El Paso International Daily Times (El Paso, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 271, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 28, 1893 Page: 2 of 8
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par oent on n oomnon necessity of Ilf*.
They also boor heavily on Uhombood
article and by the num and slightly
on the expensive article consumed by
the rloh, ae a tai of 930 on all houses
would be little or nothing on the great
manelon and very high on the humble
home. And oontrary to common be
lief, apeolflo duties lead to greater
frauds in administration, for counting
and weighing at tbs custom house are
done by the cheapest and most easily
corrupted labor, while advalorem rates
are assessed by the best paid and most
responsible appraisers.
All manufacturers of iron arid steel
have a tariff pf 20 per oent ad valorem
excepting iron hollow ware, coated,
glared or tinned and chains of all
kinds made of iron or steel, 30per oeut
ad valorem. The ad valorem system
has worked well In practice, es
sentially the fair system, because it Is
a tax upon the actual value of an ar-
ticle and was deelared by Mr. Olay
himself to be lu theory and according
to every sound principle of justice en-
titled to the preference and vindicated
by long trial.
The boldest innovation of the bill Is
its large free list of raw materials.
Taxes upon production are double
wrongs. They gather and accumulate
on (he consumers of the finished pro
duots. They hurt labor by narrowing
the market for what It produces. Coal
and Iron are the foundations of mod-
em industry. Material progress Is
measured by the amount of their con-
sumption. No other oountry can sup
ply them as abundantly or as oheaply
as we oan. No possible competition
can interfere with our own products a
few miles *n the interior of the ooun
try. Remoteness from the sources of
supply is in Itself enough disadvan-
tage to any section of the oountry with
out further burdens in tariff taxes.
Untaxed ores, coal, lumber, wool and
other things must immensely stirnu
late production in certain parts of our
country.
The thin edge of Amerloan manufao
tores has entered every oountry. With
releases from taxes on their materials
there is no limit to the growth of our
foreign trade. This will more than
compensate the home producers of raw
material, who, tariff or no tariff, oon
trol all the Interior of the country
from any apprehended loss of markets
anywhere along the sea board. Its
calculable advantage to labor is appar-
ent in every great line of manufao
tures. We can produce in six to nine
months enough for our home market.
We oan get rid of our surplus only by
foreign trade. As long as we have
taxes oh the materials of Industry, we
cannot build up that trade, hence the
alternative trusts to keep down pro
duction to the home market. The
working man can see whether his inter
ests is with a system that represents
production and robs him of employ-
ment or with a system that gives nat-
ural and healthy play to production
and emancipates from trust and like
combinations of capital.
As to the details of the bill, I will
briefly recapitulate the salient ohanges
of the several schedules.
In the chemistry schedule, we have
transferred to the free list quite a num-
ber of artioles used in manufacturing,
the most important of which is sub
phurio acid, one of the commodities of
all ohemioal industry. The duty ,on
oastor oil Is reduced from 85 to 35
cents per gallon and the duty on lin-
seed oil which was revised to 35 oents
by the conference oommittee of the
MoKinley bill after each house had
openly voted for a lower duty, we put
at 15 oents per gallon. Pig lead being
reduoed from 2 to 1 oent a pound.
Lead paints are conspicuously reduoed.
The McKinley bill increased the duty
on opium prepared for smoking to 912
a pound in the vain hope of lessening
its importation. The onstom house
offioers on the Pacific Coast deolare
that this inorease of duty has simply
placed it In the hands of smugglers,
the bringing of opium to the demorali-
sation of the oustoms offloe and the
loss of over half a million revenue
The dnty proposed is believed to be
collectable and will put the trafflo
under government control and super
vision.
In the pottery schedule reductions are
made. Plain white ware is decreased
from the high schedule iu which it
mysteriously orowded itself. Decorat-
ed ware is reduoed from GO to 45 pftr
cent. Common window glass, where
olose combinations have kept apprises
to oonsumers, under the scale of duties
averaging a hundred per oent, a re
duction of more than one half has been
male in all the larger sizes. There is
uo doubt that these rates will permit
a very heavy growth of the industry
here. In plate glass reductions are
made, the largest size from 50 oents to
30 oents per square foot; on silvered
from 60 to 35 oents.
In the iron and steel sohedule we be-
gin with free ore, The disoovery of
the immense deposits of bessemer ores
in the lake regionr and of foundry ores
in Alabama has rapidly swept u% to
the leadership of the world in the pro-
duction of iron and steel and brought
near at hand an undisputed snprem
aoy in the great held of^manufaotures,
The use of steam shovels rednoes the
cost of milling to a point where the
wages paid naturallabor at;e irravelent.
