Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1897-07-28


pint bottles. 80 cents per dozen on quart
bottles. House rate OF % cents anu the
senate -ate OF - cents.
Chemicals.
The conference struck cut the sern.e rate
paragraph relating TO tartrate OF soda aud
potash and partly refined argols aud re-
stored the house paragraph.
There was compromise OF white lc,a
at - cents per pound.
The house paragraph In regard 70 oxide
OF zinc and white paint was restored
There was a Seneral change OF rates on
lead. white acetate OF lead being fixed al
- cents per pound. brown. gray or yellow
at p. cents, nitrate at "a, and litharre A.
- cents per pound. These We're generally
houses
per pound.
The house rate on sulphur was restored
The senate made an amendment TO the sui
phur paragraph allowing crude birthstone
20 come In at - cents per ton. but the con-
ference struck this out including this ar
ticle In the s. rate. as originally fixed by
the house.
Paper.
on mechanically ground wood pulp the
house rate OF one-twelfth OF one cent per
pound. dry weight. was restored
The paragraph In regard to printing M
per was entirely rewritten. As amended
10 o. follows:
Printing paper. unsized. sized. or glued
suitable for books and newspapers. valued
at not above two cents per pound. three
tenths OF "A cent per pound. valued above
two cents and not above two and a half
cents per pound. four-tenths OF one cent
per pound. valued between two and a half
and three cents per pound. nVe-tcnths OF
cent; valued between three and four
cents siN-teuths OF a cent: valued between
four and Ave cents. eight-tonths OF a cent:
valued above five cents. Is per cent. ad
Valorem."
There is also a proviso exaoting an addi-
/ tonal duty OF onc-tenth OF cent per
pound for each dollar OF export duty per
/ cord imposed by any country exporting
/ wood pulp TO the United States
photographic Prints.
There are numerous changes in the nara
graph relating 20 photographic prints The
/ rates on such prints on paper not exceed
/ ing $1,000 OF an inch In thickness is re-
duced from the senate rate OF 25 cents per
pound 10 20 cents.
/ The next classification covers paper
ranging from % TO 900 square inches liking
/ the rate az cents per pound For pa
\ per exceeding 4lp square inches rate OF
| - per cent. al Valorem is fixed. The sem
ate rate on prints is reduced from 10 10
/ . cents and on photographic from to 6
/ cents
Books for chud~en's use contaIninr H.
/ Eliminated photographic prints not exceed
] ing In weight a ounces each. and all book
/ lets and fashion magazines or periodicals.
printed I'm whole or I'm part by Nthorraphic
] process or decorated 10y hand. 5 cents per
/ pound"
/ The senate rate OF % cents per pack and
20 per cent ad valorem fixed on playing
/ cards was reduced TO 10 cents per pack and
/ % per cent. ad valorem
Internal Revenue.
I The internal revenue tax amendment re-
. latinE TO cigars and cigarettes made by the
. senate was changed 10 read as follows:
I ION cigars OF all descriptions Weighing
/ more than three pounds per loo, s. per
/ LOCO; on cigars made OF tobacco or any sub
stitute weighing not more than three
pounds per 1000. 81 per 1000: on ciga rettcs
. made OF tobacco or any substitute weigh
ing more THAN three pounds per 1000. 50 per
/ 1000; on cigarettes Weighing not more than
/ three pounds per 1000. 81 per thousand"
/ The senate amendment providing for "A
. tax on stocks and bonds was stricken out.
Metals.
/ Tho house rate Of S-IOth OF a cent per
. round was restored on round iron Of less
. than '-l6 OF an inch ia diameter and bars
. or shapes OF rolled or hammered iron NOT
. specially provided for
/ The house rate on iron I'm slabs blooms.
. etc. less finished than iron in bars and
stored.
The rate on iron bars. blllets. etc. in the
. manufacture OF which charcoal Is used IS
. fuel. was made specifically at $40 per ton.
I In paragraph l27 the senate rate Of 2-l0
/ cents per pound on iron or steel anchors
. was increased 10 ~ cents per pound. the
. house rate. The other amendments TO the
ccutcd
Paragraph 100 reads as follows:
HOOD or band iron. or hoop or band
steel. cut 10 lengths or wholly OF partly
. manufactured into hoops or ties. coated or
/ not coated with paint or any other prcpara-
/ ton. with or without buckles or fastcniuvs.
/ Tor ha!ing cotton or any other commodity.
. $40 OF cent per pound"
steel RnIIs.
+ ON railway bars. T rails and punchcd
Iron or steel Hat rails the conference re-
stored the house rate OF 100 Of a cent on
. railway hshplaies the senate rate Of 40
/ or one cent per pound stands
Paragraph 1872 providing for an extra
duty Of 2-lO Of "a cent per pound on iron and
steel sheets or plates. galvanized or coated
. vas allowed TO stand. but was made 10
apply only TO zinc spelter or other metals.
or any alloy OF these metals"
The house rate Of 2 cents per mound wa q
restored on polished or planishcd sheets OF
IRON or steel on taggcrs' iron OF steel tin
plates and terne plates the house rate Of
~ cents per pound was restored. The
/ house receded from its provis0 that the
benefit Of the drawback provision I'm sec
. ton - shall not apply 10 articles mnnu-
. tirDlatcs etc
The conference amended the provlso 10
. paragraph 1876 relating 20 wire rods so as 20
make 10 read follows:
THAT all wire or steel rods which have
. been tempered or treated tn any manner or
/ partly manufactured shall pay an addi-
. tional duty of ono-half Of one cent Der
There were several changes I'm tho para
graph relating 10 iron and steel wire.
Changes In Cutlery.
/ In the paragraph relating 90 cutlery there
/ was but one change from the senate schcd-
7 ulp
/ The conference made material changes
/ from both the senate and house rates on
/ sh"fguns. both ln classification and rates
OF duty.
on wheels for railway purposes a com
promise makes the duty ~ cents nc-
/ pound and ia cents on irgots. blooms
. etc Aluminium. in crude form. was made
. dutnh!e q 5 cents and zoo plates at 70 cents
. Ter pound.
The rate on Dutch metal was made
. cents per package of 100 loavcs
The Language and rates o. the senate
. amendments ~ tho PARAGRAPH lu relation
10 lead ore were accepted without change.
. bur lead iu pigs was made dutIabls 90 90.
. cents per pound. instead ~ cents. aa Fixed
. ~ the house. and "a cents as fixed Iv the
. senate.
Tho senate rates on mica wore advanced
those ou Tho manufactured article IoIrp
. liked nf cents per pound ard 90 uor cont
ad valorcw. those on cut mica at g. cents
por pound and ~ per cent ad vaI0rrm
The rate ~ cents pound ON nickel as
provided by Tho house. w1a restored
Enrthcn.vnrc.
Tho senate language .iu rar1rrauh Sc ra-
iatlrg 60 tiles, d. retained. except that the
requirements That tine tiles shall poo Tor
floors and walls is stricken ont Tho house