The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-07-20
THE TAR|EE BILL
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As agreed by the conferees the duty on
wranner tobacco is placed at $3.50 per
pound. a compromise between the liouse
rate of So and the Senate rate OF %l;to'
and accents the Senate reduction on hiier
tobacco.
Raw cotton. which the Senate mace
dutiable at the rate of 20 per cent al
valorem. was restored to the free list.
The difference between the two houses
on beans was compromised, being mace
AZ cents per bushel. instead of ~ cents
nv the Senate and 80 by the House.
The conference restored the House
rate of cent a pound on garllc, III
stead of q of cent, as fixed by the sen
ate.
PARAGRAPH go In relation to pease was
changed so as to include seed pease with
nease in the bulk and the House rate OF
40 cents per bushel restored.
The Senate rate of 30 per centum al
yalorem on natural flowers was reduced
to % per cent.
Green house. stocks were added to the
articles made dutiable at 20 per eentum
ad valorem.
The duty on seeds not specifically pro-
yided for was made 30 per cent, the Sen
ate rate being % and the House rate AZ
per cent
The paragraph in regard to packed fish
was amended as fixed by the Senate so
as to be made to apply specifically to hsh
in packages.
Paragraph 261 was amended so as 10
specifically provide that fresh mackerel,
halibut. or salmon should be dutiable
at the rate of one cent per pound, as well
as the picked or sailed articles
Paragraph 262, in regard to apples,
etc. was amended so as to omit cur
rants. and the House rate of cents per
mound on such dried fruits as apples,
peaches. pears and berries prepared in
any manner was restored. The Senate
fixed a rate of ! cent per pound.
The Senate language in paragraph 263
relating to preserved fruits, comtiits, etc.
was retained but in addition to the 30
per cent ad avolerm allowed on these ar
| ticles preserved in sugar, molasses, etc,
| | cent per pound was given. Inc para
graph was also altered so as to reduce
to 10 per cent the amount of alcohol al
lowed with such preserves the alcohol III
addition to this amount being required
to pay $3.50 per gallon.
| The grape paragraph was altered so as
to require the payment of 70 cents per
| cubic foot ''of the capacity of the barrels
or packages.
| Orange and lemon peels preserved ana
cocoanut meat, etc, were restored 10 the
House rate of 2 cents per pound.
On pineapples the Senate rate was re-
tanned
On unshelled filberts and walnuts the
House rate of 3 cents per pound pre-
vailed. while on shelled filberts and wal
nuts the Senate rate of 5 cents per pound
was sustained.
The conference struck out the Senate
amendment providing for a duty OF
cents per pound on dead game and game
meats. Paragraph 2S2 relating to cocoa
was amended by leaving out cocoanut OIL.
| On dextrime, burnt starch, etc, the
House rate of cents a pound was re-
stored, the Senate rate being ~ cents.
Para graph 800 in relation to cotton
thread and carded yarn was amended by
| the conference SO as to provide that
thread colored bleached, combed, ETC.,
so as to be advanced beyond the condl-
ton of singles by grouping or twisting,
| of two or more single yarns, on all num-
bers exceeding 20 and up to 80, are made
dutiable at IA of a cent per number per
mound and ON threads of the same class
numbered 80 and above, $40 of a cent
per pound per number. In the original
| House bill there was no division as to
numbers. all being made dutiable at the
rate of $40 of cent per number per
Mound. The Senate left the House rate
| of $40 of a cent on the first division and
proyided an ad yalorem of 30 per cent on
| the second.
| A portion of that part of paragraph
315 relating to pushes, velvets, ETC.,
which was stricken out by the Senate.
was inserted, though in changed form.
The insertion is a proviso to the effect
| 'that corduroys composed of cotton or
other vegetable fibre weighing seven
ounces, or over one square yard, shall
pay duty of Is cents per square yard
and % per centum ad valorem."
| In paragraph 800 the Senate amend
ments are all accepted except that reduc-
ling the rate on cotton suspenders and
braces from 45 to SO per cent ad valorem.
The paragraph inserted by the Senate
(3191b) providing for an additional duty
of 10 per cent ad valorem on all cotton
yarns finer than number 10 single and
| ON all uldnuIdcIuTeS llduc VI ouSh oi ho
was stricken out by the conference.
FLAX SCHEDULE.
The thread paragraph, $50, is com
promise between the two houses, making
a duty of Is cents per pound on threads
made from yarn not finer than five lea or
number and II of one cent per pound adj
ditional for each lea or number IN ex-
cess 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 yarn
not finer than so lea or number to ~
per cent ad yalorem, which is COM
promise between the two houses.
Flax gil netting, nets, webs, ETC., is
reduced from Is to 20 per cent ad val
orem.
Floor mattings, which are taken from
the free list, where they were placed by
the Senate, are made dutiable at three