The record-union., 1896-12-02
TARIFF MATTERS.
Action Taken by the Tariff Commit.
tee Last Night.

The Committee on Tariff Legislation
appointed by the Fruit Growers. Con-
vention to formulate report on tariff
rates which it is proposed to ask Con-
gress to fix, met last night
General Chapman had drafted set
Of resolutions to present to the COM
mittee which would, he thought, cover
the matter. The question of placing a
tariff on olives and olive oil was taken
up and considered at some length 1t
appeared to be the sense of the grow
ers that a duty Of 20 cents a gallon on
picked olives would be all that was
necessary, that opinion being ad-
vanced by Frank A. Kimbal of Ma
tional City. one Of the largest olive
growers in the State.
The matter Of the duty on olive Oil
called out an expression Of opinions.
General Chapman said he had under
stood that cottonseed Oil, which could
be produced for about one-flfth the cost
Of olive oil, was made in the South,
shipped to France and there manu-
factured and imported into the United
States and sold for pure olive oil.
Mr. Kimball stated that he had been
credibly informed that there was not
q OCISi~ VI y III AiilpOilSQ OilNe Oh SOlu
in the city of New York. 1t was all
adulterated, cottonseed oil entering
more or less in it's compounding. If it
were possible to have pure oil imported,
oil producers in California would not ask
for one cent Of protection, but until
pure oil was imported California manu-
facturers stood no chance whatever
He thought a tariff of 81 per gallon
| ghn1l16 he ardad l.
ing no objection motion to that ef-
feet was carried.
The almond interest was next taken
up, and T. Lawrence of the committee
appointed by the Almond Growers
Convention stated that the almond
growers had concluded that to keep the
industry alive there should be tariff
Of 10 cents on shelled, and cents on
unshelled nuts
Mr.. Kirnball moved that the figure
given by Mr.. Lawrence be recon-
mended by the committee to the con-
vention for adoption.
Senator B. F. Langford of Stockton
said he believed in a tariff rate such
as that recommended by the Almond
Growers committee, and that Mr.. Nc
Kinley was wrong in fixing the rate
at a lower figure.
The motion was carried.
1t was decided to recommend that
the duty on walnuts be increased from
2 cents a pound to 8 cents for un-
shelled, and 6 cents for shelled nuts.
1t was recommended that the duty
on prunes, which is now ~ cents
pound, be increased to 21a cents. I'm
der the Mckinley law the duty had
been = cents. The motion to recon-
mend 212 cents was made by the old
Democratic war-horse, Senator Lang
ford of Stockton.
1t was recommended that the DUTY
on figs be increased from ~ to 3
cents.
Under the old Mckinley law the duty
on sweetmeats, candied and preserved
fruits was 80 per cent. ad valorem. BY
the Wilson bill this was reduced to 30
per cent. On motion of Mr.. Kimball,
II was agreed to recommend that the
duty be raised to 40 per cent
II was decided to recommend that
the duty on raisins be raised from IL to
212 cents, and that under that head
be included currants and dried grapes.
The duty on oranges, which under the
Wilson Act was cents per box of one
cubicfoot, 81 80 per thousand oranges
in bulk. was taken up and discussed
at considerable length. Mr. KimbalI
stated that In order to protect the
grower effectually a duty of at least
20 cents per box should be imposed.
This meant about one-quarter of a cent
per orange, the same rate to cover
lemons. A motion TO that effect was
carried. In bulk the duty was recon-
mended raised from 81 so to 81 80 per
thousand.
At this point the question of duty
on olive oil was once more taken up.
and on motion Of Kimball it was de-
cided to recommend that a tariff of
ST per gallon be imposed upon all oils
of which olive oil was a component
part.
1t was agreed to leave the prepara-
ton of the report in the hands of Gem
eral Chapman. and at 9:35 o. m. the
committee rose
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