Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-07-20

substantially the same as passed by the
house.
The eundres schedules remain sub
stantially the same as they passed The
house. Coal, however, is reduced to 81
cents per ton, and coal slack or clum
to Is. cents per ton, as proposed by the
same amendment.
The free list, as passed the house, is in
the main adopted except that boiling
cloths and several kinds of essential oils
have been added
The house provision, applying a rem
edy to the wholesale Introduction OF goods
into this country free of duty by Amer
leans visiting Europe, is substantially
adopted and the senate and house rec-
procity provisions are united and adopted
with some notifications.
The senate provisions proposing an
equivalent countervaling duty on i'm
ports from foreign countries which have
paid an import duty is adopted. The
senate amendm mt increasing the Internal
revenue duty on cigarettes is adopted
with provisions to enforce the collection
of the tax.
The senate provision changing the law
so as TO allow no rebate on the tax on
beer is adopted.
The senate provision for stamp tax
on the issue and transfer of stocks and
bonds issued by corporations is omitted
from the bill,
The administrative sections added to
the bill by the senate are substantially
the same as those passed by the house
in the Fifty-fourth congress and are
agreed to with some slight amendments.
The chemical sections restore argols
and chicle to the dutiable list at the rate
provided'for by the house.
4 Amendment u places bleaching pow
dersl on the dutiahle list at the rate of
one-fifth Oft cent per pound, as provided
by the senate.
Amendment 104 increases the duty on
soda ash from one-fourth cent, as pro-
vided by the house bill, to three-eighths
Of L cant. as provided by the senate
ment. i~
Amendment 107 reduces the duty on
cynade of potassium to Is per cent. ad
Valorem as provided by the senate.
No. Jos restores crude sulphur to the
free1ist.,.I lp- ~
No, ito leaves tonkay beans and va
nillae bsans on the free list.
Nos. 3 and IA raises the duty ON bor-
ates as provided by the senate.
The several amendments in the lead
paint paragraph adjust the rates to the
increased duty on lead.
r. Thenothef amendments on the chemical
schedule concur with the slight reduc-
tions Of rates. on many chemicals and
other articles, including linseed olive oil
and coal tar dyes
There issani increase of the rates on
camphor and ground drugs.
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provided by the bill as 1t passed the
house and are substantially the duties
of the act of 1890.
Glassware was left at the rates pro-
vided by the house, but there are reduc-
tions in rates pertaining to bottles,
moulded, pressed glassware. cylinder
and crown glassware.
Tin remains at the duty provided by
the house instead of having the duty in
creased as proposed by the senate. The
It,fx af bow, ,.nlr
posed by the senate is reduced to so cents
and the duty on ground and calcined
plaster raised to $225 per ton.
China clay is left at 81 per ton, as pro-
vided by the house.
The duty on fullers earth is slightly in
crea sed, but left at lower rate than
proposed by the senate.
Marble Is placed at the increased rates
proposed by the senate.
The reductions of duty on some forms
of iron and steel proposed by the senate
Is accepted in part as proposed and sew
eral.news paragraphs are Sadded not here
tofofetspe cifically provided for.
Cotton ties, whica were p''ced on the
free list by the senate are restored to the
dutiable list at a reduced duty on 5-loth
on one cent.
Tin plates are placed at the rate of duty
! provided for in the bill as it passed the
house. ssla
Structural iron is reduced one-tenth
of / cent. 49, -
The senate amendment on pocket
knives which is substantially the same
as the paragraph by the house is agreed
to and compromise rates adopted on guns
The conference agreed to senate
amendment 341, increasing the duty on
lead ore III cents, and the duty on pig
lead Is placed at PA cents.
Nickel ore and nickel matter are left
onsthe free INST as provided by the house.
All senate amendments on lumber. ex-
cept sawed timber exceeding eight inches
square, is left at the rate of So per 1000
as proposed blythe house. Planed lum-
Der fs also left at the house rates.
As agreed to by the eonferees the duty
on wrapper tobacco is placed at S1.S5 per
pound, compromise between the house
ra te of 50 and the senate rate Of $1.75 and
accepts the senate reduction on filler to-
bacco.
Raw cotton, which the senate made
dutiable at the rate of 20 per cent. ad
valorem, was restored to THE free list.
Tie diffrenece between tf1e two houses
on beans was compromised, being made