The San Francisco call., 1897-03-13
Mckinley Rates Restored on
Many Important
Stap es.
Chairman Dingley of the ways anu
Means Committee Is Ready 10
Roport.

dav morning. He said last night the Re-
publican mem bers of the committee had
practically com pleted the entire bill and
were now engaged in reviewing their work
and making changes necessitated by the
rotations which various schedules have to
each other. The bill as whole is a high
protective measure. The average rates
are little, if any, below those of the Nc
KinIey bill and in some of the schedules
they are slightly higher.
Though changes may be made before
the bill is presented in the House an out
line of the various schedules indicates its
general character and the more important
changes from the present law which have
been made. When the task of preparing
q new bill was first undertaken the COM
mittee was disposed to be very conserva-
tive and frame measure which would be
in the nature of compromise between
the Mckinley law and the present law.
Schedule A. dealing with chemicals,
oils and paints, is far more nearly like the
present law than the Mckinley bill, but
some important changes have been made.
B.ue vitriol is taken from the free list and
made dutiable at cents per pound.
Crude borax is increased to 3 cents per
pound, borate of lime to ? cents and re-
fined borax to cents per pound. Cop
peras is taken from the free list and made
dutiable at the rate of $40 of cent per
pound. The Mckinley rate is restored n
magnesia and faxseed oil.
The duties on all lead products are in
creased TO correspond with an increase in
the rate on lead and lead ore. Acetate OF
lead is made cents per pound; itharge,
cents; nitrate OF lead, IL cents; lead and
white paint containing lead, cents per
hundred.
Sulphate of soda is taken from the free
list and restored to the Mckinley rate.
Sulphur ore is taken from the free list and
made dutiable at 40 cents per ton. Crude
tartar is made dutiable at 3 cents per
pound.
No schedule in the bill has given the
committee so much trouble as that re-
lating to earths, earthenware and glass
ware. Efforts. SO far unsuccessful, have
been made TO devise satisfactory classif-
cation 10 serve as basis for the specIhc
instead of ad valorem duties OH pottery.
The committee is still at work at this, but
the probabilities are that earthenware
generally will be restored to the Mckinley
ad valorem rates.
The Mckinley rates on glassware have
been restored throughout with some i'm
portant increases. Plates glass not exceed
ing 16x24 inches square has been in
creased from TO cents per square foot; /;
above that and not exceeding 24x30 inches
square increased from s to u cents. There
is no increase ia the larger sizes over the
Mckinley rates.
Silver plate glass and lookirg-glass
plates not exceeding 16x24 inches square
have been increased to cents per square
foot; above that and not exceeding 24x3O
inches TO u cents; about that and not ex-
ceeding 24x60 inches decreased to % cents;
all above that reduced to 3S cents.
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present law have been pretty well ad-
hered to as to iron and steel. The Nc
Kinley rates on hoop, band iron, ETC..
have been restored, with the exception
that cotton ties will pay one-tenth cent
per pound in addition TO the duty i'm
posed upon the iron or steel from hey are
s made, instead CT cents. In the present
law. they are on the free list.
The classification is changed in the para
graphs relating to sheets of iron or steel,
including black taggers iron or steel, by
tn. addition of new class, thinner than
No. II wire gauge, at 2-l0 cents per
pound.
cents per pound. Under the Mckinley
law it was 2-10 cents. On steel ingots
ETC., the classification Of the present law
is The same and the duties are COM
promis- about half way between those of
the Mckinley and the present law, be-
ginning with 100 cents per pound on all
valued at 1 cent pound or less and run
ming to cents on all valued above 10 cents
per pound.
On iron or steel wire, known as crinolino
WIRE the duty is increased from 40 to 45
per cent, with a proviso that articles man
ufactured from iron or steel wire shall pay
the maximum duly on the wire and ~
cents per pound additional. On anchors,
mill irons, ETC., the rate IS increase q to
bal rant nor pOrpd AnVils are reStOr ed
TO the Mckinley rates.
There is an entire new classification of
penknives. Those valued at not m ore
than 40 cents per dozen are dutiable a 35
per cent; all other penknives having one
BLADE, 81 cents a dozen AMI 90 per cent;
all having TWO blades, 81 dozsn and 20
per cent; all having three blades, $l 50 a
dozen and 20 per cent; all having four
blades or more, 81 a dozen and 20 per cent.
In case the handles are pearl or tortoise
shell 90 cents are added on knives of two
blades and rs cents on those OF more than
two blades.
Mckinley rates are restored on razors.
Table and carving knives and forks with
handles OF pearl or ivory will pay Is cents
per dozen and i5 per cent; with handles of
bone or celluloid y cents per d zen and 15
per cent. On wares of iron, steel or other
metal, enameed or glazed. the rate is in
creased from 80 to 40 per cent.
Out udilo are CudIEeu from ZZ12 per cent
TO 6-10 per cent per pound, horseshoe nails
from 80 per cent 10 2 cents per mound,
wire nails from 20 per cent to IA IA and l
cent per pound, according 10 size; spikes,
nuts and washers and horseshoes from 25
per cent ad valorem TO l cent per pound.
needles Tor knitting or sewing ma
chimes from 25 per cent to 81
per 1000 and 80 per cent; all other
needles not specially provided for from %
to 35 per cent. Railway fishplates are
changed from 25 per cent to a cent a
pound rIyets from 25 per cent to cents a
round; saws not specially provided for
from 25 10 40 per cent.
Umbrella and parasoI RIBS, ETC., are
classified by number of ribs and specified
duties are imposed equivalent TO the pres
ent ad valorem.
Railway wheels are increased per pound
to ~ cents.
AaIimony ore is taxed at "a cent per
pound from the free list.
The Mex 'nley rates are i'm posed on
German silver, brass and copper, except
that copper, if rolled plates, will be ~
cents per pound instead of 80 per cent and
sheathing. of which copper is the princi-
pai component, cents per pound instead
oi,oo per cent.
mckinley rates are restored on gold
iea,' silver leaf and lead ore and lead.
MICA Is changed from 20 per cent 10 81
oeh's per pound and Is per cent.