The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-08-14
for baling cotton or any other commodity,
C-i0 OF 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 7-20 Of a cent on
railway hshplates the senate rate OF 4-10
Of one cent per pound stands.
Paragraph ls2 providing Tor an extra
duty OF g-l0 or a cent per pound on iron and
steel sheets or plates, galvanized or coated,
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 pianished sheets OF
iron or steel On .aggers' iron or steel, tin
plates and terne plates the house rate OF
~ cents per pound was restored. The
house recedcd from It's proviso that the
benefit OF the drawback provision In Sec
tion "a shall not apply TO articles manu-
featured in this country from imported
tinplates. etc.
The conference amended the ptoviso 20
paragraph 1886 relating TO wire rods 50 IA 70
make II read as Follows;
THAT all wire or steel rods which have
been tempered or treated In any manner or
partly manufactured shall pay an Eddi-
tlonai 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
ule.
The conference made material changes
from both the senate and house rates on
shotgurs, both In classification and rates
OF duty.
on wheels for railway purposes a COM
promise makes the duty IL cents per
pound and IA cents on ingots, blooms.
etc. Aluminium. In crude form. was made
dutiable at cents and in plates at 10 cents
per pound.
The rate on Dutch metal was made
cents per package OF 100 loaves.
The language end rates OF the senate
amendments OF the paragraph In relation
TO lead ore We're accepted without change,
but lead In pigs was made dutiable AT 2A
cents per pound. instead Of cents, as fixed
by the house, and 2h 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.
ad valorem, those on cut mica at u cents
per pound and 20 per cent. ad valorem.
The rate OF cents pound on nickel, as
provided by the house, was restored.
Eurthcnwnrc.
The senate language I'm paragraph SO. re-
lating 20 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 ccments.
Paragraph 81, relating TO gypsum. was
amended so as 20 read as follows;
Plaster rock or gypsum, crude. 20 cents
per ton: IL ground or calcined. $3.50 per ton;
pearl hardening for papermakcrs' use 20
per cent ad valorcm"
The paragraph relating 70 puinlce stone
was totally changed. the rate being made
81 per ton on the manufactured article and
10 per centum al valorem on the unmanu-
featured.
Tho house paragraph relating 10 clnys
and earths was adopted. and the house
rates on dried asphaltum and btumen. on
fuller's earth the rate was fixed at $3.50
per ton on the manufactured article and
50 per ton on that which has been manufae-
tured.
The house rate on undecorated rocking
ham earthenware. paragraph o. was re-
stored.
In the next paragraph. relating to china.
the house provision including clock cases,
with or without movements. was restored,
making tho duty 90 per centum al va
loren.
The senate rcceded from it's amendments
TO the rates on plain bottles, Jars. etc.
Glass.
The paragraph 400 In regard 70 cut or
ornamented glass bottles was not changed
as 10 rates.
The conference restored the house rates
and language on unpublished cylinder,
crown and common window glass, but re-
tanned tho senate rates and language on
polished cylinder and crown glass.
In the paragraph u00 relating 10 fluted.
rolled. ribbed or rough plate glass the SEN
ate rates and language were retained ex-
cept the house pr0VlsO 20 the effect
that all tho above Plate glass when ground.
smoothed, Or otherwise obscurcd shall be
subjected 10 the same rate OF duty as cast
polished pate glass unsilvercd"
The senate rates were retained on cast
tfft4a aFI md
silvered. as provided In paragraphs lOi
The house rate OF 10 per cent. ad va
loren, in addition 20 other rates chargeable
on window, crown, cylinder, or plate
glasses where those giasse9 are bent,
ground. frosted. etc, IS reduced 10 3 per
cent.
The conference adopted the scnate
amendments In paragraph ioS relating 10
spectacles, eyeglasses. etc, with one ex-
coption.
Paragraph 49, relating to stained or
painted glass windows, remains practical
~ "a left by the senate.
The two houses compromised tho rate on
freestonc, granite, sandstone. unmanufac-
turcd or undresscd. making II AZ cents per
cubic foot.
Thu thread paragraph (3So) IS COM
promise between the two houses, making a
duty OF 70 cents per pound on threads made
from yarn not finer than five lea or num-
mer and three-fourths cont per pound adj
ditiopal for each lea or number in excess
or i've made from yarn finer than Eve lea
or number.
There ~ also change In the next pafa-
EraI,d. relating TO single yarns IN the gray,
REDUCING the senate rate on yarns .iot
nnee than 50 lea or number 10 40 per cent.
nd valorem, which Is a compromise be-
tweea the two houses.
Floor mattiIgs. which are taken from
the frcc list. where they were placed by
the senate. are made dutlable at 3 cents
per square yard where their value docs not
exceed 40 cents per square yard, ard at
7 cents per square yard and % per cent
al vaiorcm where their value exceeds 10
cents per square yard.
Bags or sacks made from plain woven
fabrics and bagging for cotton. gunny
cloth and similar fabrics were taken from
the free list and the language OF the house
practically restored IN both instances. on
bags the rate was made soven-cighths
cent per pound and 10 per cent. al valorem.
The senate rate on handkerchiefs was ac-
cepted.
Snndrics.
ThorN srero cov,ra IN tfynIv fov. ,.,..r 49,,