Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-07-29

but or salmon should be dutiable at The
rate OF one cent per pound. as well as the
picked or sailed article.
Dried Fruits.
Paragraph 262 in regard to apples. etc.
was amended so as to omit currants, and
the house rate Of cents per pound on such
dried fruits as apples. peaches. pears, and
berries prepared In any manner was re-
stored.
The grape paragraph was altered so as to
require tfe payment OF 20 cents per cubic
foot ''of the capacity Of the barrels or
packages"
Orange and lemon peels preserved and
cocoanut meat, etc. were restored to the
house rate Of 2 cents per pound.
On pineapples the senate rate was re-
tanned.
On unshelled f,lberts and walnuts the
house rate Of cents per pound prevailed.
while on shelled fllberts and walnuts the
senate rate Of cents per pound was sus-
| tanned.
Tho conference struck out tho senate
amendment providing for duty Of cents
| per pound on dead game and game meats.
Paragraph 1872. relating to cocoa. was
amended by leaving out cocoanut oil
Spirits and Wines.
The conference made but one change in
| the schedule relating to Spirits wines. etc,
| proper.
The senate rate OF 30 cents per gallon on
| still wines containing less than IA per cent.
| Of absolute alcohol in packages was changed
| to 40 cents per gallon. The house rate was
| GO cents.
The rates on mineral waters were COM
| promised. being made 20 cents per dozen on
| pint bottles. 80 cents per dozen on quart
| bottles. House rate Of 10 cents and the
senate rate OF "a cents.
| Chemicals.
| The conference struck out the senate rate
paragraph relating to tarrate of soda and
potash and partly refined argols and re-
| stored the house paragraph.
There was aAscompromse on white lead
| at 2N cents per pound.
The house paragraph in regard to oxide
| of zinc and white paint was restored.
! There was a general change OF rates on
lead. white acetate OF lead being fixed at
| 81 cents per pound. brown. gray. or yellow
at ~ cents. nitrate at 2h and litharge at
~ cents per pound. These were generally
compromises between the rates Of the two
houses.
Phosphorus was compromised at IS cents
per pound.
The house rate on sulphur was restored.
| The senate made an amendment to the sui
| phur paragraph allowing crude birthstone
| to come In at SO cents per ton, but the con-
| ference struck this out, including this ar
| ticle IN the IS rate. as originally fixed by
| the house.
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 pa
per was entirely rewritten. AS amended
| it Is as follows:
Printing paper. unsized. sized. or glued,
suitable for books and newspapers, valued
at not above two cents per pound, three
tenths OF cent per pound: valued above
| two cents and not above two and half
| cents per pound, four-tenths Of one cent
per pound: valued between two and half
] and three cents per pound f1ve-tenths OF
| a cent: valued between three and four
I cents. six-tenths OF cent: valued between
| -FOUR and five cents. eight-tenths Of q cent;
valued above Ave cents. Is per cent. ad
| valorem."
There Is also proviso exact!ng an addf-
tional duty of one-tenth Of q cent per
pound for each dollar Of export duty per
cord imposed by any country exporting
wood pulp to the United States.
LithOgraphic Prints.
There are numerous changes in the para
graph relating to lithographic 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 Is cents per
pound to 20 ceAs.
The next classification covers paper
ranging from IS to 400 square inches. fixing
the rate at cents per pound. For pa
per exceeding 400 square inches a rate of
90 per cent ad valoren Is fixed. The SEN
ate rate on prints Is reduced from 10 to
cents and on photographic from to G
cents.
Books for child-en's use containing H.
Illuminated photographic prints not exceed
Ing In weight "a ounces each. and all book
lets and fashion magazines or periodicals,
| printed In whole-or in part by Iithographic
process or decorated by hard. cents per
pound
The senate rate OF 20 cents per pack nd
70 per cent. ad valorem fixed on PLAYING
CARDS was reduced to 10 cents per pack ard
~ per cent. ad valorem.
Internal Revenue.
The Internal revenue tax amendment re-
lating to cigars and cigarettes made by the
senate was changed to read a follows:
On cigars OF all descriptions Weighing
more than three pounds per LOCO s. per
LOCO: on cigars made OF tobacco or any sub
stitute weighing not more than three
pounds per 1.C0O 81 per 1000: on cigarettes
MADE OF tobacco or any substitute weigh
| ing more than three pounds per 1000. So per
l,0OO: on cigarettes weighing not more than
three pounds per 1000. 81 per Thousand"
The senate amendment providing for q
| tax on stocks and bonds was stricken out.
Metals.
The house rate OF S-l0th of a cent Der
pound was restored on round ircn Of less
| than ZIG OF en- inch In diameter and bars
| or shapes of rolled or hammered iron not
specially provided for
| i ne mouse rate on iron IN slabs, blooms,
etc. less finished than iron in bars and
more advanced than pig iron was also re-
| stored.
The rate on iron bars. bllets. etc. In the
manufacture of which charcoal ia used as
, fuel. was made specifically at SIP per ton.
In paragraph lo7 the senate rate Of c-1O
cents per pound on iron or steel anchors
was increased to lie cents per pound. the
house rate. The other amendments to the
paragraph made by the senate were &C.
| cepted.
Paragraph lo9 reads as follows:
| Hoop or band iron. or hoop or band
steel. cut to lengths or wholly or pa rtiy
manufactured into hoops or ties. Goa ed or
not coated with paint or any other prepara-
ton. with or without buckles or fastenings.
for balinG cottrn or any other commodity.
5-l0 OF q cent per pound"
steel Rails.
On railway bars. T rails. and punched
iron or steel nat rails the conference re-
stored the house rate Of 7-20 OF a cent. On
| railway nshplates tho senate rate OF 40
OF one cent per pound stands.
Paragraph 1872 providing for an extra
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