Pig iron we reduce from 672 per ton,
whloh is from 60 to 90 per oent, to a
uniform duty of £22% per oent, a rate
somewhat higher in proportion than
the rest of the sohedule beoauBe of
oheap freight rates ou foreighn pig, it
being a favorite freight on westward
voyages. Steel rails we rednoe from
913,44 per ton, now 75 per cent to 25
per oent,as the pool whioh has kept np
prices so many years in this country
seems now disorganized the other pro-
ducers will soon need protection, more
•gainst Mr. Carnegie at Pittsburg and
Mr. Stirling at Chicago than against
foreign producers. The restdne of the
eohedale varies from 25 to 30 per oent
Burnt end girder* are 35 per oent be
ee of the waste of cutting beams
the variety of .length* end also of
tbs frequent neoesslty of changing t
roll# in making beams and girdera.
beoanse of the irregalar quantities and
lengths and slass of order*.
Tin plates are reduoed to 40 per
oent, a little more than one -half of
the MoKinley ret*. This Is a revenue
duty and at the same time enough to
permit any existing mills to live and
flourish. Cheaper grades of pookst
onttlsry are 35 per oent. higher grades
45 per oeut. Table outtlery is 35 per
oent. There are very substantial re-
dactions from prsseut rates, whioh be-
ing speoiflo, reach in some grades of
pocket outtlery as high as 00 per oent,
but with the release of taxes on raw
material, especially on pearl and Ivory
P»a
for handles, seems ample.
Both oopper ores and pig oopper are
mads free, we being large exporters of
the latter and the daty serving only to
enable the produoer to Bell higher to
our people than to foreigners. Nlokle
Is free. Lead ore has a small duty of
15 per oent. Pig lead one oent a pound.
Silver lead ores are restored to the free
list. Unmanufactured lumber 1s free.
Manufactured is put at 25 per oeut, a
proviso that If any export duties or
charges on foreign lumber it shall be
admitted only at the rates now exist-
ing.
Sugar has been a difficult eubjeot to
deal with. Haw sugar was transferred
to the free list by the MoKinley bill
beoause nearly all the taxes psld on it
went to the publio treasury. A strong
desire amongst members of the com
mlttee was to put an advalorem duty
of 20 or 25 per oent on it, and to abolish
the bounty at onoe. After muoh con-
sideration it was decided to reduoe to
one half the duty on reflued sugars
and to repeal the bounty one eighth
each year, leaving raw sugar taxed as
at present.
Iu the tobaooo sohedule those rates
were nought whioh would bring the
most revenue. The present tax of
12 75 per pound on wrappers or leaf,
have blotted oat many small estab
lishments and aotually impaired the
revenue. We make the rates Hand
<1,75 per pound on wrapper leaf and 35
and 50 cents per pound on tiller tobao
oo, unstemmed and stemmed in each.
Manufactures of tobacco are put at 40
oents. Cigars are reduoed from <4 50
per pound and 25 per oent advalorem
to $3 per pound and 25 per oent. It is
believed to be the most productive
revenuorate and is higher than the law
of 1863.
Live animals are put at 20 per
cent. Barley is reduoed from 30 oents
per bushel to 20 per oent whioh Is
about 12 cents. Breadstnffs, of whioh
we are Immense exporter*, are made
free, except when imported from
countries putting duties on oar like
prodaots, in whioh case it is 20 per
oent. Fresh vegetables, fruits and
like food prodaots are untaxed for the
benefit of our own oonsumers, largely
the working people of the oitlas.
The tariff on spirits is put at donbl-
the internal revenue rates on like spire
its and some slight reduotion is made
on still wiues, malt liquors, glDger ale
and like beverages in the interest of
increased revenue The duty on
sparkling wines is likewise slightly re-
duoed for the same reason that on
ohampagne, being put at 97 per dozen
quarts as against 98 in the MoKinley
bill and 96 in the law of 1883.
In ootton manufactures substantial
deductions are made and especially on
oheap cloths and prints and the exist
ing system of taxation by oonntlng
threads in the sqnare inoh is retained.
Dressed line of hemp and dax one oent
and one and one-half oents respeot
ively. Burlaps and ootton and grain
bagging, the duty is put at 15 per
oent bat when imported for covering
articles to be exporled are duty free.
