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PAGE 3 Ml P DETAILS G1UEF HOUSE KILL AS PASSED BY THE ' SEXATE MADE CLEAR, Items and Tax on Each Provided by the Reciprocity Treaty. Washington, Aug. 17. (Special) The full text of the McCall bill for Canadian reciprocity as passed by the house- of representatives is as fol lows; . Be It enacted "by the senate and house of representatives of the United States of America in congress assem bled,1 That there shall be levied col lected and paid upon the articles here inafter enumerated, the Jrrowth. prod uct or manufacture of the Dominion of 'the United States or any of Its posses sions, except the Philippine Islands and the islands of Guam and Tutuila, in Ucu of the duties now levied, col lected, M11U pum liltt luuuwiug utmes, namely: , v- ; Fresh meats beef, veal, mutton. lamb, pork and all other fresh or re frigerated "meats excepting game 1 cents per pound. , Bacon and hams not In tins or jars, 1 cents per pound. , , " . Meats of all kinds dried, smoked, salted, In brine or prepared or pre served in any manner not otherwise herein provided for, 1 cents per pound. - ' . Canned meats and canned poultry, 20 per centum ad valorem. ,-' Extract of meat, fluid or not, 20 per centum ad valorem. , Lard and compounds thereof, cotto- stearine, 1 cents per pound. , Tallow, 40 cents per hundred pounds. Egg yolk, egg albumen and blood albumen-, 7 per centum ad valorem., Fish (except shellfish), by whatever name known, packed in oil, in tin boxes or cans, Including the weight of the Dflckace (a) when welching over twenty ounces and not over thirty-six ounces each, 5 cents per package; (b) vueu weignmg over twelve ounces ana not oyer twenty ounces each, 4 cents per package; (c) when weighing twelve ounces each or less, 2 cents per package; (d) when weighing thirty-six ounces each or more or when packed in oil, In bottles, Jars or kegs. 30 per centum ad valorem. Tomatoes and other vegetables, in cluding corn in cans or other air tight packages and including the weight of the package, cents per pound. ' Wheat flour and semolina and rye flour, GO cents per barrel of 106 pounds. OntmAAl nnri railed nnta innliulinsr thn weight of paper covering, SO cents per Hundred pounds. , , Cornmeal, 12 cents per hundred pounds. ; . Barley malt, 45 cents per. hundred pounds. -v-" ' ' ' ; ' ' ' Barley, pot;' pearled or patent, one half cent per pound. Buckwheat flour or meat one-half cent per pound. ' Split peas, dried, 7 cents per bushel of sixty pounds. Prepared cereal foods, not otherwise provided for herein, 17 per centum ad valorem. v , . .Bran, middlings and other offals of grain, used for animal food, 12 cents per hundred pounds. Macaroni and vermicelli, 1 cent per ' pound. . Biscuits, wafers and cakes, when sweetened with sugar, honey, molas aes or other material, 25 per centum ad valorem. . ' Biscuits, wafers," cakes and other baked articles composed In whole or Jn part of eggs or any kind of flour r meal, when combinea wim cnoeo Jate4 puts, fruits or confectionery; also candled peel, candied popcorn, can- aiea nuts, canaiea iruitSj. susiirvuuuj NOTICE; To those living along the route of If connection with sewers are wanted nt present, :- arrangements for same must be made immediate after clitch is open, at our of f ice, room 6 Foley block. . 5 ; G. H. SUTHERLAND and confectionery of all kinds. 52 per centum ad valorem. Maple sugar and maple sirup, 1 cent per pound. . . ' rickles, including pickled nuts, sauces of all kinds, and fish paste vt sauce, 32 per centum ad valorem. . Cherry Juice and prune Juice, or prune win, and other fruit Juices and fruit sirup, nonalcoholic. 17 per cent um ad valorem. Mineral waters and imitations of natural mineral waters, In bottles or Jugs. 17 per centum ad valorem. Essential oils, T per centum ad va lorem. . , , . ; ; Grapevines, gooseberry, raspberry and currant bushes, 17 per centum ad valorem. ; Farm- wagons and ' finished parts thereof, 22 per centum nd valorem. Plows, tooth and disk harrows, har vesters, reapers, agricultural drills and planters, mowers, horse rakes, cultiva tors, thrashing machines, Including wind stackers, baggers, weighers and self feeders therefor and finished parts thereof imported for repair of the fore going. 