The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-11-11
Dealers in Chemicals, Oils and
Paints Satisfied With
Schedule.
NATTER is TAKEN UP
BY HOUSE COMMITTEE
Hearings Are Preliminary TO
Taking Up Extra Session
Question.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10.-With few
exceptions the interests affected by
schedule A of the Dingley tariff, which
includes over a. hundred articles under
the heading of chemicals, oils and
paints,'' do not desire any changes in
the rates of duty now operative. This
was indicated today at the first hear
ing for consideration of revision Of the
tariff held before the house commit
tee on ways and means.
The hearings are preliminary to the
taking up of the question at the, extra
ucts, coal tar products, chemicals,
paints, oils, varnishes medicinal prep
arations and extracts for dveing or
tanning were the principal subjects on
which the committee obtained informa-
tion from those who appeared before
1t today.
There were few requests for increases
In the present rates of duty. y strong
advocate Of lower tariff rates was Al,
bert Plant, who drafted the schedule
for medicinal chemicals for the Wilson
bill.
'fThe duties on medicinal cbemi-
calls he said, 'tare mostly prohib,tive,
being in most cases % per cent, which
is prohibitive rate. The duties are
LuG sdUlb as tue Idltll OI
1883. What was good for the trade
then is not good now"
Mr.. Plaut's View.
In addition to recommending that me.
dicinal chemicals now scheduled at 25
per cent ad valorem should be reduced
TO Is per cent. Mr.. Plaut said that GER
tain articles of a similar nature should
be taken off the free list, naming qui-
nine as an example, aud recommending
for ii Is per cent ad valorem rate
\. D.. Arnold, representing the Var
nish Manufacturers National associa.
ton, declared that varnish manufactur-
ers of the country are satisfied with
present conditions. Replying to Mr..
Underwood of Alabama, Democratic
member of the committee, Mr., Arnold
admitted that his trade did not need
any protection with regard to alcohol
varnishes. He said that in view of
the availability of the denatured alco
hol for varuish manufacture an ad va
loren rate of 25 per cent for alcohol
varnishes instead of the present rate Of
ated much amusement by his frank
statements with regard to the Oft
repeated assertion that surplus produc
tion is unloaded on foreign markets by
American manufacturers at a less
price than is demanded in the home
markets, declaring that this was not
true,
Higher Duty Favored
John T, Queeny of st. Louis. and
representatives of the Semet-Solvey
company of Syracuse, \. Y. favored
higher duties on coal tar products, the
former requesting that a duty bo i'm
posed On salacin, now on the free list
DR.. Springer, representing a chemical
firm OF Cincinnati, asked that three and
one-ffth cents pound be imposed on
prussate of soda, instead of the ad va
loren rate Of % per cent, which now
applies under paragraph three for
chemical compounds. He said that the
low price Of this article abroad made
it impossible TO manufacture at n profit
in this country, He asked for 80 per
cent ad valorem rate on tetrachloride
of tin, but admitted that this would be
prohibitive rate Of duty, which would
permit him 10 increase his profits,
H., S. Wiredner of New York, repre-
senting zinc interests of New Jersey;
Alfred NJ Isaacs, who favored q reduc-
ton on low grades of glue, and Larry
Mohun of this city, who suggested a
duty Of one,half cent per pound on
cocoanut oil. also addressed the COM
mittee. Charles Evans. a manufactur
ing chemist Of Philadelphia; w. w.
Skiddey, representing the manufactur-
ers of extracts for dyeing and tanning,
and Z. III. Dyer, representing the paint
manufacturers association of the
United States, advocated the retention
of the duties imposed by the present
law,
The committee held two sessions to-
day and will resume tomorrow.