The herald., 1897-05-05

| at above 40 cents and not above 20 cenl
| four times the duty on unwashe
| slirted wool of the first class, and
addition on all the foregoing so per Ger
| ad valorem valued at over 70 cents pc
pound, four times the duty on unwashet
skirted wool of the first class and 55 pc
cent ad valorem. The blanket para
graph is changed as follows:
Blankets and fiannels are increase
from 80 to 40 cents per pound and 1t
also provided that the duty on each ar
ticle shall be the same as imposed upo
one and one-half, pounds OF unwashe'
woods. An additional duty Is allows'
| of 80 per cent ad valorem instead OF tn
house rate. On these articles, valued
more than 40 cents and not more than 8
cents per pound, the duty is made equa
to two and one-half times that on on
pound Of unwashed wool instead Of thre'
times that as provided in the house bill
and an ad valorem of rs per cent is add
ed, instead of the house rate. On blank
cts valued at more than so cents pei
pound the rate Is made three times tina
of unwashed wool and an ad valoren
duty of 40 per cent is added. Women's
and children's dress goods. coat Innings
ETC., valued at 15 cents per yard and less
are rated at 51a cents per yard instead oi
7 cents as in the house bill, while arti-
cles of this class valued at more than IL
cents are reduced from to 61s cents
per ward and so per cent ad valOrem in
stead of 20 per cent as the house bill add
ed on all of them. The above applies to
goods the warp of which consists wholly
of cotton or other vegetable material.
On women's and children's dress goods,
ETC., which are composed wholly or In
part of wool and not specially provided
for, the duty is reduced from II to cents
per yard, with ain ad valorem of so per
cent added. The rate of weddings. gor-
ings, suspenders. ETC., is reduced from
go to 40 cents per pound, though the ad
valorem addition of 60 per cent is not
change
There are several changes in carpets.
Orientals, Berlin and other similar rugs,
as we'll as carpets woven in whole for
rooms, are removed from the para
graph relating to Aubosson and Ak
minister carpets and Incorporated in a
new paragraph, which provides for a
duty on them of twenty cents per square
foot and ten per cent ad valorem when
they are valued at not more than 40
cents per square foot; valued at more
than 40 cents and not more than 81,
10 cents per square foot and 20 per cent
ad valorem; valued at more than 81
and not more than 81, 20 cents per
square foot and rs per cent ad valorem.
Treble ingrained and all chained
Venetian carpets are increased
from 10 cents per square yard
% rs per cent. and wool
duties two-ply ingram from IA to 20
cents per yard.
A paragraph is added. specifically
that call articles, fabrics and
manufactures, however described, of
which wool is component material,
hall be classified and pay the duties
imposed by the several paragraphs of
his schedule
The lumber schedule Is changed by
adding after the word timber" the
words "hewn. sided or squared and
,ound timber" and the duty fixed at
he rate Of one cent per cubic foot, as
n the house Dill.
The rate Of 81 per ton on all sawed
boards, ETC., is retained, but when
olaned on one side the additional rate
is made 35 instead of so cents per 1000
cubic feet, board measure; when planed,
grooved, the additional rate
Is made 20 cents per 1000 feet, board
if planed on two sides and
tongued and grooved, $105 per 1000 in
stead Of 81. so.
The house proviso for an additional
luty of 25 per cent ad valorem upon
ry which imposes an export duty Is
changed so as. to add the amount of
export duty, instead Of any fixed sum.
The duty on kindling wood in bun
lies is stricken out.
Shingles, house rate, 80 cents; senate,
70 cents per 1000 feet.
Placed on the free list are poplar and
,ther pulp woods, heading bolts, stave
BOLTS, railroad ties.
There are numerous changes in the
provisions in regard to fruits and nuts.
Apples, peaches and other edible fruits
when dried are reduced from cents to
cent per pound. and berries are strick-
m from the dutiable list. The para
graph in regard to preserved fruits.
sweetmeats, etc, is changed SO as to
provide for an additional duty of $3.50
Der gallon on the alcohol contained in
such preserves in excess of 5 per cent.
Telies are made dutiable at 35 per cent
i'd valorem, and pineapples preserved
IN their own juice at 25 per cent ad
valorem. The duty On figs, plums,
orunes, raisins and other dried grapes
s reduced from 21a cents per pound to
cents, and on olives in bottles or jars
rom 25 to 20 cents per gallon. Grapes
ire made dutiable at 20 cents per cubic
DOT instead of 1 cent per pound.
Oranges and lemons and other cit
us fruits are placed at one cent per
pound, instead of three-quarters of a
cent as provided in the house bill All
he provisos of the house bill in rela-
ion to citrus fruits are stricken out, as
also the house paragraph in relation to
,range and lemon peel. For this last
a substitute is provided con-
aiming the same rates as the house
bill, but making a slightly different
classification.
Almonds are reduced from to cents
4 pound, filberts from 8 to 2ls cents when
lot shelled and from 6 to cents when
;helled; peanuts, unshelled, from 1 cent
10 Y a cent per pound; when shelled,
rom 11s to cent per pound nuts not
specially provided for from 1la to cent
per pound.
RATES ON FRUIT