Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-05-08
Brussels and other Carpets.

carpets or carpeting of a like character or
description. 30 per cent ad valorem blouse
and Senate bill. 30 per cent?. Velvet and
tapestry. velvet carpets. figured or plain.
printed on the warp or otherwise, and all
carpets or earpeting of like character or de-
scription, S5 per cent ad valorem House and
Ser;.9e bills, 80 per cent?. Tapestry, brus-
sells carpets. figured or plain. and all car
pets and carpeting of like character or de-
scription, printed on the warp or other
wise, So per cent ad vaiorem blouse and
Senate bill. 30 per cent?. Treble. ingram,
three-ply and all changed Venetian carpets.
30 per cent ad valorem House and Senate
bills. 80 per cent?. Wool, Dutch and two
ply ingram carpets. 40 per cent blouse and
Senate bills, % per cent?.
Druggets and booking, printed, colored or
otherwise: felt carpeting, figured or plain,
30 per cent ad valorem. Senate and House
bills, 20 per cent Carpets and carpeting
OF wool. flax or cotton or composed in part
OF either, not specially provided for in this
act 30 per cent ad valorem. House and
Senate bills, 25 per cent. The date on
which the reduction or rates provided for
in manufactures of wool shall take effect
IS liked for January l. 1895, instead of
December 2. 1894 velvets pushes, chenille
or other pile fabrics, 80 per cent ad va
lo-em. House and Senate bills, As per
cent weddings, gorings. suspenders,
braces. beltinss. bindings. braids. galloons.
fringes, cords and tassels, any of the fore
going which are elastic or non-elastic, but
tons or ornaments made of silk or of which
silk Is the component of chief value. As
bills. 40 per cent. Wells and yelling are in
serted in the paragraph relating to silk
laces. &C, upon which so per cent is the
duty.
Cotton Schedule Changes.
The cotton schedule is changed as fol-
lows:
Paragraph $50 in regard to cotton thread
is stricken out and the following inserted:
Cotton thread and carded yarn, warps
or warp yarn. in singles, whether on beams
or in bundles, skeins or cops or in any
other form except spool thread of cotton
hereinafter provided for, not colored,
bleached, dyed or advanced beyond the con-
ditions Of singles by grouping or twisting
two or more yarns together. cents per
pound. and in addition thereto one-fourth OF
cent per pound for each and every num-
Der the same shall exceed number twenty:
IL colored, bleached, dyed, combed or ad-
vanced beyond the condition of singles by
twisting two or more single yarns together.
Z cents per pound. and in addition thereto
one-third of cent per pound for each and
every number In excess of number twenty
Provided. that none of the foregoing ex-
ceeding sixty shall pay less rate of duty
than 40 per centum ad vaiorem."
The classification is entirely changed,
making comparison impossible.
Spool thread of cotton containing on each
spoOi HON SAcSeQlHS Unread,
) IL cents per dozen. House and Senate
bills 1-2 cents. Exceeding 100 yards and
for every additional 100 yards, IL cents
per dozen. House and Senate bills. 1-2
cents.
Paragraphs Changed.
Paragraph 254 is changed to read as fol-
lows:
Cotton cloth. not bleached. dyed colored,
stained. painted or printed. exceeding one
hundred. and not exceeding one hundred
and fifty threads to the square inch
counting the warp and filling, and not
exceeding four square yards to the pound
one and one-half cents per square yard;
exceeding four and not exceeding six
square wards to the pound. two cents per
square yard: exceeding six and not exceed
Ing eight square yards to the pound two
and one-haif cents per square yard; ex-