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

d cefi 5 Per hus-4l. ins'ead of 40c by the
senate and Soc by the house.
The conference accepted the house rate
of cent per pound on garlic, inaa-ad o.
Nc, as fixed by the se@aee.
Paragraph 300, relating to peas, was
changed 50 as to include SEED peas with
peas in the bulk, AID he house rat. of
10 cents per bushel restored.
The se'aiJse rate 60 30 percentum ad va
rem on natural flowers was r. duced to
25 per cent.
GREENHOUSE stocks were added to the
articles made dutiahle a 20 percentum
ad yalorem.
This duty on seeds not especially pro-
vidsd for was made 90 pr cen.., the SEN
afe rate being % per cent and house rate
40 per cert.
Paragraph where fish was amended
was fixed by the bill so as to b specific.
Paragraph 241 was amended so as TO
specifically provide that fresh mackere1
halibut or salmon should be dutiable at
The rats of ! cent per pound a we'll as
the picked or salted article.
Paragraph 262, apples etc, was amend
ed so as to omit currerrs. and tha house
rate of cents per pound on such dried
fruits as appl (, peaches, pears and iber-
ries, where changed in any manner, was
restored.
The senate language in paragra ph 243.
reIating to preserved fruits, comfits. etc,
was retained. but in addition to the IS
per cent. ad valorem allowed on these
articles, preserved in sugar, molasses,
etc. ] cent per pound was given.
TIhs paragraph was also alt red so as
TO reduce 10 per cent. the amount of al
cohol allowed with such preserves, the al
eohol il addition to this amendment be-
ing required to pay $3.50 PR gallon
The grape paragraph was amended so
as 70 require 'the paymeri. of 2 cells per
cubic foot of the capacity of the barrels
or packa ges."
Orange ard lemon pei:ls. preserved, and
cocoanut meuts, &c. were restored to the
house rate of cents per pound
On paneapples the senate rats was re-
tained.
On unshelled flberts and walnuts the.
house rate of &c. per pound prevailed,
while on salelled filbert and walnut the
senate rates of sc. per pound was sus-
tanned
The conference struck out the senate
amendment providing for duty of &c.
per pound on dead game and game
meats.
Paragraph 2S2 relating to cocoa was
amended by leaving out cocoanut OIL.
On dexterine, burnt starch, ETC., he
house rate of &c. a pound was restored,
the senate rate being i Nc
Paragraph 3O2, in relating to cotton
thread and yarn, was amended by the
conference SO as to provide that the
thread, colored, blea chs d, combed, e.c. 50
as to be advanced beyond the coadition
of singles by grouping. or twisting of two
or more single yarns together numbering
20 and up to so are made dutiable at &c.
per pourH and on threads of the same
class numbering so and above Bloc per
pound per number.
In the original house bill there wis no
division at all, all being made dutiable at
3-10c. per number per pound.
The senate left the house rate of Bloc.
with the division and provided an ad
valorem of 80 per cent on the second
portion of that psGt of paragraph 315,
re ating to plushes ard velvets which was
stricken out by the senate, was inserted
though in changed form. The insertion
is a proviso to the effect '4that cordurnys
composed of vegetable fibre shall pay a
duty of 18c. per square yard and 25 per
centum ad valorem." .7 Is.l
In paragraph 800 the senate amend
ments are all accepted except that re-
ducings the rate an 4cotton suspsmdsrs
ard braces from 85 to 40 per cent ad
valorem. The paragraph inserted by the
senate t3191a) providing for an additional
duty of 10 per cent. ad valorem on all
cotton yarns finer than No. 10 single, and
on nrIlnufa ctures made of such yarns was
stricken out by the conference.
The thread par9 graph is a comproms Sc
between the two houses, making duty
of 13c. per pound on threads made from
yarn not fined than five Lea or number
and. u Gf one cent per pound additional
for each Lea. or number in excess of five
nade from yarn finer than five Lea or
NUMBER rfna5o4s ss-e
There is also change in the next par
agraph relating to single yarns in the
gray, reducing the senate rates on yarns
not finer than S0.lea or number to 40 per
cent. adfvalorem, which is a compromise
between the two houses
Flax gill, netting, nets, webs, etc, is
reduced from 25 to 20 per cent. ad va
loren. sf
Floor mattings, wlioch are taken from
the free list, where they were placed by
the senate were made dutiable at cents
per squar yard. where their value does
not exceed 10c per square yard; cents
per square yard ad valorem where their
value exceeds 10 cents per square yard.
| The rate fixed in the original house bill
on floor mattings were cents per square
yard on valuations under 10 cents, while
on valuations above the rate was the
same with an ad valorem of 25 per cent.
added. i1a ttf
The house rate on plain woven fabrics
of jute yarns, which ths senate placed on
the free list, was reduced from B cents
to 5s cents on yarns of that character not
exceeding sixteen inches in width and
on those exceeding thirty and not exceed
ing fifty-five threads to the square inch
the rate was reduced from cent per
pound to seven-eighths of cent with
Is per cent. ad valorem added just as in
the original house schedule.
The house proviso requiring a specific
duty of cent per pound on all of the
above and 20 per cent. ad valorem in ca
they should be dyed, colored or stained,
was STRICKEN out.
THE house rate was restored ON fax pile
fabrics. The rate is 60 per cent. ad va
lorem. Bags or sacks made from plain
woven fabrics and bagging for cotton
gunny cloth and similar fabrics were
taken from the free list where they were
placed by the senate and the house Ian
guage practically res. ored in both in
stances, except that the rates were
changed. On bags the house rate was
reduced from %c. per pound and 10 per
cent. ad valorem to &c. per pound and 10
per cent. ad valorem On bagging the
house rate was reduced from 1sc. per
square yard and Is per cent ad valorem
to 6-10c. per square yard and no ad va
loren.
The senate rate on handkerchiefs was
accepted. The senae phraseology and
rates are retained on paragraph BAG, arc
changed relating to woven fabrics not
especially provided for, except that the
senate fixedithe rates and the weights and
the conference changed the weight to SIS
ounces.
The conference accepted the senate rate
I,o.< ox11 a.