The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-03-16
THE TARIFF BILL.
Provisions of Schedule II. Wool and
Manufactured Wool

Following is the tariff bill as introduced
in the House by Chairman Dingley. X. the
most important schedule relating to woods
and woolens, being given first:
Class 1-Merino. mestiza, metz, or matls
woods. or other woods of merino blood inn
mediate or remote, down clothing woods,
and Woos of like character including Bag
dad wool, China lambs wool, Casa Banca,
Adrianople skin wool or butchers WOOL
and such as have been usually imported
into the United States from Buenos Ayres,
New Zealand. Australia, Cape of Good
Hope: Russia, Great Britain. Canada.
including all woods not designated in
Glasses and 3.
Glass Leicester. Cotswod. Lincoln
shire, down combing woods. Canada long
wools or other like combing woods of En-
glish blood. hair of the camel, Angora goat
alpaca and like animals.
Glass 3-Donskoi. native South American
CordoVa. Valparaiso, native Smyrna. Rus
sian camelss hair, and wools OF like charac-
States from Turkey. Greece, Syria and else
where, excepting improved woods, herein
after provided.
The duties fixed are: Class 1, IL cents a
pound; Glass 2, u cents; Class 3. on woods
valued at IL cents or less per pound in
ciudlng charges, and on common goat hair
- per cent. ad Valorem; valued at :
than IL cents per pound, 80 per cent. aa
valorem.
Standard samples of woods which are or
may De deposited in the principal custom
cation and the secretary of the treasury is
authorized TO renew the standard from
tine 10 time In his judgment.
Wools of Glass s. improved from their.
present character by the mixture of me-
rino or English blood. shall be classified as
Class / and Wools of first class. i'm
ported washed shall pay double duty and
wools of the first and second class, imported
secured, treble duty. Cnwashed yyools
shall be considered such shall have been
shorn from the sheep without any cleans
ing; washed wools such as have been
washed with water only on the sheep 5
back the skin. Wool washed in any
other manner shall be considered as
secured Wools of Glass and . imported
in any other than ordinary condition or
sorted sorted or or increased in value by the re-
shall pay double duty. but skirted WOODS
as imported in 1890 and before are excepted,
The duty upon wool changed i'm Character
OF condition for evading the dr. or re-
duced in value by admixture of dirt or
other foreign substance. shall be twice
doubled. Duty on woods on which duty is
assessed amounting TO three times or more
than If unwashed, shall not be doubled ON
account of its being sorted.
III any bale or package of wool or hair
claimed by the importer to be dutiable a :
OF any specified class. contains any wool
subject to a higher duty than the class
specified. the whole bale or package shall
be subject to the highest rate of dutv
chargeable on wool OF the class subject "a
such higher rate OF duty. and IL any pack
age be claimed by the importer 70 ha
shoddy, mungo fiocks wools hair or Other
material of any class specified and such
bale contain any admixture of any other
material the whole bale or package shall
be subject 10 duty at the highest rate i'm
posed on any article in said bale or pack
age.
Wools on the skin shall paw the same
rate other woods.
Duties on noils. shoddy top waste sinh.
bing waste. rowing waste. ring waste. varr
waste, SarnetteG waste and an otha,
wastes, composed wholly or i'm part Of Wool
/ 30 cents per pound: on wooden rags munpc
and iiocks. 10 cents per pound
Wools and hair in the form of ronjnp
| rowing or tops. and all which have her
advanced IN any manner or by any nrocess
of manufacture beyond the washed O,
secured condition. not specially provided
| FOR i'm this act, shall he subject TO the sam,
| duties as are imposed on manufactures OF
wool not specially provided for
On rovings. ropings and yarns made
! wholly or In part OF wool valued AZ moi
more than 80 cents per pound the duty
| shall bc two and one-half times the duty an
! one pound OF unwashed wool of the first
class, valued at more than 30 cents and
not more than 40 cents three times the dutN y
1 on unwashed wool of the first class: valued
/ at more than 10 cents three and one-hall
4 times. and upon all the above additional
/ duties shall be imposed as follows: ON ROY.
| ing roping and yarns, wholly or I'm part
1 OF wool and not advanced beyond the condi-
| tion of single yarn ny grouping or twisting
| two or more single rovings. roping strands
Continued ON Third PaGe1