Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-07-20

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plan chicle, silk laces, sugar. mineral
| waters. and hides have been stricken out
| and tonka and vanilla beans added.
The Senate provision imposing an
| equivalent counteryaiiing duty on i'm
ports from foreign countries which have
f, paid an exjort duty Is adopted.
CIGARETTES.
The Senate provision increasing the in
| ternai-reyenue tax on cigarettes Is agreed
| to. with an amendment covering ciga-
rettes wrapped I'm tobacco. and provisions
to enforce the collection OF the tax.
The Senate proposition 10 change the
law so as to allow no rebate on the tax
| on beer is agreed 10.
The Senate provision for stamp-tax
| on the issue and transfer Of stock, and
on bonds issued by corporations, is
omitted from the bill.
The administrative sections added TO
| the bill by the Senate are substantially
| the same as those passed by the House
| in the Fifty-fourth Congress, and are
agreed 10, with slight amendments.
Amendments Nos. II and 43 TO the
chemical schedule restore argols ana
chicle to the dutiable list, at the rate
provided for by the House.
Amendment 12 places bleaching pow
ders on the dutiable list, at the rate OF
| one-nfth Of a cent per pound, as pro-
vided by the Senate
Amendment lOi increases the duty on
soda-ash from one-fourth Of 1 cent as
provided by the House bill. to three
eighths of 1 cent, as provided by the
Senate amendment.
CYANIDE OF POTASSIUM.
No. q reduces the duty on cyanide OF
potassium TO Y II per cent. ad valorem,
as provided by the Senate.
No JOS restores crude sulphur to the
free list.
No 10 leaves toka-beans and vanilla
beans on the free list.
Nos 3 and Il raise the duties on
borax as provided by the Senate.
The several amendments on lead paints
adjust the rates TO the increased duty
on lead. The other amendments in the
chemical schedule concur with the
Senate, with slight reductions Of rates
on many chemicals and other articles,
including linseed. olive oils, and coal
tar dyes, and an increase Of the rates
on camphor and ground drugs.
Crockery- ware is restored to the du-
ties provided by the bill as il passed the
House which are substantially the du-
ties Of the act Of 1890
Glassware is left in the main at the
rates provided by the House bill, the
reductions being I'm the paragraphs re-
Iating 10 bottles moulded and pressed
| glassware. and cylinder and crown glass.
Cement is left at the duty provided by
the House. instead OF having the duty
| increased, as proposed 10y the Senate.
GYPSUM.
The duty Of 81 pcr ton on gypsum
rock. proposed by the Senate. is reduced
| to 50 cents. and the duty on ground and
calcined plaster raised TO &.25 per ton.
China clay is left at $2 per ton, as
provided by the House.
The duty on fullers' earth is slightly
Increased. but left at lower rate than
proposed by the Senate.
Marble is placed at the increased rates
proposed by the Senate.
The reductions of duties on some forms
OF iron and steel proposed by the Senate
are accepted i'm part. as proposed. and
several new paragraphs are introduced,
not heretofore specially provided for.
COTTON TIES.
Cotton ties which We're placed on the
free list by the Senate, are restored 10
the dutlable list at q reduced rate Of
five tenths OF 1 cent.
TEMPLATES are placed at the rate Of
duty provided for i'm the bill as II passed
the House.
Structural iron is reduced one tenth Of
1 cent
The Senate amen Iment on pocket
knives. which IS substantially the same
as the paragraph passed by the House,
is agreed to. and compromise rates are
adopted on guns.
tN..s 4 nFsf
3lG increasing the duty on lead-ore TO
l ID cents. and the duty on pig-lead is
placed at Is cents
Nickel ore and nickel matte are left on
the free list. as provided by the House.
All sawed lumber except sawed timber
exceeding inches square. is left at the
rate Of g per 1000. as provided by the
House. Planed lumber is also placed at
the House rates.
WRAPPER TOBACCO.
As agreed to by the conferrees. the
duty on wrapper tobacco is placed at
Sl.Sj per pound, a compromise between
the House rate Of 81 and the Senate rate
of $l.7j. and the House accepts the Sem
ate reduction in filling tobacco.
With this the formal committee state
ment ends
L ~
Raw cotton. which the Senate made
dutiable at the rate Of 20 per cent ad
valoren. was restored 10 the free list.
The difference between the two houses
on beans was compromised, being made %
cents per bushel. instead Of 30 cents by
the Senate. and 50 By the House.
The conference restored the House rate
Of / cent a pound on garlic instead Of
"a Of cent. as fixed by the Senate.
Paragraph 25O, in relation 10 peas was
changed so as TO include seed peas
with peas in the bulk. and the House
rate Of 40 cents per bushel restored.
The Senate rate of 80 per centum ad
valorem on natural flowers was reduced
TO % per cent.
Greenhouse stocks were added to the
articles made dutiable at % per centum
ad valorem.
The duty on seeds not specially pro-
vided for was made 50 per cent, the Sem
ate rate being % and the House rate 10
per cent. The paragraph In regard 10
packed fish was amended, as fixed by
the Senate, so as 10 be made 20 apply
specifically 10 fish I'm packages.
Paragraph 2Gl was amended so as 20 spe-
officially provide that fresh mackerel hall
but. or salmon should be dutiable at the
rate Of ! cent per pound, as well as the
picked or salted articles.
Paragraph 2G2. in regard TO apples etc.
was amended 20 as TO omit currants and
the House rate Of 2 cents per pound Oh
such dried fruits as apples, peaches.
pears. and berries prepared I'm any man
ner. was restored TIE Senate dxei a
rate Of 1 cent per pound.
PRESERVED FRUITS, ETC.
The Senate language i'm para graph 253.
relating 10 preserved fruits. cOmnts.
etc, was retained, but in addition 10 the
35 per cent. ad yalOrem allowed on these
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