The Bourbon news., 1897-07-27

for baiing cotton or any other commodity,
5-l0 OF cent per pound"
Steel Rails.
On railway bars, T rails, and punched
iron or steel fiat rail. he conference re-
stored the house rate of 7-20 of cent On
railway fishplates the senate rate of 4-1O
of one cent per pound stands.
Paragraph 132 providing for an extra
duty of 2-10 of cent per pound on iron and
steel sheets or plates. galvanized or coated
was allowed to stand, but was made to
apply only to zinc spelter or other metals,
or any alloy of these metals"
The house rate of cents per pound was
restored on polished or planished sheets of
iron or steel. On taggers' iron or steel, tin
plates and terne plates the house rate Of
IL cents per pound was restored. The
house receded from its proviso that the
benefit of tie drawback provision in Sec
tion "a shall not apply to articles manu-
factured in this country from imported
tinpiates. etc.
The conference amended the proviso to
paragraph 136 relating to wire rods so as to
make it read as follows:
THAT all wire or steel rods which have
been tempered or treated in any manner or
partly manufactured shall pay an addi-
tional duty Of one-half of one cent per
pound"
There were several changes in the para
graph relating to iron and steel wire.
Changes in Cutlery.
In the paragraph relating to cutlery there
was but one change from the senate sched-
ule.
The conference made material changes
from both the senate and house rates on
shotguns, both in classification and rates
of duty.
On wheels for railway purposes a COM
promise makes the duty 11a cents per
pound and IA cents on ingots, blooms,
etc. aluminium. in crude form, was made
dutiable at cents and in plates at 13 cents
per pound.
The rate on Dutch metal was made 6
cents per package of 100 loaves.
The language and rates of the senate
amendments of the paragraph in relation
to lead ore were accepted without change,
but lead in pigs was made dutiable at 21s
cents per pound, instead of cents, as fixed
by the house. and 2A cents as fixed by the
senate.
The senate rates on mica were advanced,
those on the manufactured article being
fixed at cents per pound and 20 per cent.
ad valorem, those on cut mica at IL cents
per pound and 20 per cent. ad valorem.
The rate of 6 cents pound on nickel, as
provided by the house, was restored.
Earthenware.
The senate language in paragraph SS, re-
requirements that the tiles shall be for
floors and walls is stricken out. The house
rates were restored on Portland, Roman
and other cementS.
Paragraph 81. relating to gypsum, was
amended so as to read as follows:
Plaster rock or gypsum, crude, so cents
per ton; if ground or calcined, 81. so per ton
pearl hardening for papermakers' use 20
per cent ad valorem.''
The paragraph relating to pumice stone
was totally changed, the rate being made
Sc per ton on the manufactured article and
10 per centum ad valorem on the unmanu-
factured.
The house paragraph relating to clays
and earthS was adopted, and the house
rates on dried asphaltum and bitumen. On
fuller's earth the rate was fixed at 81 SO
per ton on the manufactured article and
SO per ton on that which has been manufac-
tured.
The house rate on undecorated rocking
ham earthenware, paragraph "a, was re-
stored.
In the next paragraph. relating to china,
the house provision including clock cases,
with or without movements, was restored
making the duty 60 per centum ad va
loren.
The senate receded from its amendments
to the rates on plain bottles, jars. etc.
Glass.
Inc paragraph (lUU) III regard 10 cut OF
ornamented glass bottles was not changed
as to rates.
The conference restored the house rates
and language on unpublished cylinder
crown and common window glass, but re-
tanned the senate rates and language on
polished cylinder and crown glass.
In the paragraph QO3) relating to f1uted,
rolled, ribbed, or rough plate glass the SEN
ate rates and language were retained ex-
cept the house proviSo to the effect
that all the above plate glass when ground,
smoothed, or otherwise Obscured shall be
subjected to the same rate Of duty as cast
polished plate glass unsilvered."
The senate rates were retained on cast
polished plate glass, both unfinished and
silvered, as provided in paragraphs 104
and 105
The house rate of 10 per cent. ad va
loren, in addition to other rates chargeable
on window, crown, cylinder, or plate
glasses where those glasses are bent,
ground, frosted, ETC., is reduced TO per
cent.
The conference adopted the senate
amendments in paragraph 10S relating to
spectacles. eyeglasses, etc, with one ex-
ception.
Paragraph 112. relating to stained or
painted glass windows, remains practical
ly as left by the senate.
The two houses compromised the rate on
freestone, granite, sandstone, unmanufac-
tured or undressed. making it II cents per
cubic foot.
The thread paragraph $500 is a COM
promise between the two houses, making a
duty of 13 cents per pound on threads made
from yarn not finer than five lea or num-
mer, and three-fourths cent per pound ad-
ditional for each lea or number in excess
of five made from yarn finer than five lea
or number.
There is also a change in the next para
graph, relating to single yarns in the gray,
reducing the senate rate on yarns not
finer than so lea or number to 40 per cent.
ad valorem. which is a compromise be-
tween the two houses.
Floor mattings, which are taken from
the free list, where they were placed by
the senate. are made dutiable at cents
per square yard where their value does not
exceed 10 cents per square yard, and at
cents per square yard and 25 per cent.
ad va1orem where their value exceeds 10
cents per square yard.
Bags or sacks made from plain woven
fabrics and bagging for cotton, gunny
cloth and similar fabrics were taken from
the free list and the language of the house
practically restored in both instances. On
bags the rate was made seven-eighths
cent per pound and Is per cent. ad valorem.