Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-07-29

! paid as on cloths.
Paragraph soon 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-
| ured 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
| posed by this act on one pound of I'M
washed wool of the first class and in addi'
ton thereto 60 per cent, ad valorem
Schedule on Carpets.
Paragraph s72 Aubusson. Administer.
Moauette and Chenille carpets. figured or
plain, and all carpets or carpeting OF like
character or description. 90 cents per
square yard. and, In addition thereto. 40
per cent. ad valorern
Paragraph 373-Ssxony 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,
IL addition thereto, 10 per cent. ad yaiorem.
Paragraph 3H-Brussels carpets. figured
or plain, and all carpets or carpeting OF Ike
character or description, A cents per square
yard, and. in addition thereto. 40 per cent.
ad yalorem.
Paragraph 375--Velvet and tapestry vel.
vet carpets, figured or plain. printed on the
warp or otherwise, and all carpets or car
peting Of like character or description, 40
cents per square yard. and, In addition
thereto. 40 per cent. ad valorern.
Paragraph S76-Tapestry Brussels carpet
figured or plain and all carpets or carpet
ings of like character or description print
cd on the warp or otherwise, q cents per
square yard. and, in addition thereto. 40
per cent ad valoren.
Paragraph 377-Treble ingram, three ply.
and all chain Venetian carpets, % cents per
square yard, and, In addition thereto, 40
per cent ad valorem.
Paragraph 37S-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 mot
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
and 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 1909 feet for
each side planed or finished, 81 for
tongued or gruoved, and si,50 If planed on
two sides and tongued and grooved. The
legislative provlso to this paragraph In
serted by the senate was changed so as to
read as follows: That II any country or
any dependency shall impose an export
duty upon saw logs, round manufactured
timber, stave bolts, shhne1e bolts, or head
ing bolts exported in the United States or
discriminating charge upon boomsticks
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,
shall be added as an additional duty to the
duties imposed upon the articles men
toned In this paragraph when imported
feof nv orr II
Fence posts are reduced srom 20 10 10 per
cent. ad valorem. The house rate Of 50 per
cent, ad vaorem Is restored on casks and
barrels, sugar box shocks, etc
The house rate oftwo cents per thousand
and IS per cent. ad valarcm IS restored on
toothpieks, as IS the house rate OF 90 cents
per thousand upon butchers skewers
Tohacco.
The conference accepted the senate rate
and language on wrapper and M" to-
bacco. except that the rate on wrapper to-
bacCo was made 81 IS per pound instead OF
st75. The house rate on Imported cigars Gig
orottes. etc. of $3.50 per pound and - per
cent ad valorem was restored
The senate made the rate 81 per pound
ana p per cent ad valorcm There were
no ether changes In the schedule on inn
ported tobacco,
The conference accepted paragra phi $50
as amended by the senate with the addi-
ton OF the words cor plush" before ribbons
IN the first line, making plush ribbons duti-
able a $50 per pound, and 10 per cent. ad
valurem.
Paragraph 3S7. relating to woven sill, fab
y'cs, was accepted as amended by the
senate. except that the rate on cloth other
thnn black dyed in the thread or yarn and
weighted In the dye!pg so as 20 exceed the
original weight OF the raw silk was changed
from S225 per pound TO s. 30 per pound. and
that on cloth dyed or printed In the piece
from $3.25 to $3.50
Cotton.
Paragraph sol, relating 20 manufactures
Of silk is changed so a S to modify the de-
scrlption OF jacquard figured goods by pro-
yidlng that they shall bc made on looms"
and that they should hc dyed In the yarn
and contain two or more colors tn tho fill-
ing" The rate IS left at 80 per cent ad va
lovcm
Paragraph 500, In relation TO cotton
thread and CprdCd yarn. was amended by /
the conference so as To provide that thread |
Coorrd. bleaChed, uumbrd, etc, so as to
uo advanced beyond ihe condition OF
singles by grouping cor twisting Of two or
more single yarns, ou all numbers exceed |
Ing 90 ana up TO so, are made dutiable at |
oUr-uuartor OF a cent per number per |
pound, aud ON threads Of the same class /
numbering 40 and above, tbree-teuths of |
cent per pound per number In the |
original house hlil there was no division as I
20 numb. rs, g'I ug.rs made dUtlabie at the |
rate of throo-tcnths of cont per num- ,
Der per pound. The senate left the house I
rate "t thrve-tnuths Cf % cent on the first /
'lrsion, and provided an ad valorem OF !
80 per cent on the second.
a portion of that part OF paragraph SI5 |
relating % pushes. yelyets. etc, which was
stricken out by the senate, was inserted |
though tn changed form Tho insertion IS 1
a pfoviso 10 the effect THAT corduroys com
posed of cotton or other vegetable fiber
weighing seven ounces or over per square
yard shall pay a duty OF is cents per square
yard and rs per cent ad valorem."
In paragraph 800 thS senate amendments
are all accepted. except that reducing the
rate on cotton suspendets and braces from
10 10 20 per cent ad val0ren. The para
graph inserted by the senate ta9lIO pro
Nldlns Tor an additional duty OF 10 per cent
al Nalerrm on all cotton yarns finer than
NO 10 single and on all manufactures made
ef such yarns, was stricken ont by the con
ference
Agricultural.
Raw cotton, which the senate made
dutlnole at the rate ~ % per cent. ad val,
orem was restored to the free list
Paragraph 2lS, relating to cattle Rs n (
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