The New York herald., 1921-02-17

camel. angora goat and alpaca, but
not carpet wools. unwashed, Is cents
pound: washed. 80 cents a pound
secured. 40 cents a pound.
Sugar not testing above 70 degrees
by polariscope. 71-1OO cents a pound ;
for every additional polariscope degree
26-l000 of cent pound additional
Moasses testing not above 40 de-
sress. L. per cent. ad valorem: between
40 degrees and IS degrees, 2i4 cents a
gallon above 56 degrees. Az cents a
gallon.
Butter and substitutes, cents a
pound; ; cheese and substitutes. % per
cent. ad valorenn fresh milk. cents a
gallon cream, 5 cents a gallon; con-
densed or preserved milk. 2 cents a
pound; sugar of milk. cents pound.
Wrapper tobacco and filler tobacco
when mixed or packed with more than
Is per cent. of wrapper tobacco. and all
leaf tobacco the products Of two or
more countries or dependencies, when
mixed or packed together, IL unstemmed,
s2.s5 a pound If stemmed, $3.50 a
pound: filler tobacco. not otherwise
specially provided for. IL unstemmed 80
cents a pound II stemmed. so cents a
pound.
Hides, raw or uncured, 10 per cent
ad valorem when advanced in manu-
facture. 10 per cent. ad valorem.
Apples, 80 cents bushel. with pro-
viso for equal advance in rates proper
tionate to any advance in Canadian tar
ifs on apples; cherries cents
pound. Olives in solution. 25 cents a
gallon: not in solution, 5 cents a pound.
Senate amendments have made the
prospect OF agreement in conference a
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rose, chairman OF the Finance Commit
tee. has said in the Senate that he be-
lieved the bill could be agreed to in
conference in a day. The House con-
ferees have not given any expression as
to what they may do about the Senate
amendments.
The principal items added by the Son.
ate are faxseed. olive oil, meats. cattle
and sheep, sugar. butter cheese. milk
OF all kinds, tobaccos. hides, apples.
cherries and olives Tho Senate also
increased the tariff on wheat. lemons
and some other articles.
Proposed amendments rejected by the
Senate to-day ranged from the Payne
Aldrich tariff law complete to sunfiower
seeds. higher rates on cotton, modiflca-
tions OF the wool schedule, proposed by
Senator Lodge. the one year emergency
immigration bill, lines. oranges, grape
fruit and the Infant industry" in cas-
tor oil. Many of the latter were pro-
posed as Jokes.
Partisan Measure, Is Charge.
While the proponents of the measure
argued throughout the long nght since
IL reached the Senate late in December
that IL would relieve the crisis con-
fronted by agriculture. its opponents
have insisted that in the long run 1t
would merely add to the high cost OF
living, that II is class legislation and
that Republicans are not sincere In try
ing to pass it as a relief measure, but
merely for partisan effect.
Senator Underwood. Democratic lead
der has repeatedly forecast it's veto by
President Wilson >on the ground that
arbitrarily II increases living costs. The
fight against the sugar schedule on this
score has been particularly bitter.
Democratic Senators voting for the bill
did so largely because OF the protection
afforded to Southern grown products.
It's removal from the Senate calendar
will hasten action on appropriation bills
and n heavy drive viii be made 70 get
as many passed IS humanity possible.
The best Informed Sepators believe that
some appropriation bills. probably in
Guiding the naval bill, will fail