The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1913-10-09
Many Change. Considered.

Many changes Cons'dSreo.
The conference committee had to
deal with &c paragraphs on which
there were Engagements. Some OF
these involved only the change of
word or question Of punctuation. but
majority Of them represented diff
ferences in rates and a few were fun
damental.
The house conferees also accepted
the senate amendment fixing dates
when the wool duties shall 60 into ef-
feet, which was one of the final STUN.
bling blocks.
Raw wool will 60 on the free list on
Dec l, and the reduced duties car
ried by the present bill will become ef
fective on Jan. /. The house bill pro-
posed to make the wool duties effective
Immediately on the bill being signed
by the president. The final action was
an important concession to the manu-
facturers.
The senate won over the house also
on controverted paragraphs in the
schedule relating to cotton cloths and
yarns. BY this agreement slightly
higher duties are given to certain
coarser grades of cotton cloths and
earns by changing the classification.
Fur hats and frames, forms and 9th
er parts for the manufacture Of such
hats received rate Of As per cent.
This matter affects the hat industry in
Connecticut The house fixed the rate
at 40 per cent the senate made it As.
The silk schedule also was reopened,
and the rate on silk partially manufac-
tured from cocoons or wastes, l.t fur
Their advanced in manufacture than
carded or combed silk, and silk neils.
was reduced from 30 to 20 cents per
pound.
The Metal Schedule.
Probably no single industry cc-r,red
by the tariff bill suffered such reduc-
lions in duties as did the iron and Steel
industry. The house cut dusin ua.
sparingly. and then the senate tohs~'.
ed by making still further reductions
and increasing the free list.
The house. for example, placed a
duty Of 3 per cent on pig iron spiegel-
sen. scrap iron and scrap steel and
IKE products and D,a:ie ferrO-maga nese
dutiable at Is PEI ..snt. The senate
free listed both of them. and the con.
ference committee after 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 dutiable at
6 per cent. The conference agreed to
this. The senate cut the duty on round
ircs Or steel wire from 20 per cent in
the house bill to Is per cent, and the
conferences accepted the senate redac-
ton. .t<
Agricultural Schedule.
TIE 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
HIST. where the senate had placed 1t.
by striking out duty Of 10 cents
bushel provided by the house bill.
The house won victory in the duty
on lemons and other citrus fruit when
the conference committee restored the
classification based on the cubic feet
Of the containers in which such prod
ucts are imported. which results in q
slight decrease of the duty.
The senate also lost in the struggle
over 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 were made in the
wooden schedule. The senate was sus-
tanned by the conference committee III
its amendments fixing the dates when