Mr. DAWES. I do not desire to interfere at all with the pending amendment, nor do I rise in defense of shoddy. But inasmuch as debate has been closed, and as I desire to offer an amendment, I wish to explain it before hand. My amendment will be to strike out the word “ flocks, " and to at it in at the rate of 6 cents per pound, re ucing the duty one half. I thin this article of flocks was putin this section by the committee under a misun derstanding as to the differenca between flocks, shoddy, mungo, and waste. I have not time to explain the difference; but it is as much for the interest of the woolrvrowersas of the manufacturers that flocks should be omitted from this section. I object to its being retained here for 2 reasons. One is that it does not cost half as much as shoddy, and to place a duty of 12 cents upon it would be discriminating in favor of shoddy, against flocks. Flocks is the shreds of new cloth. It will not weave in as shoddy does. “It is used for felting. It is used also in the manufacture of fine satinets to put a face on the back. It will wear until the cloth wears out. My friendfrom Iowa [Mr. GRINNELL] does not know anything about that kind of satinet. I say to him that if he desires to prevent the manufacture of his fine wool into ine satinet he will succeed absolutely if he will only put a duty offrom 12 to 20 cents perpound upon flocks. Now, the introduction of this flocks will not interfere at all with the shoddy trade. Ithas nothingto do with theshoddy trade. It goes into the manufacture of felt hats; it is also used in the manufacture of the finer kinds of wall paper. And when it is in order, I shall move to reduce the duty on flocks to just 1/2 what is proposed in this bill, or to twice as much as it is under the existing tariff law. The duty proposed in this bill is just 4 times as much as it is under the present law, simply because it is put here in bad company with shoddy, mango, and waste. I hope, therefore, that some reard will be had to the nature of the article. this like wool in that it will felt, while shoddy, mungo, or waste cannot, by any process under heaven, be made into felt. Shoddy is only used in woven goods, and that is the wa.in which it deteriorates, if at all, the 9 of the cloth.