The San Francisco call., 1897-03-13
Mckinley rates are restored on pins and

CHrOEOmeterS are increased iIohi ~ fSA
| cent to 40, and watches and CLOCKS from
| 25 per cent to 40. Mckinney rates are re-
| stored on zinc. :,
| In the lumber sc edule all or the
| paragraphs INCORPORATED III the Tree llst OF
| the present law are restored to the duHaDle
| list at the Mckinley rates with the e1cep-
| ton of white pine, which Is now ciasseo
| with spruce and pays " FER Thousand
| feet instead of 81 as under the Mchlniey
| law.
| A clause is inserted providing for an adj
| ditional duty of 25 per cent ad valorem on
| lum Der, to be imposed in retaliation In
case a country imposes discriminating
taxes on similar articles proposed to be
exported to the United States.
The tax on toothpicks is changed from
50 per cent TO half cent per thousand.
| The sugar schedule is specific through
out and. gives the retiners no concealed
protection in an ad valorem duty. 1t i'm
| poses on all sugars testing SO deg. by the
polariScope .625 cents per pound. with an
| addition of 3-100 of cent for each deg1ee
| below 60 On all sugars above No. 16,
Dutch standard in color, e of a cent per
pound is imposed in addition, and on all
sugars from countries paying Dounties an
addi lonal duty equivalent 10 the net
bounty in excess OF any special tax I'M
posed by such country.
The tax on confectionery valued at IL
cents or less per pound and on tinctured,
| colored or adulterated sugars is made 10
cents per pound and Is per cent; on con-
fectionery not specially provided for so
| per cent ad valorem, ard on glucose cent
per pound.
| There is no change from the Mckinley
rates in the duty on leaf. tobacco suitable
for cigar-wrappers, but all other leaf, un-
| stunned, is increased from 35 to 70 cents
per pound, and siemmed from so to 80
/ Tnhacon 0t nrOyId cd
| for is increased from 40 to 20 cents per
| hundred.
With few exceptions the Mckinley rates
have been restored throughout the agrl-
cultural schedule.
The tax on horses and mules is reduced
| from $50 10 $40 per head, with provlso
| that horses valued at more than $100 shall
pay duty OF 81 per cent ad valorem.
! These articles in the agricultural sched-
ule have been taken from the free list and
made dutiable: Farina u cent per pound,
cabbage cents each. sauerkraut 30 per
cent, milk cents per gallon, cider cents
per gallon. nursery stock 80 per cent, flsh
Tor bait Il cent per pound, dates 20 per
cent, bologna sausages % per cent, under
ground chicory root cent per pound, tai
low cent per hundred, woolgrease q cent
per pound.
Grapes and peaches are changed from 20
per cent 10 21a cents pound.
| Oranges, lemons and lines are increased
from 8 cents per Gu bic foot of capacity to
"a cent pound, and plums and prunes
IRON a cents TO 2 cents pound.
The rates in the present law are gen.
| orally maintained throughout the entire
! liquor schedule, but champagnes and
mineral waters are to be used as basis of
reciprocity, with the omission of part of
the duty in return for special facilities for
the importation of goods from the United
| States.
In the cotton goods schedule there are
few changes from the present law except
| some slight increases on the finer grades
| Of goods.
The Mckinley rates are restored on
ready made clothing, on cotton chenille
! goods and on hosiery, shirts and drawers
not otherwise provided for.
There is an entire new classification Of
seamless hosiery, shirts and drawers.
Hosiery valued al not more than 81 so per
dozen pairs will pay 35 cents per dozen
and 10 per cent, valued at more than 81 so
and not more than So per dozen, 70 cents
per dozen and 20 per cent; valued at more
than $3 per dozen, 81 per dozen and 20 per
| cent
Shirts and drawers valued at not more
| than 81 so per dozen, 25 per cent; valued
at 81 so and not more than So per dozen,
70 cents per dozen and % per cent; valued
al more than So per dozen, 81 per dozen
| and 80 per cent.
The present rates remain on cords.
braids, etc., and on all manufactures OF
cotton not specially provided for.
In the flax, hemp and lute schedule all
| the articles placed on the free list in the
present law are restored to the dutiable
| list at Mckinley rates except that of
| hemp, which is increased from the Nc
Kinley rate of u cent per pound 10 l
cent. Jute yarn Is changed from 30 per
| 4 n
per cent.
Cables, cordage and twine not otherwise
provided for are taxed at 1 cent per
pound; bindingtwine. when imported
from countries placing duty on
the same article from the United
| States. $40 cent per pound; cables and
cordage of hemp, cents per pound !;
yard and 20 per cent; burlaps, except cot
ton baggng, SO cent per pound and Is
per cent; burlap bags for grain, Il cent
| a pound and Is per cent.
| There is new classification of fax, gill
netting, etc. When made of yarn not
| higher than No. II it is taxed Is cents per
pound and 15 per cent; finer tnan No. II
cent; No. IA to No. 40. 20 cents per ponnd
and 35 per cent; finer than No. 40 to No.
| so, 46 cents per pound and 40 per cent.
| Threads, twines and cords OF hemp, fax
or ramie not finer than ive-line, II cents
per pound; finer, IS OF cent additional
! for each line.
Yarns of hemp. fax or ramie valued at
less than II cents per pound, 3 cents per
pound and 10 per cent; valued at IL cents
per pound, II cents per pound and 30 per
| cent.
Collar and cuffs. composed entirely of
cotton, 45 cents a dozen and 10 per cent;
composed of whole or in part OF linen, 80
cents per dozen and 20 per cent.
Shirts and underwear are specially pro-
vided for. composed in whole or part of
| linen, so per cent.
The committee still has under considera-
ton the linen embroidery paragraph. 1t
will p-oba bly, be divided, and EN- broider-
les, embroidered edgings, insertions and
| houncings will be taxed at so cents per
pound and Is per cent.
The remaining articles in the paragraph
will probably be taxed at so per cent.
The basket clause in the fax, hemp and
| iute schedule will probably impos COM
pound duty on all manufactures contain
| ing not more than 100 threads per square
inch AID so per cent on all above 100
| threads.
! 1t is the purpose OF the committee to
devise provision that Will enable re-
| ciprocity treaties to be made not
| only to secure the lar.er importa-
| ton of American manufactures into the
| South and Central American countries,
but also to open the markets of European
countries. particularly Germany and
France, to the freer use of American
meats and agricultural produce generally.
|
SCOTT jackson MUST HANG.