Show Present Duty on Hides Retained Washington Late Late Tuesday the senate senate sen sen- ate reached the voting stage on the hide schedule and after several amendments had been defeated the amendments of the finance committee fixing a duty of 15 per cent ad valorem valorem valo ralo rem on hides was agreed to by a vote of 36 to 30 This Is the rate of he the present law but under the rulings of the treasury department is applicable only to hides weighing more than twenty-five twenty pounds p The house places all hides on the free list t but the committee corn coon mUtee restored the Dingley policy by adding them to the non-dutiable non list |