The Glenwood post., 1908-11-14
FEW CHANGES WANTED
IN TARIFF SCHEDULE

WASHINGTON, Nov. ll.-With few
exceptions the interests affected by
schedule A of the Dingley tariff which
includes over 100 articles under the
heading of @ chemicals,oils and paints
do not desire any changes in the rates
of duty now operative. This was in
dicated at the first hearing for con-
sideration of revision of the tariff,
held before the house committee on
ways and means. The hearings are
preliminary to the taking up of the
question at the extra session of con
gress. The chemical products, coal tar
products, chemicals, paints, oils, var
nishes, medicinal preparations and ex-
tracts for dyeing or tanning were the
principal subjects on which the com
mittee obtained information from
those who appeared before it today.
There were few requests for In.
creases in the present rates of duty.
The strong advocate of lower tariff
rates was Albert Plaut, who drafted
the schedule for medicinal chemicals
for the Wilson bill. The duties on
medicinal chemicals" he said, care
mostly prohibitive, being in most cases
25 per cent, which is prohibitive
rate. The duties are practically tho
same as the tariff of 1888. What wa.
good for the trade then is not good
now
In addition to recommending that
medicinal chemicals new scheduled at
25 per cent should be reduced to Is per
cent. Mr.. Plaut said that certain ar
ticles of similar nature should be
taken off the free list, naming quinine
as an example, and raising for it Is
per cent advalorcm rate. N. D. Arnold
representing the Varnish Manufacture
ers' association, declared that the var
nish manufacturers are satisfied with
the present tariff. w. NJ. Underwood
of Alabama said that in view of the
availability of donatured alchoool for
rate of % per cent for alcohol var
nishes instead of the present rate of
35 per cent should be fair. He created
much amusement by his frank state.
ments with regard to the oft repeated
assertion that surplus production is
unloaded on foreign markets by Amer
lean manufacturers at a less price than
is demanded in the home markets, de.
claring that this was not true.
John +. Queeny of st. Louis and
representatives of the Semet -Solvey
company of Syracuse, N. Y, favored
higher duties on coal tar products, the
former requesting that duty be I'M
posed on salacin, now on the free list,
DR.. Springer, representing chemical
firm of Cincinnati, asked that 3 l.5
cents pound be imposed on prussatc
of soda instead of the advalorem rate
of per cent, which now applied un-
der paragraph 3 for chemical com.
pounds. He said that the low price of
this article abroad made it impossible
w NJ ptoht III tulS CUun
try. He asked for 35 per cent ad
valorem on tetrachloride of tin, but
admitted that this would be a prohib
tive rate of duty which would permit
him to increase his profits.
II. s. Wiredener of New York, repre-.
senting zinc interests of New Jersey,
Alfred NJ. 1saacs, who favored a reduc-
tion on low grades of glue and Larry
Moulin of this city, who suggested Il
duty of one-half cent per pound on
cocoanut oil also addressed the com.
mittee. Charles Evans, manufactur.
ing chemist of Philadelphia, w. W.
skiddey. representing the manufactur-
ers of extracts for dyeing and tanning
and f. H. Dyer, representing the paint
manufacturers association of the
United States advocated the retention
of the duties imposed by the present
law.
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