Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 May 1884 — THE PRESENT TARIFF. [ARTICLE]

THE PRESENT TARIFF.

Official Statistics of Its Operatiou. [Washington Telegram.] Mr. Nimmo, Chief of the Bureau of Statistics, has placed in the hands of the Secretary of the Treasury his report in regard to the operations of the tariff act of Maroh 3, 1882. It appears that the actcaused a reduction of about 6 per cent, in the average ad valorem rate of duty on imports. In detail the changes are as follows: Sugar and Molasses—Reduction. 9.32 per cent. Iron and Steel and Manufactures Thereof—6.ls per cent. Clothing W 001—3.88 per cent. Combing W 001—11.27 per cent. Carpet Wool-fi.M per cent. Manufactures of W 001—4.62 per cent. Manufactures of Cotton—lncrease, 1.92 per oerit. Manufactures nf Silk—Reduction, B.B2per cent. E*atthen and China Ware—lncrease, 13.11 per Glass and Glassware—lncrease. 1.09 per cent. . Bpititsjj and Wines—lncreaW, 18.38 per cent., and malt liquors a reduction «f 99.01 pgr cent. The .report, which la a ftoouinent of sev-enty-two paseS, embraces a •somewhat elaborate statement in regard to the changes in ad valorem rates caused by the tariff act of March 3, 1883, and by tho lall in the import pricefe of commodities. It contains also a considerable amount of statistical and other information In regard to the production of sugar, iron, wool, manufactures of silk, and spirits, and i wines In the United States. Tho report treats with some particularity of the production In the United Btates of the three great classes of wool known to our tariff laws—namely: clothing wool, combing wool, and carpet wool, and thri extent to which these three kinds of wool are used by the manufacturers of worsted and woolen goods, hats, carpets, and other articles.