15 per centum ad valorem. Portable engines 'with boilers in combination, horsepowers and traction engines for farm purposes, hay loaders, potato diggers, fodder or feed cutters, grabs crushers, fanning mills, hay ted ders, farm or field rollers, manure spreaders, weeders and windmills and fl nlshed pnrts thereof Imported for re-, f air of the foregoing, except snarting, 20 per centum ad valorem." Grindstones of sandstone, not mount ed, finished or .not 5 cents per hundred pounds. . . Freestone, granite, sandstone, lime stone aud all other monumental or building stone, except marble, breccia and onyx,, unmanufactured- or not dressed, hewn or polished, 12 per eentuni ad valorem. Roofing slates. 55 cents per hundred square feet - . Vitrified paving blocks, , not orna mented or decorated in any manner, and paving blocks of stone, 17 per centum ad valorem. ' Oxide of iron as a color, 22 per centum ad valorem. Asbestos, further manufactured than grounu; manuiaciures or asbestos or articles of which asbestos Is the com ponent material of chief value, includ ing woven fabrics, wholly or In chief value of asbestos, 22 per centum ad valorem. v ' Printing ink. 17 per centum ad va lorem. , . . Cutlery, plated or not pocketknives, penknives, scissors and shears, knives and forks for household purposes and table steels 27H per centum ad valo rem. ". -. , , ... Bells and gongs, brass corners and rules for printers, 27 per centum ad valorem. . Basins, urinals and other plumbing fixtures for' bathrooms and lavatories; bathtubs, sinks and laundry tubs of earthenware, stone, . cement or clay or of other material, 32 per centum ad valorem. ', -.. 'i t : Brass band Instruments, 22tt per centum ad valorem. ;' Clocks, watches, . time ' recorders, clock and watch keys, clock cases and clock movements, 27 per centum ad valorem. t . : . Printers' wooden coses and cabinets for holding type, 27 per centum ad valorem. . v . '. ... ' , .. Wood flour, 22 per centum nd valorem.;-.- .-., . "' . Canoes and small boats of wood, not J power boats, 22 per centum ad va lorem. -. r " ' ' ' ,. . : " Feathers, ' crude, not dressed,' col ored or otherwise manufactured, 12 per centum ad valorem. ; Antiseptic surgical dressings, such as absorbent cotton, cotton wool, lint, lamb's wool, tow. Jute, gauzes and oaknm, prepared for use as surgical dressings, plain or medicated; surgical trusses, pessaries and suspensory band ages of all kinds, 17 per centum ad valorem. ." Plate glass, not beveled, in sheets or panes exceeding seven square feet each and not exceeding twenty-five square feet each, 25 per centum ad-valorem.--' ' : Motor vehicles, other than for rail- ways and tramways aud automobiles and parts thereof, not ln''lud?ug rub ber tires 30 per centum nd valorem. Iron or steel digesters for the manu facture of wood pulp, 27 per centum ad valorem. Musical instrument cases, fancy cases or boxes, portfolios, satchels, reticules, cardeases, purses, pocket books, fly books for artificial flies, all the foregoing composed wholly or In chief value of leather. 20 per centum ad valorem. Aluminium in crude form. 5 cents per pound. ' Aluminium in plates, sheets, bars and rods, 8 cents per pound. Laths, 10 cents per thousand pieces. Shingles, 30 cents per thousand. Sawed bonrds, planks, deals and oth er lumber, planed or finished on one side, 50 cents per thousand feet board measure; planed or finished on one side and tijngued and grooved, or planed or j finished on two sides. 75 cents per ; thousand feet board measure; planed ( spreaders, weeders and windmills and or finished on three sides, or planed ' finished parts thereof imported forTe and finished on two sides and tongued j pair of the foregoing, except shafting, and grooved. $1.12 per thousand ; 20 per centum nd valorem. ' feet, board measure; planed and; Grindstones of sandstone, not mount- finished on four sides. $1.00 per thou-j sand feet board measure; and in esti- mating board measure under this schedule no "deduction shall be made on board measure on account of plan ing, tonguing and grooving. . Iron ore, ; including innnganiferous UVM . VU ..HUM . from burnt pyrites, 10 cents per ton, provided that in levying and collect ing duty on iron ore no deduction shall be made from the weight of the . o on account of moisture which may be chemically or physically ( combined therewith. ', . -. Coal Black or culm of all kinds, such as will pass through a half inch screen. 