The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-20


tional duty to the duties imposed upon
the articles mentioned in this paragraph
when imported from such country or de-
tendency.
Fence posts are reduced from 20 to
10 per cent ad va!orem. The house rate
| OF 80 per cent ad valorem is restored
on casars and barrels. sugar box shocks.
etc.
The house rate Of 2 cents per 1000 and
Is per cent ad valorem II restored on
toothpicks. as u the house rate OF 40
cents per 1000 upon butcher skewers-
TOBACCO SCHEDULE
The conference accepted the senate
rate and language on wrapper and filler
| tobacco except that the rate on wrap
per tobacco was made $1-S5 per pound.
instead Of $1.75. The house rate on inn
ported cigars. cigarettes, ETC.. OF $3.50 per
pound. and Is per cent ad valorem. was
restored. The senate made the rate OF
81 per pound and Is per cent ad valorem.
There were no other changes in the seized
ule on imported tobacco.
SILK SCHEDULE.
The conference accepted paragraph $50
a. amended by the senate, with the ad-
dition OF the words '.or plush" before rib
bons in the first line. making plush rib
bons dutiable at $50 per pound and 10
per cent ad valorem.
Paragraph 3S7. relating to woven SILK
fabrics. was accepted as amended by
the senate. except that the rate on cloth
other than black dyed in the thread or
yarn and weighted in the dyeing so as
I to exceed the original weight Of the raw
silk was changed from $2.25 per pound
to $3.50 per pound, and that on cloth
dyed or printed in the piece. from $3.21
to $50.
Paragraph 3s1. relating to manufact-
ures Of silk. is changed sa os to modify
the description Of the jacquard figured
goods by providing that they shall be
made on looms" and that they should
be dyed in the yard and contain two
or more colors in the filling. The rate
is left at 50 per cent ad valorem.
COTTON MANUFACTURES.
Paragraph 300, in relation to cotton
thread and carded yarns, was amended
by the conference so as to provide that
thread colored, bleached. combed, ETC., so
as to be as advanced beyond the condi-
ton Of singles by grouping or twisting
of two or more single yarns, on all num-
bers exceeding 20 and up to so, are made
dutiable at u cent per number per
pound. and on threads Of the same class
numbering so and above, $40 cent per
pound per number. In the origina. house
bill, htere was no division as to numbers.
all being made dutiable at the rate OF
$40 cent on the first division and pro-
vided an ad valorem of 50 per cent on
the second.
A portion OF that part Of paragraph
315. relating to pushes, velvets. etc.
which was stricken GU by the senate
was inserted, though changed in form.
The insertion is a proviso TO the effect
"that corduroys composed of cotton or
other vegetable fibre weighing seven
ounces or over per square yard shall
pay duty of Is cents per square yard
and Is per cent ad valorem."
In paragraph 320, the senate amend
ments are all accepted except that redu-
cling the rate on cotton suspenders and
braces from 45 to 4$ per cent ad valo-
rem. The paragraph inserted by the SEN
ate (2911a) providing for an additional
duty of 10 per cent ad va.orem on all
cotton yarns finer than No. 10 single and
on all manufactures made Of such yarns
was stricken out by the conference.
THE FREE LIST.
The following changes were made In
the free list:
The provision allowing cattle. horses.
sheep or other domestic animals, stray
ing or driven across the boundary line OF
another country for pasturage purpos-
es. to be brought back free Of duty, is
modified 50 as to continue this privilege
for the specified time Of six months.
The conference restored to the free list
the house paragraph on books and en-
cravings imported by authority of the
United States for the library Of con-
gress.
The paragraph relating to the free in
PRODUCTION Of books. libraries and reason
able furniture Of persons from foreign
countries was altered so as to provide
that where they were not introduced for
sale they were to be allowed free en-
trance where they had not so been used
less than one year.
The conference restored the house pro-
vision on camphor.
The following is the paragraph agreed
upon anthracite coal in the free list:
Goal anthracite not specially provided
for in this act and coal stores Of Amer
lean vessels. but none shall be unload
ed"
The following is the paragraph agreed
upon on Goa. tar In the free list:
Goal tar. crude. pitch Of tar, and pro-
ducts Of coal tar known as dead or croo-
sote oil, benzol. ETC."
The conference restored raw cotton to
the free list.
The paragraph in relation TO the free
admission Of fish caught by American
fishermen was amended so as 20 include
salmon on the free list, which were espe-
ciAlly excepted by the senate bill, and as
agreed upon reads as follows: Fresh
FISH, frozen or packed in ice. caught in
the great lakes or other fresh waters by
citizens Of the United States"
On hide cuttings the house rate was
restored.
Manganese ore was restored TO the
free list as was cocoanut oil.
The house phraseology OF the para
graph in regard to ores Of gold. silver.
etc. was restored. which has the effect
of making free nickel and nickel mat
ter.
The senate amendment: making free.
paintings. drawings and statuary was
also stricken on.
AGRICULTURAL SCHEDULE.
Raw cotton. which the senate made
dutiabls at the rate OF 20 per cen, ad va
loren. was restored 20 The free lis: