The record-union., 1897-07-20

Wool and woolens-The House rates
on wool of IL cents on class l and II
cents on class are adopted, and the
Senate specifications on carpet woods
agreed to- with a modification raising
the dividing line so as to place duty
! of cents per pound on such woods val
ued at II cents and Z cents on such
woods valued at more than u cents.
! Paper and pulp-The duties on wood
/ pulp for paper and on paper are con-
| verted into specific form at substan-
| TALLY the present ad valorem rate with
! a proviso added for an additional duty
as against any country that imposes an
export duty on pulp or woods. The du-
! ties on manufactures OF paper are sub
stantially as they passed the House.
| Sundries-This schedule remains sub
| stantially as it passed the House. Coal,
| however, is reduced to o. cents per ton,
and coal slacks or culm to 10 cents per
ton as proposed by Senate amendment
! GA
A duty of 10 per cent. is placed on
/ hides of cattle which were placed on
! the free list by the House. The Sen
ate amendment (61S) proposed a duty
/ of 20 per cent, but this has been re-
| duced to 10 per cent. A proyiso is
| added for a full drawback of the duty
paid on hides subsequently exported as
( leather.
Paintings and statuary for private
use are made dutiable as provided by
the House. but at 20 per cent.
| The free list-The free list as it pass
| ed the House is in the main adopted
except that boiling cloths and several
kinds of essential oils have been added.
! The House provision applying a rem
/ edy to the wholesale introduction of
goods into this country free of duty by
! Americans visiting Europe is substan-
| TALLY adopted.
Reciprocity provisons-The House
and Senate reciprocity plans are united
and adopted with notifications. In the
! Senate plan any commercial treaty
needs approval by Congress before it
| goes into effect, and in the House plan
/ chicle, silk laces, sugar, mineral waters
and hides have been stricken out and
tonka and vanilla beans added
Silk schedule-The conference accept
| ed paragraph 3S6 as amended by the
! Senate, with the addition of the words
''or plush,' before ribbons in the first
line making plush ribbons dutiable at
81 30 per pound and 10 per cent. ad va
| lorem.
Woods and woolens-Paragraph 354,
| the duty on woods of the first class
which shall be imported washed shall
! be twice the amount of the duty to
which they would be subject imported
unWashed, and the duty on woods of the
first and second classes which shall be
| imported secured shall be three times
the duty to which they would be sub
| ject if imported unwashed The duty
on woods of the third class. if imported
| in condition for use in carding or spin
ming into yarns, or which shall not con-
| tain more than 8 per cent. of dirt or
other foreign substance shall be three
times the duty to which they would be
| otherwise subjected.
| The conference restored the House
rates on first and second-class woods.
Paragraph 35S, on woods of the third
| class and on camels' hair of the third
class, the values whereof shall be II
cents or less per pound, the duty shall
be cents per pound.
Paragraph 359 on woods of the third
class, and on camels' hair of the third
class, the value whereof shall exceed
Il cents per pound, the duty shall be
Z cents per pound.
Paragraph 362, shoddy % cents per
pound on oils, wool extract yarn,
waste, thread waste and all other
wastes composed wholly or in part of
wool and not specially provided for in
this Act, 20 cents per pound.
Paragraph 800, on yarns made wholly
or in part of WOOL valued at not more
than 80 cents per pound the duty per
pound shall be 21a times the duty i'm
posed by this Act on one pound of un-
washed wool of the first class valued
at more than 30 cents per pound, the
duty shall be 315 times the duty impos-
ed by this Act upon one pound of
washed wool of the first class and in
addition thereto upon all the foregoing
40 per cent. ad valorem.
Paragraph 367. on blankets and fan
| nels for underwear, composed wholly
or in part of WOOL valued at not more
than 40 cents per pound the duty per
pound shall be the same as the duty
imposed by this Act upon two pounds
of unwashed wool of the first class,
and in addition thereto 80 per cent ad
valorem; valued at more than 40 cents
and not more than 80 cents per pound
the duty per pound shall be 3 times the
duty imposed by this Act on one pound
of unwashed wool of the first class, and
in addition thereto 30 per cent ad va
loren.
Paragraph 310 on ready made arti-
cles of wearing apparel of every de-
scription including shawls, whether
knit, woven and knitted articles of ev-
cry description, made UP or manu-
factured wholly or in part, felts not
woven and not especially provided for
in this Act, composed wholly or in part
of wool, the duty per pound shall be
times the duty imposed by this Act
on one pound of unwashed wool of the
first class, and in addition thereto 60
per cent ad valorem
Wood schedule-The following was
substituted for the paragraph on hewn
timber: Timber hewn, sided or squar-
ed mot less than eight inches square)
and round timber used for spars or in
building wharves, l cent per cubic
foot
The paragraph relating to sawed
boards and planks was amended by
striking out the words white pine at
81 per 1000 feet and by restoring the
House rate on all the other items of
the schedule, making the rate 30 cents
per 1000 feet for each side planed or
finished; 81 for tongued and grooved
and ST 80 if planed on two sides and
tongued and grooved.
The legislative proviso to this para
graph inserted by the Senate, was
changed so as to read as follows:
THAT if any country or any independ-