The herald., 1897-02-13
IN COMMITTEE
Proposed Tariff Schedules Based on the nc.
kintey Rates

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-THE Repub-
lican members of the ways and means
committee made important progress on
the tariff bill today. They decided upon
the rates for pulp and printing paper and
fixed several important items in the
metal schedule.
The duties on pulp were changed from
ad valorem, as in the Wilson bill. which
makes then 10 per cent, to specific du-
ties somewhat below the Mckinley rates.
The new rates compared with the Nc
kinley rates follow
Mechanically ground wood pulp, new
rate. lip; Mckinley rate So 80 per ton
chemical wood pulp. unbleached, new
rate. 1-6 cent per pound Mckinley rate,
So per ton; chemical wood pulp, bleach
ed, new rate, Il cent per pound McKin-
ley rate, 81 per ton.
ON printing paper. suitable only for
books and newspapers, the Wilson rate.
which is ID per cent ad Valoren in both
classes, unsized and sized, or glued. is;
retained. In the Mckinley law the un-
sized was 10 psr cent and the sized 20
per cent. The pulp paper manufacturers
recommended to the committee that the
ad Nalorem duty on pulp be changed
TO equivalent specific rates and that the
duty on paper be left unchanged.
IN the metal schedule the conference
order 10 continue the present sales on
nickel ana zinc, which are, nickels. nick
a oxide. alloy, in which nickel is the
article Of chief value, cents rsr pound:
zinc in blocks or pigs. cent per pound
in sheets, not polished nor further ad-
Vanced than rolled. one-half cent per
pound: zinc. old and fit only TO be re-
manufactured q cents per pound.
The Mckinley rate on typemetal was
restored. / is one-half cent per pound
for the lead contained in the material
ard - per cent ad valorem on new types.
The present rates are q cantand Is per
cent al valorem.
For the basket clause which covers
all metal articles not specifically pro-
Vided for, the Mckinley rate, As per cent
ad Valorem, was substituted for the
present rate. So per cent
PLEAS FOR MONEY.
Several members of the house address,
ed the appropriations committee today
in behalf of appropriations for works in
their states which had been omitted from
the sundry civil bill which was reported
yesterday. MIR. Hilborn of California
was anxious to know why no provisions
had been made among the river and har-
Dor expenditures for continuing the
work on Oakland harbor. 1t was ex-
planned by Chairman Cannon, who said
that in correspondence with the chief
of engineers of the army it was stated
that an examination of the work recent
ly made by Col, Suter of the engineer
corps, showing that it would cost 81, ,062, =
600 to complete the project. while con-
gress had fixed the limit of cost at $685.
600 Col. Suter proposed to omit the
channel to connect the harbor with Sar
Leandro bay but the judge advocate
general in reply to a question from
Chairman Cannon, ruled that there could
be no contract made which didn OF con-
template doing the whole work within
the estimated cost and that there was no
authority TO abandon part of the con-
tract. On this showing the committee
mas omitted to appropriate money for
carrying on the work. Mr. Hilborn urged
that an amendment to provide for il bo
maze TO the biiA Mr. Hyde of Washing
ION asked the committee to provide for
carrying on the work of the new military
post at Spokane by an APPROXIMATION ri
@l2o,oVo and Mr.. Calderhead of Kansas
asked a similar provision of s75. 900 for