Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1913-10-09

industry. Tne house cut duties I'M
sparingly. and then the senate follow
ed by making still further reductions
and increasing the free list
The house. for example. placed Il
duty of 5 per cent on pig iron. spiegel-
sen. scrap iron and scrap steel ana
Ike products and made ferro-ma ganeSt
dutiahle 1T IL per cent. The SeEat,
free listed both of them. and the con
ference committee after I considerable
deadlock yielded to the senate
The senate also free listed slabs,
blooms. loops and other products of
iron more advanced than pig iron.
which the house had made dutiahle ut
s per cent. The conference agreed to
this. The senate cut the duty on round
iron or steel wire from 20 per cent in
the house bill to IL per cent and the
conference accepted the senate reduc
ton.
Agricultural Schedule.
The conference committee agreed to
the senate amendment, which struck
out the 10 per cent duty on cattle pro
vided by the house bill and the 10 per
cent rate on sheep and transferring
both to the free list. The conference
committee also put wheat on the free
list, where the senate had placed it,
by striking out Il duty of 10 cents Il
bushel provided by the houS" bill,
The house won Il victory in the duty
on lapnDS and otbnr ,itlJlS frnit w hon
the conference committee restored the
classification based on the cubic feet
of the containers in which such prod
uctS are imported which results in Il
slight decrease of the duty.
The senate also lost in the struggle
over a proposed duty on bananas when
the conference committee struck out
the senate rate and restored bananas
to the free list of the house bill
Wooden Schedule.
Very few changes We're made in the
wooden schedule. The senate was suS-
tanned by the conference committee in
its amendments fixing the dates when
wool duties shall go into effect. Com
promises were made 10y the conference
committee between senate and house
rates, by which wool tops will bear II
duty of 10 per cent and yarns Il duty
of IS per cent.
The senate sought to reduce the duty
on wooden blankets and to free list
blankets valued at not more than 40
cents a pound. but the conference com
mittee rejected the amendment. and
all blankets will bear duty al - per
cent nd vaIorem. The house rates of
80 per cent ad valorem on carpets and
rugs We're adopted by the conference.
A compromise was reached on the
paragraphs relating to angora goat
hair, alpaca. by which the hair will
pay a duty of II per cent; tops from
such hair. p per cent. and pluSheS, vel
vet and other fabrics, II per cent.
Sundres
The conference committee adopted
the action of the senate, placing full.
inmates and gunpowder on the free
list There was compromise on the
paragraph relating to furS, but general
ly the house rates We're restored
ne senate rates pIeNdlleu Us 10 ldte
curtains and laces and the house won
by having restored the paragraph in
the. house bill covering chamoS skins
and glove feathers, by which the for
mer We're made dutiable at u per cent,
and the latter at 10 per cent. There
was compromise on the glove SEIZED
ule between senate and house rates
and the senate's action in free listing
harness. saddles and saddlery parts
was approved by the conference com
mittee, although the house bill had
made them dutiable at 20 per cent.
The only substantial victory won by
the house in the free list was as to
free art.
Here are rites of the new tariff com