Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-07-22
The Tariff Conference.
REPORT WAS FORCED THROUGH
THE HOUSE BY A VOTE
OF 1876 to 118.
Joint Committee of the House and
Senate Present Their Agreement
Advantage for the Sugar
Trust-Sugar Out
of Sight.

Trust Sugar Out
of Sight.
WASHINGTON, July 1.-the Repub'
lican managers carried out their pro.
gramme to-day in presenting the con.
ference report on the tariff bill to the
full Conference Committee, getting
the consent of the latter to an imme.
date report to the House and Senate
and taking up the report in the House
The Democrats In the House endeav.
ored to secure two days for debate,
but the Republicans were not ready
to grant it, and the discussion begar
without any definite agreement upon
the subject.
The victory of the Senate. is almost
complete in the textile schedules
The House wins only in cases where
the House rates were higher than
those proposed by the Senate. A
striking instance of this is the special
duty on cotton corduroys, which were
put into the House bill al a compound
duty, upon the special prayer OF
Evans, of Kentucky. The Senate
promptly blue-penciled the entire
provision, but it re-appears in the
conference report with the rates
slightly tempered to reasonable condi-
lions.
Many of the schedules which carry
an ad valorem tax in the present bill
are changed to a specific rate, and
vice versa. 1t would, therefore, be
very difficult to make a full and accur-
ate comparison of the schedules.
Senator Mills, of Texas, who is author
ity in tariff matters, has made a care
full computation of the actual taxation
imposed on many articles in popular
use.S The following shows the rates OF
duty or 800 worth of imports under
the new tariff:
Boracic acid, S126.s9 tannic acid,
s12s.15; alcoholic perfumery, $71.22;
alcoholic compounds, s347.27 borax,
refined, s71.4s; ~collidine, $70.42; cop
peras, s62.50; sulphuric ether, $31s. SO;
fruit others, $12s. 80; red lead, sss. II;
spirit varnishes, $95.17; white lead,
$63.96 putty, $6s.19; glass bottles,
1898; window glass, $115.16; window
glass, $126.46; plate glass, $10s Y;
plate glass, $11s.73; iron and steel
in sheets, S67.2s; iron and steel
in sheets, s7O.4s; cutlery, SILL 5;
razors and razor blades, $ss.0s; shot
guns, $50; wire nails, s60.22; silver
leaf, $13s.Ss; pig lead, $111.11; sugar,
1852; tobacco leaf, $124.29; tobacco
leaf, s222.22; tobacco leaf, s2ss.11;
cigars, s110.s0; cigarettes, $133.62;
rice, $133.33; ~currants, 1893. 70; salt,
$114.23; compounds of distilled spirits,
$1,2O6.34 brandy, $346.02; bay rum,
s112.95; wines, $272.72; pushes, cot
ton, s74.67; shoddy, SPIT .ss; nails,
$1o9.0 OF; wooden rags, $172.63; WOODEN
cloth, $12s.23; blankets, $125. 95; fan
nels, $119.41; wool shawls, $171.15;
felts, $224.55; pushes, wooden, $127. 80;
wool carpets, Sso.22; total,i carpets,
$164.17.
JUST A FEW HOUSEHOLD ARTICLES.
In the domain of the house and
home the duties of the new tariff law
will begin with kindlng wood and end
with the shingles on the roof. the
duty on kindling wood has been placed
at three-tenths of a cent on bundles
of the size of one-fourth of q cubic
foot, and it increases three-tenths of
a cent for each additional quarter of
a cubic foot.
The coal which Is to be used will
have a duty of 81 cents a ton. Under
the Wilson law it is 40 cents a ton.
The rate on tin plates has been in
creased from one-fifth to one-half
cent per pound to the manufacturer.
The duty or cheap brown or yellow
earthenware has been reduced from
20 to 25 per cent. Chinaware has an
increased duty of 25 per cent, being
raised from 35 to go per cent. Besides,
two new classifieations have been
placed upon the dutiable list. On
pressed glass the duty has been in
creased from 40 per cent under the
Wilson law to so per cent. On cut
glass the increase has been 25 per
cent, from 35 to 60 per cent. Ocean
tiers, etc., have an increased duty of
from 40 to so per cent.
All the table cutlery bears an in
creased burden, the duty having been
changed from 30 per cent under the
Wilson law to 45 per cent.
The duty on all furniture has been
raised from % per cent to 35.
Marble mantels have an additional
duty of Is cents, the duty being raised
from so to So cents per cubic foot.
Ten per cent additional has been
laid on all curtains and table covers
Of cotton chenille and the same ad-
ditional rate is laid on curtains made
of other materials. Table damask
mas IN added duty of 3 per cent, being
raised frona So to 40 per cent, and pill
low shams and other bed coverings
are especially provided for.
Blankets are divided into a number
Of dutiable classes, and the rate has
been increased from 20 per cent un-
Ter the Wilson law to an average be-
iween 70 and 80 per cent.
Jute carpets have been raised on the
lists from 20 to ~ per cent
Ind all grades Of wooden carpets have
been advanced. Under the Wilson law
he average duty on wooded carpets
vas 36.09 per cent, under the new law
he average rate 10 $500 per cent.
On oil cloths for the floor the rate Ia
low So per cent, an increase Of 10 per
'ent. On cocoa fiber mats and mat
ings the duty has been increased 81. IL
'er cent over the Wilson rate of 20
YER cent. I
ALI Chinese and Japanese mattings