15 cents per ton, Provided that the duties above enu- merated shall take effect whenever the president of the United States shall have satisfactory evidence and shall make proclamation that on the articles hereinafter enumerated the growth, product or manufacture of the United States or any of Its possessions (ex cept the Philippine Islands and the Islands of Guam and Tutuila), when imported therefrom Into the Dominion of Canada, duties not in excess of the following are imposed, namely; Fresh meats beef, veal, : mutton. lamb, pork and all other fresh or re frigerated meats excepting game lyi cents per pound. Bacon and hams, hot in tins or Jars, 1 cents per pound. . Meats of all kinds, dried, smoked, salted, la brine or prepared or preserv ed In any manner, not otherwise herein provided for. 1 cents per pound. Canned meats-and canned poultry. tO per centum ad valorem. Extract of meat fluid or not 20 per centum ad valorem. Lard and compounds thereof, cotto- lene and cotton stearine and animal stearine, 1 cents per pound. Tallow, 40 cents per hundred pounds. Egg yolk, egg albumen and blood albumen, 7 per centum ad Valorem. ' Fish (except shellfish), by whatever name known, packed in oil, In tin boxes or cans, Including the weight of the package (a) when weighing over twenty ounces and not over thirty-six ounces each, 5 cents per package; (b) when weighing over twelve ounces and not over twenty ounces each, 4 cents per package; (c) when weighing twelve ounces each or less, 2 cenU per package; (d) when weighing thirty-six ounces, each or more or when packed In oil. in bottles, jars or kegs, 30 per centum nd valorem- Tomatoes and other vegetables, In cluding corn, In cans or other air tight packages and including the weight of the package, 1 cents per pound, e -Wheat flour and semolina and rye flour, 50 cents per barrel of 100 pounds. Oatmeal and rolled oats, including the weight of paper covering, 50 cents per hundred pounds. Cornmeal, 12 cents per hundred pounds. .' .. 1 Barley malt 45 cents per hundred pounds. - ' ,, ' - Barley, pot' pearled or patent one- half cent per pound. Buckwheat flour or meal, one-half cent per pound. Split peas, dried, 7 cents per bushel o sixty pounds. Prepared cereal foods, not otherwise provided for herein, 17 per centum ad valorem. . . Bran, middlings and other offals of grain used for animal food, 12 cents per hundred pounds. . , , ,' Macaroni and vermicelli, 1 cent per pound. , Biscuits, wafers and cakes when sweetened with ' sugar, honey, mo lasses or other material. 25 per cent um ad valorem. : Biscuits, wafers, cakes end other baked articles composed in whol.Vor in part of eggs or any kind of fiV:r or meal when combined with chocolate, nuts, fruits or confectionery, also can dled peel, candled popcorn, candled nuts, candled fruits, sugar candy and confectionery of alt kinds. 32 per centum ad valorem. Maple sugar and maple sirup. 1 cent per pound. ' , ; . Pickles, including pickled nuts: sauces of all kinds and fish pasts or sauce, 32 per centum ad valorem. Cherry Juice and prune Juice, or prune wine, aud other, frnlj Juices and fruit sirup; nonalcoholic 17 per cent uin oil valorem. Mineral waters ind imitation of natural mineral waters lu bottles or Ju.srs, 17 per centum ad valorem. ' U.sseutial olla, 7 per centum od va lorem. Graporines, gooseberry, raspberry and currant bushes. 17 per centum ad Tolorem. Farm wagons and finished parts thereof, 22 per centumad valorem. Plows, tooth and disk harrows, har : vestcrs, reapers, agricultural drills and planters, mowera. . horse rakes, cultl j vators; thrashing machines, including wind stackers, baggers, weighers and self feeders therefor and finished parts thereof Imported for repair of the fore going, 15 per centum ad valorem. Fortable engines with boilers, in combination, horsepower and traction engines, for farm purposes; bay load ers, potato diggers, fodder or feed cut- ters, grain crushers, fanning mills, hay tedders, farm or field rollers, manure ed, finished or not, 5 cents per hun- jdred pounds. Freestone, granite, sandstone, limev stone and all other monumental or building stone, except marble, breccia and onyx,' unmanufactured or not dressed, hewn or polished, 12 per Roofing slates,. C5 cents "per hundred square feet ! '.' Vitrified paving blocks, not orna mented or decorated in any manner, and paving blocks of stone, 17 per centum ad valorem. Oxide of iron as a color. 