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al '"e isonse MI. Kennedy, from the
committee on commerce, reported a bill to
prevent the transportation of letters or pas
scnscrs coastwisc, by foreign vessels which
was read twice and referred.
The bill for the construction of an iron
steam frigate was reported to the House.
without amendment.
The general appropriation bill was then
taken up and discussed until adjournment.
THE TARIFF BILL BEFORE TIE HOUSE
OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
The bill from the House Committee on Man.
ufactures reported a few days since bv Mr..
Saltonstall Of Mass, was to-day laid updn the
TAME oil members. 1t has been read with urea,
attention and interest here, and the inheritance
OF the subject will no doubt make in irterestinr
to al reader. | therefore send YOU the pr5.
visions in full, emitting only some Of the w6rdv
and unmeaning technicalities of the law. which
aid only to the space and if any thing take
from the simple meaning of the law as pro.
posed.
Thc material part of the Bill is the frs, sec.
ton, which gives in detail the articles on which
it is proposed to levy duties. The section en-.
acts from and after the 30th day of June, 1912,
in lieu of the duties now imposed by law on the
Importation of the articles hereinafter provided
for, there shall be. levied, collected, and pai1.
the following duties, that is to say:
FIRST. On all articles which are now CHARGE.
able with a duty amounting to twenty per cen.
tlm ad varoren, or moro, whether the same be
now SPECIFIC or advalorcm. a duty eff thirty per
centum ad vaiorem, except Oh such articles as
are hereinafter excepted.
Second. On iron in bars or bolte. not manu.
featured in Whole or in part BY rolling. seven.
teen dollars per ton on bar and bolt iron, made
wholly Or in part by rolling, twenty-five dollars
per ton on iron in pigs, eight dollars per ton
on glazed castings, sad irons, hattcrs and tailors
irons, two cents and a half per pound on YES
sells of cast iron, not otherwise specified, one
cent and a quarter per pound on all other cas-
tings of iron, not otherwise specified, one cen.
per pound Provided, That all castings, or YES
sells of cast iron, not in the rough as from the
mould, or having any addition of wrought iron
attached, shall be charged with the same rate
OF duty as articles manufactured of wrought
iron, If that shall amount to more than the duty
on cast iron on round iron or braziers' rods, of
three s!Xtecnths to ten-siXtccnths of an inch in
diameter, inclusive, and on iron in shrets, and
hoop iron, two cents and a half per pound on
nail or spike rods, two cents and a half Der
pound on nail plates, slit. rolled, or hammered
two cents per pound on iron, slit, rolled. or
hammered, for band iron, scroll ron, or case
ment rods, two cents per pound on wrought
nails OF iron, four cents. and on cut nails, three
cents per pound on iron spikes, and on mill
irons, of wrought iron, three cents per pound
on %anvils. anchors, b~lacksmiths' hammers and
siedges, two cents per pound on iron cables
or chains, or parts Thereof, manufactured in
whole or in ma ri two rnntc and n lolf NOR ,,,,,l.
on s~llscrap and old iron that has been in actual
use, and fit only to be re-manufactureI, eirht
dollars and fifty cents per ton; on s~cythcs, four
dollars per dozen; on screws weighing over
twenty-Iour pounds, four cents per pound when
made of wrought iron, and 3 cents per ID. when
made OF cast ron on iron or steel wire, not en-
eaedlng number fourteen, three cents and a
half per pound, cXceedieg number fourteen. six
cents per pound ; on wood screws made of iron,
twelve cents per pound, and when made of
brass, thirty cents per pound on old and scrap
lead, one cent and a half per pound on pig bar.
and sheet led, two cents and a half per pound ::
and on lead pipes, three cents per pound on
hammered brass kettles, thirtv-iile per cenium.
Provided, That no manufactured article Shall
hereafter pay a less rate of duty, when impor.
ted, than is charged on The maicrial constitu.
ting lis greatest weight or chief value whichey-
or Is chargeahle with the highest rate of duty.
Third. Ga wco.len yarn, four cents Der
pound, and thirty per contum: on wool uuman.
ufactured, the value whereof at the place o. ey-
portation shall exceed eight cents, four cent,
per pound, and twentysiX per centum ad yalo.
rem + on rcady-Inade clothing, all mjllod and
fulled cloth known By the name Of plains. Eor.
seys, or Kendall ~cottous, of which wool shall be
the only material, merinU shalls made of wool.
and upon all other manufactures OF wool, or OF
which wool is a component part, subject by any
former act to a duty Of fry per centum, a duty
Of forty per centum on Brussels, Wilton, and
treble ingrained Competing, fifty cents per square
yard, and on all other ingrained and Venetian
carpeting, thirty cents per square yard and On
flannals, bookings, and baizes, fourteen cents
per square yard.
Fourth. On all manufactures of cotton, or of
which cotton is a component part, thirty per
centum ad yalorem, excepting cotton tw list, yarn
and thread, which shall remain at the rate of
duty fixed by the ".Act TO amend the acts INFO.
sing duties on imports,'' Of the twenty second
Of May, one thousand eight hundred and tween.
~ty-four: And provided, That all manufactures
of cotton, or OF which cotton is a comDoDent
part, not dyed, colored, printed, or Stained, not
exceeding in value twenty cents the SQUARE yard,
shall be valued at twenty cents the square yard:
and. if dyed, colored, printed, or stained. in
whole or IN part, not exceeding IN value twenty
five cents the square yard, shall be valued al
twenty-five cents the square yard on cotton
tagging, three cents the square yard; on AL
stamped. printed, or painted floor cloths, thirty.
five cents the square yard and on oil-cloths Of
all kinas. other than that usually denominated
Iaten, focr-eloil, ten cegts the square ward.