Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1897-07-15
NEVADA AND THE CiNCLEY
BILL.

The Dingley rI;I. witch viii be the
tariff law ioi ; re time to come,
passed the Senate b a cote of 80 to
%. Quite a number Of P"pulists COG
silver Republicans refraired for
various reasons from voting, the
chief reason being that their votes
were not needed to pass the bill
These Senators claim that the tariff
will not restore prosperity, and hold
that The free coinage Of silver is the
only remedy for the present stagna-
ton in business. They were willing,
however, that the tariff bill should
pass 10 order to give the country an
other object lesson, and to show to
the American people that a high
tariff, such as the present bill is, will
have 20 more effect in restoring on
fidence and trade than did the Wilson
bill in 1894.
Tariff bills have usually been
framed to protect the manufacturers
of the flushed product and not TO
give any protection whatever to
American labor. The Northeastern
manufacturers have c~ontended from
the beginning that they had a right
to buy in a free trade market and sell
in a protected market; that every
thing produced by American labor in
the field and in the mine was raw ma
terial and ought to be put in compe-
tition with the coolie labor Of Asia.
The Senate amendments to the tariff
bill are a partial exception to the rule
that American labor in the field ana
in the mine has no rights which the
manufacturers are bound to respect.
The Nevada Senators took a con-
spicuous part 10 the framing aud
passage Of the tariff bill and were
able to secur protection for the pro-
ducts Of Nevada, and also to reduce
the tariff of cyanide of potassium ami
other chemicals which are largely
used in treating low grade gold ores,
which reduction will now enable
many mines, formerly Improbable
to work, to be developed and operated
with profit. Attention is called to the
following items OF Senate amend
ments which were attached to the
tariff bill which mete out partial JUS
tice to the West, and are Of especial
interest to the citizens OF Nevada.
Borax, five cents per pound.
Soda ash, three-eishths Of one cent
per pound ; ~arseniate of soda, one and
%one-fourth cents per pound.
Bicarbonate Of soda, or superchr-
bo1ate of soda, or saleratua, and
other alkalies containing fifty pei
centum or more or bicarbona'e OF
soda, three-fourths Of one cent pei
pound.
Cyanide Of potassium, - cents
per pound ad valorem. which is a re
duction OF one-half from the tariff OF
this necessity for gold mining.
Sulphur, or birthstone. crude, fifty
cents per ton, refined or sublimed.
Lead bearing ore Of all kind, on
and one-half cents per pound on tn
cad contained therein.
Nickel ore, three cents per pound o,
the nickel contained therein; nickel
matte, four cents per pound for tn,
nickel contained therein; nickel
nickel oxide, alloy of any kind il
which nickel is the component ma
terial Of chief value, eight cents pc
pound.
The duty on wool Of the first elias
is ten cents per pound ACC OF wool c
the second class eleven cents pc
pound. The duty on wool of tn
third class. lowest grade, is fou
cents a pound, and of the secOn
grade seven cents yer pound. This
better protection, taking it all In al
than the Mckinley bill gave.
Hides Of cattle, raw or uncure,
whether dry OF pickeled, twenty p.
cent. ad valorem.
Apples, peaches, c%urraDts, ounce
cherries, plums, and pears, green
ripe. twenty-five cents per bushel.
The Nevada Senators we're not qui
satisfied with the Rates above give
They are very we'll 80 far as they &
but there ought to Of no duty VIII
ever on cyanide Of potassium. Wi
the tariff bill was in Committee Of d
Whole Senator Stewart made IA strol
fight to put cyanide OF potassium
the free list and lost it by one vo
but when the bill finally came up
the Senate he was able to have t
duty reduced from twenty-five Z
cent. al valorem to 123 per cent.
valorem by a majority Of two
In regard to hides and wool the
ought to lave been a duty OF at lei
fifty per cent. ad valorem on hi(
and an additional duty OF about