Democratic Sentinel, Volume 7, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 March 1883 — THE NEW TARIFF. [ARTICLE]

THE NEW TARIFF.

a Birds-Ky* bf the Tariff Law, a« Compared with thbOy I life' is a comparative statement Tariff law and the new measure adopted during the closing hours of Congress. ’The rates of the old law are in the first column, while the rates of the new law are in the second column. While the provisions of the act go into effect generally on and after July 1, 1883, an exception is made in respect of tariff duties upon sugar, which take effect June 1, and the Internal-revenue provisions relating to the reduction of taxes on tobacco, snuff and cigars, and the reduetion of special license taxes, which go into effect May 1, with a provision that all claims for drawback on unbroken packages of tobacco, snuff, cigars and cigarettes held by manufacturers or dealers at that date must be presented before July 1: SCHEDULE A—CHEMICAL PRODUCTS. Old New rate. law. Glue .. 20 pct 20 pct Beeswax 20 pot 20 pot Gelatine and all similar preparations 36 p ct 80 p ct Glycerine, , brown or yel10w.............. 30 pet 2cft Glycerine, refined. SOpct 6c ft Fish glue or isinglass SOpct 26 pct Phosphorus 20 p ct 10c ft Soap, hard and soft, all of which are not otherwise specially amended loft and SOpct Jpct Fancy perfumed and all descriptions of toilet soaps. .. 10c ft and 26 p ct 16c ft Sponges ...... 20 pct 20 pct Sumac, ground 10pct 30cft Sumac, extract 20pct 20pct Acid, acetic, acetous, or pyroligneous acid not exceeding specific gravity of 1.017 6c ft 20c ft Exceeding specific gravity of L 017 30c ft 10c ft Acid, citric. 10c ft 10c ft Acid, tartaric 15c ft 10c ft Camphor, refined 5c ft 5c ft Castor beans or seeds 60c bu 50c bu Castor oil $1 gal 80c gal Cream of tartar 10c ft t 6c ft Dextrine, burnt starch, gum substltue or British gum 10 pct lop ft Extract of hemlock for tanning Free 20 pct Glucose or grape sugar... 20 pct SOpct Indigo, extracts ana carmined ~ 10 pct qn- 20 p ct lOpct lodine, resublimed 70c ft 40c ft Licorice, paste or roll 10c ft 7)6c ft Licorice juice Now free 3c ft Oil of bay leaves, essential 50c doz $2.50 ft Oil, croton Si ft 50c ft Flaxseed, or linseed oil and cotton-seed oil 30c gal 30c gal Hempseed and rapeseed oil 23c gal 10c gal Soda and potassa, tartrate of, or rochelle salt 6c gal 2c ft Strychnia or strychnine and all salts thereof....sloz,sl.sooz 60c oz Tartars, partly refined, including Lee’s crystals.. 6c ft 4c ft Alumina, alum, patent alum, alum substitute, sulphate of alumina ana aluminous cake, and alum In crystals or ground 60c lOOfts 60c $ 100 ft b Ammonia, aqua or water of ammonia. 40pct 20pct Ammonia, muriate.; lOpct lOpct Ammonia, carbonate. 20 p ct 20 p ct Ammonia, sulphate. 20 p ct 20 p ct Quinta and cinchonidla, sulphate and salts 0f.... Free Free Imitation mineral waters and all wholly artificial mineralwaters Bcqt, 25pct SOpct Asbestos, manufactured.. 26 p ct 20 p ct Baryta or barytes, crude and sulphate and carbonate of, unmanufactured Wo ft lOpct Barium, baryta, or bartes, sulphate and carbonate of, manufactured )6c ft Mo ft Refined borax '.. 10c ft 5c ft Cement,Roman, Portland, and all others, ground and unground 20 p ct 20 p ct Whiting and Paris white, dry Io lb Mo lb Whiting, ground in 0i1.... 2o lb l)6c lb Putty l)6c lb 1c lb Prepared chalk,precipitated chalk, French chalk, red chalk, and all other chalk preparations not specially enumerated or provided for 20 to 60 p ct 20 p ct Chromic acid 15 pct 15 pct Chromate and bichromate of potash 4 c lb 3c lb Cobalt oxide 20 p ct 20p ct Copper sulphate or blue vitribl 4c lb 8c lb Iron sulphate or copperas He lb 3-10cIb Acetate of lead, brown.... 