Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-04-02
Its Aim Is to Increase Reve-
nues and Encourage
Industries.
Committee Aimed at a Compro-
mise Between the Wilson and
the Mckinley Laws.
Agricultural Items in Detail-Coton
Schedule Not Much Changed
The Free List

Washington, March 16.-The new
tariff measure presented TO the lower
branch of congress by Chairman Ding
ley, of the ways and means committee
is entitled: IAN act TO provide revenue
for the government and toencourage the
industries of the United States" The
date when the new tariff is to go into
effect is named in the preliminary
draft submitted to the house as May /,
1897. The bill, as a whole, is pro-
tective measure. The average rates are
little, if any, below those of the Mckin-
lev bill. and in some of the schedules
they are slightly higher. Specific duties
have been substituted as far as possible,
for ad valorem rates. 1t is intended TO
raise from $5O,0O0,O00 to $60,000,000
more revenue under the bill than is pro-
vided by existing laws under similar
business conditions. When the task of
preparing a new bill was first under
taken the committee was disposed to
be very conservative and frame meas
are which would be in the nature of a
compromise between the Mckinley law
and the present law. The following
outline of the various schedules indi-
Gates the general character Of the meas
ure and the more important changes
from the present law which have been
made:
Schedule A., dealing with chemicals. oils
and paints, is far more nearly like the pres
eHt law than the Mckinley bill, but some
important changes have been made Blue
NifriOl fS "a ken from the fTSaa list a nd made
dutiable at cents per pound. Crude boraX
is increased to cents per pound, borate of
lime to cents and refined boraX to cents
per pound. Copperas Is taken from the
free list and made dutiable at the rate of
three-tenths of a cent per pound. The Nc.
Kinley rate is restored on magnesia and
f1axseed Oil.
The duties on all lead products are in
creased to correspond with an increase in
the rate on lead and lead ore. Acetate of
lead Is made cents per pound; litharge, 2
cents; nitrate of lead. ~ cents; lead and
white paint containing lead, cents per
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.
Cream tartar Is made dutiable at cents
per pound.
Earths and Enrthenware.
No schedule in the bill has given the
committee so much trouble as that relat-
ing to earths, earthenware and glassware.
Efforts were made to devise a satisfactory
classification to serve as a basis for spe-
cific instead of ad valorem duties on pot
terry, but compromise was effected as fol-
lows:
Fire brick. SIPS per ton; glazed, enameled,
ornamented or decorated 30 per cent.
other brick, 20 per cent; if glazed or dec
GRATED In any manner, 80 per cent. Tiles,
encausttc, ceramic-mosaic and all other
earthenWare tiles for floors and walls, |
valued at not exceeding 40 cents per square
root, cents per square foot; exceeding 40
cents per square foot 10 cents per square
Cement, Lime and Plaster.
Roman, Portland and other hydraulic
cement in barrels, sacks or other pack
ages, cents per 100 pounds, including
Welght OF barrel or package; in bulk, Z
cents per 100 pounds; other cement, 20 per
cent
Lime, cents per 100 pounds including
weight OF barrel or package
Plaster of paris or gypsum, ground or
calcined, $3.50 per ton.
Pumice, stone. wholly or partially man
ufactured, one-half cent per pound.
Clays or earths, unwrought or unmanu-
featured, 81 per ton; wrought or manufac-
tured, not specially provided for in this
act 81 per ton china clay or kaoline, 81 per
Earthenware and China.
Common yellow and brown earthenware,
common stoneware and crucibles, 20 per
cent.
China porcelain, parian, bisque, earthen
stone and crockery ware, including clock
cases with or without movements, plaques,
vases and statuettes, painted tinted,
stained, enameled, printed, gilded or other
wise decorated or ornamented in any man
ner, 60 per cent; IL plain white and without
per cent.
All other china, porcelain, parian, bisuue.
carthen, stone and crockery ware and
manufactures thereof, or of which the
same IS the component material of chief
value, by whatever name known, If painted,
tinted, stained, enameled, printed, gilded
or otherwise decorated or ornamented in
any manner, 60 per cent. If not ornamented
ana decorated, 80 per cent
Articles composed of earthen or mineral
substances, II not decorated in any manner,
30 per r cent; If ,S decorated, As per cent
10 cents gross and Is per cent; carbons for
electric lighting and filter tubes, so per
cent; porous pots for electric batteries,
without metallic connections, 20 per cent.
Glassware.
The Mckinley rates on glassware have
been restored throughout, with some I'm
portant increases. Plate glass not exceed
Ing 16K24 inches square has been Increased
from TO 8 cents per square foot; above
that, and not exceeding 2lxSO inches square,
Increased frcm to IL cents, There is no in
crease in the larger sizes over the McKin-
siivered plate glass and looking-g glass
plates not exceeding 16x24 inches square
have been increased to cents per square
foot; above that, and not exceeding 24x30
ceeding Ax60 inches, decreased to % cents;
all above that reduced 60 IS cents.
Marble and stone.
Marble or onyx, in blocks, not dressed
or made into articles, 65 cents per cubic
foot: marble of all kinds and onyx, sawed
of. dressed, including marble or onyx slabs,
having tiles or mosaic cubes, containing
less than 4 cubic inches each, $l.lO per cubic
FOOT, hut in measurement no slab, tile on
ellbe shall be computed at less than inch
in thickness Manufactures of agate, ala
baster, chalcedony, chrysolitc, comedian,
N rnef Jasper, Jet, malachite marble
onvx or rock crystal, including clock cases
with or without movements, 90 per cent
freesfone. granite, sandstone. limestone
M other building and monumental stone
unrnanIifactured or undressed, 10 cents PEI
cubic foot Building and monumental
stone except marble and onyx, hewn
dressed or polished, 40 per cent. States
slate chimney pieces, mantels, slabs foi
tables roofing slate and all other manu-
features OF slate, 20 perez
THE MafuI Schedule.