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Show SILK MEN ARE BEING HEARD Tariff Committee Take Testimony on Silk and Lumber Washington, Jan. 13. The lumber; and silk schedules of the tariff were the issue in testimony today before , the house ways and means commit-tee. commit-tee. There was no Democratic bill I for these schedules at the last session ses-sion to afford a tentative plan for the committee Schedule D of the present lau rovers rov-ers timber, sawed b.iaids. posts, .lap-boards, .lap-boards, laths, pickets. ias!s boxes, blinds, cabinet furniture and ,m ai ad valorem duties ranging fiom 10 per cent on posts, :10 per rem on I 1 oxes, barrels, casks and hogsheads! to 45 per cent on willow furniture and a variety of rales on various classes Of lumber Schedule L covers silks, velvets, chenilles. handkerchiefs, ribbons laces, yarns and threads The Silk association of America was among 1 the organizations repn ented today William B. Uptogoke of Brooklyn today asked the committee to retain the present tariff f 10 per cent ad valorem on boards, planks and cabinet wood not further manufactured than sawed and 120 per cent ad valorem on fin niture. tt |