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Show 'wool billpassed TWENTY FIVE REPUBLICANS VOTE WITH DEMOCRATS FOR REDUCTION IN DUTIES. Estimated That New Measure Will Reduce Annual Revenue Under Woolen Schedule of Tariff by Little More Than $1,000,000. Washlngt'Mi. The houso of representatives, repre-sentatives, by a vole of 221 to 100, on Tuesday pushed tlx I'nderwood wool tariff revision bin, providing for a reduction re-duction of tlx duty on wool mid manufacture man-ufacture of wool. Twvuty-livo Republicans Re-publicans voted with the Democrats fur tho passage of the measure, and one Democrat. RcpreHciiiaiivc Frauds Frau-ds of Ohio, voted Uii.iilirtl it. Many amendments wero offered and voted down, Uw only one adopted being be-ing a alight change tu phraseology. Almost five hours wen? ciit by thu bouse la debate under thu rUc-minute rule. The bill placoH a duty of twenty por tx-tut ad valorem mi raw wool Import Im-port a ugalnat un average duty of a HUM uioro than forty-lour pv cent ad valorem under the picsenr law. On iMtrtly manufactured wiiol ami on I products manufactured In whole or in part from wool the average duly under un-der the proposed law would be about 42.5 per cent ad valorem as compared with the present ad valorm duty of more tlian l0 per ccin. The way a and means commit lee ha estimated that the bill would red me j!mj ajinual revenue under the woolon schedule of the tariff by a little more than 11,0'to.ouo. Tiw 1111 prescribes that It shall be In effect January 1, next, but It is not believed the bill will pas the senate lit till WHslon. |
