivalent to 15 per
cent in addition to that imposed by the
present law, and that there shall be added