5c lb 4c lb Acetate of lead, white.... 10c lb 6c lb White lead, when dry or in pu1p....... SC lb 3clb When ground or mixed in oil 3c lb 8c lb Litharge 3c lb 8c lb Orange, mineral and red lead ... 3c lb 3c lb Nitrate of lead 3c lb 8c lb Magnesia, medicinal carbonate of 6c ft 6c ft Magnesia, calcined 12c ft 10c ft Magnesia, sniphate of, or Epsom salt 1c ft He ft Potash, crude carbonate.. . 20 pct 20 pct Potash, chlorate of 8c ft 3c ft lodide, iodate, or hydriodate..... 75c ft 50c ft Prussiate of, red 10c ft 10c ft Prussiate of, yellow 6c ft 6c ft Nitrate of, or saltpeter, crude 1c ft 1c ft Nitrate of, or refined, 1H of 1c 9 ft - 2c ft 2)6c ft Soda ash, K of lc« ft.... Heft Heft Soda, sal, or soda crystals Me ft He 1b Soda, silicate of )6c ft He ft Bicarbonate of. IHcft 156 c ft Hydrate, ox caustic iHc.ft 1c ft Sulphate, known as salt cake, crude or refined, or niter cake, crude or refined, glaubers salt 20 p ct)6c ft 20 p ct Sulphur, refined in rolls.. $lO ton $lO ton Sulphur, or flowers of wood tar 20 p ct 10 p ct Coal tar, crude. 20 pct 20 pct Coal tar, refined, naphtha, benzine, benzole, dead oil .. 40c gal 20pct Ultramarine, 6c per ft 6c ft 6c ft Turpentine, spirits of, 200 per gallon 30c gal 20c gal Colors and paints, including lakes var'us rates 26 p ct Bone-black 26 p ct 25 p ct Bone-whar or bone-black fit for BUgar-reflning, 25 p ct ad valorem 25 p ct Me ft Ochre 50c to $1.50100 lbs Ho ft Zinc, oxide of, when dry lo per ft... IMcft IHcft Zinc, oxide of, when ground in on, 2c per ft.. IHc ft lKc ft Oils, essential or distilled. and not otherwise provided for in this act, 25 pct ad valorem 60 pct 26 pct OUs, olive and nut, as salad oil, 60c net ga110n.... $1 gal 25pct All medicinal preparations 40 p ct 25 p ct All logwood extracts free 10 p ct All barks, gums and gum resins, woods used expressly for dyeing, ground or refined var’s rates lOpct Non-dntiable crude minerals, ground or refined. 20 pct lOpct All ground or powdered spices, this act 10c ft 6c ft Clays, unwrought $3 ton sLsoton Clays, wrought.. $3 ton China clay, or koaline.... $5 ton $3 ton Proprietary preparations —to-wit:alT..... 60pct 60pct Perfumery, cologne waters3gal 60 p cts2gal 60 pct Chloroform, 60c per ft.... sift 50c ft Collodion and compound pyroxyline gift MJoft Ether, sulphuric, 50c per ft , Sift 60c ft lodoform 50c ft 30c ft Acid tannic and tannin.. $L $2 ft $1 ft Fusel oil s2gal lOpct Varnishes of all kinds.... SOcgal 20 pct 40 pct Spirit varnishes SOcgal 26 p ctsL32 addt’l per gal Opiums (unchanged) $1 ft $1 ft EAETHENWABE AND GLASBWABE. Brown earthenware, common stoneware, gasretorts, and stoneware not ornamented 25pct 20pct China, porcelain. Darlan. bisque, ornamented x earthen, stone and crockery.. 60pct 60pct China, porcelain, Darlan, bisque ware, plain 45 pct 56 pct Earthen, stone and crockery ware, white 40 pct 66 pct Stoneware 20 pct 30 pct Encaustic tiles 35pct 35pct Brick, fire brick and tile. 20 pct 20 pct Slates,.... 40 pct SOpct Roofing slates, etc 35 p ct 25 p ct Green glass b0tt1e5....... Var’s rates 1c ft Green glass bottles, filled 30 p ct 30 p ct Flint glass bottles 35 p ct 40pct Flint glass bottles, filled. 86 p ct 40 p ct Flint and lime pressed glassware, p1ain..;..... 86pct 40pct Articles of glass, cut..... 40 p ct 45 p ct Flate glass. .Unchanged Polished cylinder and common glass Unchanged Unpolished qylinder, crown and common win»t >dow teame as present,

