Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-07-29

Orange and lemon peels preserved and
cocoanut meat, etc, were restored to the
house rate Of cents per pound.
On pineapples the senate rate was re-
tanned.
On unshelled filberts and walnuts the
house rate of cents per pound prevailed
while ON shelled flberts and walnuts the
senate rate Of cents per pound was sus-
tanned.
The conference struck out the senate
amendment providing for duty of cents
per pound on dead game and game meats
Paragraph 2S2, relating to cocoa. was
amended by leaving out cocoanut oil.
Spirits and Wines.
The conference made but one change IN
the schedule relating to spirits, Wines etc.
proper.
The senate rate OF 30 cents per gallon on
still wines containing less than IA per cent
of absolute alcohol In packages was changed
to 40 cents per gallon. The house rate was
co cents.
The rates on mineral waters were COM
promised being made 20 cents per dozen on
pint bottles 80 cents per dozen on quart
bottles. House rate of 40 cents and the
senate rate of "a cents.
Chemicals.
The conference struck out the senate rate
paragraph relating to tartrate Of soda and
potash and partly refined argols and re-
stored the house paragraph.
There was compromise on white lead
at "a cents per pound.
The house paragraph in regard to oxide
OF zine and white paint was restored.
There was "a general change of rates on
lead, white acetate of lead being fixed at
3i4 cents per pound brown. gray. or yellow
al "a cents, nitrate al 2It and litharge al
2& cents per pound These were generally
compromises between the rates of the two
houses
Phosphorus was compromised at Is cents
per pound
The house rate on sulphur was restored
The senate made an amendment to the sui
phur paragraph allowing crude birthstone
to come in at 80 cents per ton, but the con
ference struck this out, including this ar
ticle i'm the IS rate, as originally fixed by
the house.
Paper.
on mechanically ground wood pulp the
house rate of one-twelfth of one cent per
pound, dry weight, was restored.
The paragraph in regard to prating pa
per was entirely rewritten AS amended
II Is as follows:
Printing paper. unsized. sized, or glued,
suitable for books and newspapers valued
at not above two cents per pound three
tenths of cent per pound; valued above
two cents and not above two and half
cents per pound, four-tenths of one cent
per pound; valued between two and half
and three cents per pound fve-tenths Of
a cent: valued between three and four
cents six-tenths of rC-t. valued batweca
four and five cents, ,.ght-tenths Of cent.
valued above five cents Is per cent. ad
valorem'
There Is also proviso exacting an addi-
tional duty OF one-tenth of a cent per
pound for each dollar OF export duty per
cord imposed by any country exporting
wood pulp to the United States.
photographic Prints.
There are numerous changes In the para
graph relating to photographic prints The
rates on sucn prints on paper not exceed
ing $1,000 OF an inch In thickness is re-
duced from the senate rate of rs cents per
pound TO 20 cents.
The next classification covers paper
ranging from IS to 400 square inches fixing
the rate at cents per pound. For pa
per exceeding 400 square Inches rate of
90 per cent. ad valorem Is fixed The SEN
ate rate on prints is reduced from 10 to
cents
Books for childrens use containing IL
Illuminated photographic prints not exceed
Ing In weight "a ounces each, and all book I
lets and fashion magazines or periodicals, /
printed In whole or IN part by lithographic /
process or decorated by hand. cents per (
pound"
The senate rate OF 20 cents per pack and \
20 per cent. ad valorem fixed on PLAYING !
cards vas reduced to 10 cents per pack and |
81 per NtDl az NHlorefn.
Internal Revenue.
The internal revenue tax amendment r.
lating to cigars and cigarettes made by the .
senate was changed to read as follows:
'On cigars OF all descriptions weighing
more than three pounds per 1000 50 per
1000 on cigars made of tobacco or any sub
sutute weighing not more than three
pounds per l,0oO 81 per 1000; on cigarettes
made Of tobacco or any substitute weigh
Ing more than three pounds per 900, So per
l,Ovo' on cigarettes weighing not more than
three pounds per LOCO. 81 per thousand"
The senate amendment providing for q
tax on stocks and bonds was stricken out.
Metals.
The house rate Of S-l0th OF a cent per
pound was restored on round iron of less
than 7-l6 Of an inch In diameter and bars
or shapes Of rolled or hammered iron not
specially provided for
The house rate on iron In slabs blooms I
etc, less finished than iron in bars and
more advanced than pig iron was also re-
stored.
The rate on iron bars, billecs, etc, in the
Of which charcoal is used as
IN , was made specifically al $40 per con.
In paragraph III the senate rate Of 1 2-I0
cents per pound on iron or steel anchors
was increased to III cents per pound. the
house rate. The other amendments to the
paragraph made by the senate were &C
cepted.
Paragraph 100 reads a s follows:
Hoop or band iron, or hoop or band
steel, cut 70 lengths or wholly or partly
into hoops or ties. coated or
not coated with paint or any other prepare
ION. with or without buckles or fasteninrs,
for baltng cotton or any other commodity.
40 of cent per pound"
steel Rails.
on railway bars, r rails and punched
ron or steel fiat rails the conference re-
stored the house rate Of 7-2O Of a cent. On
railway fshplates the senate rate OF 40
)f one cent per pound stands,
Paragraph tx providing for an extra
duty OF 2-l0 OF q cent per pound on iron and
steel sheets or plates. galvanized or coated.
was allowed to stand. but WAS made TO
apply only to zinc spelter or other metals,
or any alloy OF these metals"
The house rate OF cents per pound was
restored on polished or plauished sheets Of
iron or steel on tagEers iron or steel tin
plates and torne plates the house rate Of
IN cents per pound was restored The
house rcceded from its proviso that the
benefit OF the drawback provision In sec-
ton "A shall not apply 10 articles manu-
factured in this country from imported
lnpates, stc
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