The morning call., 1894-05-08


more than SO per dozen. 40 cents per oozen;
valued at more than So per dozen. 60 per cent ad
yalorem. And in addition thereto, ON all the
above valued at more than 30 cents per dozen,
20 per cent ad vaorem, provided tnat piaues,
hand es or any other parts oil any or either oI
the articles named In this paragraph, imported
10 any other manner than assembled IN pen
knives, pocket-knives and razors snall De suu'
jeet to no less duty than herein proviueo ior
penknives, pocket-knlveS and faZors valued al
more than 80 cents uoZeh' 1he oena'o "uo
House bills 40 cents.
The tobacco schedule Is changed to read as
follows: Wrapped tobacco, unstemmed, I'M
ported in any bale, box or package or 10 QUIZ,
81 30 per pound; II stemmed 81 20 per pound.
House and Senate bills 81 and 81 25 respect
iyeIy on above articles. Filler tobacco, IN
st mmed imported in any bale, box, package
or in bulk, 80 cents per pound; II siemmed oo
cents per pound. No changes In rates, Dut thls
proviso is added: Provided the term wrapped
tobacco whenever used in this act shall be
taken to mean that quality OF leaf tobacco
known commercially as wrapper tobacco; pro-
yided further, that the term hller TOBACCO
whenever used in this act shall be taken TO
mean all leaf tobacco, manufactured, not
commercially Known as wrapper tobacco; pro-
vided further, that If any leaf tobacco imported
in any bale, box, package or IN bulk should be
the growth OF different countries or shall differ
in quality or value, save as provided ln
the succeeding provisions, then the con-
tents OF such bale box, package or in bulk,
shall be subject to The same duty as wrapper
tobacco; provided further. that If any box,
package or bulk OF leaf tobacco of Uniform
quality contains exceeding 10 per cent thereof
of leaves, suitable In color, fineness OF texture
and size for wrappers for cigars, the entire
contents of such bale, box, package or bulk
shall be subject 10 the same duty as wrapper
tobacco; provided further, that collectors shall
not permit entry TO be made except under regu-
latons TO be prescribed by the Secretary Of the
Treasury OF any leaf tobacco imported In any
bale, box, package rin bulk, unless the invoice
covering the same shall specify in detail the
character OF the leaf tobacco In such bale,
package or bulk, whether wrapper or filler to-
bacco, ouadrado or self-wofking bales, as the
case may be, and provided further, tnat in the
examinat ion Tor classification of any invoice OF
imported leaf tobacco at least Que II less than
ten bales, and one bale in every tn bales and
more, If deemed necessary by the appraising
officer, shall be examined by the appraiser or
person authorized by law TO m Ike such eXaml-
nations for the purpose of fixing the classica-
tion and amount of duty cbargeable on such in-
voice OF leaf tobacco. and tile examination of
ten hands of each bale examined shall be taken
as a legal examination.
Snuf and snuff -four manufactured of to-
bacco. ground, dry or damp and picked,
scented or otherwise, OF all descriptions. 90
per cent per pound. Senate and House bills.
40 cents
The cigar paragraph is amended TO read as
follows: Cigars, cigarettes, cheroots Of all
kinds, "a per pound and 20 per cent ad valO-
rem, and paper cigars aud cigarettes, including
wrappers, shall be subject 10 The same duti 5
as are herein Imposed on cigars. The duty on
cigars in the House and Senate bills is SO per
pound and % per cent ad valOrem.
Butter and substitutes therefor, cents per
poupd. which is the House rate. Senate bill.
20 per cent ad valorem.
Cheese. 4 cents per pound. Senate and House
bills, % per cent.
MIX, fresh, cents per gallon. Senate and
House bills, cents.
Broomcorn, Sc per ton. Senate and House
biIls free.
Cebbages, cents each. Senate and House
bills free.
Eggs. cents per dozen. Senate and House
bills, free.
Hay, 81 per ton, the House rate. Senate, 20
per cent.
Honey, 10 cents a gallon, the House rate.
Senate, 20 per cent.
Hops, 8 cen per pound, the House rate.
Senate bill. 20 per cent.
Onions, 20 cents per bushel, the House rate.
Senate bill. 20 per cent.
The House rates in the paragraph devoted to
peas are restored. The paragraph reads as
follows: Peas dried, 20 cents per bushel; split
peas, 90 cents per bushel of sixty pounds, and
peas in papers or other packages, cent per
pound. Senate, 90 per cent.
Potatoes. 10 cents per bushel; Senate bill.
40 per cent; House bill, 10 cents per bushel.
Meats of all kinds, prepared or preserved, not
specially provided for in this act, 20 per cent.
Lard. 1 cent per pound; taken from the free
list.
Poultry, House rates, not dressed, cents
per pound: dressed cents per pound re-
stored. Senate bill. 20 per cent.
Alcohol preparations for medicinal purposes
are rell we'd from the duty of 81 so per gallon
and made dutiable at so cents per pound.
Paragraph $50, in regard 10 cotton thread, is
stricken out, and the following inserted: Cot.
ton thread aud carded yarn, warps or warp
yarn, in singles. whether on beams or in bum
dies, skeins or cops, or in any other form except
spool thread of cotton hereinafter provided for,
not cOlored Dleached, dyed or advanced beyond
the conditions OF singles by grouping or twist
ing TWO or more single yarns together, 5 cents
per pound, and In addition thereto one-fourth
of cent per pound for each and every number,
the same shall exceed No. 20; il colored.
DledcUtu, Q1eu, COIUDcu OT duNdUC6u DcyOUu
the condition Of singles, by grouping or twist
ing two Or more single yarns together, 7 cents
per pound, and iu addition thereto one-third of
cent per pound for each and every number in
excess OF No 20. Provided. that none of the
foregoing exceeding No. 60 shall pay a less rate
of duty than 40 per cent ad valorem. The
classification is entirely changed, making COM
parison impossible.
Spool thread Of cotton, containing on each
spool not exceeding 100 yards Of thread, 51a
cents per dozen; House and Senate bills, 41a
cents; exceeding 100 yards and for every addi-
tional 100 yards. 512 cents per dozen; House
and Senate bills. Az cents.
Paragraph 253, relating 10 cotton cloth, Is
stricken out and the following substituted:
Cotton. not bleached, dyed, colored, stained,
painted or printed. exceeding fifty and one hun.
dred threads 10 the square inch, counting the
warped filling ana not exceeding six square
yards to the pound, ia cents per square yard;
exceeding six ana not exceeding nine square
yards 10 the pound, ia cents per square yard;
exceeding nine square yards to the pound. 1s4
cents per square yard; If bleacbed and not ex-
ceedng six square yards to the pound, 112
cents per yard; exceeding six and not exceed
ing nine square yards to tie pound, 1s4 cents
per square yard; exceeding nine square yards
TO the pound, 214 cents; II dyed, colored,