22 per centum ad valorem. , Asbestos, further manufactured than ground; manufactures of asbestos or articles of which asbestos Is the com- ponent material of chief value. Includ ing woven fabrics wholly or In chief value of asbestos. 22 per centum ad valorem.' Printing Ink, 17 per centum ad va lorem. . Cutlery, plated or not pocketknives, penknives, scissors and shears, knives and forks for household purposes and table steels 27 per centum ad va lorem. V i : Bells and gongs, brass corners and rules, for printers, 27 per centum ad valorem. Basins, urinals' and other plumbing fixtures for bathrooms end lavatories, bathtubs, sinks and laundry tubs of earthenware, stone, cement or clay or of other material, 32 per centum ad valorem. Brass band Instruments. 22 pr centum ad valorem. ; s ; .. , Clocks, watches, time recorders, clock and watch keys, clock cases and clock movements, 27 per centum ad valorem. Printers' wooden rases and cabinets for holding type, 27 per centum ad valorem. Wood flour, JKyJ'per centum ad va lorem. ' '. Canoes and small boats of wood, not power boats, 22 per centum ad valorem. Feathers, crude, not dressed, colored or otherwise manufactured, 12 per centum ad valorem. Antiseptic surgical dressings, such as absorbent cotton,, cotton wool, lint, lambs' wool, tow, Jute, gauzes and J oakum, prepared for use as surgical dressings, plain or medicated, surgical trusses, pessaries and suspensory band ages of all kinds, 17 per centum ad' valorem. , Tlate glass, not beveled, in sheets or panes exceeding seven square feet each and not exceeding twenty-five square feet each, 23 per centum ad valorem. ; t'. ' . . Motor vehicles, other than for rail ways and tramways, and automobiles and parts thereof, not including rub ber tires, 30 per centum ed valorem. Iron or steel digesters for the man ufacture of wood pulp, 27 per- cen tum ad valorem. : Musical Instrument, cases, fancy cases or boxes, portfolios, -satcueis. reticules, cardeases, purses, pocket books, fly books for artificial flies,, all the foregoing composed wholly or In chief value of leather, 30 per centum ad valorem. - ' Cement Portland, and hydraulic or water lime in barrels, bags or casks, the weight of the package to be In cluded in the weight for duty. 11 cents per hundred pounds. .Trees apple, cherry., peach, pear, plum and quince, of all. kinds, and small peach trees known, as June buds 2 cents each. Condensed milk, the- weight of the package to be Included to the weight for duty, 2 cents per pound. ' Biscuits without added sweetening. 20 per centum od valorem. Fruits in air tight cans or other air tight packagesv the weight of the cans or other packages to be included In the weight for duty, 2. cents per pound. Peanuts, shelled. 1 cent per pound. Peanuts, unshelled. one-half cent per pound. Coal, bituminous, round and run of mine, including bituminous coal such as will not pass through a three-quar ter inch screen, 45 cents per ton. That the articles mentioned In the following paragraphs, the growth, product or manufacture of the Do minion of Canada, when imported therefrom Into the United States or any of Its possessions (except the Phil lnntne Islands and the islands of Guam and Tutuila), shall be exempt frota duty n:.::et; . Live ntira:iU cattle, horses eud mules, swloe. sheep, lambs , and all other live animals. Foultry. dead or alive. Wljeat. rye, oats, barley end buck-' wheat, dried peas and beans, edible. Corn, sweet corn or maize. Ilay, Ptrnw and cowpen. ' Fresh vegetables potatoes, sweet potatoes, yams, turnips, onions, cab bages and all other vegetables in their natural state i Fresh fruits apples, pears, peaches, grapes, berries and all other edible fruits in their natural 8,tate. except lemons, oranges, limes, grapefruit shaddocks, wmelos and plnapples. Dried fruits apples, peaches, pears and apricots, dried, desiccated or evap orated. : Dairy products butter, cheese and fresh milk and cream, provided that cans actually used In the transpor tation of milk or cream may be pas : ed back and forth between the tv,- countries free of duty, under such ro't-1 ulatlons ns the respective government-' may prescribe. Egps of barnyard fowl in the shell. Honey. , Cottonseed oil. ScecV flaxseed or