Birmingham state herald., 1897-05-05

duced from $25 to ,S20 per ton and hackled hemp from $50 to $40 per ton. ConSid- erable additiol5s were made to tine para graph relating to cables and cordage. Ihese include Tampico fibre, manila and Stsal grass all of which are made dui- able at l cent per pound. There is an increase in duty on threads, made from yarn finer than five lea or number or from flve-eiglhths to three-fourths of a cent per pound additional for each lea or number I3Be paragraph in regard to yarns mrae of flax tow is changed from ad valoLf- to specific ra.es and a duty of eel =. Der pound provided for single yarns z e grain, made of flax. hemp or ramief V finer than eight lea or number and P ner than eighty lea, 70 per cent F'bDs4 - 4n eighty lea or number, 10 per
 T1 is also a substitute for para grai jg 29 in regard to flax gill netting, am; q 10 nets, webs and seins shall pay thf y me duty per pound as Is imposed or } thread, twine, or cord of which 1T ire made, and an additional duty of ? lsl cent. Floor mattings are reduced sc valued at not exceeding 10 ceats t,St yard from 8 to cents per square yaq'd; valued at exceeding 10 cents, to cents per square yard with the % per cent stricken off. There Is provision added for an additional duty of 25 per cent, where they are manufactured with a warp composed of cotton flax, or other vegetable fibre. Carpets made of vege- table fibre, cotton, where the value does not exceed 15 cents per square yard, are made duttable a cents per square yard, where the value is above 15 cents per square wand, at 10 cents per yard, with an addition of 35 per cent. This Is differ ent classification from house bill on these articles.
 Plain woven fabrics of single jute yarns weighing not less than six ounces per square yard are reduced from seven- f[ghths of a cent per pound to three- foErthS of a. cent.
 Paragraph $40 in the house bill in re- gaTa to pile fabrics is stricken out. The duty on bags or sacks made from plain woven fabrics is reduced from 1h of a cent per pound to cent per pound. There .s a slight change in the classifca- tion of the handkerchief schedule. There is a substitute for paragraph S44 in re- gard to woven fabrics composed of flax. hemp or Tamie, which provides that when these articles weigh four ounces or n1re per square yard and contain not more than sixty threads to the square inch, there shall be a duty of three-quar- ters of a cent per pound; where they con- tain not more than 120 threads to the inch, cents per pound where they con- not more than 1S0 threads to the inch 10 cents per square yard, and In addi- tion all the foregoing 30 per cent. There is a provision added that none of these articles covered in this paragraph shall pay a less nate of duty than 50 per cent, except fabrics weighing less than four ounces per square yard, which are to pay only 35 per cent. All manufactures un- der this schedule not specifically pro- yided are reduced from 50 to 45 per cent. A duty of 20 per cent ad valorem is im- posed on plows harrows, harvesters, reapers, agricultural drills, planters, mowers, ral1es, cultivators, threshing machines and cotton gins.
 The following additions are made to the house bill free list:
 Fish except salmon caught in the great lakes, or other fresh waters, by or for citizens of the United States; berries, fruit in brine, tropical fruit plants for propagation, lemon, lime and orange juices; -loadstenes, orange and lemon peels mot preserved, railroad ties There is a new paragraph in regard to coal tar, which continues in the free list and which reads asl follows:
 Coal tar, crude, pitch of coal tar, and prcduts of coal tar. known as creosote oil. benzol, napthaline, xylot. phenol and cresol."
 Chairman Dingley of the ways and means committee, was asked tonight for his opinion concerning the amendments to the. tariff bill. MT. Dngley said that he had not been able to read the amend- ments carefully, and did not care to make any criticisms of the policies of the senate committee.