The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-07-02

enter into commercial treaty or treaties
with any other country or countries
concerning the admission into any such
country or countries Of the goods.
wares and merchandise Of the United
States and their use and disposition
therein, deemed to be for the interests
Of the United States. and in such
treaty or treaties. in consideration of
the advantages accruing to the United
States therefrom shall provide for the
reduction during a specified period, not
exceeding five years, Of the duties i'm
posed by this act, to the extent OF not
more than 30 per cent. thereof upOn
such goods, wares or merchandise as
may be designated therein Of the our
try or countries with which such treaty
or treaties shall be made, rs in this
| section provided for; or shall provide
for the transfer during such period
from the dutiable list Of this act 70 the
free list thereof such goods, wares
and merchandise, being the natural
products of such foreign country or
countries and not Of the United States,
and shall provide for the retention upon
the free list of this act during a speci-
fed period, not exceeding five years,
Of such goods, wares and merchandise
now included in said free list as may
be designated therein; and when any
such treaty shall have been duly rati-
fled and public proclamation made ac-
cOrdingly, hen and thereafter the du-
ties which shall be collected by the
United States upon any Of the desig-
mated goods, wares and merchandise
from the foreign country with which
such treaty has been made, shall, dur
ing the period provided for, be the
duties specified and provided for in
such treaty and none other"
The reciprocity amendment went
over at Senator AllisOn's request. The
vote was then taken on the coal para
graph as changed, and it was agreed to
-31 to "a. One democrat, MeEnery, and
Senators Teller and Mantle voted with
the republicans in the affirmative, and
Senators Kyle and Heitfield with the
democrats in the negative.
Senator White moved a provisO to
the coal paragraph allowing a draw
back of duty on coal brought into the
country and afterward used by Ameri-
can vessels in the cOasting trade. The
prOVisO went over.
A number of changes We're made in
different paragraphs and then the free
list was taken up.
Paragraph 400 (animals, etc, for
breeding purpOses) was amened to al
low cattle which had strayed across
the Mexican border to be brOughtback.
The paragraph placing cotton bag
ging on the free list went over by gen.
eral CONSENT; also burlaps.
Paris green and London purple We're
put on the free list.
Paragraph CPS, covering seeds on the
free list, was modified to omit beet,
radish and spinach seeds, and sugar
beet seed were restored to the free list.
In paragraph 66S (woods), deal ends
We're added to the free list.
A new paragraph was added to the
free list, viz, foreign postage stamps,
cancelled and uncancelled
Senator Bacon, of Georgia. gave no.
tice of a new paragraph, placing cot
ton ties, for baling cotton. cut to
lengths, with or without buckles. on the
free list. The amendment went over.
At SIS o'clock p. m. the bill was laid
aside and, after an e~Xecutiv session,
the senate adjourned.