The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-13

New York, March 1S.-A Herald
special from Washington says:
Chairman Dingley of the committee
on ways and means expects to have the
new tariff bill ready for publication or
Tuesday morning.
He said last night the Republican
members of the committee had practi-
cally completed the entire bill, an6
We're now engaged in reviewing their
work, and making changes necessitated
by the relations which various sched-
ules have to each other. The bill, as a
whole, is a high protective measure.
Ihe average rates are little, if any,
below those of the Mckinley bill, and
IN some of the schedules they are
slightly higher.
Though changes may be made be-
fore the bill is presented in the house
OF representatives, an outline of the
various schedules indicates it's general
character and the more important
changes from the present law which
have been made. When the task of
preparing new bill was first under
taken, the committee was disposed to
be very conservative and frame a
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. Blue vitriol is taken from the
free list and made dutiable at cents
per pound. rude boraX is increased to
3 cents per pound; borate of lime to ?
cents, and refined borax to cents per
pound. CoDperas is taken from the
free list and made dutiable at the rate
of $40 cent per pound. The McKin-
ley rate is restored on magnesia and
fiaxseed OIL
The duties on all lead products are
increased to correspond with an in
creased rate on lead and lead ore.
Acetate of lead is made 8 cents per
pound; litharge cents, nitrate of
lead IL cents. lead and white paint
lead 8 cents per 100.
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 8 cents per pound.
No schedule of the bill has given the /
committee so much trouble as that re-
ating to earths, earthenware and
glassware. Efforts, so far unsuccess-
,ul, have been hade to devise a salts
factory classification to serve as a
basis for specific instead of ad valorem
iuties on pottery. The committee is
till at work at this, but the probabili-
les are that earthenware generally will
,e restored to the Mckinley ad valorem
ates.
The Mckinley rates on glassware
ave been restored, though with some
increases. Plate glass not
xceeding 16 by "a inches square has
cen increased from 5 to cents per
quare foot: above that and not ex-
eeding "a by 80 inches square, in
reased from s to II cents. There is
o increase in the larger sizes over the
IcKinley rates.
Silver plate glass and looking glass
lates not exceeding IS by "a inches
er square foot: above that and not
xceeding "a by 80 inches, to II cents:
bove that and not exceeding "a by 60
lches, decreased to cents; all above
lat reduced to SO cents.
In the metal schedule the rates of
lie present law have been pretty well
1hered to as to iron and steel. The
cKinley rates on hoop, band iron, !
C., have been restored, with the ex-
er cent per pound in addition to the ]
lty imposed upon the iron or steel ]
ON which they are made, instead of
cents. In the present law they are s
the free list. !
The classification is changed in the
lragraphs relating to sheets of iron :
steel, including black laggers iron r
steel. by the addition of a new !
ass. thinner than No. 80 wire gauge, #
] 2-10 cents per pound. z
The duty on tin plates is placed at d
Z cents per pound. Under the Nc Il
inley law it was 2-16 cents, and in s.
e present it is l lis cents.
On steel ingotS, etc, the classical q
IN of the present law is the same z.
d the duties are a compromise about f.
If way between those of the Nc I,
nley and the present law, beginning D
tn 7-20 cents a pound on all valued at I,
cent pound or less and running to
cents on all valued above 10 cents et
und. ii
On iron or steel wire known as erin d;
ne wire, etc, the duty is increased d.
I'M 40 to 40 per cent, with a proviso 81
at articles manufactured from iron ],
steel wire shall pay the maximum !.
ty on the wire and ~ cents per I
und additional. On anchors, mill fe
MS etc, the rate is increased to one oIe
If cent per pound. Anvils are re- !.
red to the Mckinley rates. 3,
There is an entire new classification =,
penknives. Those valued at not il
re than 40 cents per dozen are duti- i;
lie at S5 per cent; all other penknives 7
wing one blade. so cents a dozen and o+
per cent; all having two blades, 81 or
dozen and 20 per cent: all having 81
zee blades s1.5O per dozen and 20 re
cent; all having four blades or n
re, 81 per dozen and 20 per cent. In re
e the handles are pearl or tortoise re
IL, 80 cents are added ion knives of dcc
} blades and rs cents on those with T.
re than two blades. Mckinley rates Il
restored on razors. Table and cary ,ta
knives and forks with handles of re
ri or ivory will pay Is cents per II
en and 10 per cent; with handles of -
le or celluloid, II cents per dozen I,
10 per cent. On wares of iron, steel VI.
other metal, enamelled or glazed, ~
rate is increased from 80 to 40 per +
t. III
ut nails are changed from 221h per IL
t to e-10 cents per pound; horseshoe IL,
Is from 80 per cent to cents per ~.
nd; wire nails from 25 per cent to ~
IS and l cent per pound, according Il
size; spikes, nuts and washers and ne,
seshoes from 25 cents ad valorem to ~,
mt per pound. IC
eedleS for knitting or sewing ma wi;
les from % per cent to 81 per thous- ne,
anu ~ pei cei,e, ail o.her neeuies pol
specially provided for from %. to 80