The times., 1897-07-20

The following amendment, made by the
Senate at the end of the cotton schedule,
was stricken out:
''On all cotton yarns finer than No.
10 single, and on all manufactures of
cotton made in whole or in part from
yarns finer than No. 10 single, there shall
be levied and collected 10 per centum
ad vaIorem, in addition to the appropriate
rates OF duty provided therefor in para
graphs 30i to 3f9, inclusive. or any other
paragraph of this act providing for such
manufactures"
Tue metal men from Pennsylvania, who
have been watching the conference closely,
left for home last night Perfectly salts
fled They said that while some OF the
rates fixed appeared to be low, they were
adequate, ard no fault could be found ON
that score.
Floor mattings have been put back on
the dutiabe list at reduction from the
House rate The House provided for n
duty Of 8 cents q square yard on nattings
valued at not exceeding l cents a square
yard and 8 cents and 25 per cent al
yalorein on mattings exceeding 10 cents
square yard in value The Senate put
these mattings III the free list
The compromise agreement makes the
duty On mattings valued at not exceeding
10 cents square yard 3 cents per square
yard and above 0 cents square yard in
value cents per square yard and 20 per
cent.
Burlaps at 7-e of cent a pound and
5 per cent and 1 cent and 8 per cent
al valorem, respectively, put on the free
list by the Senate, have been rated at 5-S
and / 8 per cent and 7S and Is per
cent, respectively. All pile fabrics of
which flax is the component material OF
chief value, made dutiable at so per cent
and put oD the free listin the Senate, have
been restored to the House rate.
Bags, made dutiable by the House at
1S cents pound and 8 per cent and
| put on the free list in the Senate, are re-
stored at rs OF cent pound and 9
| per cent.
Bagging for cotton, gunny cloth, etc,
| dutiable uader the House bill at / IL
cents square yard and 8 per cent ad
valorem, We're put on the free list in the
| Senate, have been restored, at clio OF
cent pound. All OF these items are
| those over which there was such a fight
in the Senate, resulting, through the
combination OF the Democrats and the
| silver Republicans, in their being put
on the free list
| The House had its own way in mechan-
| icaliy y-gIound wood pulp, the rate of 1-12
| of cent a pound giving place TO the 1-2
cents hundred pounds of the Senate bin
The following Senate proviso is retained:
Provided, That If any country or de-
| pendency shall impose an export duty ON
| pulp wood exported TO the United States,
the amount Of such export duty shall be
| added, as an additional duty, to the
duties herein Imposed upon wood pulp,
| when imported from such country or de
pendency
A similar proyiso to the item was at
! tached to the paragraph on printing
! papers, providing that If any country
/ imposed an export duty on wood pulp
exported to the United States there
should be imposed upon the printing papers
| imported from such countries an addi-
tioDal duty OF one-tenth OF n cent per
| pound for each dollar OF export duty
| per cord imposed.
The duty on playing cards was re-
duced from 90 cents pack and 90 per
| cent ad valorem, to o cents a pack and
| 20 per cent ad valorem.
The big fight over the duty on dia-
! monds ended in the acceptance of the
| Senate rate OF 10 per cent, instead OF
the House rate of 8 per cent, he
lower figure being accepted as the higher
revenue producing duty possible.
The duty on bituminous coal and all
coal containing less than 90 per cent
of fixed carbon is 81 cents, with a pro-
viao that on all imported coal used on YES
sells of American register in trade with
| foreign countries a drawback shall be
| allowed equal to the amount of duty.
Hides, 5 per cent ad yalorem, with a
proviso FOR drawback equal TO the amount
of duty on all leather exported made from
| imported hides