The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-02-05
THE NEW TARIFF BILL
Points Of the Measure Which Will
Eupplant the Wilson Tariff.
FARMERS INTERESTS GUARDED.
Increased Rate on Cattle, Though Not So
[ High as the Mckinley Tarin--Inoreass
In the Rate on Plate Giass-AIcKinlsy
Rates on Fruits and Berries.

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In the Rate on Plate Glass Mckinley
Rates on Fruits and Berries.
washington, Feb. 5.--The daily ses-
Alons Of the Republican members of
the ways and means committee have
brought the tariff bill which is to be
laid before the next congress to stage
where the character of the measure
Gan be somewhat gauged, and where
certain of the most important schedules
are definitely fixed.
Four schedules have now been fairly
completed, the chemical. agricultural.
wines and spirits. and earthen and
glassware schedules. All of the rates
which have been decided upon are sub
jsot to change before the committee
finishes the bill, but most Of them will
probably remain as they have been
nxed In the first draft of the bill.
The most important step IN connec-
zion with the agricultural schedule
was the establishment Of rates Of IS a
head on cattle more than year old
and of rs per cent. ad valorem on cattle
yeiued at more than 800 head. The
Mckinley rates on other live stock, in
cluding the rate of 81 on cattle of
year old or less, are restored. The Will
sen rates were 20 per cent. ad valorem
on live stock, and while the new duty
Of IS on cattle does not reach the Nc
: Kinley figures of $40 on cattle mere
Ahan year old, 1t is expected that,
With the ad valorem on the.more valu-
able grades. 1t will prove adequate to
, shut out Mexican cattle. 1t is against
the Mexican stock that the increase Is
particularly directed, on the repre-
ksntations of western Cattlemen that
their business had been ruined by the
importatioEs from Mexico under the
Wilson law.
Much interest centered upon barley
which the committee puts back to the
Mckinley duty of 30 cents bushel,
baoause the farmers contended that
the Wilson tariff had turned over the
market into the bands Of the Cana
Siians, while the malsters who have
been using Canadian barley have made
p hard fight against any increase. The
Mckinley rates have been restored on
fruits and berries, mainly for the bene-
lit of the fruit growers Of the Pacific
coast. The fruit exchanges or the
rates below the Mckinley bill. al
though above the Wilson rates, but
they did not succeed in having their
schedule adopted,
Among the products in the agricul-
ture schedule which are returned to
the Mckinley rates are breadstufs,
rico, dairy products, potatoes and
starch. castor beans and fiax seed.
meats and meat products, eggs and
pouItry. vegetables and salt. The de-
msnd of the farmers for the McKin-
ley rate of "a a ton on hay instead OF
the Wilson rate of 81, was granted.
f,b,corv is placed at one cent a pound,
In accordance with the requests of the
mowers in the central states, who be-
3ieve that thew can CAPTURE the home
market with protection. Rates on
cr,nyas have not been fixed vet but
The committee has decided to change
she classification and make the rates
hivber than those of the Mckinley bill,
ycr the benefit of the California inter-
ests,
In the chemical schedule many of the
Syi,son rates will be retained The
nvy,.on duties on SCANS. and on sOdas
md kindred chemicals which are the
raw materials of SOAP, are left un-
ch.pgsd The present rates on oils,
lrcIndinq castor oil also will be re-
a.inea except where changes are made
neceesary hy the restoration ohduties
nm the raw materials which enter into
theu. AS in the case of linseed oils.
Faoro vii, he but slight changes In the
r.tea on paints and dive stuffs and
l,,,
mn b,rat. ,f lime will be two cents a
mound. on retired beraX three cents,
md On boracjc acid three cents, which
are oompromises between the McKin-
lev and Wilson rates. The duties on
Ieod in ores is placed at one cent a
nonnd nm mig lead two cents, and on
shtie lend and lead scetetes two and
n,e-bslf cents.
Tbe committee has decided to retain
the Wilson rates on wines and spirits
throughout the wine and spirit sched-
n,s Tho schedule of the Wilson act
~, o.naraIlv higher in Its rates than
4, tha NrcKinley act.
Tha con,nittee has devoted some
,,u,o to the consideration of manufac-
t,,,., of iron and steel and cotton manu-
,.,,rr.a but has moi perfected these
sonedu,s In the cotton schedule there
,,,,, he few changes from the present
i.w svcant in rates on finer yarns and
1ha ,nost costly fabrics. The changes
A. the iron and steel schedule will be
Hnitel TO a few specialties, like cotton
H. an which Mckinley duties will be
,.ns,, h,isbed an tin plate. which has
o,t b,.n settled. and some forms of
81. .,a.l and s,,rrtca, instruments.
N, ntber schedule has given the
,,,,,,ttt.,. "a, much trouble as the one
,w,Jnh iucIudas earihs earthenware
.nA s,asswnra If has heen claimed by
al -, n,,t.ry and y,ass interests that
a., yUusar law has nroven destructive
=. .i,. Int.~a.ts and mat no system
- I'D vaIorsm Iev,es could properly
nro,.rt them AccorAfngIy the com
tnilISe h"H N''~' h'''~ -
Hens OF the scheoule 10 such spec'nc