Wool is made free. This takes the
stilt from under woolen manufactures,
and begets the hope that they may re
cover from the languishing condition
in whioh they have beqn for a quarter
of a oentury and that we may get
woolen goods at reasonable rates in-
stead of at duties that on the common
grades frequently reach one hundred
per oent and in oases two or three times
that meroiless figure. Cloths and dry
goods are put at 50 per oent. Dry
goods are put at 40 per oent. Clothing
at 45 per oent, rates higher than the
oommittee desired, but deemed tern
porarily necessary, beoause our manu
faoturera have so long been excluded
from two thirds of the whole world
that they will have to learn the art of
manufacturing free wool. A sliding
soaie is therefore added by whioh the
rate in the woolen eohedale are to oome
down five points with the lapse of five
years. Carpets, an industry in whioh
we will soon be independent of com-
petition, are pat at 35 per oent for Ax-
minsters, Moqnett and Wilton, 30 per
oent for Brnssels, while common grades
go down to 20 per oent. The bill pro-
vides thatf the doty shall be removed
from wool on Maroh 1st, and reduoed
on woolen goods July 1st. In the silk
schedules, the deductions of rates is
smaller than in ootton or Woolen
fabrics.
Sole leather is rednoed from 10 to 15
per oent. Leather gloves are classified
according to material and length and
are uniformly rated at speoiflo duties
whioh average not over 25 per oent on
the oommon varieties and not over 40
per oent on the fine lamb and kid
gl0V68.
In the sohedule of sundries many
artioles like hatters’ plash ere put on
the free list. The daty on diamonds,
pearls and other preolons stones is in-
creased. Works of art, are, I am de-
lighted to say, pnt back on the free
list.
The above is a rapid summary of the
ohief ohanges made by the proposed
bill and will give a satisfactory idea, it
believed, of Its general struotnre. It
is estimated that It will rednoe reve-
nues on the basis of importations of
1892, about 950,000,000, with an Im-
mensely larger door ease of tax hardens
to the Amerloan people. The admin-
istrative laws ia repealed, with a few
ohlefly prepared by Mr. He mill when
he wee in oongreas and the ohanges
proposed In oar bill are to make it
more sifsotive, while at the earns time
softening of the features added by the
MoKinley bill that would treat the
business of importing as an outlawry,
not entitled to the protection of the
government.
On and after the first of Maroh, 189}.
the following artioles are to be added
to the free list: Artioles used in the
United States. Bacon and hams, beef,
mntton and pork and meats of ell
kinds, prepared or preserved, not
especially provided for In this sot All
binding twine manufactured in whole
or pert from aissal of tapioca fibre,
manilla, slssal grass, or sunn, of single
ly and measuring not exoeeding six
undred feet to the pound. Birds—
staffed, not suitable for millinery orna-
ments, and blrdskins, prepared for
preservation, but not further advanoed
in manufacture. Blue vlt
vitriol or sul-
)lists of oopper, bone ohar, suitable
'or use .In detloelzlng sugars, coal,
bituminous and Bhale, and coal slaok
or out, ooke, ooal, tar, ornde and all
preparations and products of ooal tar
not oolors, or dyes, specially provided
In this aot,oxide of oobalt. Copptr im-
ported in the form of ores; old oopper
fit only for manufacture, clipping from
new oopper and all compositions
metal, of whioh oopper Is a component
material of ohief value not
specially providod for In this aot;
regnlus of oopper in plates, bars Ingots
or pigs and other forms not manu-
factured not especially provided for In
this aot; oopperas or sulphate of Iron,
ootton ties of Iron or steel out in
lengths, pnnohed or not pnnohed, with
or without buckles, for belting ootton;
diamonds, dust or noth, and jewels to
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be used in the manufacture of watches
or olooks, yolks of eggs of btrds, fishes
aud insects; downs of all kinds crude,
not specially provided for in this aot,
fresh fish, furs uudressed, iodine
resubllmated iron oreiuoluding maud
ganiferous ore, also the dress of
residum from burnt pyrites and sul-
phur ore and pyrites and sulphuret of
iron in its natural state, lard, lemon
juloe, lime juloe aud sour orange juioe,
mioa and metallic mineral 6ubstanoes
in a brude state and metals unwrought
not especially provided for In this act,
ochre and oohery earths, sienna and
sienaa eartes, ntnber aDd umber earths
not specially provided for in this act,
cotton seed oil, paintings in oil or
water oolors and statuary not other-
wise provided for in this aot;
plows, tools and diso harrows,
harvesters, reapers, drills, mowers,
horse rakes, cultivators, threshing ma-
chines and ootton gins, pulp blaok for
making mens hats; quicksilver, salt,
silk partially manufactured from oo-
oones or from easel silk and not far-
ther advanced or manufaotnred than
oarded or combed silk, soap, not other-
wise specially provided for in this aot.