linseed, cotton seed and other oil seeds; grass seed, in cluding timothy nnd clover seed; gar den, field and other seed not herein otherwise provided for. when in pack- . wisrhin . over one- pound each (not Including flower seeds). y , ' Firh of all kinds, fresh, frozen, pack ed in ice, salted or preserved in any form, except sardines and other fish preserved in oil, and shellfish of all kinds. Including oysters, lobsters and clams in any state, fresh or packed, nd coverings of the foregoing. Seal, herring, Whale and other fish oil. Including sod oil, provided that fish oil, whale oil, seal oil and fish of all kinds, being the product of fish eries carried on by the fishermen of the United States, shall be admitted Into Canada as the product of the United States, and similarly that fish oil, whale oil.- seal oil and fish of all kinds, being the product of fisheries carried on by the fishermen of Cana da, shall be admitted Into the United States as the product of Canada. Salt . Mineral waters, natural, not in bot tles or Jugs, Timber, hewn, sided or squared oth erwise than by sawing, aud round timber used for spars or In building wharfs. Sawed boards, planks, deals and oth cr lumber not further manufactured than sawed. Paving posts, railroad ties and tele phone, trolley, electric light and tele graph poles of cedar or other woods, Wooden staves of al. kinds, not fur ther manufactured than listed or Joint ed, and stave bolts. Pickets and palings. Plaster rock or gypsum, crude, not ground. . Mica, unmanufactured rrongh trim- Telephone Co. Long Distance Connection with the Bell System YOU SEED A DRIXK OF GOOD SEED SOMETHING TO EAT. I WELLS IX THE GRAXDE R0.VDE VALLEY. PRICE FROM $L50 TO S3.S0 PER FOOT. 1612 Walnut street piiosE red $"2. Lti Grande, Oregon. tneil cr.!,. a: 1 rricn. it mini or bolted. Fo'-'s'-ar. i r;:d. powdereJ or ground. As!k?t. rf further manufactured th.n f nr.irsd. Fl!Mrs"iar, crrde. tv.t ftrf.tnd. Glreerin, crvde.-not purified. Tale, irranr.d. bolted or precipitated, naturally orartifl'.Mallr.not fortollet nse. Rulnhafe of oda. or s.'flt cake, and Roda ns'u. Extracts of hemlock burl:. Carbon electrndes. Brass hi bar and roJt. la ceil or oth erwise, not less than six feet In length, or brass In strips, sheets or plates, not polished, planished or coated. Cream separator of every descrip tion and parts thereof imported tor re pair of the f '"sr. Rolled Iron or steel sheets or plate. J o. 14 gnugo or thinner, galvanized or coated with line, tin or other metal or not. Crucible cast steel wire valued at not less than 6 cents per pound. ' Galvanized iron or steel wire, curved or not, n08. 0. 12 and 13 wire gnuge. Typecasting and typesetting ma chines aud parts thereof adapted for use In printing offices. . Barbed fencing wire of iron or steel, galvanized or not. Coke. - Rolled round wire rods in the coll, of iron or steel, not over three-eighths of an inch tn diameter and not smaller than No. 8 wire gauge. enumerated, the growth, product or manufacture of the Dominion of Can ada. shall be exempt from duty when1 the president of the United States shall have satisfactory evidence and shall make 'proclamation thut the following articles, thtf growth, product or maim factute of the United States or nny oi Its possessions (except the Philippine Islands aud the Islands of Guam nnd Tutuila), are admitted Into the Domin ion of Cuuada free of duty namely: Live animals cattle, horses and mules, swine, sheep, lambs and all other live animals. ;. Poultry, dead or alive. Wheat, rye, oats, barley and buck wheat, dried peas and beans, edible. Com, sweet corn or maize (except Into Canada for distillation). ' Hay. straw and cowpeas. Fresh vegetables potatoes, sweet potatoes, yams, turnips, onions, cab bages and all other vegetables In their natural state. Fresh fruits apples, pears, peaches, grapes, berries and all other edible fruits in their natural state. Dried fruitsapples, peaches, pears and apricots, dried, desiccated or evap orated. 1 Dairy products butter, cheese and fresh milk and cream, provided that cans actually used In the transporta tion of milk or cream may be passed back and forth between the two coun tries free of duty, under such regula tions as the respective governments (Continued on Page Six) Entire WATER 0FTESER THAJf YOU HAYE DRILLED SIX FLOWIXG Independent SMT