Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-08-10

rom. Flannels, composed wholly or in part
OF wool valued at above so cents per pound
shall be classified and pay the same duty as
women's and children's dress goods, coat
Innings, italian cloths, and goods Of similar
character and description provided by this
act; provided, that on blankets over three
yards in length the same duties shall be
paid as on cloths.
Paragraph s70-On clothing, ready made,
and articles of wearing apparel of every
description, including shawls whether
knitted or woven, and knitted articles OF
every description made up or manufact.
iured wholly or in part, felts not woven and
not specially provided for in this act, com.
posed wholly or in part Of wool, the duty
per pound shall be four times the duty I'M
washed wool Of the first class and in add.
ton thereto 60 per cent. ad valorem.
Schedule on Carpets.
MoQuette and Chenille carpets, figured or
plain, and all carpets or carpeting of like
character or description, 60 cents per
square yard, and, In addition thereto, 10
per cent. ad valorenl.
Paragraph S7S-Saxony, Wilton and Tour
nay velvet carpets. figured or plain. and all
carpets or carpeting OF like character or
description, 60 cents per square yard, and,
in addition thereto, 10 per cent ad Valoreaa
Paragraph S74-Brussels carpets, figured
or plain, and all carpets or carpeting OF like
character or description, "A cents per square
yard, and, in addition thereto, 10 per cent.
I'D valorem.
Paragraph 375-Yelvet and tapestry vel
vet carpets. figured or plain. printed on the
warp or otherwise, and ell carpets or car
peting Of like character or description. 40
cents per square yard, and, IN addition
thereto. 40 per cent. I'D va7orem.
Paragraph s7s-Tapestry Brussels carpet,
ar,r Int al n /.
ings of like character or description print
ed on the warp or otherwise. Is cents per
square yard, and, an addition thereto. 40
Per cent, ad valorem.
Para graph, 81 Treble ingram, three ply,
and all chain Venetian carpets % cents per
square yard, and, in addition thereto, 40
per cent. ad valorem.
Paragraph 3S-Dutch wool and two-ply
carpets, IS cents per square yard, and, In
addition thereto. 40 per cent. ad valorem.
Wood.
The following was substituted for the
paragraph on hewn timber:
Timber hewn. sided. or squared (not
less than inches square,, and round tim
Der used for spars or in building wharves.
one cent per cubic foot
The paragraph relating to sawed boards
end planks was amended by striking out
the words white pine" at 81 per 1000
feet and by restoring the house rate
on all the other items of the schedule,
making the rates 80 cents per 1000 feet fer
tpngued or grooved, and s1.s0 If pianed on
two sides and tohgued and groeved. The
Legislative proviso to this paragraph In
serted by the senate was changed so as to
read as follows: THAT # any country or
any dependency shall impose an export
duty upon saw logs, round manufactured
timber. stave bolts, shing1e bolts, or head
ing bolts, exported in the United States, or
a discriminating charge upon boo1nsticks
or chains used by American citizens In tow
Ing logs, the amount Of such export duty,
tax, or other charge. as the case may be,
stall be added as an additional duty to the
duties imposed upon the articles MEN
toned in this paragraph when imported
from such country or dependency"
Fence posts are reduced from 20 to 10 per
cent. ad valorem. The house rate OF 30 per
cent. ad valorem is restored on casks and
barrels, sugar box shocks, etc.
The house rate of'two cents per thousand
toothpicks, as Is the house rate of 40 cents
per thousand upon butchers skewers.
Tobacco.
The conference accepted the senate rate
and language on wrapper and filler to-
bacco, except that the rate on wrapper tor
bacco was made sl.so per pound instead Of
s175 Thehouse rate on imported cigars, Gig
cent. ad valorem was restored.
The senate made the rate 81 per pound
and Is per cent. ad valorerp. There were
no other changes in the schedule on i'm
ported tobacco.
The conference accepted paragraph 1856
as amended by the senate with the addi-
ton of the words "or plush" before ribbons
In the first line, making plush ribbons duti-
able at $1.50 per pound, and 10 per cent. ad
valorem
Paragraph SS7, relating to woven silk fab
RIGS, was accepted as amended by the
senate. except that the rate on cloth other
than black dyed in the thread or yarn and
weighted in the dyeing SO as to exceed the
original weight of the raw silk was changed
from $2.25 per pound to $3.50 per pound, and
that on cloth dyed or printed in the piece
from 1926 to $3.50.
Cotton.
Paragraph 391, relating to manufactures
Of silk, is changed so as to modify the de-
scription of jacquard figured goods by pro-
viding that they shall be made on looms .
and that they should be dyed in the yarn
and contain two or more colors in the fill
Ing" The rate is left at 50 per cent ad va
loren.
Paragraph 3O2. in relation to cotton
thread and carded yarn, was amended by
the conference so as to provide that thread
colored, bleached. combed. etc, SO as to
be advanced beyond the condition of
singles by grouping or twisting of two or
more single yarns, on all numbers exceed
Ing 90 and up to so, are made dutiable at
ono-quarter of cent per number per
pound, and on threads of the same class
numbering so and above, three-tenths of
cent per pound per number. In the
original house bill there vas no division as
to numbers, all being made dutiable at the
rate of three-tenths Of a cent per num-
Der per pound. The senate left the house
rate or three-tenths of cent on the first
division, and provided an ad valorem OF
so per cent. on the second.
A portion Of that part of paragraph 31t
relating to pushes, velyets, ETC., which was
stricken out by the senate, was inserted
though in changed form. The insertion Is
proviso to the effect that corduroys COM
posed Of cotton or other vegetable fiber
weighing seven ounces or over per square
yard shall pay duty of IS cents per square
yard and % per cent. ad Yalorem."
In paragraph 800 the senate amendments
are all accepted, except that reducing the
rate on cotton suspenders and braces from
45 to 40 per cent. ad valore1n. The para.
graph inserted by the senate (2911O pro.
viding for an additional duty of 10 per cent
ad valorem on all cotton yarns finer thar
No. 10 single and on all manufactures made
of such yarns. was stricken out by the con
ference.
Agricultural.
Raw cotton, which the senate mad
dutiable at the rate Of 20 per cent. ad val
orem, was restored to the free list.
Paragraph 21S. relating to cattle, as i
passed the senate, was changed somewha
as to rates, $3.75 being fixed as the rate OF
cattle valued at not more than Sl4 per head
instead Of $3.50. while rate Of 27Ia per cent
ad valorem was fixed on cattle of create
value, instead Of rs per cent. In the senat
amendment.
Tho difference between the two house
on beans was compromised. being made a
cents per bushel.
The duty on seeds not specially provide
for was made 80 per cent, the senate rat
being Is and the house rate 40 per cent.