Show WOOL TOOL BILL PASSED TWENTY FIVE riVE ft republicans E P U 0 L I 1 C A N S VOTE WITH DEMOCRATS FOR REDUCTION IN DUTIES estimated that new measure will rede annual revenue under woolen schedule of tariff by little more afian wash washington netom tho house of representatives senta tives by a vote of to ta on tuesday passed tho the underwood wool tariff revision bill providing tor for a reduction of the duty on wool and manufactures tures ot of wool twenty five republicans public ans ang the for the passage of at tile the measure and one democrat representative francis of ohio voted against lt it many amendments were offered and voted down the only one adopted being a slight change in phraseology almost five hours 4 were spent by the house in debate under the tha ive fire minute tule rule the bill places a duty ot of twenty per cent ad valoree valorem on raw wool imports as against an in average duty of at a little Attle i rowe imore tawn i forty tour four per cent ad valore valoree m under the present law jaw on manufactured wool and on products manufactured in whole or in part from wool the average duty under the proposed law would be about per cent ad valorem valoree as compared with the present ad valora duty ot at more than 90 per comi the ways and means committee has estimated that the bill would reduce the annual revenue under the woolen schedule of the tariff by a little more than the bill prescribes that it shall be in effect january 1 next but it Is not believed the bill will pasa the senate ot at this session |