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A large number of additions are made on plushes, velveteens, 
corduroys, and pile fabrics, which it is difficult to enumerate, 
and then, as if to make sure that none are forgotten or treated 
too leniently, a provision is made that none shall pay less than 
40 per cent. To wind up it is specially provided that manufac- 
turers of cotton, not especially provided for, shall pay a duty of 
40 per cent., as against a former duty of 35 per cent. 
It may be stated that our exports of cotton yarn and cloth 
were valued at nearly 24 millions sterling. The joint effect of 
all the changes made in the tariff is that the duties on the whole 
are raised from an average of 35°64 per cent. to an average of 
somewhat more than 38 per cent. on the declared values. 
Section J deals with the manufacturers of flax, hemp, and 
jute. The rule followed here is that articles of luxury are most 
heavily taxed. Considerable alterations are made in the duties, 
and generally they are an advance on the old rates. To show how 
much the Americans love the Irish, the duties on linen manu- 
factures are raised 20 per cent., from 40 per cent. to 60 per cent. 
Section K deals with wool and manufactures of wool. On 
woollen and worsted yarns valued at less than 30 cents per lb., 
the duty is 35 per cent., and 24 times the duty on raw wool; on 
yarns valued from 30 to 40 cents per lb., 35 per cent. and 3 times 
the duty on wool and on yarn valued at over 40 cents per lb., 35 
per cent. and 33 times the duty on raw wool. The duties on 
woollen and worsted cloths, shawls and other fabrics, is fixed at 
from 35 per cent. to 50 per cent. ad val., and in addition thereto, 
3 to 4 times the duty imposed on raw wool. These duties 
are raised very considerably, but how much I cannot say. The 
same kind of thing prevails in blankets and flannels, while on 
women’s and children’s dress goods, coat linings, etc., the duties 
are raised from 55 per cent. to about 90 per cent. On clothing 
and articles of wearing apparel, and on carpets, the duties are, 
speaking roughly, raised in a somewhat similar proportion. The 
general result is an addition of a good third of the former duties. 
In many instances there is a change from ad val. to specific 
duties. Our trade with the States in wool and woollen goods has 
been very large, our exports last year amounting to nearly 
54 million sterling. What effect the addition of the duties on 
raw wool will have upon the manufactured article, it is almost 
impossible to predict. 
Section L. Silk and silk goods. These fabrics are not much 
altered, except that laces, embroideries, handkerchiefs, etc., are 
raised from 50 to 60 per cent. 
Perhaps the most satisfactory part of the tariff is the extension 
of the free list. This list has been greatly extended in unim- 
portant articles, and articles that are not produced in the United 
States. 
