The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-06-17
WOOL SCHEDULES DECIDED.
One Section Of the Tariff Bill Finally
Agreed Upon.

Agreed Upon.
WASHINGTON. June 16.-The fight over
the WOO schedule ended to-day, and that
schedule. as well as The silk and silk goods
schedule, was disposed of in quick time
The Republicans had been fighting for
certain notifications of the wool schedule,
and were partially successful. They sue
ceeded in having the rates on wooden
aud wOrsted yarns valued at over
40 cents per pound increased from 50 to 40
per cent ad valorem. and the dividing
line on women's and children's dress goods
decreased from 81 TO 30 cents, duty of 40
per cent being imposed Oh goods valued at
less than 80 cents ner pound and 80 per
cent where of greater value. This latter
modification is the one, it is understood,
Quay was fighting for. AS soon as it was
decided upon Quay's long speech suddenly
terminated. The other notifications of
the schedule were such as had been pro-
posed by the Finance Committee or by the
Jones compromise amendments. Barry of
Arkansas and Coke of Texas Democrats,
Teller and two PopuIis voted against the
new classifcations Of wOmen's and chill
dren's dress goods. Allison and other New
England Republicans protested that these
inadequate. and gave notice of their inten-
tion to continue the struggle for higher
rates when the bill was reported to the
Senate. Altogether twenty-four para
graphs were disposed of to-day.
The next schedule is pulp, paper and
books.
When the consideration of the tariff
question was resumed in the Senate to-day
PETERS amendment TO the bill, to transfer
all manufactures composed wholly or in
part of wool to the free list. was defeated,
3 to 40. Allen, Kyle aud PETER cast the
affirmative votes.
HansbrOugh announced that he would
have voted 'aye" had ne not been paired.
The Senate then plunged into actual con-
sideratOn of the wool schedule.
Vest explained that the Finance Com
mttee had been moved to place a duty on
shOddy and waste in order to exclude them
from the country. One of the purposes of
placing wool on the free list was to dis
courage the manufacture of shoddy. which,
under the Mckinley act, had doubled. Last
year it reached $4,000. 900.
Aldrich cGntended that there was moth
ing illegitmate in the manufacture of
shoddy. The reduction In duty on shoddy
from 3 cent per pound TO 10 per cent ad
valorem) proposed in this bill, Aldrich
said. would stimulate rather than discour-
age the production of shOddy goods.
Quay took the floor and proceeded TO de-
liver the ten tn nstaIlment of his speech,
begun April L. This inslallment of Quay's
speech proved to be the last, and al 80
p. NJ. after speaking two hours, he an
nounced he had concluded.
a vote was then taken on the Finance
Committee amendment to strike out para
graph 287 and it was carried. The Jones
amendment to the next paragraph made
flocks, mupgO, shOddy and wool in the
form of rowing. ropng or tops dutiable at
10 per cent instead of % per cent, as in the
House bill.
Aldrich appealed TO Jones to withdraw
this amendment on the ground that it
would destroy the spinning industry in the
United States. but the am endment was
agreed to.
Jones withdrew the Finance Commi, tee
amendment making all woelen worsted
yarns valued at less than 40 cents per
pound dutis bic at 80 per cent, and above
40 cents at 40 per cent ad valorem. The
latter was an increase over the House rate
of per cent. Paragraph 2S1 was also
agreed to, with the proposed Jones
amendments, which placed a duty on knit
fabrics and all fabrics on knitting ma
chimes, not including wearing apparel and
on shawls made wholly or in part of wool
or w0rsted, valued at less than 40 cents per
pound, 80 per cent; valued a. more than
40 cents. al 40 per cent.
The Jones amendment was agreed to.
In the next paragraph, number 282, he
withdrew the committee compromise
amendments, leaving it as it came from the
House, making the rate on blankets, wool
hats, fannels. etc.. valued at not more