Show present duty on hides retained wash washington I 1 aglon tate late tuesday the sen ate reached the voting stage on tho the little schedule and after several amendments I 1 had been oTe aed tho the ot the finance committee fixing a duty dut of 15 16 por per cent id ad valo la rem on oil hides was agreed to 0 by a vote of 36 to 30 this la Is the rate of lie ho present law hut but under tinder tho rulings of tile alio treasury department Is ls applicable only to hides bides weighing moro more thau than twenty five pounds the house places all hides on the tree free list but tile tho committee restored the dangly policy by adding them to the non dutiable list |