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Show Snioot Proposes Bill to Aid Livestock Men WASHINGTON, Dec. 20. Senator Reed Smoot has drawn and intro-.t intro-.t ii : . I i, bill that practically relmposes I the tariff rates on the Pavne law I on meats and meat products into the United States from any foreign country, coun-try, for the avowed purpose of stabilising stabil-ising the. livestock indti6tr in this country. There i very little prospect that this or any other special tariff bill will bo passed this session, but, If there Is to be such legislation. Senator Sena-tor Smoot will endeavor to have hi i hill incorporated In the measure selected se-lected for enactment. Under tht, I terms of the Smoot bill the following rates of duty will be Imposed: "RaGon and hams, 5 cents per i pound, fresh, chilled or frozen beef, I veal, mutton find pork, 3 cents per I pound, meats of all kinds, prepared or preserved, not specially provided for In this act, 25 per centum ad valorem, va-lorem, extract of meal, not tpeeiallv prolded for in this act, 26 per cent um ad valorem; extract of meat, not specially provided for in this act, 33 cents per pound; fluid extract of meat, 15 cents per pound, but the dutiable weight of the extract of meat anil of ! the fluid extract of meat shall not I include the weight of the package In which the same Is imported; lard, J cents per pound: poultry, alive, 3 eentfc l-r pound; dressed, cents per pound, tallow three-fourths of 1 cent per pound: wool Krrea.se, Including that known commercially ns degras or brown wool grease, one-half of 1 cent per pound; hides of cattle, raw or uncured, whether dry, aaltod or I packed, 16 per centum ail valorem I "Provided, that upon all leather c-I c-I porterl. made. from imported hides, I there shall bo allowed a drawback pi.il to the amount of duty paid on such hides, to be paid under such regulations as the secretary of the treasury may prescribe; band or belting belt-ing leather, sale leather, dressed up-p up-p 1 and all other leather, calfskins tanneil or tanned and dressed, kangaroo, kanga-roo, sheep and goat skins (including I Iamb und kid skins) dressed and fln- ikI,...H i-li'itnnw irwl ,,ll,,.r- ubinu . H I bookbinders' calfskins, all the foregoing fore-going not specially provided for In I this act. 20 per oentURi ad valorem; skins for morocco, tanned but unfinished, unfin-ished, io per centum ud valorem; pat- I Ottt, Japanned, varnished or enarae',-j j leather, weighing not over ten pounds per dozen hides or skins, 30 cents per pound and 20 per centum ad valorem, va-lorem, if scighliiR over ten pounds and not over twenty-five pound' per dozeti, 30 cents uer pound and 10 per centum ad valorem; If weighing over i . iity-fiv ei pounds per dozen, 20 cents pi r pound anil 10 per centum ad u-lorem; u-lorem; pianoforte leather and piano-fort., piano-fort., anion batlnr. ,i, per cnluni uu . i ' i ivie.iii.-i rwion i;ict:i, 1111- Ished or unfinished. to cents per prosa pairs and 2,0 per centum .d valorem; boots and shoes made of leather, 26 per centum advalorem; "Provided further, that leather cut Into shoo uppers or v;uups or other I forms, suitable for conversion lnlo manufactured articles, shall be classified classi-fied a manufactures of leather and pay duty accordingly." oo |