The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-19
4 TARIFF PROGRAMME
Decided Upon by the House
Ways and Means Committee.
DEBATE BEGINS ON MONDAY.

words "or fractions of a degree after "for
every additional degree" but the first clause
mentioned is stricken out, and the words
"and fractions OF a degree in proportion
added. Molasses testing not above 56 de-
grees was the original wording of the last
two lines.
The other amendments to the BILL which
were offered by the Republicans and were
adopted. follows:
Raising china clay or kaolin from 81 to So
a ton.
Placing Rockingham earthenware at 40 per
Anti-friction ball bearings for bicycles of
iron or steel or combined iron and steel, at
45 per cent ad valorem.
Ochre and ochre earths, lumber and umber
earths, sienna and sienna earths, dried and
powdered, half-cent a pound.
Welded cylindrical furnaces, made from
plate metal, ~ cents pound, addition
Of about half a cent to the rate in the bill
Butchers and packers skewers at 40 cents
per LOCO, change from 80 per cent ad
valorem.
Changing the paragraphs of the tobacco
schedule, which rates at 50 a pound un-
stemmed, and $2.75 stemmed all tobacco in
any bale, box or Package or in bulk which
snail contain exceeding Is per cent of leaves
suitable for cigar wrappers, by adding "or
which shall be the growth of different coun-
tries"
Bags of uncolored jute, changed from 1%
cents per pound to 11s cents and Is per cent
ad valorem.
Lithographic prints on paper not exceeding
eight one-thousandths Of an inch in thick
ness changed from % to 20 cents pound;
on paper not exceeding twenty one-thou-
sandths Of an inch in thickness and thirty
five square inches, from Il to cents; ex-
ceeding thirty-five square inches from 10 to
o cents; exceeding twenty one-thousandths
OF an inch in thickness, from to cents;
printed in ten or more colors, from 25 to 30
cents; printed in whole or in part in metal
leaf, from 80 TO 40 cents.
Blank books changed from 20 per cent ad
valorem to Is per cent
Napthazarin, changed from free list
to 25 per cent
The Democratic amendment, which
excited most interest, was one pro-
posed by McLaurin, of South Carolina,
to place duty of 215 cents per pound
ON all cotton. A strong effort has been
made by Southern cotton men to secure
a duty on Egyptian cotton and the
project will be brought before the SEN
ate finance committee when that body
takes charge of the bill Mr. McLaurin
said $4,000 600 pounds of cotton had
been imported into the United States
from fifteen countries last year, and
he did not see how Democrats who
voted for duties of Is cents on wheat
and 20 cents on corn, of which importa-
tions were small, in the Wilson bill,
could consistently refuse to vote for a
duty on cotton. Two Democrats voted
for the amendment, McLaurin, Of South
Carolina, and Robertson, of Louisiana.
The Republicans voted against It,
A motion by Mr.. Swanson to strike
out the sugar differential duty received
the votes of all the Democrats except
Mr.. Robertson. Mr.. Robertson pro-
posed an amendment to direct the pres
ident to give notice of the abrogation Of
the treaty with Hawaii, by which
sugars Of that country are admitted
free. .t--t'a- @tf
All OF the Democratic members sup
ported this proposition, but the Repub-
hcans voted against it, motion to
substitute the wool schedule Of the VIII
son act made by Mr. McMillin was sup
portetd by all the Democrats except MIR.
Baeler. Mr.. Wheeler offered several
amendments which polled the votes of
all the Democrats They were to pur
cotton ties, cotton bagging, fence wire,
sulphuric acid and black bone (used in
making qllniner and fresh water fish
ON the free list; to reduce white pine
and hemlocb from 81 per thousand
feet to the Mckinley rate of 81 and 10
restore telegraph and telephone poles
and railroad ties of other woods than
cedar to the free list.