Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-08-10
per ton on the northumberland article ana
50 per ton on that which has been manufac.

per ton on the northumberland article ana
So per ton on that which has been manufac.
tured.
The house rate on undecorated rocking
| ham earthenware, paragraph 3d. was re-
! stored.
In the next paragraph, relating to china,
the house provision including clock cases.
with or without movements, was restored,
! making the duty GO per centum ad va
| loren.
The senate receded from its amendments
to the rates on plain bottles. Jars, etc.
Glass.
The paragraph QOO) In regard to cut or
or1aamented glass bottles was not changed
as to rates
THE conference restored the house rates
and language Oh unpublished Cylinder,
crown and common window glass, but re3
| tanned the senate rates and language on
| polished cylinder and crown, glass.
In the paragraph d03) relating to f1uted,
rolled, ribbed. or rough plate glass the SEN
ate rates and language were retained ex.
cept the house proviso to the effect
that aRthe above plate glass when ground,
smoothed. or otherwise obscured shall be
subjected to the same rate OF duty as cast
polished plate glass unsilvered."
| The senate rates were retained on cast
| polished plate glass, both unfinished and
silvered, as provided in paragraphs 104
| and 105.
The house rate Of 10 per cent ad va
loren, in addition to other rates chargeable
on window, crown, cylinder, or plate
glasses where those glasses are bent,
ground, frosted. etc.. is reduced to per
cent.
The conference adopted the senate
amendments in paragraph 10S relating to
| spectacles, eyegla sses etc., with one ex.
cepton.
Paragraph 112, relating to stained or
painted glass windows, remains practical
ly as left by the senate.
| No $rtrn he ~,
freestone, granite, sandstone, unmanufac-
tured or undressed. making it u cents per
cubic foot.
The thread paragraph $500 is a COM
promise between the two houses, making O.
duty of 10 cents per pound on threads made
| from yarn not finer than five lea or num-
mer, and three-fourths cent per pound adj
| ditional for each lea or number in excess
of five made from yarn finer than five lea
or number.
There Is also change In the next para
graph, relating to single yarns In the gray,
reducing the senate rate on yarns not
finer than 80 lea or number to 40 per cent.
| ad valorem, which Is q compromise be-
| tween the two houses.
Floor mattings, which are taken from
the free list, where they were placed by
| the senate, are made dutiable at cents
per square yard where their value does not
exceed 10 cents per square yard, and lat
ad valorem where their value exceeds 10
| cents per square yard.
Bags or sacks made from plain woven
fabrics and bagging for cotton, gunny
cloth and similar fabrics were taken from
the free list and the language of the house
| practically restored in both instances. On
bags the rate was made seven-eighths
cent per pound and 10 per cent ad valorem..
The senate rate on handkerchiefs was ac-
cepted.
sundries.
There were comparatively few changes
IN the sundries schedule. The senate
amendment on bituminous Goals fixing the
rate of 67 cents per ton was accepted with
| out change.
| The house rate of one cent per thousand
on loose matches was restored
The house rates on haircloth We're re-
stored.
The senate rates on jewelry were re-
| tanned.
The house provision in regard to dIa-
monds ana other precious stones was re-
| stored.
Paintings. drawings and stat,yary vera
again made dutiable at 20 per cent. ad va
| loren.
Free List.
The following changes were made in tho
free list:
The provision allowing cattle, horses.
sheep, or other domestic animals, strayine
or driven across the boundary line of an
other country for pasturage purposes, to
be brought back free Of duty is modified so
as to continue this privilege for the speci-
fled time of six months.
I'he conference restored to the free list
the house paragraph on books and engray-
lngs imported by authority Of the United
States for the library Of congress.
The paragraph relating to the free intro
duction of books, libraries and reason.
able, furniture Of persons from foreign
| countries vas altered so as to provide that
where they were not introduced for sale
they were to be allowed free entrarcei
There they had not been so used for less,
tI{aR one year.
The conference restored the house pro-
vision on camphor.
The following is the paragraph agreed
upon on anthracite coal in the free List: /,
Anthracite Coal.
Goal. anthracite. now especially pro-
vided for in this act, and coal stores of
American vessels. but none shall be un-
| loaded"
Following is the paragraph agreed upon
on coal tar in the free list:
Goal tar. crude pitch Of coal tar, and
products OF coal tar known as dead or cre-
osote Oil, benzol, etc."
The conference restored raw cotton to
the free list.
The paragraph in regard to the free adj
mission of fish caught by American fisher
men was amended SO as to include salmon
on the free list which were especially ex-
copied by the senate bill. and as agreed
upon reads as follows:
Fresh fish, frozen or packed in ice,
| caught in the great lakes or other fresh
waters by citizens Of the United States.''
On hide cuttings the house paragraph
| was restored.
| Manganese ore was restored to the free
/ list, as was cocoanut oil.
The house phraseology of the paragraph
in regard to ores Of gold, silver, ETC., was
restored. which has the effect Of making
free nickel and nickel matte.
The senate amendment making free
| paintings, drawings and statuary was also
| stricken out.
Reciprocity.
The reciprocity provision, as agreed to by
| the conference, contains some Of the feat
| ures Of both the senate and the house bills
on this, subject.
1t also contains some retaliatory meas
ures. 1t sets forth its purpose to be that Of
"equalizing the trade of the United States
| with foreign countries exporting to this
country the following articles:
| Argols, or crude tartars, or wine lees
| crude; brandies or other spirits manufact-
| ured or distilled from grain or other ma
terials; champagne or all other sparkling
wines; still wines and vernuth; paintings
! and statuary."
| negotiations or commercial agreements in
| which reciprocal concessions may be sel
| cured In favor of the products Of the United
States. He is empowered to suspend by
| proclamation the duties upon these articles
| whenever equivalent concessions may be
obtained, as follows:
"Argols. per cent. ad valorem"
| Brandies or other grain spirits, SITS per
| gallon.
| Champagne In bottles containing one
| quart. IS per dozen; containing one pint, So
| per dozen; containing one-half pint 81. 80