Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1913-10-08

sparingly, and then the senate follow
ed by making still further educ tons
and increasing the free list.
The house, for example, placed q
duty Of 8 per cent on pig iron, spiegel-
sen, scrap iron and scrap steel and
IKE products and made ferrO- ma anese
dutiable at Is per cent. The senate
tree listed both Of them. and the cor
ference committee after considerable
deadlock yielded to the senate. II
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
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 Is per cent, and the
conference accepted the senate reduc-
ton. ~ II
- Agricultural Schedule. aaa. j
The conference committee agreed to
the senate amendment, which struck
ont 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 duty of 10 cents q
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 a
slight decrease of the duty. i
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 were made in the
WOODEN schedule. The senate was sus
tanned by the conference committee IL
Its amendments fixing the dates wher
wool duties shall 60 into effect. Com
promises were made by the conference
committee between senate and house
rates, by which wool tops will bear s
duty Of 10 per cent and yarns duty
OF Is per cent. !:
The senate sought to reduce the duty
on wooden blankets and to free lis
blankets valued at not more than n
cents pound, but the conference com
mittee rejected the amendment, an(
all blankets will bear duty at rs pei
cent ad valorem. The house rates o.
so per cent nd valorem on carpets ant
rugs were adopted by the conference.
A compromise was reached on thu
paragraphs relating to angora goa
hair, alpaca, by which the hair viii
pay duty Of Is per cent; tops from
such hair. % per cent. and pushes, vel
vet and other fabrics, 45 per cent.
Sundries.
The conference committee adopted
the action Of the senate, placing full
inmates and gunpowder on the fre<
list. There was compromise on tn,
pdA dSAdpA ACluCiuS W LUIS, UOC 6SACA al
" the house rates were restored.
The senate rates prevailed as to LACE
curtains and laces and the house woI
by having restored the paragraph IL
the house bill covering chamois skin.
and glove feathers, by which the for
mer were made dutiable at Is per cent
and the latter at 10 per cent There
was compromise on the glove sched
ule between senate and house rate.
and the senate's action in free listing
harness, saddles and saddlery part.
was approved by the conference com
mittee, although the house bill hat
made them dutiable at 20 per cent.
The only substantial victory won BY
the house in the free list was as Il
free art. - .-
Here are rates of the new tariff com
pared with the Payne-Aldrich law: