Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-07-24
Cor ballng cotton or any other commodity,
5-10 of a cent per pound"
Steel Rails.


5-10 of n cent per pound"
Steel Rails.
on railway bars, T rails, and punched
iron or steel fiat rails the conference re-
stored the house rate of 7-2O of cent On |
| railway flshplates the senate rate of 4-10 |
OF one cent per pound stands.
Paragraph 1872 providing for an extra |
duty of 2-10 of a 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
1h cents per pound was restored. The
house receded from its proviso that the
benefit of the drawback provision in Sec
ton "a shall not apply to articles manu-
factured in this country from imported
tinplates, etc.
The conference amended the proviso to
paragraph 1856 relating to wire rods so as to
make 1t read as follows:
THAT all wire or steel rods which have
been tempered or created 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
dutiabe at cents and in plates at 13 cents
per pound.
Nba D,,t., o1o1 &
cents per Sacltage 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 2B
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.
2 ad valorem, those on cut mica at II cents
per pound and 20 per cent. ad valorem.
The rate of cents pound on nickel, as
provided by the house. was restored.
e Earthenwnre.
The senate language in paragraph SS. re-
lating to tiles, is retained, except that the
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, $3.50 per ton
n pearl hardening Tor papermakers' use q
}, per cent ad valorem."
The paragraph relating to pumice stone
n was totally changed, the rate being made
|. Sc per ton on the manufactured article and
d 10 per centum ad valorem on the unmanu'
s factured.
The house paragraph relating to clays
l. and earths was adopted, and the house
n rates on dried asphaltum and bitumen. Or
t fuller's earth the rate was fixed at $1.5(
e per ton on the manufactured article anc
SO per ton on that which has been manufac
tured.
G 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
e making the duty 60 per centum ad va
loren.
n The senate receded from it's amendment
t to the rates on plain bottles, jars, etc.
" Glass.
t The paragraph C0O) in regard to cut o
y ornamented glass bottles was not change
U as to rates.
The conference restored the house rate
3 and language on unpublished cylinder
crown and common window glass, but re
!. tanned the senate rates and language Of
l. polished cylinder and crown glass
e In the paragraph Q09 relating to huted
i rolled, ribbed, or rough plate glass the sen
r ate rates and language were retained ex
y cept the house proviso to the effec
that all the above plate glass when ground
smoothed, or otherwise obscufed shall b
le subjected to the same rate OF duty as cas-
u polished plate glass unsilvered.
The senate rates were retained on cas-
1, polished plate glass, both unfinished an
"a silvered. as provided in paragraphs 1O
and 105.
d. The house rate of 10 per cent. ad va
tory ace1,a 90
e on window, crown cylinder. or plat
,e glasses where those glasses are BEN
II ground, frosted. etc.. is reduced to pc
~ ~ cent.
II The conference adopted the senat
of amendments in paragraph 1OS relating I
lr spectacles, eyeglasses, ETC.. with one eS
III cepton.
t; Paragraph 112, relating to stained c
III painted glass windows, remains practical
. ly as left by the senate.
Il The two houses compromised the rate o
er freestone, granite, sandstone, unmanufaC
er tured or undressed. making it u cents pc
IL cubic foot.
The thread paragraph $500 is a con
a. promise between the two houses, making
he duty of 10 cents per pound on threads mao
d. from yarn not finer than five lea or nun
e. mer, and three-fourths cent per pound az
er ditional for each lea or number in exec
of five made from yarn finer than five le
er or number.
1g There is also a change in the next par;
a graph, relating to single yarns in the era,
of reducing the senate rate on yarns M
n finer than so lea or number to 40 per cen
to ad valorem, which is a compromise b
6 tween the two houses.
Floor mattings, which are taken fro
IL the free list, where they were placed /
d. the senate made dutiable at cen
k per square yard where their value does NJ
ls exceed 10 cents per square yard, and
tic cents per square yard and 20 per cen
er ad valorem where their value exceeds
cents per square yard
nd Bags or sacks made from plain wove
ng fabrics and bagging for cotton, gunr
nd cloth and similar fabrics were taken fro
the free list and the language of the hou
practically restored in both instances.
,e- bags the rate was made seven-eightl
ba cent per pound and Is per cent. ad valoreI
''N The senate rate on handlierchiefs was a
no cepted.
Hs Sundries.
~. There were comparatively few chang
in ha IA