The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-07-30

OF 1SrlI-re -icoi o. IN fisefas- e vas cilaus@z
to 90 cents per Salon. The hsrze rate Ess
g cents.
TIE rates On Mineral waters we're com
promised. being made q cents Der dozen on
pint bottles, % cents per dozen On qus1t
BEETLES. House rats Of y cents and me
senate rate Of g centz
OhemieaIs.
The conference strEcE cut me senate rate
parasrlPh relating 70 tsrIrzfe Of coda and
potash and parity refined argols ana re-
stored the houss paragraph.
There was compromise on white lead
At 2i5 cents per pound,
The house paragraph IN regard 70 oxide
| Of zinc ana white paint was restored
There was a general change Of rates On
/ lead, white acetate Of lead being nxee at
81 cents Fer pound, brown. gray OF yellow
st 24 cents, nitrate az ~ and litharse az
/ 50 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 sul-
/ phur paragraph allowing crude birthstone
to come In at 50 cents per ton, but the con-
/ ference struck this out Including this ar
/ ticle in the $ rate as originally fixed By
1 tins house.
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 printing pa
/ per was entirely rewritten. AS amended
/ It 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 a cent per pound; valued above
! two cents and not above two and half
cents per pound fOuF-tsnths of one cent
per pound: valued between two and a half
| and three cents per pound, fVe-tenths Of
q cent, valued between three and four
| cents, siX-tenths Of a cent; valued between
/ four and five cents, eight-tenths OF a cent;
valued above five cents 10 per cent. ad
/ valorem.
| There Is also a proviso exacting an add
tiOnal duty OF one-tenth Of a cent per
pound for each dollar of export duty per
cord imposed by any country exporting
4 wood pulp to the United States.
photographic Prints,
There are numerous changes in the para
graph relating to photographic prints. The
rates on such prints on paper not exceed
] ing $1,000 of an inch in thickness is re-
/ duced from the senate rate of 25 cents per
/ pound to 20 cents.
The next classification covers paper
ranging from IS 70 400 square inches, fixing
the rate at s cents per pound. For pa
per exceeding 400 square inches a rate Of
So per cent. ad valorem is fixed. The sen
ate rate on prints is reduced from 10 TO
cents and on photographic from to
cents.
Books for chldren's use containing IL
Illuminated photographic prints not exceed
I ing in weight a ounces each, and all book
let's and fashion magazines or periodicals,
printed in whole or in part by photographic
process or decorated by hand, 6 cents per
pound"
The senate rate of 20 cents per pack and
20 per cent, ad valorem fixed on playing
cards was reduced to 10 cents per pack and
20 per cent. I'D yalorem.
Internal Revenue.
The internal revenue tax amendment re-
lating to cigars and cigarettes made by the
senate was changed to read as follows:
ION cigars Of all descriptions weighing
more than three pounds per 1000, s. per
1,000 on cigars made Of tobacco OF any sub
stitute weighing not more than three
pounds per 1000, 81 per LOCO; on cigarettes
made Of tobacco or any substitute weigh
LOCO; on cigarettes Weighing not more than
three pounds per LOO, 81 per thousand"
The senate amendment providing for
tax on stocks ana bonds was stricken out
Metals.
The house rate Of S-1Oth OF a cent per
pound was restored on round iron Of less
than 7-16 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,
etc, less finished than iron in bars and
more advanced than pig iron was also re-
stored.
The rate on iron bars, biIlets, etc, In the
manufacture Of which charcoal Is used as
fuel, was made specifically at 50 per ton.
In paragraph 12I the senate rate Of ! 2-l0
cents per pound on iron or steel anchors
was increased to IL cents per pound, the
house rate. The other amendments to the
paragraph made by the senate were &C
cepted.
Paragraph 12s reads as follows:
Hoop or band iron, or hoop or band
steel, cut to lengths or wholly or partly
manufactured into hoops or ties, coated or
not coated with paint or any other prepara-
ton, with or without buckles or fastenings,
for baliGg cotton or any other commodity,
$40 Of cent per pound.
Steel Rails.
On railway bars, T rails, and punched
iron or steel rat rails the conference re-
stored the house rate Of 100 of a cent. On
railway fshplates the senate rate Of 40
Of one cent per pound stands.
Paragraph 1872 providing for an extra
duty Of 2-iO of a cent per pound on iron and
steel sheets or plates, galvanized or coated,
was allowed to stand, but was made to
h. ffrfr7z other metals
or any alloy of these metals"
The house rate Of 2 cents per pound was
restored on polished or planished sheets Of
iron or steel. On taggers' iron or steel, tin
plates and terne plates the house rate Of
~ cents per pound was restored. The
house receded from its proyiso that the
benefit Of the drawback provision in sec
ton "a shall not apply to articles manu-
featured in this country from imported
tinplates, etc.
The conference amended the proviso to
paragraph 18e relating to wire rods so as to
make it read as follows
THAT all wire or steel rods which have
been tempered or treated in any manner or
partly manufactured shall pay an addi-
tional duty of one-half of one cent Der
fpOund."
ilThere were several changes In the para
afHllu tc4dtilS-l " lEou anu sLe1t Wll0'
Changes in Cutlery.
IA the paragraph relating to cutlery there
was55ut one change from the senate sched-
ule. =.
The conference made material changes
from both the senate and house rates on
shotguns, both IN classification and rates
Of duty.
On wheels for railway purposes a COM
promise makes the duty 15 cents per
pound and IL cents on ingots. blooms.
etc Aluminium, in crude form, was made
dutiable at cents ana In plates at IS cents
per pound.
The rate on Dutch metal was made
cents per package of 100 loaves-
The language and rates Of the senate
amendments Of the paragraph In relation
to lead ore were accepted without change,
but lead IN pigs was made dutiable at 25ls
cents per pound, instead Of cents, as liked
by the house. and ~ cents as liked by the
senate.
The senate rates on mica were advanced,
those on the Gnmanufactured article being
fixed at cents per pound and e per cent
ad valorem, those on cut mica at y cents
per pound and % per cent. ad valOrem,
The rate OF 6 cents a pound on nickel. as
provided by the house was restored.