The record-union., 1897-06-29

WASHINGTON, June 2S-The Sem
ate Committee on Finance to-day set
tied several vexed questions in con-
nection with the tariff. 1t was decided
to leave the rate of IL cents on lead
ore as fixed by the Finance Commit
tee and also to leave iron ore as ORR
ginally determined by the committee
and as passed by the House.
The committee decided to advance
the rate on pig lead to "a cents per
pound. This is an increase of cent
over the House rate, which the COM
mittee did not originally disturb and
was made as compensation for the in
crease on lead ore.
The tea paragraph was again pass
ed over for full consideration and
the decision on coal was reserved I'M
till after hearing to be given to the
conflicting interests tonight.
The mica paragraph QS2) was re-
written entirely, and as it will be pre-
sented fixes a rate of cents per
pound and 20 per cent. ad valorem on
the manufactured article and Of 8
cents per pound and 20 per cent. ad
valorem on manufactured mica. Tho
rite was added to the dutiable list
paragraph 181) at 20 per cent. ad
valorem. The rates on pineapples
were increased from to z cents per
cubic foot; in bulk, from So to 81 per
thousand. The rate on plain basic
photographic papers for albumenizing,
ETC. paragraph 394), was increased
from 2 to 8 cents per pound and from
10 to 20 per cent. ad valorem. The
committee ended a long dispute by de-
Gliding to take naphthazarin black
and all fast black coal tar dyes from
the free list, adding them to paragraph
144, which imposes q duty Of % per
cent. 1t is estimated that this change
will add several hundred thousand
dollars revenue. A similar gain is ex-
pected to be derived by striking
coal tar (505) from the free list and
making it dutiable at 10 per cent.
Fashion plates were also stricken from
the free list, as was manganese ore.
A substitute was written for the
leather paragraph CPD making many
changes. The wording of the new
paragraph is as follows:
Band of betting leather, sole leather,
calf skins, tanned and dressed kanga-
roo, sheep and goat skins Qncluding
lamb and kid skins) dress and finished
ohamois and other skins and book
binders calfskins; all the foregoing
not specially provided for in this Act,
20 per cent. ad valorem: skins for
Morocco tanned but unfinished, 10 per
cent. ad valorem; skins of sheep ORR
gin, dressed with the grain on, 81 90
per dozen skins; skins of goat origin,
dressed with the grain on, 81 per doz-
en-; skins dressed as suede or with the
exterior grain surface removed, wheth-
er known as Mocha or otherwise, 81 %
per dozen skins; patent, japaned, var
nished or enameled leather, weighing
not over ten pounds per dozen skins,
80 cents per pound and 20 per cent.
ad valorem; if weighing over ten
pounds and not over twenty-five
pounds per dozen, 80 cents per pound
and 10 per cent. ad valorem; if weigh
ing over twenty-five pounds per dozen,
20 cents per pound and 10 per cent. ad
valorem; piano forte leather and
piano forte action leather 50 per cent.
ad valorem; leather shoe laces, fin
ished or unfinished, 30 cents per gross
and 20 per cent. ad valorem; boots and
shoes made of leather cut into shoe
uppers or vamps or others forms, suit
able for conversion into manufactur-
ed articles, shall be classified as man.
ufactures of leather and pay duty ac-
cordingly.
A substitute was also written for
paragraph 434 (gloves) as follows:
In addition to the foregoing rates,
there shall be paid on leather gloves,
when lined, 81 per dozen pairs; on all
piaue or prixsam gloves, % cents per