The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-03-17
THE NEW TARIFF BILL.
summary of the Various Schedules, Show
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ing the Most Important Changes
WASHINGTON, March l5.-Chairman Dingley'
Of the committee on ways and means, expects
to have the new tariff bill ready for publication
on Tuesday The republican members OF the
committee have practically completed the bill
The bill. us o whoe, is high protective meas
ure The average rates are little below those
of the Mckinley bill and in some OF the scneo-
ules they are slightly higher. Those changes
may be made before the bill is presented IN the
house. An outline Of the various schedules lh-
dicates its general character and the more I'M
portant changes from the present law Whlch
have been made.
Schedule A, dealing with chemicals, oils ana
paints, is far more nearly like the present Ia"
than the Mckinley bill, but some important
changes have been made Copperas is taken
from the free list and made dutiable at the
rate Of q OF a cent per pound. the MCKINNEY
rate is restored on magnesia and faXseed oil.
The duties on all lead products are Increased
to correspond with an increase in the rate on
lead and lead ore.
Sulphur ore is taken from the free list and
made dutiable at ~ cents per ton. Crude tar
tar is made dutiable at ) cents per pound No
schedule in the bill has given the committee so
much trouble as that relating to earthenware
and glassware. Efforts, so far unsuccessful
have been made to devise satisfactory classifi-
cation to serve as basis of specific instead OF
ad valorem duties on pottery, The committee
is still at work at this, but the probabilities are
that earthenware generally will be restored TO
the Mckinley ad valorem rates. The Mckinley
rates on glassware have been restored through
out with some important increases. Plate
glass not exceeding l6 by "a inches square has
been increased from to cents per square foot
In the metal schedule the rates of the pres
ent law have been pretty well adhered to as to
iron and steel. The Mckinley rates on hoop
and band iron have been restored with the ex-
ception that cotton ties will pay one-tenth OF
one cent per pound in addition to the duty i'm
posed upon the iron or steel from which they
are made instead Of Q cents. In the present
law they are on the free list The class!hca-
tion is changed in the paragraphs relating to
sheets of iron or steel, including black taggers
iron or steel by the addition of new class
thinner than No 81 wire gauge, at 2-lo cents
per pound.
The duty on tin plate is placed at ~ cents
per pound. In the present law it is les cents.
On steel ingots, etc., the classification OF the
present law is the same and the duties are q
compromise about half way between those oi
the Mckinley act and the present law, begin
ming with 7-20 Of a cent pound on all valued
at | cent pound or less, and running TO cents
on all valued above l6 cents pound.
On iron or steel wire known as crinoline wire
etc. the duty is increased from 40 to Is pei
cent, with proviso that articles manufac'
tured from iron or steel wire shall pay the
maximum duty on the wire and IN cents per
pound additional
Antimony ore is taken from the free list ant
taxed at 4 of q cent per pound. The Mchin'
ley rates are reimposed on German silver
brass and copper, except that copper In rollet
plates will be ~ cents per pound instead OF ~
per cent, and sheathing of which copper is thu
principal component cents per pound instead
of IS per cent. Mckinley rates are restored oil
gold leaf, silver leaf and lead ore and lead
In the lumber schedule all Of the paragraph
Incorporated in the free list OF the present Law
are restored to the dutiable list at the Mchin
ley rates, with the exception OF white pine
which Is now classed with spruce and pays !
per thousand feet, instead of 81 as under tn
Mckinley law.
A clause is inserted providing for an add
tional duty Of y per cent ad valorem on lum
ber to be imposed on retaliation In case an
country imposes discriminating taxes on sim
liar articles proposed to be exported to tn
| United States.
| The sugar schedule Is specific throughout
| and gives the refners no concealed protectio
in an ad valorem duty. 1t imposes on a.
sugars testing 96 degrees by the polariscop
l625 cents per pound, with an addition of three
hundredths OF a cent per pound for each de
| gree ABOVE 81 and the subtraction of three
| hundredshs of cent for each degree below "
On all sugars above No. 16 Dutch standard,
color, a Of cent per pound is imposed in &C
| nd on a countries
export bounties an additional duty equivaler
TO the net bounty in excess of any special ia
| imposed by such country
Tobacco not otherwise provided for is il
creased from 40 cents to 20 cents per poun
With few exceptions the Mckinley rates haV
been restored throughout the agriculture
schedule, The tax on horses and mules is r.
duced from $50 to $50 per head with provi'
that horses valued at more than 500 shall pt
duty Of % per cent. ad valorem. These art
cles in the agricultural schedules have bet
taken from the free list and made dutiabl
Farina, a cent per pound; cabbages, cen
each; sauerkraut, A. per cent milk, cen
per gallon; cider, 8 cents per gallon; nurSel
stock, 80 per cent.
The rates in the present law are general
maintained throughout the entire liquor sche
ule but champagneS and mineral waters are
be used as basis of reciprocity, with Il
omission of part Of the duty in return for sp
cial facilities for the importation OF goods fro
the United States. In the cotton schedu
there are few changes from the present Ia
The Mckinley rates are restored on rea'
made clothing, on cotton chenille goods and
hosiery. shirts ard drawers not otherwise pr
vided for.
The present rates remain on cords, brait
etc. and on all manufactures of cotton n
specially provided for. In the flax, hemp q
lute schedule all the articles placed on the fr
list in the present law are restored to the du
able list at Mckinley rates, except tow
nemp, which is increased from the McKinl
rate Of u Of cent pound to ! cent.