The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-20

iron or steel fat rails. the conference
restored the house rate of seventeen
tieths Of a cent On railway fish plates
the senate rate of four-tenths OF l cent
9er pound stands.
Paragraph 1872 providing for an extra
duty of two-tenths OF a cent per pound
on iron and steel sheets or plates OF
galvanized or coated. was allowed 10
stand but was made to apply only to
zinc spelter or other metals, or any
ALLOW OF these metals"
The house rate of 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 one-tweltfth of a
cent per pound was restored. The house,
4 however. receded from its proviso that
the benefit of the drawback proviso in
I section "a shall not apply to articles
manufactured in this country from i'm
ported tin plates. etc
The conference amended the proviso
to paragraph 1856. relating to wire rods,
so as TO make It read as follows:
That all iron or steel wire rods.
which have been tempered or treated in
! any manner or partly manufactured.
shall pay an additional duty of One-hah
of cent per pound
/ There were several changes in the
paragraphs relating to iron and steel
wire.
| In the paragraph relating to cutlery
there was but one change from the sem
ate schedule.
The conference made several changes
from both the senate and house rates
on shotguns. both in classification and
rates. of duty.
On wheels for railway purposes, a
compromise makes the duty Ia cents
per pound, and IA on ingots. blooms,
etc. Aluminium in crude form. was
made dutiable at s cents, and in plates
at Is cents per pound.
The rate on Dutch metals was made
6 cents per package of 100 leaves.
The language and rates of the senate
amendments of the paragraph in rela-
ton 10 lead ore was accepted without
change. but lead in pigs was made
dutiable at 2s cents per pound. in
stead of cents. as fixed by the house.
and pa cents. as fixed by the senate.
The senate rates on mica were adj
vanced, those on the manufactured
article being fixed at cents per pound.
and 20 per cent ad valorem. and those
on cut mica at u cents per pound, and
20 Der cent ad valorem.
The rate of cents pound on nickel.
as provided by the house. was restored.
CHEMICALS.
There was a general change of rates
on lead, white acetate of lead being
fixed at 3A cents per pound, brown,
gray or yellow at 2A cents; nitrate at
OK and litharge at % cents per pound
There were general compromises be-
tween the rates of the two houses
Phosphorus was compromised at Is
cents per pound.
The house rate on sulphur was re-
stored.
The senate made an amendment to
the sulphur paragraph allowing crude
birthstone TO come in at so cents per
ton but the conference struck this out,
including this article in the IS rate, as
originally fixed by the house.
PAPER SCHEDULE.
On mechanilly ground wood pulp the
house rate of y of 1 per cent per pound,
dry weight, was restored.
The paragraph in regard to printing
paper was entirely rewritten, As
amended 1t is as follows:
Printing paper unsized or glued,
suitable for books and newspapers,
valued at not above cents per pound.
3-10ths of a cent per pound, valued at
2 cents and not above 2212 cents per
pound, 4-10ths of 1 cent per pound
valued between 21s and cents per
pound, 5-10ths of a cent valued be-
tween and cents, 6-10ths OF cent; |
valued between 4 and cents, S-1Oths of
a cent; valued above cents, 10 per
cent ad valorem."
There is also a proviso exac1ing an !,
additional duty of one-tenth per pound |
for each dollar of export duty per cord |
imposed by any country exporting
wood pulp to the United States.
There are numerous changes in the |
paragraph relating to photographic |
crrfn mr. m
paper not exceeding eight thousandrhs
of an inch in thickness is reduced from
the senate rate of % cents per pound
TO 20 cents.
The next classification covers paper
ranging from So to 400 square inches,
fixing the rate at cents per pound:
For paper exceeding 400 square inches
B. rate of So per cent ad vaiorem is
fixed.
The senate rate on prints is reduced
from 10 TO 5 cents, and on photographic
from to cents.
Books for children's use containing
Illuminated photographic prints not
exceeding in weight "a ounces, each
and all booklets and fashion magazines
,r periodicals printed in whole or In
part by photographic process or decor
lied by hand, cents per pound
The senate rate of 20 cents per pack
age and 20 per cent ad valorem fixed on
playing cards, was reduced TO 10 cents
per package, and 20 per cent ad va
orem.
ARTHENWARE AND GLASSWARE
The house rates were restored on
Portland, Roman and other cements.
Paragraph 81, relating to gypsum.
was amended so as to read as follows:
Plaster, rock or gypsum, crude, 90
cents per ton; if ground or calcined,
2. so per ton; pearl hardening for pa
oer7nakers use, 20 per cent ad va
orem."
The paragraph relating to pumice
stone was totally changed, the rate
being made Sc per ton on the manu-
'actured article, and Is per cent ad va
orem on the manufactured.
The house paragraph relating to the
.lays and earth, was adopted, and the
louse rates on dried asphaltum and
,itumen. On fullers eaNh, the rate was
ixed ait $3.50 per ton on the unmanu-
actured article, and So per ton on that
which had been manufactured.
Floor mattings. which are taken ;
rom the free list, where placed by the
enate and made dutiable at 3 cents {
,er square yard. where their value does ]
lot exceed 10 cents per square yard,
md at cents per square yard. and rs
,er cent ad valorem, where their value |
exceeds 10 cents per square yard.