Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-03-25
NEW TARIFF LAW.
The Measure Practically Completed
by the Committee.
An Outline of the Various Schedules
Indicates an Increase of $780,
100000 Yearly in the
Revenues.

10 another and left silks, paper, anc
other important schedules untouched
The process Of construction of the tariff
bill has. however, reached the point
where the members of the committee
figure out an increased revenue of SO,
100000 on the basis of present importa
aions. The deficit for the current fisca
year will be S65,O00,00O, so the new bill
is expected 10 furnish an immediate
surplus Of S5,000,00o. and more as the
1imes improve.
The status Of the tariff bill, compre-
hensively expressed, is as follows:
The status Of the tariff bill, compre.
heusively expressed for daily newspa.
per readers, is as follows:
Wine schedule as Mckinley bill.
Tobacco schedule of Mckinley bill.
except duty upon leaf tobacco for cigar
filters. which is nearly doubled at 65
instead of IS cents per pound.
Cotton schedule same as Wilson bill,
except as 10 fine yarns and cloths made
thereuom, which have been slightly adj
vanced.
Wool schedule Of the Mckinley bill
entire except that a few varieties of
clothing woods heretofore classed with
carpet woods have been transferred to
class one, the clothing wool class.
Metal schedule as to iron and steel
makes few changes in the rates of the
Wilson bill except TO reduce them, and
in hardly any case does a rate reach the
old Mckinley rate.
Tin plate midway between act of 1890
and the present law.
The agricultural schedule Of the Nc
Kinley law las been practically re-
adopted, except that duties on cattle
over one year old are made six dollars
instead Of ten dollars, this rate being
prohibitory on Mexican cattle. Cattle
valued above $50 are given an ad va
loren Of 20 per cent. rate.
The sugar schedule fixes a rate of
63-10O cents on SO degree sugar, rising
above that degree and falling below it
3-100 of cent for each degree of sac
charine strength. The diiTerential of
one-eighth cent and counter paying
duty against bounty paying countries
is made exactly equal to the net bounty
paid.
silk schedule preserves the Mckinley
rates IN substance. though in many eases
an effort has been made 10 reduce them
10 an equivalent specified by the pound.
Flax, lute and hemp schedules follow
closely the lines of the Mckinley law,
though on some varieties OF Chinese
and japanese mattings the duty has
been greatly increased. as also on rugs
and carpets of the cheap varieties now
being imported from the orient
Building Irvine is placed on the free
list, but o nominal rate is to be kept on
IL against Canada until that country
removes its duty on binding Irvine inn
ported from this country. The word
''burlaps" disappears from this sched-
ule owing TO gross frauds, and thus
cloth or jute is described as a plain
woven fabric of single jute yarns
In the wood schedule the Mckinley
law rates on lumber are restored with
few changes. Among these are hem
lock and white pine, now dutiahle at
one dollar, are lifted 10 the two dollar
rate along with spruce, though none of
the rates on the lumber schedule reach
20 per cent.
Mckinley law rates are restored in
substance on the paper schedule, though
some changes of classification are made
aud a few changes Of rate. owing 10 the
introduction Of large variety OF tissue
paper from China 10 Japan.
Eartheuware goes back to the Me-
Kinley bill rates. This industry has
suffered more than any other from
differentiation and the Ways and means
committee has not yet despaired OF
working out a scheme Of specific duties.
In the sundries schedule, the last OF
the bill, Mckinley law rates have been
restored substantially Oh coal, gloves,
leather ard corks. though cork less
than half an inch in diameter has been
advanced 10 25 cents.
There have been great reductions
made in the free list by the removal
therefrom and by the restoration of the
Mckinley law rates on lumber, salt
wool, and, in fact, everything that the
people Of the United States can and ia
produce. and many Injuries which they
cannot produce The free list has alsc
been cleared OF o lot Of paragraphs
which had some excuse years ago, but
have become DIS, .ase and mere refuge
Tor fraudulent paortatious. Among
these are the paragraphs except.
ing works OF ART. philosopher
apparatus, many descriptions OF books
household furniture curious antiques
II is the purpose ot the committee e
devise a provision chat viii enable reci.
procity treaties 70 be made, not only Il
secure the larger importation Of Amer.
lean manufactures into the South ano
Central American countries. but alsc
10 open the markets OF European couu.
tries, particularly Germany and France
10 the freer use of American meats AM
agricultural products generally.
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