Old W Hew U rate. loses -qrfth % riiMtnctiMi on each j j size) .. .-• .«... ...... Porcelain, Bohemian and stained glass, and glass N.. O. P 40 p ct 45 p ct Iron 0re...... 20pct 75cton 75c ton & 2? 2 clb,for Pyrites. 90pct< copper ores2per cent. Iron in pigs $7 ton $6.7240n Scrap ir0n........... $6.08 ton $6.72t0n Scrap ateeL 30 pct $6.72 ton Iron railway bars weigh- • ing more than 25 1b5.... 70c cwt 0.7 c Ib Steel railway bars S2B ton sl7 Bar-iron, first size in present 1aw...... left o.Bc ib Bounds and squares, first z size present law. 1c Ib 1c lb Plata, rounds and squares, second size. IHc Ib Lie ib Bar-iron, paying less than 35 p ct 35 p ct Charcoal iron, at least.... ; $22 ton Iron or steel T rails weigh- (iron 70c.p 0.9 c Ib I ing not over 25 lbs ■< 100 lbs > Iron or stel flat rls punc’d (st! IMclb 8-10cIb) Coils or rods less than 7-16 inch in diameter IMc Ib 12-10 clb German silver, unmanuf’d 85 p ct 25 p ct Copper.. 3c Ib 2)4c Ib Steel in blooms 45 p ct 45 p ct Ingots, less 4c lb, 4 to 7.'.. 2Mc 2c Ingots, less 4c lb, 7 to 10.. 3c 2«c Ingots, less 4c lb, over 10. p ct B)4c Leadore.... 2c lb IHclb Lead in pigsandbars.... Lead in sheets, pipes, or 5h0t..... 294 c lb 2c lb NickeL 30c lb 15c lb Nickel, nickel oxide 20c lb 15c lb Zinc, spelter, or intenegue in blocks or pigs Diclb l)4c lb Sheathing or yellow metal 45 p ct 85 p ct Bronze powder 20 p ct 15 p ct Cutlery not specially enumerated 35 p ct 35 p ct Dutch or bronze metal... 10 p ct 10 p ct Steel plates, engraved stereotype plates, and new types 25 p ct 25pct Gold leaf 77 $1.50 $1.50 Hollow-ware, coated, glazed or tinned 3)£c lb 3c lb Firearms, not enumerated 35 pct 25 pct Needles, for knitting or sewing machines 25 p ct 35pct adv Needles, sewing, darning, knitting 25pct 25 p Ct Penknives and pocketknives and razors. 50 p ct 50 pct Swords, sword-blades and side-arms 45 p ct 35 p ct Pens, metallic 10 c gross 12 c gross Pins, solid heads or other 85 pct 80 p ct Britannia ware and plated and gilt articles 35 p ct 35 p ot Silver leaf 75c pkg 75c pkg Tvpe-metal 25 p ct 20 p ct Chromate of iron 25 pct 15 pct This is an illustration of the iron schedule. The remainder of the list is extremely technical and comparison is about impossible. WOOD AND WOODEN WARES. Timber, hewn or sawed and timber used for spars 25 pct 20 pct Timbersquare or sided.... left loft Sawed boards, plank deals and other lumber of hemlock, white wood, sycamore and basswood, and other sawed lumber $2 m • $2 m Hubs for wheels, posts.... 20 p ct 20 p ct Staves. 10,20 pct 10 pct Pickets and palings 20 pct 20 pct Laths ; 15c m 15c m Shingles 35c m 35c m Pine clapboards $2 m $2 m Spruce clapboards $1.50 m $1.50 m House or cabinet furniture finished 80 pct 30 pct Cabinetware and house furniture, finished 35 p ct 35 p at Casks and barrels, empty. 80 p ct 80 p ct Manufactures of cedarwood,ebony, mahogany, rosewood and satin wood 85 p ct 85 p ct Manufactures of wood, or of which wood is the chief component part not specially enumerated 88 pct 88 pct Wood, unmanufactured, not specially enumerated 20 pct 20 pct TOBACCO. Cigars, cigarettes, tobacco and cheroots ( $2.50 $2.50 (2.25 pct 2.25 p ct Cut cigarettes, and cheroots, but paper cigars, cigarettes. Including the wrappers thereof, shall be subject to the same duties as are herein imposed on cigars.... J $2% lb $2)4 lb 125 pct 25 pct Tobacco in leaf, unmanufactured, 25c lb 85c lb 85c lb Tobacco stems 15c lb 15c lb Tobacco manufactured of all descriptions, and stemmed tobacco not specially enumerated... 