The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-05

| Valorem
Cotton cloth filled, or coated. is made }
cents per square yard. and twenty pieces
the term cotton cloth is defined. to mean
all woven fabrics of cotton. the warn and
| filling threads of which can be counted
by unravelling or other practicable means
outside garments Of cotton having rub
Der as component material, instead Of
all such garments, are rated at 10 cents
per pound and 50 per cent, and gloves,
Whlch We're excepted by the House bill,
are included.
The rate on manufactures OF cotton not
specially provided for is raised from 40 20
40 per cent.
Many important changes were made In
the wool and wooden schedules In the
metal schedule there Is a reduction on tin
plates and tuggers tin from IA cents to
liza cents The provision relieving this
paragraph from the benefits of a draw
back is stricken out
An ad valorem duty of 40 cents was
fixed on mica instead of the sliding scale
provided in the House bill
The House schedule on marble or onyx
which are 65 cents per cubic foot on the
rough and $l.l0 on the sawed or dressed
is replaced by the following:
Marble or onyx, in block, rough or
squared only, 60 cents per cubic foot; saw
ed or dressed, over two inches
thick, $40 per cubic foot; slabs
not less than four superficial inches, II not
more than one inch In thickness, 10 cents
per superficial foot; more than one and
not more than one and a half inches
thick, Is cents more than one and a half
and not more than two inches, IS cents
rubber is whole or part cents per feet
additional.
Agricultural products, beans are reduc-
ed from so to 40 cents per bushel hay
from 81 to $3.50 per ton; hops from is to 10
cents per pound; dried peas changed from
/ cent, per pound, to 20 cents per hushel:
evergreen seedlings are added to the par
agraph in regard to tree cuttings and
made dutable at $1.75 per thousand Ar
ticles in this paragraph not specifically
provided for are changed from 80 to Is
per cent. ad valorem. Potatoes are re-
duced from 25 to % cents per bushe fax
seed or linseed from 80 to 25 cents per
bushel. and seeds of all kinds not specih-
cally provided for from 40 to % per cent.
ad valorem.
Herrings, picked or sailed, one-half of
1 cent per pound. instead of l cent; her
rings, picked and sailed, one-half of /
cent per pound. instead OF / cent; her
rings, fresh, one-fourth of l cent, instead
| of cent per pound.
There are numerous changes in the pro-
| visions in regard to fruits. Apples. peaches
| and other edible fruit, when dried, are re-
| duced from 2 cents to / cent per pound,
| and berries are stricken from the dutiable
| list. Pineapples, preserved In their own
! juice, % per cent. Oranges, lemons and
| other citrus fruits are placed at / per
| cent, instead of three-fourths of / cent,
as provided In the House bill All the
| provisions of the House bill relating to
| citrus fruits are stricken out, asl Is also
| the House paragraph In regard to orange
! and lemon peels. For this last paragraph
| a substitute is provided containing the
| a G q I,t,f ,a1x linz
slightly different classification
Flax, not hacked or dressed, is reduced
from l cent to three-fourths of a cent per
pound, and hacked or dressed line flax,
from 3 cents to 21s cents per pound Tow
OF FAX Is changed so as to provide for a
| straight duty of l cent per pound.
Hemp and tow of hemp are reduced from
go to $40 per ton, and hacked hemp from
| so to $40 per ton.
Considerable additions were made to the
| paragraph relating to cables and cordage.
| These include Tampico fibre, MANILA and
sisal grass, all of which are made dutiabe
at one cent per pound. There is an in
crease in the duty on threads made from
yarn finer than five lea or number. OF
from x to q of a cent per pound addi-
uonal for each lea or number.
The paragraph in regard to yarns made
! of flax tow Is changed from ad Vaorem
| TO specific rates. and a duty of cents per
|
grain, made of flax, hemp or rame, not
finer than eight lea or number; finer than
| eight lea or number, and not finer than
eighty lea, 40 per cent. Finer than eighty
lea or number 10 per cent.
There is also a substitute for paragraph
329 In regard to fax gill netting, which
provides that this netting and also nets,
webs and twines shall pay the same duty
per pound as Is imposed on the thread,
twine or cord of which they are made.
and an additional of 20 per cent
Floor mating are reduced when valued
at not exceeding 10 cents per yard from s
| to cents per square yard; valued at ex-
ceeding 10 cents, TO cents per square yard
with the % per cent. stricken off. There is
| provision added for an additional duty
| or % per cent, where they
are manufactured with a warp composed
of cotton fax, or other vegetable fibre.
Carpets made of vegetable fibre, except
cotton where the value does not exceed l5
cents per square yard. are made duuable
at cents per square yard, where the
value is above Is cents per square yard,
at 10 cents per yard with an addition of
IS per cent. This is a different classical
ton from the House bill on these articles.
Plain woven fabrics of single jute yarn.
| weighing not less than six ounces per
square yard, are reduced from seven
eighths Of cent per pound to three
| fourths of a cent.
Paragraph $40 in the House bill in re-
gard to pile fabrics is stricken out The
duty on bags or sacks made from plain
woven fabrics Is reduced from III cents
per pound to / cent per pound. There is
a slight change In the classification Of
the handkerchief schedule. There is a
substitute for paragraph 344 In regard to
woven fabrics composed Of fax, hemp or
rame, which provides that where these
| articles weigh four ounces or more per
square yard and contain not more than
| sixty threads 10 the square inch, there
shall be a duty Of y OF a cent per pound;
where they contain not more than i20
I threads to the inch. cents per pound:
where they contain not more than $50
| threads TO the inch, 10 cents per square
yard. and. In addition, all the foregoing
| 30 per cent
There Is a provision added that
| none OF the articles In this
paragraph shall pay less rate
| OF duty than 30 per cent. except fab
| RIGS weighing less than four ounces per
square yard, which are TO pay only IS per
cent. All manufactures under this sched-
ule not specifically provided for are reduce
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