Show protection TO COPPER oversight ft duty is ij imposed on OB th the washington april 4 through an loTer oversight sight during the consideration of 0 the dingley tariff bill the house neglected to adopt an amendment to put pat copper on the free list prepared by the ways and means committee consequently quent ly there is no provision for cop aper per in the bill and copper falls into the basket clause at 25 per cent ad vs ra lorem in the original draft of the abill bill the mckinley Wc Kinley rate of 1 cent a pound on copper was retained the i subject was brought to the attention lof of the committee the second time and it appeared no copper is imported into the tha united states and some is export ed ad the committee saw no reason why it should not be included in the free list |