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Show UOOLTmit IIOUDKZ UCK Much TalXed Cf Democratic Measure Considered in ? , . Conference. , REDUCTION MATS CF OVER FIFTY TZ2 CUNT Estimated That rrcpesei Change WiU Teiace Eere- nue but $i,353,C:3. ' . WAiHHfOTON, Jnne 1. The Dorao-cratie Dorao-cratie wool tariff bill, prepared by the way and maana ommitte of th honao, waa prasentsif . to th DamocraUo cao-ona cao-ona at noon today. Th bill makes redaction re-daction of from one-half to two-thirds in all wool duties. Saw wool Itself, which waa free la previous Democratic tariff btlla, la glvan a duty of 20 par .coot ad valorem, equivalent to from In! oenta pound. - Th new. duties, together with the, present dutiaa aa figured oa aa ad valorem va-lorem basis by Chairman Underwood, are s follows: Raw wool, proposed duty to per cent; existing duty, 44.S1 per cent. Naila, wast, ahoddiea, ate, proposed duty 20 per cent; existing duty 38.96 i par nt Combed wool or tops, proposed duty t Per cent; existing duty W5.19 per cent i . Yarns made wholly or in part of wool, proposed duty ,30 per cent; existing duty 82.39 per cent. Cloths, knit fabrics and all manufacture manufac-ture of wool, proposed duty 40 per cent; existing duty 07.11 per cent. Blankets and flannels, proposed dutv SO per cent when valued lee then AO cents a" pound; 45 per cent when va'urd at mora 60 cents! existing duty V5.57 per cent. ' iWoniea'a and children 'a dress goods, Jruposed. duty ,43 per cent; existing utv li.'2'oS per ecnt. R.nr marts clolhln and artlclea of wearing apparel. ropd "iy V ent, exUtlc duty 1 l nr cnt. Braids. rlPhons. Insertions, laces, em-broirtsrlss, em-broirtsrlss, neltlnirs and Us article, whajy or In part sneiie of wool., pro- rosM duty. 15 per cent, axlsuna duty r.ee yir- rent. ' Axmirteter. Auhuson. moo'iette and chenille cerpele. nroiosd lu!y 40 per cent, eslstln duty H l Pr cent. Rsony. wlltrm and vlvt .arrmis, pro-poeed pro-poeed duty as per onU esistina duty " H per cent. ... Bruseels carpets, prop'ieed duty I per oent. exlsilna duly 1t.lt pr cent. Velvet Upeatrv oarp.'s. printed In tha warp or otherwise. prtipcd duty It per cent, exlstlna duty tt.U per cent. Treble Inlratn. three ply and all chain Venetian carpets, proposed duty n per ecnt, Hist Ins duty ti .H per- rnU Won). Dutch and two ply tns-raln carpets, car-pets, proposed duty tt par cant, esiat-ing esiat-ing duly tJ.M per cant. Oriental rurs. proposed dutv 10 per cant, exl.tln duty 0.i7 per cent. Iruaata and Boklnas. printed or col-orvd. col-orvd. proposed duty l per cent, existing duty is. is per cent. Carpeta not otherwise provided for, of wool flax or cotton and mate, mattlna and russ of oolton. propoaed duly 2 pr cent, eilalln duty par cant. Th bill statss: "Whenever In this act the word "wool la ueed In connection vetch a manufactured manufac-tured article of which It te a conu-i-nent material. It shall be held to Incl'in wool or hair of tha sheep, osmel. ""t. alpaca or other like animals; whether manufactured by cotton, worsted, felt or any other process." . the proposed tariff represents reduction reduc-tion of only tl.WO.O"" In th. revenues of the aovernment, crcordlna o a ststa-ment ststa-ment presented to the senate by halr- man f neerwood. Imports of "f f the past yesr amounted to l7n-and l7n-and the femoTtlo leaders estimate that the reduction V tariff will so stimulate Importation that the first year under the proposed dutiea would reault In tlia Importation Im-portation of llttlil.OO worth of wool. The dutle collected in the last year oa wool of the Iniporte amounted to 111 rf4 H. while under the first year of the new dutlee It la flaured the revenue wotfhd be 4.iM.:0(). All apeclflc dutlee. whereby a stated sum I collected by th aovernment on certain grade of wool, are chsred by, the new bill to ad valorem dune. The eeneral averas ad valorem duty on manufactured wool under the pro-nosed pro-nosed law la eatlmated at 4J.M per cent. 72 "d.7 the e.latlnr Us It la fl-urU fl-urU ,t o.ia per cent. The duty on rew wool under the propoaed law Is : per cenV. while under the exletlng law tt la 'VlLjooTblli waa laid before the caucus cau-cus by Chairmen Burleson. It was the 0 ret Indication the majority of the members mem-bers had been aiven f It exact terms. Chairman t nderwoud undertook en ex-hauetlve ex-hauetlve esplanatlon of the measure. Mr I'nderwood deoiared th duties ionJ-leet-d laat year oa raw wool amounted t. it eoo.OM). The reductKMi of the raw wool duty to I per cant. "V-would "V-would cut theae dutlee. he"'d. to la.-J.oo. la.-J.oo. even under a rtl?lT"mu,11i Import trade. TO reduce theee dutlee furule'r be lmpr.lc.1 tr tlrn he added, even had the committee desired de-sired to do so. t,rm After hav'ng been In eeasloei two now It was plain that th caucu would not nnlsh It. work 'htVlASS It would continue through Friday ana poeelMy Saturday. |