The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-07-30


yards in length the same duties Ehah ne
paid as On cloths.
Paregrsph Sion clothing, feady made,
ana articles Of wearing sFBafe- q eserg
description, including shaWis, whether
knitted OF woven. and knitted articles Of
every description made Up or nanuIaet-
urea wholly o. Ga part, felts not woven ana
not specially provided for II this act. con-
posed wholly or in part Of wool the Suts
per pound shall be four times the duty IN
posed by th.s act On one pound Or IN
washed wool Of the frst class and n add
tien thereto 60 per cent. ad Yalorem.
Schedule on CaEpets.
Paragraph 81 - AuBussons administer,
Moguette and Chenille carpets, figured OF
plain, and all carpets or carpeting Of Ike
/ character or description, q cents per
square yard, aads in addition thereto =
per cent ad ValoreGa.
Paragraph g73-SsXOny, Wilton and Tour
nay velvet carpets, figured OF plain, ana All
I carpets or carpetlRg Of ike character OF
/ description, 60 esEts per square yaras ana,
ia addition thereto, 40 per cent. ad VaioFeal
Paragraph 374-BFusseis carpets, figured
( OF plain, and all carpets or eerpeting OF ike
character or description, a cents per square
I yard, and, Ia addition thereto, ~ per cent.
Rd valoFem.
Paragraph a5-Yeivet ard tapestry vel
vet carpets. figured or plain, printed on the
warp or otherwise, and al carpets OF car
Tpetihg OF like character OF description, 40
cents per square yard, and, IN addition
thereto, 70 per cent ad valorem.
Paragraph 576-TapestTy Brussels carpet,
figured or plain and all carpets or carpet
| ings Of like character or description print
La "a ar nj nHT
square yard, and, in addition thereto, 20
/ per cent. ad Valorem.
| Paragraph 3H-TFeble ingram, three ply,
/ and all chain Venetian carpets, 2 cents per
square yard, and, In addition thereto, 80
per cent. ad Valorem.
Paragraph S7S-Dutch wool and tWo-piy
/ carpets, Is cents per square yard, and, IN
addition thereto. 40 per cent. ad valoTem-
Wood.
The following was substituted for the
! paragraph on heWn timber:
Timber heWn. sided, or squared mot
/ less than inches square,, and round tim
! Der used for spars or in building WharVess
| one cent per cubic foot"
The paragraph relating to sawed boards
ana planks was amended by striking out
/ the words white pine" at 81 per 1900
/ feet and by restoring the house rate
on all the other items Of the schedule.
making the rates 80 cents per 1900 feet for
! each side planed or finished, 81 for
/ tongued or grOOved. and $50 If planed on
| two sides and tongued and grooYed. The
] legislative proviso to this paragraph in
serted by the senate was changed so as to
read as follows: THAT if any country or
any dependency shall impose an export
/ duty upon saw logs round manufactured
timber, stave bolts, shiHgle bolts, or head
| ing bolts. exported In the United States, or
a discriminating charge upon boomsticks
or chains used by American citizens IN tow
/ ing logs the amount Of such export duty,
tax, or other charge, as the case may be,
shall be added as an additional duty to the
! duties imposed upon the articles men
toned in this paragraph when imported
/ from such country or dependency"
Fence posts are reduced from 20 to 10 per
cent. ad valorem. The house rate of so per
| cent. ad valorem is restored on casks and
/ barrels, sugar box shocks, etc.
The house rate of two cents per thousand
and IS per cent. ad valorem is restored on
toothpicks, as is the house rate of 40 cents
per thousand upon butchers skeWers.
Tobacco.
The conference accepted the senate rate
and language on wrapper and filler TO-
bacco, except that the rate on wrapper to-
bacco was made $1.S5 per pound instead OF
Sis. Thehouse rate on Imported cigars. Gig
arettes, etc, Of $3.50 per pound and 25 pei
cent, ad ValOrem was restored.
The senate made the rate 81 per pound
and Is per cent. ad valorem. There were
no other changes in the schedule on i'm
ported tobacco.
silk.
The conference accepted paragraph SSt
as amended by the senate with the addi-
ton Of the words "or plush" before ribbons
in the first line. making plush ribbons duti-
able at $50 per pound, and Is per cent. ad
valorem.
Paragraph SS7, relating to woven silk fab
RIGS, was accepted as amended by the
senate, except that the rate on cloth Other
than black dyed In the thread or yarn anC
weighted in the dyeing so as to exceed the
original weight of the raw silk was changed
that on cloth dyed or printed III the piece
from S3.25 to $3.50.
Cotton.
Paragraph S91, relating to manufactures
Of silk, is changed so as to modify the de-
scription Of jacquard figured goods by pro
viding that they shall be made on looms,
:
and contain two or more colOrs IN the fill
ing" The rate is left at 50 per cent Iad va,
loren.
Paragraph 800, IN relation to cOttoT
thread and caTded yarn, was amended by
the conference so as to provide that thread
cOiored, bleached, cOmbed, etc, so as tC
be advanced beyond the condition OF
singles by grouping or twisting Of two o.
more single yarns on all numbers exceed
ing %, and up to so, are made dutiable a
one-quarter OF a cent per number pei
pound, and on threads OF the same class
numbering so and above, three-tenths Of
a cent per pound per number. In thC
original house bill there was no division as
to numbers, all being made dutiable at the
rate Of three-tenths of a cent per mum
Der per pound. The senate left the house
rate Of three-tenths Of g cent on the frs
division, and provided an al Vaiorem o.
50 per cent. on the second.
A portion of that part Of paragraph 81
relating to pushes, YelYets, etc, which was
stricken out by the senate, was inserted
though In changed form. The insertion Is
a proviso to the effect that corduToys COM
posed of cotton or other vegetable fiber
Weighing seven ounces or over per square
yard shall pay a dUty Of IS cents per sQuatJ
yard and % per cent. ead valorem.
In paragraph go the, senate amendments
are all accepted, except that reducing thu
rate on cotton suspenders1and braces from
45eto DO per cent. ad valoTem. The para
graph inserted by the senate (29ll9 pro-
vidlhg for an additional duty7ef 10 per cent
ad valorem on all cotton yarns. finer thar
No. 10 single and on all manufactures made
Of such yarns, was stricken out by06le con
ference, J e.
Agricultural.
Raw cotton, which the senate mad,
dutlable at the rate Of 20 per cent. ad val
orem, was restored to the free list
Paragraph 2lS, relating to cattle, as Il
passed the senate, was changed somewhat
as to rates, S2.75 being fixed as the rate OF
cattle valued at not more than Si4 per head
instead of s. 50. while a rate Of III per cent
ad vaIOrem was fixed on cattle Of q greater
value, instead Of % per cent IN the senat,
| amendment.
The difference between the two houses
on beans was compromised, being made 4
/ cents per busheL
The duty on seeds not specially provided
for was made 90 per cent, the senate rate
being p and the house rate 90 per cent.
The paragraph in regard to packed fist
was amended as fixed by the senate, so as
to be made to apply specially to fish In
/ packages