The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-06-16
Chairman Aldrich Offers an
Amendment as Substitute
For House Schedule
WINDOW GLASS SCHEDULE
IS MATERIALLY REDUCED
Senator McCumber Stated That the
New Rate Provided for Is Below
Both Old Dingley Law and Present
House Bill.

Washington, June 16.-A new
schedule assessing duties on silk and
silk goods was submitted to the SEN
ate late yesterday when consideration
of the Philippine amendment was
temporarily suspended. The substi-
tute for the house provision was Of
fered by Mr.. Aldrich for the finance
committee.
BY means of technical distinction
of silk yarns it levies specific duties
in place of the compound specific and
ad valorem rates of the house meas
ure. Mr.. Aldrich in announcing his
intention of explaining the new
schedule more fully when it is taken
up for consideration, declared that
1t does not change the rates of the
Payne bill except to reduce the duties
of some of the velvet articles.
The distinguishing mark between
velvets and plushes is changed so that
those having pile exceeding one
seventh of one inch in length are to
be classed as plushes instead of those
having pile exceeding one-sixth of
one inch in length. The house pro-
vision which required that articles
made of artificial silk or artificial
horse hair should be marked under
rules to be prescribed by the secre-
tary of the treasury has been stricken
out. The house rates on handkerchiefs
or mufflers have been retained, but
the new schedule eliminates the pro-
vision which required that the duties
should be assessed on handkerchiefs
in accordance with the duties i'm
posed on goods in the pieces of the
same description, weight and condi-
ton. Specific duties are substituted
for the ad valorem rates imposed by
the house bill on yarns or artificial
silk.
After the reading of the amend
ments to the silk schedule the senate
passed to the consideration of other
items of the bill.
Upon motion of Mr.. Aldrich the
committee amendment reducing the
duty on manufactured sulphate of
baryta or barytes from S1.5O to IS
cents per ton was disagreed to. the
higher house rate being retained.
Paragraph ninety-three was amend
ed on motion of Mr.. Aldrich so as to
place duty of thirty per cent ad
valorem upon electrodes. brushes,
plates and disks when composed who'll
ly or in chief value of carbon.
Mr.. Aldrich also reported from the
committee on finance amendments re-
ducing the duties on the window glass
schedule. The reductions as stated by
Mr.. McCumber made the rates below
those of both the Dingley law and
the house bill.
Senator Smoot entered strong OBJ
lection to any agreement on this
amendment.
"At last" he said, "the committee
has agreed with the gentlemen trying
to revise these rates downward, and
an industry in my state now languish-
ing and hardly able to keep its head
above water is struck. Why. a men,
Der of this body has lost $4,000 in
the window glass industry in the last
two years."
Complying with the wishes of both
senators Scott and Dick the window
glas amendment was allowed to lie
over until tomorrow.
Another amendment offered by Mr..
Aldrich and adopted reduced from
twenty-five to twenty per cent ad
valorem the duty on hosiery and will
low for basket making.
Additional plants were included in
the paragraph providing duty of
twenty-five per cent ad valorem ond
seedlings and cuttings.