The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-05-05
THE BILL REPORTED
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s.o.a on. number 80 and above 80 per
cont Crochet darning and embroidery
lotions on spools, are made to pay the
same rates as threads on spool, and 1t IS
nrovided that the duty shall in no case be
assessed in a less number of yards than
;s marked on the spools or reels. The
classification Of cotton cloths is changed
so that bleached, valued at over 10 H.
stead of 1 4cents per square yard, dyed,
stained, painted or printed at over l112,
6nstead of 16; and not bleached, ETC., at
over 1919 instead of II, are dutiable at
40 per cent The rate on cotton cloth
dyed. etc, not exceeding three square
wards to the pound is changed from 8
to 61a cents per square yard, and that
exceeding square yards to the pound is
to pay 8 cents. The House duty Of =
cents per square yard and so per cent
ON cloth of cotton, or other vegetable
fibre with an admixture Of silk, is re-
placed by a more specifice paragraph put
ting the same rate on "cloth composed
of cotton or other vegetable fibre, silk.
whether known as silk, striped sleeve
Innings, silk stripes, or otherwise" and it
less than SO per cent ad valorem. Cotton
cloth. filled or coated, is made 3 cents
per square yard and 20 per cent. The
term cotton cloth is defined to mean all
woven fabrics of cotton, the warp and
filling threads of which can be counted
by unravelling or other practicable
means. Outside garments Of cotton hav-
ing rubber as component material, an
stead Of all such garments, are rated at
IS cent per pound and SO per cent, and
gloves, which were excepted by the
House bill, are Included.
The rate on manufactures Of cotton are
specially provided for is raised from AZ
TO As per cent
Many important changes were made in
the wool and WOODEN schedule.
In the metal schedule there is a redue-
ton on tin plates and tuggers tin from
one and a half cents to one and four
teenth cents. The provision relieving this
paragraph from the benefits Of a draw
back is stricken out.
PEARSON'S MICA PULyER1ZED.
An ad valorem of 40 per cent was
fixed on mica instead OF the sliding scale
provided in the House bill.
The schedule on marble or onyx, which
are IS cents per cubic foot on the rough.
and $1.1O on the sawed or dressed, is
replaced by the following:
Marble or onyx, in block, rough or
squared only, 65 cents per cubic foot;
sawed or dressed, over inches in thick
ness, $1.1O per cubic foot; slabs or paving
tile OF same, containing not less than four
superficial inches, if not more than one
inch in thickness, II cents per superficial
foot: more than one and not more than
1H inches THEY, ID cents: more than
1R. and not more than 2 inches, Is cents;
rubbed, in whole or part, 3 cents per
foot additional.
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS.
Beans are reduced from 80 to 40 cents
per bushel; hay from 81 to $3.50 per ton:
hops from Is to II cents per pound dried
peas changed from / cent per pound to
20 cents per bushel Evergreen seedlings
are added to the paragraph in regard to
tree cuttings, and made dutiable at ST. 70
per thousand. Articles in this ragraph
not specifically provided for are changed
from 80 to % per cent. ad valorem.
Potatoes are reduced from % to 20
cents per bushel. and seeds of all kinds
hOt opSthiiNohS DioNidCu Iol iioHi TO
to % per cent. ad valorem.
Herrings, picked or sailed. one-half of
one per cent. per pound. instead of one
cent; behring's, fresh, one-fourth of one
per cent, instead of one cent per pound.
There are numerous changes in the
provisions in regard to the fruits. APP
Piles, peaches and other fruit, when dried.
are reduced from cents to 1 cent per
pound, and berries are stricken from the
dutiable list. Pine apples. preserved in
their own juice, % per cent.
Oranges, lemons and other citrous
fruits, are placed at l per cent. instead
of " of / cent, as provided in the House
bill. All the provisions Of the House bill
relating to citrous fruits are stricken out
as also the House paragraph in regard
to orange and lemon peels For this
last paragraph, a substitute is provided
containing the same rates as the House
bill, but making a slightly different clas-
sification.
FLAX, HEMP, ETC.
Flax, not hacked or dressed, is re-
duced from / cent to q of a cent per
pound, and hacked or dressed line" fax
from 3 cents to 2la cents per pound.
Tow of fax is changed so as to provide
for a straight duty of / cent per pound.
Hemp and tow of hemp are reduced from
$25 to $50 per ton, and hacked hemp
from $50 to $40 per ton.
Considerable additions were made to
the paragraph relating to cables and cord
age. These include TampIco fibre, Ma
nilla and sisal grass, all of which are
made dutiable at l cent per pound. There
is an increase in the duty on threads
made from yarn finer than five lea or
number, of from rs to n of a cent per
pound additional for each lea or number.
The paragraph in regard to yarns made
Of flax tow is changed from ad valorem
to specific rates, and a duty Of 6 cents
per pound provided for single warns in