The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-03-13
THE REPUBLICAN
TARIFF BIhh
viii be Presented to the House on
Monday Next.
THE HKINLEY RATES ON WOOL !
An Unsuccessful Attempt to Change the
Ad valorem Rates on Wooden Manufao-
lures to Specific Dudes--mport-
ant Changes in the Classi-
hcation Of Wools

uCdblOH OF WOODS,
Washington, March 13.-The work Of
the Republican members of the ways
and means committee on the wool
schedule has brought the wool growers
and manufacturers to Washington in
fun force. They filed the lobby of the
Cochran hotel yesterday while the tar
iff makers We're i'm conference, and
when the members emerged each one
of them was surrounded by a group
of wool men endeavoring to impress
upon their victim the urgent needs of
their particular branch of the business.
The results do not show that represent
atives of special interests gain any
thing by coming to Washington.
After "a hours of work on the second
half Of the wool schedule, that cover
Ing manufactures Of wool, the duties
have been made practically a repeti-
tion of the rates of the Mckinley bill.
The Mckinley rates on raw woods hav-
ing been readopted, it was considered
the only logical arrangement to adopt
also the compensatory duties on man
ufactures of wool of the Mckinley law,
so this policy was followed There was
an attempt made to change the ad
valOrem rates on wooden manufactures
in the Mckinley act to specific, but
such great difficulties have been en-
countered that the undertaking has
been abandoned, for the time being at
any rate, and the committee has prac-
tically decided to accept the wool
schedule of the Mckinley act. 1t is
possible that the attempt will be re-
newed when the bill is before the fun
n
the ad valorem features of this sched-
ule to equivalent specific rates. but the
bill as 1t win be introduced into the
house viii contain the Mckinley wool
schedule without material changes, ex-
cept changes in the classification of
wools
The changes in classification were
decided upon by the committee on sat
isfactory proof that several varieties
OF Wools were being imported into the
united states i'm large quantities as
carpet wools and used for the manu-
faeture OF clothing. The wools,
which include China lambs, Bagdad,
Egyptian, Morocco, Casa Brancho and
fine skin woods, or butchers wools,
We're therefore changed from class 3
to class /, and the necessary changes
in the rates on manufactures of these
wools made. 1t is thought by mem-
bers Of the committee who are famil-
lar with the wool industry that these
changes in classification will prove
very beneficial to the wool growers of
the United States. Manufacturers
profess to be dissatisfied with the re-
adoption of the Mckinley rates on
wools, basing their complaint on the
ground that prices Of wools are much
1oyFars
Kinley law was enacted, but members
Of the committee think the point is not
well taken.
Chairman Dingley says that the bill
will be ready to be introduced in the
house Monday. The administrative
features have not yet been drafted.
nor has the reciprocity scheme. al
though the features Of it are decided
upon. These may be presented as
committee amendments after the bill
gets before the house. The earthen-
ware schedule is not yet perfected, but
it is quite probable that they viii be
placed under Mckinley schedule, with
some immaterial changes.
The reciprocity principle which will
be embodied in the bill win be that of
lower duties on certain classes of
goods in return for concessions to GER
tain lines of American goods The
principal lines of goods on which du-
ties may be lowered by reciprocity
treaties viii be sugar, champagnes.
silks, gloves, mineral waters. chiclxle
(much of Which Is imported for chew
ing gum, and argol or crude tartar.
which is one of the chief constituents
of baking powders
The president win be empowered by
40 fn ont. int
the duties win be materially lowered
on importations of these goods from
countries which make concessions to
American cattle and other products.
The reduction i'm the duty on smear
by reciprocity win be one-eighth of n
cent a pound so that sugar coming
from countries which make reciprocity
treaties with the United States will he
entered at one and one-half cents
pound.
Most Of the goods in the list given
above which are imported into the
United states come from Germany and
France, and it is the expectation Of the
committee that reciprocity on cham
pagne, silks and gloves viii prove an
inducement TO these countries to aban-
don their policy Of discrimination
against American beef and pork
The hopes Of the new Canadian ad-
ministration for closer reciprocal rela-
tions with the United States win be de-
feated by the Dingley bill The Lib
eral party, under Lauriers leadership
has made closer commercial affiliations
with the United States one of it's fore
most policies, as they desired to omen
the markets OF this country to the form
products of Canada. The Canadian
ministers who visited Washington were
Informed that the design Of the new
tariff bin would be to preserve me
markets Of the United states to It's
farmers by adequate protective duties
on an farm products.
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