50clb 40clb Snuff 50c lb 50c lb Tobacco, unmanutactured, not specially enumerated 35c lb 75c *sl lb PROVISIONS. Unchanged. LIQUOBS. Champagne, dozen quarts $6.00 $7.00 Still wines 40c gal 50c gal SCHEDULE I—COTON AND COTTON GOODS. There have been slight reductions except on the former grades of hosiery. HEMP, JUTE AND FLAX GOODS. Flax straw $5 ton $5 ton Flax not hackled or dressed S2O ton S2O ton Flax, hackled, known as dressed line S4O ton S4O ton Tow of flax or hemp $lO ton $lO ton Hemp Manila, not specially enumerated $25 ton $25 ton Jute, butts $6 ton $5 ton Jute, other. slston 20pct Brown and bl’ch’d linens. 85 p ct 35 p ct Flax, hemp and jute yarns 25,30,35 pct 35 pct Flax or linen thread twine 40 p ct 40 p ct Flax or linen laces and in- ' setting embroideries.... 80 p ct 89 p ct Burlaps 80 p ct 39 pct Oil-cloth foundations.... 40 p ct 40 p ct Gunny cloth, not bagging 3c 4c Ib 3c 4c Ib Bagsandbagging 40 pct 48 pct Bagging for cotton 2c Ib l)£c Ib Tarred cable or cordage.. 3c ib 3c ib Untarred Manila cordage. 2&c ib 2)4c ib All other untarred cordage 3)sc Ib S&c Ib Seines 6)4c Ib 25 p ct Sail duck or canvas for . sails 80 p ct 30 p ct Russia and other sheetings 35 pct 85 pct Other manufactures of hemp or Manila 30 p ct 35 p ct BOOKS, PAPERS, ETC. Books 25 p Ct 15 p Ct Bankbooks • 25pct 20pot Paper, sized and glued, suitable only for printing paper 25pct 20pct Printing paper, unsized.. 20 pct 15 pct Paper,manufactures of.. 85pct 15pct Sheathing paper... 10 pct 10 pct Paper boxes 35 pct 85 p ct Paper envelopes 'BS p ct 25 p ct Paper hangings 35 pct 25 p ct Pulp 20 p ct 10 p ct SUNDRIES. Alabaster and spar statuary sopct Wpct Baskets 35 p ct 30 p ct Beads 50 p ct 50 p ct Blacking 30 p ct 25pct Bladders, manufactures.'. 25 p ct 25 p ct Bone, horn, ivory, manufactures of 85 p ct 80 p ct Bonnets, hats and hoods. 40 p ct 80 p ct Bouillons or cannetille... 25 p ot 25 p ct Bristles... 15c Ib 15c ib Brooms 85 p ct 25 p ct Brushes 40 p ct 30 p ct Bulbs, not medicinal 30pct 20pct Burr-stones 20 pct 20 pct Candles and tapers 2)4 to 8c Ib 20 p ct Canes.... 35 pct 35pct Card-cases and pocketbooks . 85 pct 85 pct Carriages 35 p ct 35 p ct Chronometers 10 pct 10 pct Clocks 85 p ct 80 p ct Coach and harness furniture, plated 85 pct 85 pct Coal, slack or culm. 49c tn 80c tn Coal,bituminous and shale 75c tn 75c tn Coke 25 p ct 20 p ct Combs.., 85 pct 30pct Compositions of glass or ► paste 10 pct 10 pct Card clothing, B . 25csqft Coral 30 pct 25 pct Corks 30 pct 25 pct Crayons 30 p ct 20pct Dice 50pct 50 pct Dollsand toys... 35pet 50pct Emery 2ctb Epaulets, galoons, laces of 88 p ct 35 p ct Fans 35 p ct 35pct Feathers 25 p ct 25pct Firecrackers SI.OO box 100 pct Floor-matting 30 p ct 20 p ct Fur 35 pct SOpct Gloves 50 pct 50 p ct Grease 1. lOpct lOpct Grindstones $1.50 ton $1.75 ton Gunpowder 6c Ib, 20 p ct 6c Gun-wads 35 p ct 35 p st Guttapercha 40 p ct 35pct Hair, human .-. 85 p ct 85 p ct Curled hair. 30 p ct 25 p ct Hair cloth, known as crinoline cloth .. SOpct 30 pct Hair-cloth, known as hair seating , 40csq yd 30c Bq yd Hair pencils. 35 pct SOpct Hats, hoods, bonnets, materials for SOpct 20 pct Hatters’ furs not on the skin 20 pct 20 pct Hemp seed and rape seed. )/c ft Xc ib India rubber fabrics 25 to 85 pct SOpct Inks 2 36 pct 80 pct Japanned ware...... 40 pct .40 pct Jet manufactures and imitations 0f...... 85 p ct 25pct Jewelry...... 25 pct 25 pct Leather., 15pct 15pct

