The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-02-14
Proposed Reductions In the Wool Duties

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13.-The Democratic
members Of the ways and means commit
tee held another prolonged conference on
the Springer wool bill to- Gay. The result
was an agreement on the rates OF duty to
be imposed on manufactures of wool. The
Democratic members always have been
agreed on the proposition that wool should
be admitted free of duty, but differed to
some extent as to the rates which should
be imposed on manufactures of wool. The
result OF the conference is favorable TO q
low tariff, members of the committee re
ducing all duties below 10 per cent. I'M
der the present laws, as well as
those above 10 per cent. The agreement
reached has yet to be voted on as o whole,
action to- day being on each paragraph of
the wool aud wooden schedules separately.
The greatest rate of duty provided for is
81 per cent on ready-made clothing, dol
mans, jackets, listers and wearing apparel
on which, under the present law, 90 per
cent duty is imposed. These are articles
on which the greatest amount of labor Is
expended and are the only articles left
above 40 per cent which was the uniform
rate proposed by the Mills bill on wooden
manufactures OF all kinds. The greatest
reduction made is from the 40 per cent.
duty under the Mills bill on cheap blankets,
wooden hats and fiannels for underwear,
the duty on which is cut down to % per
cent.
BY paragraphs the reductions are as fol-
lows:
On wooden and worsted yarns, So per
cent. The rate under the Mckinley Law is
b to 10 per cent.
On woolen or worsted cloths, shawls.
knit fabric and all fabrics made on knitting
machines or frames, and all manufactures
OF every description made wholly or in
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Vld6d for, 10 per cent, the pl eSent rates
being 20 and 80 per cent, according 10
value.
On blankets, hats, wool and iannels for
underwear, composed wholly or in part of
wool, valued at more than 80 cents per
pound, % per cent, against the present
rate under the Mckinley law of 30 per
cent. al valorem. Valued at more than
30 cents PER pound and not more than 81
cents, 30 per cent. ad valorem, against the
present rate of 30 per cent Valued al
more than 80 cents per pound, 30 per cent.
against the present rate nf 40 per cent. &C
valorem.
On y omen's and children's dress goods
coatngs. bunungs, and goods Of similar
descriptions, 30 per cent. ad vslorem. The
rate under the Mckinley bill is so per cent
On clothing ready made and articles OF
wearing apparel of every description,
cloaks, dolmans, jackets and other outside
garments for ladies and childcen's apparel
Is per cent ad valorem. The Mckinley
rate is o. per cent.
On weddings, gorings, suspenders, braces
beltings, binuings, braids, GALLONS. fringes
gimpo, cords, CORDS and tassuls, dress trim
mings, luces and embroideries, buttons
head nets, 40 per cent. ad yalorem. The
Mckinley rate IS 60 per ceut.
On carpets OF all descriptions, druggets
carpetines, mats, rugs, screen covers, ar
squares, and other portions of carpets 81
per cent. as against the present rate of 4
per cent, and on all except carpets and car
peting not specially provided for which i
placed at 30 per cent. under the McKinle,
law. IN addition there are no per pound O
per square yard duties imposed, thes
being what are known as compensatory
duties given because Of the duty on wool
which it is proposed now TO admit free
The only section of the Springer bill no
considered is that relating to shoddies
The conference will meet again Monda
to perfect the bill and reach an agreemen
or it as a whole. Messrs. Shiveley an
Whiting were not present.