The herald., 1897-05-26


rogate a treaty of this kind with friend
ly country without notice, we believe
that negotiations should be at once en-
tered into looking to such modifica-
ton as will reduce the bounty to be-
paid Hawaiian sugar producers to a. rea-
sonable sum. and the committee viii.
present an amendment looking in that
direction at an early day.
There should be no difficulty in Sc
curing through the treaty-making pow
er such modification of the treaty as
will be satisfactory to both countries
without injury to either. 1t certainly
cannot be expected that the United
States will continue for any length of
time to pay a. bonus of seven or eight
millions of dollars per annum as an in
ducement to any foreign country to trade
with us. l assume there will be no diff
fculty in obte.ning proper notifications
of the treaty, SO that it will not be nee
essary for the government of the United
States to give one years notice Of the
abrogation of the treaty, as provided
for by its terms.
Important changes have been made
lin schedule X. both in the rates on WOO
and on manufactured woolens.
"In dealing with the wool schedule,
the committee have suggested more lib
eral rates to domestic wool growers than
it has recommended for the producer of
any manufactured article in the sched-
ules. 1t has also suggested for him a
more effective protection than it has
ever received under any tariff law of the
United States at the time of its enact
ment. The wool growers are given the
benefit of specific duty on all classes
of wool. Under the operation Of this
fixed specific duty the amount Of pro-
lection afforded will increase with each
new decline in the foreign value of their
raw material.
1.-THE committee has aimed to give the
wool growers rate Of duty which will
average from 10 per cent o 20 per cent
higher than the rates of earlier tariffs
I'm doing this 1t is giving higher pro-
lection upon the raw material than upon
the manufactured product in every case
Very careful consideration has beer
given to the compensatory duty on
wooden goods. with the result of reduc-
ing the compensatory rates on low-grade
goods, into whose manufacture, more
or less of other materials than woods
enter. On the high-grade goods the COM
pensatory duties are fixed on the same
basis that has obtained in all previous
tariffs.
1.-The house bill rate of 80 per cent or
carpet wools costing less than 13 cents
per pound has created more agitation
and opposition than any other feature
of the wool schedule. 1t is alleged by
the wool growers that this low rate or
carpet woods destroys the effectiveness
of the protection afforded upon theil
grades of wool by reason of the tempta.
tion it affords to import these low woods
to be used in cheviots, golf suitir go an6
other popular fabrics which do not re.
quire fine woods.
without undertaking to affirm tn.
correctness of these allegations regard.
ing the extensive use of these carpe,
wools for clothing purposes, the com.
mittee recognized the fact that there il
some such use made of them. To re.
move all possible ground for complaint
on this score they have fixed the duties
under 10 cents in value and at cents
pound over that valuation.
Under these duties the ad valoren
GQulVdltHtS Will range Oh .tu6 various
clips from IS per cent and in some in
stances 10 per cent, and they are highe,
than in any previous law. 1t is certai,
| that under this duty foreign carpet
woods cannot be imported to take tn:
place of domestic woods in the clotf
manufacture. ~e-
Taking this feature of the wool sched
ule into account, it is fact demonstrate
ed by the market reports that the pro
lection given the American wool grow
er under the senate bill is greater ant
more effective than he has ever before
received in an American tariff
Under this schedule wool growini
should become in time one of the mos
profitable branches Of American agri
culture.
Many changes are made in schedul
N. The one which will attract mos
attention is the placing Of duty upol
hides of cattle. Representatives Of tn
western states in which cattle are raise,
have been for many years insisting tha
q duty on hides should find place in
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