Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-03-13
The Mckinley Wool Rates Will
be Maintained, But Many
Changes are Made.
HUNTER FOR THE :NATE.
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New York, N. ", March IS. The
wool schedule, as far as agreed upon
by the committee, is practically the
Mckinley schedule in its entirety, ex-
cept that wool from Egypt and Moroc-
co and China lambs wool, under class
l, be taxed III cents per pound.
While the Mckinley rates on manu-
factursrs OF wool have been provision
ally adopted by that committee, they
still are subject to change.
Mckinley rates have been restored
ON dolls, emery and fire crackers.
The rates Of the present law remain
on Eliminates and common gun pow
der. Smokeless powder is taxed II
cents per pound. Mckinley rates are
restored on matches and percussion
caps. Musical instruments are taxed
So per cent. and palm leaf fans 40 per
cent. Mckinley rates are restored on
furs, brass beads, gunwads, human
hair. CrInoline cloth Is increased
above Mckinley rates 10 cents per
square yard and hair cloth, known as
hair setting, restored to Mckinley rates,
80 cents. Calf-skin, leather, manu-
factured fur, gutta percha, etc., ivory,
etc., masks and mating are restored TO
Mckinley rates. OIL and water color
paintings and statuary are taxed 20 per
cent.
The present rates remain on pencil
lead. Photographic dry-plates. Nc
Kinley rates are restored on pipes,
smokers articles, ybatters' plush, um-
brella sticks. fife free list received q
general overhauling. These articles
are taken from the free list: Crude
tartar, sulphate of baryta, including
oarytes earth; bolting cloths, books
and pamphlets printed IN foreign
languages, books, maps. etc., export
ed for the use of societies and colleges /;
books, Libraries, furniture, household
effects, belonging to persons co ming in
TO the country; antiquities, charcoal,
chicory root, copperas, feathers down
beds, floor mating, old glass, rough
cut unwrought glass, gunny bags, hoes,
whetstones, crude opium, orange and
lemon peel, psrafne, green peas, pelt-
RES and other goods Of Indians pass
ing the boundary line Of the United
States; household effects of citizens
dying 10 foreign countries, philosophi-
cal and scientific apparatus for the use
of institutions and societies, ploughs,
etc. professional books, Instruments,
implements and tools of trade.
The amount OF wearing apparel, either
personal effects purchased abroad, that
can be brought in by citizens returning
from foreign countries, Is limited to
5000 worth. Orchids, and other plants
used for forcing under glass are restor-
ed to the free list. Other additions to
the free list: Cocoanuts 10 the shell,
copra and pineapples, diamonds and
other precious stones, rough or uncut
miners, glazers' and engravers
diamonds, not set, and diamond dus
for bort, remain on the free list, bu
Jewels used in the manufacture o
watches and clocks are made dutiable
The general basket clause at ths
vendo Of the bill, left as in the present
law. imposes duty OF 10 par cent
ad valorem on all raw or unmanufac-
tured articles and 20 per cent. on oil
manufactured articles 7not otherwise
provided for. A decided opposition tc
the duties on raw woods as adopted
BY the republican members Of the com
mittee on ways and means has beer
developed and considerable pressure
brought to bear to secure change
While the wool growers, through
Judge Lawrence, urged the COMMITTEES
to give even higher rates than those u
the Mckinley law, they had little hop
of getting that much and were wei wei
satisfied with the restoration OF Mckin
lev rates. The opposition comes iron
manufacturers who having had tast
OF free wool under the present law
urged that the rates in the new OIL
should be kept down to little NOR
tban fha. McKinlev rates.