Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-06-02
WOOL SCHEDULE IN CAUCUS
House Democrats Discuss Tariff Meas
ure for Two E01rA
MIR. UNDERw0aD ExPLAMs IT
Il would Take 0Ef fran1 0ne-HaIf TO
TwO-Thtras Of Present. Duties
aad ReAuee M@~enzes About
seven MzItonH-

WASHINGTON. Iuns L-Ths denocrztsc
wool tariff hil- prepa-ed-AT tae ways ana
means c0muuittee q she house. was pre-
senued N the democratic caucus at noon
to-day The bIsl nnakes reductions Of from
one-half 10 rw0-thirds in al WOO duties
Raw wool itself Wiich was Tree n previous
democratic tariff bills. is given a duty Of
p per cent ad va1orem- equivalent 70 from
. 70 cents a pound
The wool Hiil was laid before the caucus
BY Chairman Brrlsson- II was the FIRST
Indication the majority OF the members
had been given n IT'S exact terms. Chair
man Underwood undertook al sxhEusriTe
explanation Of the measure
M Underwood declared the dnr1es cul-
iected last year on raw wool amounted 70
81 1e8gsa me reduction q the raw wool
duty % y per cent as proposed would
eIt these dlIues. he said, 10 z2-2sG lJa,
even under a greatly stimulated import
trade. To reduce these duties further
would be iE1pracncable AZ this time. ne
added even had the COMMITTEES desired %
90 so-
Afrer having been in session two hours
II was plain that the caucus you'd not
nnish its work today. and rha1 L probably
would eoutinne through Friday and possa-
bly, Saturday.
ProvtsfOns of the Schedule.
rse new duties. together with the present
duties as figured on an ad valurs-n basis
BY Chairman Underwood are as follows
Raw wool proposes duty % Per cent, ex-
isJing duty. Al Ger cent
Nons. waste. shoddies etc proposed
duty % Per cent existing duty. z.s per
cent
C0uhea yrool NJ r-os ----Dcsas =,,--- sr
per cent existing eury. IgaIs Der cent
Yarns made wholly CT tn pa-r AZ wool,
proposed duty % per cent. existing dury,
ZE per cent
Cloths. kmr fabrics and al maaueac-
tares u wool, proposed duty % per cent.
existing duty I'll per cent
Blankets and Ea1nels proposed aufv 50
par cent when valued n Isss rhan 90
Gems per pound. & per cent when valued
Al more than 80 cents; szErng duty. g-z
PEP esnL
Women's and ehildr=n,s dress goods zud
similar goods proposed duty IS per cent
existing dury 1a2-E per cent
Ready made clothing and articles uf
wearing apparsl, proposed dury 6 pr cenr.
existing dury, gl-l PsT cent
kra-ds. ribbons. tnseTri0ns Iaees en-
hroiceries. ner-agz. and IKE articles.
wholly OF IN part made a wool. proposed
durT q per cent eEsIinE dury. Sos Der
cent
ALuniEueT aEhUHBun- moquer-a and
chenille carpets. proposed duty 20 per eenr.
existing dury. E-as per cent
saxUnT, wilton and velvet carpets. pro-
posed durT e psr cent existing dury. ma
per cent
Er1ssz-s carpets. Proposed Gurv % Der
cent existing dury 7s-3 per cent
Velvet tapestry carpets. printed IN tie
wzTP OF 1rhsrwise, proposed duty e per
cent existing dury, E-ss per cent
TapesrrT, brussels carpets. printed On
the warp OF otherwise. prupossd durT a
Per cent existing duty g. 4 per cent
rreble-tngra4n- three-plF and AL ehafn
venet1an carpets proposed duEy % Per eear-
existing duty. 6sa per cent
Wool duties ard rEo-ply inErain earDsrs
proposed durT per eenr- existing dury
62-5B Per cent
Lr1eufa- rugs pruposeL durF 50 Der csur-
e1isr-ng dury, as Per cent
DruEEsts and boktnEz printed ~ saI-
ored, pr0Bosed duy 3 per cent eztsrinz
aurT, id-7 peg cent
CARPETS. not uLherWiss uruvtdsa for. of
wool IaE or cotton snd mars rnsrrfn.r
and rags q corrun. proposed dury : Der
cent existing durT. sz per cent
The hll states
WhensssE IN ms acr ne Eoud -sooI- 4
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