The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-02-12
WASHINGTON NEWS.
WHAT IS GOING ON AT THE CAPITAL.
rarIn on Wool as Fixed By the Senate Bill.
HOse NaklnE StrsunOus Efforts TO Get on
the Civil Service ConnIisiOn-Hork OF
Congress sad Chances OF the Tarlf.

fforn Uur FpeclAl correspondent
WASHINGTON, D. O., February ll.-1t Ia
expected that the Senate will finally dis
pose Of its Tariff bill on Monday
or Tuesday, when twill Be engrossed and
sent to the House Of Representatives.
The following is the tariff on wool
as prepared in the Committee OF the
whole Senate, and as 1t will pass the Sen
ate when the bill comes up for final
paasage:i t9i g, ~ {
All woods, hair OF the alpaca, goat, and
other like animals, shall be divided, for
the purpose OF fixing the duties to be
charged thereon, into the three following
classes: #.
Glass one, clothing woos.-That Is TO
say, merino, mestizi, metz, or metis woods,
or other woods OF merino blood, immediate
or remote, and woods OF like character with
any OF the preceding, including such as
have been heretofore usually imported into
the United States from Buenos Ayres, New
Zealand, Australia, Cape Of Good Hope,
Russia, Great Britain, Canada, and else.
where, and also including all woods not
hereinafter described or designated in
classes two and three.
Class two, combing wools.-That Is 10
say, Leicester, Cotswold Lincolnshire, Down
combing wools, Canada long woods, or other
like combing woods OF English blood, and
usually known.by the terms herein used,
and also all hair OF the alpaca, goat, and
other like animals.
Glass three, carpet woods and other SINH
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American, Cordova, Valparaiso, native
Smyrna, and including all such woods oil
like character as have been heretofore
usual imported into the United States from
Turkey, Greece, Egypt, Syria and else
where.
The duty on woods Of the first class
which shall be imported washed shall be
twice the amount OF duty to which they
would besubjected II imported unwashed;
and the duty on wools Of all classes which
shall he imported secured shall be three
times the duty to which they would be
subjected il imported unwashed. The duty
upon wool OF the sheep, hair of the alpaca,
goat, and other like animals, which shall
be imported in any other than ordinary
condition, as now and heretofore practiced
or which shall be changed in its character
or condition for the purpose ofevading the
duty, which shall be reduced in value by
the admixtureof dirt or any other foreign
substance, shall be twice the duty to which
it would be otherwise subject.
Woods OF the first class, the value
whereof at the last port or place whence
exported to the United States, excluding
charges In each port, shall be thirty-two
cents or less per pound, ten cents pei
pound. Wools OF the same class, the value
whereof at the last port or place whence
exported to the United States, excluding
charges in such port, shall exceed thirty
cents per pound, twelve cents per pound.
Woods OF the second class, and all hair o.
the alpaca, goat, and other like animals,
the value whereof, at the last port or place
whence exported to the United States, ex-
Guiding charges in such port, shall be thirty
cents or less per pound, ten cents per
pound; woods OF the same class, the value
whereof at the last port or place whence
exported to the United States, excluding
charges in such port, shall exceed thirty
cents per pound, twelve cents per pound.
Woods OF the third class, the value where.
OF, at the last port or place whence exported
TO the United States, excluding charges in
such port, shall be twelve cents or less pei
pound, two and half cents per pound;
woods Of the same class, the value whereof
at the last port or place whence exported
to the United States, excluding charges in
such port shall exceed twelve cents pei
pound, five cents per pound.
Woods on the skin, the same rates a:
other woods, the quality aud value to be as
certained under such rules as the Secretary
OF the Treasury may prescribe.
Sheep.skins and Angora goat.skins, raw
or manufactured, imported with the
wool on, washed or unwashed, thirty pei
centum ad valorem on the skins alone.