People's Pilot, Volume 3, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 December 1893 — CHANGES IN THE TARIFF. [ARTICLE]

CHANGES IN THE TARIFF.

Important Revisions Made by the Majority of the Committee. Washington, Dec. 13.—The ways and means committee Lave changed the time when the tariff bill will go into effect from March 1 to June 1, 1894. The revised bill was laid before the committee Monday morning. The I changes which have been made during two weeks have been noted i from time to time, the most important being pearl buttons and tin plate. Members of the majority of the committee say that the changes are mostly from ad valorem to specific duties. A tax on incomes is settled beyond a ■ peradventure, but its form and scope are yet to be determined by the majority members of the committee. The following is given as the corrected and official list bf the changes since the first publication of the bill: Collodion from fl a pound to 45 per cent ad ■ valorem. Elbe-, sulphuric, from 25 to 35 cents i per pound. Lead and lead products changed from ad valorem to one-half the present specific rates. Magesic firebrick, M per ton. Pot--1 tery classification changed and rates made 35 ■ and 40 per cent Ferro-manganesefrom 22% per cent to 10 per cent Common black plate from 35 per cent ad valorem to a specific duty of 9-10 cent Tin plate from an ad valorem duty of 40 per cent to a specific duty of 1 1-5 cents per pound, taking effect October 1. Wire from 30 to 35 cents. Lead sheets, etc., made specific at 1% cents a pound. Lumber—Duties are restored on plain lumber at the rate of 50 cents a thousand feet for each side planed; $1 for planed, tongued and grooved on one side; and 11.50 when planed, tongued and grooved on both sides. Malt from 20 per cent, to 25 per cent. Oranges, 8 cents per cubic foot capacity. Cbooolate confectionery, from 2 cents per pound to 25 per cent ad valorem. Champagne, restored to the present rates. Twine of hemp into basket, clause increased from 10 per cent to 30 percent Oilcloth, from 20 per cent to 25 per cent Linens, laces, eta, from 35 to 40 per cent Carpets, except Aubusson or Brussels, increased 5 per cent Combed silk, which is now on the free list is restored to the dutiable list at half the present rate, 25 cents a pound. Brushes and feather dusters from 25 to 30 per cent Pearl buttons from 40 per cent to one cent per line and 15 per cent ad valorem. Jewelry increased from 25 to &> per cent Ivory, sawed or cut into logs only, placed on the free list Petroleum, crude or refined, is made free if the country producing it admits ours free. Original drawings and sketches and artists’ proofs of etchings and engravings and statuary of wood are added to the free art clause. Mother-of-pearl, sawed and cut, is taken from tha free list and left among the manufacture of pearl. The limit of wearing apparel which may be brought in free is reduced from 5500 to 1250. Cotton thread, yarn warps, or warp yarn, whether single or advanced beyond the condition of single by grouping or twisting two or more single yarns together, whether in beams or in bundles, skeins er cops, or in any other form, except spool thread or cotton, hereinafter provided for, valued at not exceeding 12 cents a pound, 20 per cent, ad valorem; valued at over 12 cents per pound and not exceeding 20 cents per pound, 25 per cent ad valorem; valued at over 2u cents per pound and not exceeding 30 cents p< r pound, 30 percent ad valorem; valued at 3) cents and not exceeding 4) cents per pound, 35 per cent; valued at over 40 cents per pound, 40 per cent ad valorem. Burlaps, 15 per cent