Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-13
AGREE
ON MORE DUTIES
Rates on Tobacco and Cotton
Textiles Fixed by House
and Senate Members.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Higher protection from foreign COM
petition for American producers OF
wrapper tobacco, cotton textiles and
various raw and processed commodities
Of fax, hemp and jute was provided
under agreements reached yesterday by
the Senate and House conferees on the
tariff bill.
High spots In the days work were
seen In the compromise by which pres
ent duties Of $2.10 and S275 a pound
respectively, on unstemmed and STEM
med wrapper tobacco, were increased by
l71a cents pound, and in acceptance
Of the 6enate's additional levy Of 10
cents O pound on all goods. except rags,
made from long staple cotton.
The House bill had provided an In
crease OF 40 cents pound In the
tobacco imposts. The Senate had re-
stored present rates.
The cotton goods rate increase was
TO compensate manufacturers using long
staple cotton, which was taken from
the free list by the Senate and given
a tariff Of cents pound.
Three Schedules Complete.
Work on three complete rate sched-
ules was completed yesterday, bringing
the total up to IL since the tariff ad-
justers began their task week and a
half ago.
With only four rate sections await
ing adjustment, Senator Smoot, Re-
publican, Utah, head of the Senate con-
ference group, predicted all duty diff
ferences viii have been composed by
the middle of this week Then the
task Of conciliating the disputes over
administrative clauses will be started
in the hope that the entire bill might
be completed we'll before May l..
Only six rates have been passed over
thus far by the conferees, so that the
House proper might vote upon them
They affect sugar, cement, lumber
shingles, silver and casein.
Besides agreeing to the staple cotton
goods rate increase, the conferees yes
terday accepted the following Senate
duties in the cotton schedule, compared
with present rates:
Senate Rates Approved.
Sewing thread, one-half of 1 cent
per hundred yards, now the same; tire
and cord fabric, Is per cent, now the
same; blankets and blanket cloth, 80
per cent but not less than 14A cents
pound, now IS per cent; shirts not
knit or crocheted, as per cent, now IS
per cent.
"TIit and miss" rag rugs, rs per cent,
now 35 per cent, based on the Ameri-
can selling price; rags, including wiping
rags, 3 cents a pound, now dutiable at
various lower rates; rope used aS belt
ing for textile machinery, 40 per cent
now 80 per cent.
Another Senate amendment approved
provides a minimum rate of, SIS one
hundredthS of a cent per average num-
Der per pound on plain cotton cloth
containing yarns the average number
OF which exceeds No. 90.
House cotton rates approved, as COM
pared with existing levieS we're:
Tapestries and other jacquard-fig-
ured upholstery cloths, IS per cent. now
Is per cent; warp-knit gloves, so pei
cent, now so per cent.
The duty of cotton chenille rugs was
increased from IS to 90 per cent BY
another compromise.
Additional Rates.
These Senate rates in the fax, hemp
and jute schedule were accepted: Hemp
and hemp tow, 2 cents O. pound, now
/ cent; hacked hemp, 81 cents q
and cordage composed of 2 or more
yarns or rovings twisted together. the
size of the single yarn or rowing OF
which is coarser than 5-pound, 8 cents
pound, now IL cents.
Threads, twineS and cords, composed
of two or more yarns of hax, hemp, or
ramie, twisted together, 40 per cent
now 80 per cent; gill MEETINGS, webs,
seines and other flshnets Of flax, hemp.
or ranlie, not specially provided for, Is
per cent, now dutiable at various lower
rates.
Woven fabrics for artists canvas. IS
per cent, now 40 per cent; linen hand
kerchiefs with hand rolled or hand
made hens, so per cent and cent
each. now IS per cent; inlaid nneoleum'
AZ per cent, now IS per cent.
The duty on manila, SiSal ana hene-
Quen cordage was raised from three
quarters Of cent to IN cents q pound
by compromise. =.
A House provision accepted would
provide rate Of SIS per cent on woven
fabrics Of max, hemp or ram1e Weighing
not less than 4 and not over IL ounces
per square yard and exceeding IL but
not over "a inches. The present duty Is
the same but 1t Is based on goods not
less than Az ounces and not over SO
inches.
Another House amendment agreed 10
would increase from 40 to SIS per cent
the rate on max or ranie woven fabrics
commonly used for padding and inter.
Innings in clothing exceeding ITO but
not more than 100 threads to the square
inch.