El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-03-13
THE TARIFF SCHEDULED.
Outline of the New Bill as
Now Completed.
M'KINLEY RATES PREVAIL
Showing the Different Articl's OH
Which the Tariff has Been Raised
and the Free Lis as Contemplated
by the Ways and Means Committee.

WASHINGTON, March 13 The wool
sche dule In the tariff bill, as far as
agreed upon by committee, is practica :
lv the Mex nley schedule in its entire
ty, except that wool from Egypt and
Morocco, and China lambs wool. under
class one, be taxed at eleven cents per
pound While the Mex nley rates on
manufacturers wool have been provis-
ionally adopted by the committee they
will be suhj-ct to change.
Nick iDley rates are restored on dolls,
emery and fire crackers; the rates of the
present law will remain on Eliminates
and common gun powder, but smokeless
powder is taxed II cents per po md ;
The Mckinley rates are restored on
matches and percussion caps; musical
instrume are taxed 30 per cent. p I'm
leaf fans, 40 per cent, Mckinley rates
are restored on furs, brass beads, gun
wads and human hair: crinoline cloth
was increased above the Mex nley
rates TO 10 cents per square yard and
hair cloth known rs hair seating was
restored to the Mckinley rate Of 80
per cent, on clalfskin, Leather, eutta
percha, ivory, masks and mating Nc
Kinley rates were restored; oil and
water color paintings and statuary are
taxed 25 per cent, the present rates re-
m ain on p sncil lead, Photographic dry
plates; the NJ K nley rates are restored
on pipes, smokers articles, hatter's
plush and um brella sticks.
The free list received a general over
haul ng. 1hese articles are taken
from the free list: Crude tartar, sui
phate OF baryta. including Carytee
earth, hoiting cloths, books and pam
phle,s, prints in foreign languages.
books, maps. etc, exp"rted for the use
of co ege-; books. library furnrtnrr,
effects, belonging
to persons coming into the country
anti 4uities, charcoal. chicory root.
copperas, feathers, down beds, flo r
matling, old glass rough cut, un-
glass, gunny bags, shoes,
" hetstones, crude opium, orange and
lemons, peat, ptrapine. gre+n peas, pei
tries and oth-r goods of Ind ans pass
ing the boundary line of the United |
States, household effec;s, of cItiz-ns
dying in foreign countries. Phi os. ph-
ical and scien itic apparatus for use
by insti utiuus and SO .ieties, p oughs,
profess onal books, inetrum euts, i'm J
plements tools Of trade. Amount of
wearing apparel, and other personal
effects purchased abroad that can be |
brought in by citizens in returning from |
foreign countries, limit to 500 worth, |
orchids 1900 worth, orchids and other |
plants used n forcing under glass are !
restored to the free list. Other ad- |
ditions to free list are cocoanuts in |
shell, copra and pine apples, diamonds |
and other precious stones rough or un-
cut, for miners, glazers and engraver's |
liam ,nds not set and diamond dust
or oaster, remain on the free list, but
levels used in the Manufacture Of |
and clocks are made dutlable.
Tne general basket clause end of the
dill was left As in the present law which
imposes duty of 10 per cent aiva-
prem; all raw or unmanufaciured ar
,icles 20 per cent on all manufactured
articles not provided fo~.
A decided oposition to duties on
'aw woods, iopted by republican mem
oers of the committee of the ways ana
means has been developed aud consid-
lerabl pressure has b zen brought" to
bear TO secure a change. While the
wool growers, through former Judge
Lawrence, urged the committee to
rive even higher rates than those in
me Mex nley law they had iittle hope
o getting that much and Will b. sa5is-
led with the restoration of the McKIn-
ey rates. The OppO,it, Ga cones from
who having had taste
IF free wool under present law, urged
,ha t the rates in the new bill be kept
lown to little more than half of the
Mex nlry rates.