Eastern Utah advocate. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1895-1915, 1913-10-09

The house conferees also accepted
the senate amendment hring dates
when the wool duties shall go lnto ~
feet. which was one Of the hnal STUN
bling blocks
Raw wool will go on the free nst on
Dec. I. and the reduced duties car
ried by the present bin will become ef-
fective on Jan. I. The house hlll pro
posed TO make the wool duties elective
on the bill being Tgneu
by the president The hnal action was
an important concession 10 the manu-
facturers
The senate won over the house also
on controverted paragraphs w we
schedule relating ~ cotton r'Uth. "hn
yarns - this agreement silnIN
higher duties are given 10 reri"'n
coarscr grades " cotton cloths Hn'
yarns by changing the classification
Fur bets aud frames. forms and oih.
or parts for the Manufacture " ~
hats received rate ~ ~ per cent
This matter affects the bat Industry w
Connecticut The house fixed the rate
at W per cent the senate made u a.
The silk schedule also was renpcuod.
and the rate on sill partially mluufnc'
turpd from roroons or wastes not fur
Their advanced IN manufacture than
cnrded or combed silk. and sin noils.
WIS reduced from 30 to ~ cents per
pound
The Metal Schedule
Probably no single industry covered
by the tariff bill suffered such rcduc
lions In duties ~ did the lrun and steel
Industry The house cut duties un
spHrlngly. and then the senate follow
81 by making still further re'lurtions
aud increasing the free list
THE house for example PLACED
dut, ~ \ per cent on pix iron. spiegel.
sen. scrap lrun and scrap steel and
IKE products and made ferro uiaEHner'
dntiable nj ~ per cent The senate
free listed both OF them and the con.
Ie,.nce committee after = considerable
deadlock yielded 10 the senate.
The sennte also free listed slabs.
blooms loops aud other products OF
iron more advanced than pig Iron.
which the house had made dutiable az
= per cent. The conference agreed to
this. The senate cut the duty on round
Iron OF steel wire from ~ per cent 10
IN. house bill 10 Is per cent aud the
conference accepted the senate rcduc'
ton.
Agricultural sehsdvls.
The conference committee agreed TO
the senate amendment whirh struck
out the 10 per cent duty on cattle pro.
vldcd by the house hill and the 10 per
cent rate ON sheep aud transferring
both 20 the free list The conference
committee also put wheat on the Tree
list. where the senate had placed u,
w striking ont duty Of 10 cents
bushel provided by the house bill.
The house won = virtcry In the duty
on lemons and other citrus fruit when
tho conference committee restored tie
classification based ON the cubic feet
OF the containers In which such prod.
ucta are imported. which results In q
slight decrease of the duty.
The sennte also lost In the struggle
over n proposed duty on bananas when
the conference committee struck out
the senate rate and restored bananas
a. the free list ~ the house blll.
woolsn Schedule.
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wooden schedule The senate was sus
tnined by the conference committee In
it, amendments aNiug the dates when
wool duties shall To Into efect Com.
promises were made by the conference
committee between senate aud house
rates 10y which wool tops will bear "a
duty ~ 10 per cent aud yarns a duty
of N per cent
The senate sought 90 reduce the duty
on wooden blankets aud 10 free list
blankets valued ~ not more than ~
cents a pound but the conference com
mittee rejected the amendment. aud
all blankets will bear duty NJ Is per
cent ad yalorcm. The house rates OF
IN per cent ad yalorem on carpets and
rugs were adopted by the conference
A compounds was reached on the
paragraphs relating 10 angorn goat
hair. alpaca. by which the hair viii
pay duty of ~ per cent. tops from
such hair. - pcr cent. and pushes, vel.
vet aud other fabrics. q per cent
Sundries
The conference committee adopted
the action Of the senate. placing fil
inmates and Funpowder on the free
list There WIS q compromise on the
paragraph relating "a furs. hut general.
~ the house rates were restored
The senate rates prevailed as 90 lace
curtains aud lncrs and the hou-. won
by having RESTORED the paragraph In
the house bin covering channels skins
and glove lcuthers. by which the for
ner were mnde dutiahle az a. Ter cent
and the latter NJ IN per cent There
was a compromise on the glove SEIZED
ule between senate and house rates
aud the senute's action In free listing
harness, saddles and saddlpry parts
was approved boy the conference com.
mittee. although the house bin Ind
made them dutiab.e at "a per cent
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