Sulphate of soda, or salt oake or nitre
cake, sulphuric acid, tallow and wool
grease, straw, burr stone, bound np
into mill stones, free stone, granite,
sand stone, lime scone and other build
iDg or monumental stone except mar-
ble, manufaotured or undressed, not
specially provided for In this act. All
wearing apprel and other personal ef-
fects shall be admitted free of daty,
without regard to their valae, upon
their identity being established nnder
such rules and regulations as the sec-
retary of the treasury may presoribe;
timber, hown and sawed, and timber
used for spans, and in buildiDg
wharves, timber squared or sided, saw-
ed boards, planks, logs and other timber
laths, plokets and pailings; shingles
staves of wood of all kinds, wood
manufaotnred, provided that if any
export duty is laid upon the above
mentioned artioles or either of them,
all said artioles imported from said
oountry. shall be subject to duty as
now provided by law. Chair oane or
reeds, wrought or manufactured from
rattanB or reeds wood^ namely: Cedar,
lignnmvitae, lanoeWOod, ebony, box,
grandilla. mahogany, rosewood, satin-
wood and all forms of oabinet woods in
the log, rough or hewn; bamboo, manu-
factured; briar root or briar wood, and
similar wood mannfaotured, reeds and
stioksof partridge, hairwood, pimento,
orange, myrtle and other woods, in the
rough, or not further mannfaotured
than out ioto lengths suitable for
sticks for umbrellas, parasols, sun-
shades, whips or walking oanes; all
wool of sheep, hair of camel, goat, al-
paca and other animals, and all wool
and hair on the skin, noils, yarn waste,
oard waste, burwaste, rags and flogs, in-
cluding all wastes or rags, oomposed
wholly or in part of wool.
amendments suggested by an expert
•no* of Its operation, That law wai
221 San Antonio Street.
Let Prices Talk.
36-IN. WOOL CASHMERE,
large line of oolors; aotnal _ _ . „
value 35o, at.s..............22 I~2
40-IN. ALL WOOL FLAN-
NEL, in all oolors, very
oheap at GOo................
LADIES’ WAISTS, in ohang-
able Worsted, plated baok
and front..................
LADIES’ WAISTS, made of
fine Frenoh Sateen, in all
oolors; the latest styles.....
LADIES’ WAISTS, all wool
flannel, fine pleated b..ok,
collar, onffs and from of
waist finished with fine pleat-
ing; extra good value...'...
40c
$1.00
J125
$150
ENOUGH SAID.
MECHANICS’ STORE,
D. KLEIN.
W»221 San Antonio St
Bigger and Brighter
Are Our Show "Windows.
SUPERIOR THE STYLE AND QUALITY,
And Lastly, the Prices the Lowest.
This Weeks Specials:
Neck wear, Suits
& Overcoats,
FOR MEN
* AND——
BOYS.
Come in if you want to save 25
to 30 cents on every dollar you
have to expend for clothes. We
are opening new things in all lines
every day, fresh from the markets.
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Shoe and. Clothing (d.
One Price to All.
Mail orders receive prompt attention.
Hotel Vendome
THE LEADING HOTEL OF EL PASO, TEXAS.
All Modem Improvements
Our drinking water is brought from the Lanorla mesa well. This watei
is absolutely pore, aooording to U. 8. government analysis. Only kttohen In
the dty presided over by a Free ’ *
Bnoh ohef.
RATE $2.60 TO $4.60 PER DAY.
J. A. FRIEDENBLOOM, Proprietor.
Id lever Premise!"^®
Unless ffe Do!
And in many instances we do more than we promise—Onr way
of doing business is purely on honest and square basis. The bar-
gains we offer this week Is surely to our customer’s interest*
Money saved nowadays is money made. Juetmftfcc the following;
Chenille Covers, 6-4, well worth
81.50
Our price 85o eaoh.
Fancy Drapery Silks, beautiful
shades. Other dealers’ prioe 85o yd.
Our prioe 50o yd,
Coifs and Collars in Sets, made
with raffles in Soarlet and Navy Bine.
Handsome goods. The latest thing for
ladles’ neckwear—we give them away
for
25o a set.
Children’s Muffs and Collars in
Sets, made of Angora and other Far.
Well worth 92.00 a set.
Qoes for 91-00 a set.
Chenille Fortiers over 3 yds long,
fancy bordered and fringed, well
worth 84 00
Onr prioe $2.50 a pair.
* Astracliau fine heavy quality in
Blaok, Grey and Garnet, 48 inch wide.
Were never before 6old for less than
94.50 a yd.
_Onr prioe 92 75 a yd.
Children’s Caps made of change-
able silk in squares. Handsome goods.
Could not be sold for less than 91.00
_Onr prioe 50c.
Fancy Throws In all the beautiful
shades made with Bolting oloth and
artistioally embroidered. Worth 75c.
Our prioe 35o.
A FULL ASSORTMENT OF STYLISH
Wraps, J ackets & Cloaks
For LADIES, MISSES and CHILDREN in most desirable oolors*
Stylish and excellent goods, whioh are slaughtered at half their value.
CALL AND CONVINCE YOURSELF AT
Diamond’s New York Store.
213 Ban Antonio Street.
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