The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-03-13
THE NEW TARIFF BILL
Will be Presented to the House on
:; :. M, Monday Next.
THE MKlNLEY RATES ON WOOL,
An UnsuccessfuI Attempt to Change tho
Ad yalorsm Rates on Wooden Manufac-
lures to Specific Duties lin portant


lures to Specific Duties I'm portan
Changes In the Classification of Woods
washington, March l3.-The work o
the Republican members OF the way
and means committee on the WOO
schedule has brought the wool growers
and manufacturers to washington II
full force. They filled the lobby OF tht
Cochran hotel yesterday while the tar
in makers were in conference. anc
when the members emerged each one
or them was surrounded by a grouI
OF wool men endeaVoring TO impress
upon their victim the urgent needs ol
their particular branch of the business
The results do not show that represent
auves or special interests gain any
thing by coming to Washington.
After "a hours of work on the second
half of the wool schedule, that cover
Ing manufactures of wool, the duties
have been made practically a repeti-
tion of the rates Of the Mckinley bill
The Mckinley rates on raw woods hav-
ing been readopted, it was considered
the only logical arrangement to adopt
also the compensatory duties on man.
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so this policy was followed. There was
an attempt made to change the ad
valorem rates on woolen manufactures
in the Mckinley act to specific, but
such great difficulties have been en-
oountered that the undertaking has
been abandoned, for the time being at
any rate, and the committee has prac-
tically decided to accept the wool
schedule of the Mckinley act. 1t is
possible that the attempt will be re-
newed when the bill is before the full
ways and means committee to change
the ad valorem features of this sched-
ule to equivalent specific rates. but the
bill as it will be introduced into the
house will contain the Mckinley wool
schedule without material changes, ex-
cept changes in the classification Of
woods.
The changes in classification were
decided upon by the committee on sat
isfactory proof that several varieties
of wools were being imported into the
United States In large quantities as
carpet wools and used for the manu-
facture OF clothing. The wools,
which include China lambs, Bagdad,
Egyptian, Morocco, Casa Brancho and
fine skin wools, or butchers wools,
were therefore changed from class 8
to class /, and the necessary changes
in the rates on manufactures of these
woods made II is Thought bv mem-
bers of the committee who are famil-
lar with the wool industry that these
changes in classification will prove
very beneficial to the wool growers of
the United States, Manufacturers
profess to be dissatisfied with the re-
adoption of the Mckinley rates on
wools, basing their complaint on the
ground that rNices Of woods are much
lower than thew were when the Me-
KinJey law was enacted but members
of the committee think the point ia not
well taken.
Chairman Dingley saws that the hill
will be ready to he introduced in the
house Monday, The administrative
features have not vet been drafted
nor has the reciproGtv scheme. al
though the features n IL are decIded
upon. These NAV he nresented aa
committee amendments after the hill
gets bafore tha house Tho sartban-
ware schedule is not vet perfected, but
it is quite probable that they will be
placed under Mckinley schedule. with
some immaterial changes,
The reciprocity principle which will
be embodied in the bill will be that of
lower duties on certain classes of
goods In return for concessions to GER
tain lines of American goods. The
principal lines of goods on which du-
ties NAV be lowered by reciprocity
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