The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-01-05
rAnIrs anDUcr1oss On sAHUAEr



n nnsare Wesa sehsasis 1ssk 1Rsss
- 1hAs Date.
On Jauuary the taxiH act passed at
the last session OF congress became OF
full force and effect In every particular.
Although the bill became = law on Au-
gust - there was one whole schedule
and an item In another schedule that
were not to take effect until January !.
1885. The schedule was wool. and the
single item dolls. etc.
Shortly after the tariff act went into
operation the secretary Of the treasury
made ruling. based upon an opinion Of
the acting attorney general. which re-
versed the ruling Of the board OF gem
eral appraisers at New York. and which,
II wAs claimed by senators, placed . COM
structi0n upon the terms Of the act en-
t.rely opposed to that which was intende1
by the legislative body. Paragraph ~
reads as follows: The reduction for
manufactures Of wool shall take effect
january /. 1886" Throughout the woed
schedule the hair Of the camel, goat or
alpaca ID classified with wool pure and
simple. and when the question came be-
fore the board Of appraisers they de-
cided that goods made OF such material
were exempt from the new duty until
January 1. 1855 This ruling the depart
ment reversed. and held that only goods
composed wholly of wool should be ex-
empt from the new duty until January
I. Consequently much Of the foreign
manufactures entered were withdrawn
for consumption under the reduced rates
OF duties.
The entire wool schedule shows great
reductions. The average ad valorem rate
under the Mckinley act was 9S.62 per
cent: under the present law, 4as2 per
cent, making an average reduction OF
$3.50 per cent. The reductions upon the
various items OF the schedule are a.
follows:
shoddy, n per cent.
Yarns. wooden and worsted, according
to classification. 81 to 50 per cent.
Cloths. three classes. so to Is per cent.
Shawis, three classes. IS to u per cent.
Knit fabrics, four classes. 81 to "a per
cent.
All other manufactures not specially
provided for. three classes. e to IS per
cent.
Blankets. four classes. IS to ~ per cent.
Hats. four classes. 60 to 70 per cent.
Flannels for underwear. four classes.
IS to 72 per cent.
Dress goods. women's and children's
Italian cloth. etc. five classes. 43 to 81
per cent.
Other clothing. ready made. ETC.. IS per
cent.
Felts. not woven, 50 per cent.
Pushes and other pile fabrics. So per
cent.
Cloaks. dolnans, Jackets. talmas. ul-
sters. and other outside garments for
women and children. ETC.. 80 per cent.
Webbing. goring, braces. bindings.
fringes. gimps. cords and tassels, dress
trimmings. laces and embroideries, etc.,
n per cent.
Carpets and Carpeting-Aubusson. Ak
minister. Moquette and Chenille carpets.
and carpets woven whole for rooms, and
Oriental, Berlin and other similar rugs,
"a per cent.
Saxony. Wilton and tourney velvet car
pets. IL per cent.
Brussels, 81 per cent
Velvet and tapestry velvet carpets,
printed on the warp or otherwise. A per
cent.
Tapestry Brussels. printed on the warp
or otherwise, IS per cent.
Treble ingram, three-play, ana all chain
Venetian carpets, As per cent.
Wool. Dutch. and two-ply ingram car
pets, 81 per cent.
Druggets and bookings. printed. colored
or otherwise. G. per cent.
Felt carpeting. So per cent.
Carpets Of wool. or i'm part of, not spe-
cially provided for, 40 per cent.
Carpeiings and carpets of cotton, 40 per
cent.
The single item selected as an excep-
ton appears under the head of sundries,
and Is as follows:
Dolls. doll heads, toy marbles, of what
ever material composed. and all other
toys not composed OF rubber, china, por-
celain, parian. bisque. earthen or stone
ware. and not specially provided for in
this act, IS per cent. ad valorem.
This Is reduction, according to the
statement made by the finance commit
tees report, of IS per cent, but the Nc
Kinley act made the duty on the same