. - r . old Hess w rate. law. c Calf, goat and sheep skins 25 p ct 20 p ct All manufactures and articles of 1eather......... z 35pct SOpct Ltat.... lOpct lopct Linseed or flaxseed 20c bu 20c bu Marbleof all kinds in blcksl cu f2sp ct 65c cu ft Ail manufactures of marble not specially enumerated 50pct SOpct Musical instruments 30 pct 25 pct Paintings in oil or watercolors lOpct 80 pct Papier-mache 35 pct 30 pct X— »* {SISWEW?.. Percussion caps 40 p ct 40 p ct Philosophical apparatus, etc. 40 p ct 35 p ct Pipesand TOP ° ‘ Plaster of Paris 20 p ct 20 p ct Playing-cards 25 and 35c pk 100 pct Precious stones 10 p ct 10 p ct Rags lopct lopct Rattans and reeds 25 p ct 10 p pt Teeth 20 p ct 20 p ct Umbrellaand parasol ribs 45 pct «)pct Waste 20 pct Bl pct Watches 25 p ct 25 p ct Webbing. 35 pct 85 pct Salt in bags, sacks, barrels, or other packages, 12 cents in bulk 12c per cwt 12c per ewt In bulk 8c per cwt 8c per cwt Provided, that exporters of meats, whether packed or smoked, which have been cured in the United States with imported salt, shall, upon satisfactory proof, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe, that such meats have been cured with imported salt, have refunded to them from the treasury the duties paid on the salt in curing such exported meats in amounts not less than $100; and provided, further, that imported salt in bond may be used in curing fish taken by vessels licensed to engage in the fisheries and in curing fish on the snores of the navigable waters of the United States under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe; and, upon proof that the salt has been used for either of the purposes stated in this proviso, the duties on the same shall be remitted.

WOOL AND WOOLENS. Raw wool is reduced about 80 per cent Manufactured wools are reduced an average of 17 to 25 per cent, but a few goods are Increased 62 per cent KILK AND SILK GOODS. Reduced about 10 per cent, except that cocoons, which have been on the free list, are put at 50 cents per pound. SUGAR. The changes in the duties on sugar are threefold: First, the rate is made specific throughout; second, the polariscope is employed; third, the classification is altered. The first works a double reduction by omitting a source of itevenue from an ad valorem rate more secure than that from specific brand on color. The second will encourage the introduction of sugars whoso primary manufacture is skillfully conducted and exclude those colored to order. The new law proposes that up to 13 Dutch standard all sugar shall pay 1.40 c a pound, 4-100 for every additional degree on the-polariscope over 75 degrees. With this explanation comparative rates are: Up to No. 7 Dutch standard, old rate, 1& cents per pound and 25 per gent., new rate 1.40 cents per pound, and 4-100 cents: from No. 7 to No. 10, 1% cents per pound ana 25 per cent.; for 20 degrees over 75, from No. 10 to No. 13, 2)4 cents per pound and 25 per cent.; from No. 13 to 16, 2% cents per pound and 25 per cent., 2.75 cents per pound; No. 16 to Np. 20, 3H cents per pound and 25 per cent., 3 cents per pound; over No. 20,4 cents per pound and 25 per cent., 3)6 cents per pound; molasses, under 56 degrees by polariscope, 194 cents per pound plus 25 cents, 4 cents per gallon; over 56 degrees, 194 cents per pound plus 25 cents, 8 cents per gallon; confectionery, under 30 cents per pound in value, 15 cents per pound, 10 cents per pound; over 30 cents per pound in value, 50 per cent., 50 per eent.