Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-10-10

ibis matter aueCtS t0e nat luOusVIy IN
Connecticut. The house fixed the rate
at 40 per cent. the senate made It IS.
The silk schedule also was reopened.
and the rate on silk partially manufac-
tured from cocoons or wastes, not fur.
Their advanced in manufacture than
carded or combed silk. and silk noils
was reduced from 80 to 20 cents per
pound
The Natal Schedule.
Probably no single industry covered
by the tariff bill suffered such reduc
tons in duties as did the iron and steel
industry The house cut duties un
sparingly. and then the senate follow
ed by making still further reductions
and increasing the free list.
The house. for example. placed a
duty Of 8 per cent on pig iron. spiegel-
sen. scrap iron and scrap steel and
like products and made ferro-maganese
dutiable at Is per cent The senate
free listed both Of them. and the con.
ference committee after a 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
3 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.
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 1t.
by striking out a duty Of 10 cents
bushel provided by the house bill.
The house won a 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.
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 IN
its amendments fixing the dates when
wool duties shall go into effect. Com
promises were made by the conference
committee between senate and house
rates. by which wool tops will bear
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 list
blankets valued at not more than 40
cents a pound. but the conference CON-
mittee rejected the amendment, and
all blankets will bear duty at 25 per
cent ad valorem. The house rates OF
SO per cent ad valorem on carpets and
rugs were 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 Is per cent; tops from
such hair. 25 per cent. and pushes, vel
vet and other fabrics. As per cent
sundries.
The conference committee adopted
the action Of the senate. placing full
inmates and gunpowder on the free
list There was a compromise ON the
paragraph relating to furs. but general
ly the house rates we're restored.
The senate rates prevailed as to lace
curtains and laces and the house won
by having restored the paragraph In
the house bill covering chamois skins
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 rates
and the senate's action in free listing
harness. saddles and saddlery parts
was approved by the conference COM
I mittee, although the house bill had
made them dutiable at 20 per cent
The only substan initial victory won by
the house in the free list was as to
| free art.
Here are rates Of the new tariff com.
pared with the Payne-Aldrich law: