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CONGRESS, UNITED STATES. (THE TAEIFF BILL.) 



On all the articles mentioned in Schedule J, hemp ? 

 jute, and flax goods, eighty per centum of the several 

 duties and rates of duty now imposed on said articles 



On all the articles mentioned in Schedule K, wool 

 and woolens, eighty per centum of the several du- 

 ties and rates of duty now imposed on said articles 

 severally ; and none of the above wools and woolens 

 shall pay a higher rate of duty than sixty per centum 

 ad valorem. 



On all the articles mentioned in Schedule C, metals, 

 eighty per centum of the several duties and rates of 

 duty now imposed on said articles severally; and 

 none of the articles mentioned in said Schedule C, 

 metals, shall pay a higher rate of duty than fifty per 

 centum ad valorem. 



On all the articles mentioned in Schedule M. books, 

 papers, etc., eighty per centum of the several duties 

 and rates of duty now imposed on said articles sev- 

 erally. 



On all the articles mentioned in Schedule E, sugar, 

 eighty per centum of the several duties and rates of 

 duty now imposed on said articles severally. 



On all the articles mentioned in Schedule^ F, to- 

 bacco, eighty per centum of the several duties and 

 rates of duty now imposed on said articles sever- 

 On all the articles mentioned in Schedule D, wood 

 and wooden-ware, except as hereinafter provided, 

 eighty per centum of the several duties and rates of 

 duty now imposed on said articles severally. 



On cast, polished plate-glass, unsilvcred, exceeding 

 twenty-four by sixty inches square; on green and 

 colored glass bottles, vials, demijohns, and carboys 

 (covered or uncovered), pickle- or preserve-jars, and 

 other plain, molded, or pressed, green and colored 

 bottle-glass, not cut, engraved, or painted, and not 

 specially enumerated or provided for in this act, and 

 on all the articles subject to ad valorem duty in Sched- 

 ule B, earthenware and glassware, eighty per centum 

 of the several duties and rates or duty now imposed 

 on said articles severally. 



On all the articles mentioned ta Schedule G, pro- 

 visions, eighty per centum of the several duties and 

 rates or duty now imposed on said articles severally. 



On all the articles mentioned in Schedule N, sun- 

 dries, other than precious stones, salt, coal, and lin- 

 seed or flaxseed, eighty per centum of the several du- 

 ties and rates of duty now imposed on said articles 

 severally. 



On all the articles mentioned in Schedule A, chemic- 

 al products, eighty per centum of the several duties and 

 rates of duty now imposed on said articles severally : . 

 Provided^ That nothing in this act shall operate to 

 reduce the duty above imposed on any article below 

 the rate at which said article was dutiable under 

 " An act to provide for the payment of outstanding 

 Treasury notes, to authorize a loan, to regulate and 

 fix the duties on imports, and for other purposes," 

 approved March second, eighteen hundred and sixty- 

 one, commonly called the Morrill tariff. And when 

 under existing law any of said articles are grouped to- 

 gether and made dutiable at one rate, then nothing 

 in this act shall operate to reduce the duty below the 

 highest rate at which any article in such group was 

 dutiable under said act of March second, eighteen 

 hundred and sixty-one. 



SEC. 2. That on and after the first day of July, 

 eighteen hundred and eighty-four, in lieu of the du- 

 ties heretofore imposed on the goods, wares, and mer- 

 chandise hereinafter in this section specified, there 

 shall be levied, collected, and paid, the following 

 rates of duty upon said articles severally ; that is to 

 say : on all unpolished cylinder, crown, and common 

 window-glass ; on iron or steel sheets or plates, or 

 taggers' iron coated with tin or lead, or with mixtures 

 01 which these metals are a component part, by dip- 

 ping or any other process, and commercially known 

 os tin-plates, terne-nlntes, and taggers' tin; and on 

 linseed or flaxseed, eighty per centum of the several 



duties and rates of duty now imposed on said articles 

 severally. 

 SEC. 3. That on and after the first day of Jul] 



exempt from duty, that is to say : 



Salt in bags, sacks, barrels, or other packages, or in 

 bulk. 



Coal, slack or culm. 



Coal, bituminous or shale. 



Provided,, That this shall not apply to coal import- 

 ed from the Dominion of Canada until that Govern- 

 ment shall have exempted from the payment of duty 

 all coal imported into that country from the United 

 States. 



Timber ? hewed and sawed, and timber used for spars 

 and in building wharves. 



Timber, squared or sided, not specially enumerated 

 and provided for in this act. 



Sawed boards, planks, deals, and other lumber of 

 hemlockj whitewood, sycamore and basswood, and all 

 other articles of sawed lumber. 



Hubs for wheels, posts, last-blocks, wagon-blocks, 

 ore-blocks, gun-blocks, heading-blocks, and all like 

 blocks or sticks, rough hewed or sawed only. 



Staves of wood of all kinds. 



Pickets and palings. 



Laths. 



Shingles. 



Pine clapboards. 



Spruce clapboards. 



Wood unmanufactured, not specially enumerated or 

 provided for in this act. 



The first test of the strength of the measure 

 came April 15, when Mr. Morrison moved that 

 the House proceed to consider the bill in Com- 

 mittee of the Whole, and Messrs. Eaton, of Con- 

 necticut, and Kelley, of Pennsylvania, objected. 

 The House decided to consider the bill by the 

 following vote: 



YEAS J. J. Adams, Aiken, Alexander, Anderson, 

 Bagley, Bailentine, Barksdale, Beach, Belmont, Ben- 

 nett, Blackburn, Blanchard, Bland, Blount, Breckin- 

 ridge, Buchanan, Buckner, Cabell, Caldwell, Candler, 

 Carleron, Cassidy, Clardy, Clay, Cobb, Collins, Cos- 

 grove. S. S. Cox, W. K. Cox, Crisp, D. B. Culbcrson, 

 Davidson, L. H. Davis, Deuster, Dibble, Dibrell, 

 Dockery, Dorsheimer, Dowd, Dunn, Eldredge, Ellis, 

 J. H. Evins, Forney, Garrison, Geddes, Graves, 

 Green, Greenleaf, Halsell, Hammond, Hancock, Har- 

 deman, W. H. Hatch, Hemphill, Herbert, A. S. Hew- 

 itt, Hoblitzell, Holman, Houseman, Kurd, James, 

 B. W. Jones, J. H. Jones, J. K. Jones, J. T. Jones, 

 Jordan, King, Kleiner, Lanham, Le Fevre, Lore, 

 Lovering, McMillin, Matson, Maybury, J. F. Miller, 

 Mills, Mitchell, Money, Morgan, Morrison, Morse, 

 Muldrow, Murphy, Murray, ^Neece, Nelson, Oates, 

 J. J. O'Neill, Pierce, S. W. Peel, Potter, Pryor.Pu- 

 sey, Reese, Kiggs, Robertson, J. H. Rogers, Rose- 

 crans, Scales, Scney, Seymour, Shaw, Singleton, 

 T. G. Skinner, Slocum, Snvcler, Springer, Charles 

 Stewart, Stockslager, Strait, D. H. Sumner, Talbott, 

 J. M. Taylor, Thompson, Throckmorton, Tillman, 

 Townshcnd, Tucker/H. G. Turner, Oscar Turner, 

 Vance, Van Eaton, Wakefield, Ward, Richard War- 

 ner, Wellborn, Weller, Williams, Willis, W. L. Wil- 

 son, E. B. Winans, John Winans, Wolford, Wood, 

 Woodward, Worthington, Yaple, Young 140. 



NAYS G. E. Adams, Arnot, Atkinson, Barbour, 

 Barr, Belford, Binghara, Bisbee, Boutelle, Boyle, 

 Brainerd, Breitung, J. H. Brewer, W. W. Brown, 

 Budd, Burleigh, Cannon, Chace, Converse, Curtin, 

 Cutcheon, R. T. Davis, Dingley, Duncan, Dunham, 

 Eaton, Elliott, Ell wood, Ermentrout, I. N. Evans, 

 Everhart, Ferrell, Fiedler, Findlay, Finerty, Foran, 

 Funston, George, Glascock, Goff, Guenther, Hanback, 





