New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-01-24
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To the tahle is anpendel the following note

In the OF duties under the House bill 20 40
count Is taken Of the abolition Of duties upon packages
inland ireigh eharS'' AN, ana ,s Soi uissIons ccl0a,
Of esti mated receipts. uudeT the House bill, Is
an absolute exhibit u suits compared with the oper-
atous of the present Jaw That column merely SHOWS
what the receipts would be under the bill with ihe pro-
uuse rates substituted for existing rates ami wtbOut
considering chan ,es made in easslhcauops, changes
made IN the law aud without regard To CONDITIONS Oiher
than The changes ia the rates ot duty.
BY comparison of the first two columns 1t viii
be observed that the percentage OF reduction II
only t. per cent considerably less than half as
2 eat as the percentage (0.6s) obtained by COM
parson of the estimated net decrease with tho
total receipts from duties last year. According TO
the figures of the exports the total increase In the
schedule embracing earthenware aud glassware
will nc II l50 1855 on the basis OF last years lmpor-
tations, the increase per cent on the al Yal0rem
rate being estimated at s.39. Congressman Brewer.
of New-Jersey who represents district which con-
tains very large earthenware and pottery manliac-
tories declares that this estimate to the total in-
crease is nearly three times too high aud that 1t Will
not exceed S4OOOO0 while the additional duty will
actually average less than per cont on
MAN white ware of all kinds While there is u
nominal advance OF Is per cent in the duty on
white and decorated earthenware and china-the
total importaUions of which last year Mr. Brewer
estimates at about S7000,000, OF seven-tweiiths OF
the entire consumption IN the United Slates-p
should be remembered that the bill abohshes
the duty on packa gos crates, etc, on ihiano
charges and the pig per cent commission which,
according to the report of the Iarih Commission
amount to about 10 per cent of the entire duty.
This laayes "A net advance of only per cent on
nresent rates Mir Brewer. who, with other pottery
manufacturers, has been investigating the subject,
estimates the increase as follows White
earthenware importations, &I.0OO,OO0i tolat
Increase at 3 per cent, %SOO,OOVj
decorated earthenware importations, al OOO.0OOi
total increase at 10 per cent $lOOOoO; deco, deco
rated china impOgtailons, S1,OOOOOOi totai
increase at 10 per cent TlOOOOO white emma iih
portatIons 81 900 900 increase, none.
Mr. Brewer iustiles the action OF the couinltIco
In putting china and earthenware at the same
rates first because earthenware aud emma are
approaching each other so nearly IN qaaItyi
second. because earthenwars 10 Delng, A,geIy
decorated and requires the same labor anu sAiu a.
china In reply 60 the assertion that tue snan n
crease In the duty on those articles VIII ennanoo
their pnce to the consumer Mr.. Brewer saits ts a..
tention again TO tho fact that IN the deesoo i
Is50 TO 1850 when tho duty wts onlJ
% ner cent and when foreign inahuiac.ut.ehs
virtnallv monopolized the market IA TINS county,
consumers were required pay at least 90 per cene
more than they now do. when the duty Is ~ 10 OF
6O Der cent.