Rensselaer Republican, Volume 21, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 October 1888 — Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

The ileduciiGn of the mills Bill. __ The duties collected from foreign I mportations ixir the year ending .nine Bg, -1887, statistical abstract 18S7, page 10 Was, $212,032,42.".90 Additional ami discriminating duty 2,1»y,855.75 Making a total of $2X4,222,308.05 Duty equal to unpaid internal|rev—enue tax mAomestlcsplrlts and I tobacco brough t la. :k».huUn.clud.-,_ ed in’“additional, etc” , 1,990,328 .4.9 Leaving entire duties from foreign importations •.;.... $212,225,781.10 Mill’s estimated reduction by bis bill, according to tlie official - -*, statement of theways and means committee . 78,170,034.22 Average reduction 36 8-16 per cent. ~ y