Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 August 1894 — TARIFF BILL AS PASSED. [ARTICLE]

TARIFF BILL AS PASSED.

Duties on the Principal Articles in the Senate Measure. The Senate tariff bill, which been accepted by the House, provides the following rates of duty upon the great staples which have been the bones of contention: All raw sugars, 40 per cent ad valorem; sugars above No. 16 (refined), X per Rent additional; sugars produced in bounty paying countries, 1-10 per cent additional to these rates. Hawaiian sugar is still free under the reciprocity treaty. Iron ore, 40 cents per ton; pigs, $4 per ton; iron or steel rails, 7-20 of 1 per cent per pound; lead ore and dross, % of 1 per cent per pound; silver lead-bearing ore, the same duty on the lead contained therein. Tobacco for wrappers, 11.50 per pound unstemmed, $2.25 stemmed; cigars and cigarettes, $4 per pound and 25 per cent advaloiem. Coal, bituminous and large slack, 15 cents per ton. Precious stones, cut and uncut, 25 per cent ad valorem; set 30 per cent; uncut, 10 per cent; glaziers’ and miners’ diamonds free. Logs and sawed lumber and timber (save tropical Wbods) and wool are free. Tin plate 11-5 cents per pound after Oct 1. Marble (rough), 50 cents; dressed, 85 cents per foot (cubic). White and red lead, IX cents per pound. Under the internal revenue sections of the bill playing cards are taxed 2 cents a package. An income tax of 2 per cent on incomes above $4,003 is provided for; also a tax on corporations of 2 percent. Whisky is taxed sl.lO per gallon and bonded period fixed at eight years.