The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-18

some articles from the free list to the dutiabls. >And have increased duties on others for the sole purpose of in- creasing the revenue Most of these articles on which duties have bssn in- creased are luxuries. which have been increased as follows:
 "Perfumeries and toilet articles. from fifty to sixty per 'centum ad val orem; fancy soap. from fifteen to twen- ty cents per pound: chicory root, raw not dried. from one cent to two and one-half cents per pound; roasted from two and one-half cents to i've cents per pound.
 Cocoa, crude, transferred from the free list to the dutiable, at four cents per pound; prepared or manufactured. increased two cents on each classihca- l ton except that valued abobe thirty i've cents per pound, which remains the same. Ten per centum ad valorem is also added to the duties assessed on l that valued between fifteen and thirty | i've cents per pound; powdered cocoa from five cents to nine cents per pound. l Cocoa butter from three and one- half cents to i've and one-half cents per pound; dandelion root. and arti- cies used as substitute for coffee, two and one-half to four cents per pound. Spices. which are now largely on l the free list, are, assessed an average duty of thirty per centum ad valorem. . Peathers are increased from fifteen per centum to twenty per centum ad val- orem. and dressed or colored feathers receive an increase of ten per centum :. rurs dressed on the skin. are assessed twenty seven and one-haif per centun' | ad valorem.
 increased Duties.
 "puties on the following articles have been increased because the com | mittee found that there was not sum- cient protection under the present law" said MT. Payne.
 "Coal tar dyes. or color. now bear ing a duty of thirty per centum. to zinc in ore. now brought in at twenty per centum adva1orem to one cent per pound for the zinc contents contained therein.
 s.Peas. split peas. from forty cents to forty five cents per bushel. Figs, from two cents to two and one-half cents per pound. Lemons, from one cent te one and one fourth cents per pound Pine apples, from seven dollars per l. 900 to eight dollars per 1.Oo0.
 aIncreases in the cotton schedule are
 "An additional duty of one cent pel I yard on mercerized fabrics. Ca new process of manufacture invented sinc' l the present law was enacted9
 "Also a small additional duty or iappets. There Is also an increased
 duty on stockings fashioned and shap' { ed wholly or in part on knitting ma chimes" -
 Changes in the paper schedule. which
 include those recommended by the spe' cial committee on wood pulp and prin,
 paper investigation. are:
 Surface coated papers, covered witf
 metal from three cents and twenty pei
 centum to- five cents and twenty pel lcentum ad valorem; other surface coat
 ed paper from two and one-half cent
 per pound and fifteen per cent ad val
 prem to five cents per pound.
 "Iithographic prints. from six cent.
 per pound to eight cents; card board
 from twenty cents to twenty-five cent
 per pound; other paper. twenty cent
 to twenty five cents per pound. witt
 small increases on various sizes O. : other paper. Lthographic cigar la
 bels. from twenty cents per pound tt
 thirty cents per pound, printed In col ors less than eight. from twenty cent
 to thirty cents per pound, more tnai I eight, from thirty cents to thirty-sev
 rn and one-half cents per pound. print
 ed in metal leaf. from fifty cents pc
 nouud to fifty-two and one-half cent
 ner pound: paper hangings, from twen
 tv-nye per centum to thirty per cent
 um ad valorem: paper not specially provided for. from twenty-five per cen | tum 10 tnirty-h'o pei
 orem.
 aplain paper envelopes from twent' tn thirty per centum ad valorem.
 "The recommendations of the selec
 committee were to permit the free en
 try of mechanically ground wood pui
 from any country not imposing expoi
 duty and to reduce printing paper val ,,ad al not above two and one-fourt I cents per pound. from three-tenths !
 one-tenth of one cent per pound; val
 ned not above two and one-half cent \ l a mound. from four-tenths to two tenths of, one cent per pound. Reductions In Duty.
 The reductions in duty are mucl
 more numerous than the increases. II 7 the schedule on cnemicaiss ohs ""
 paints they are:
 "Boracic acid, borax from nve cent
 to two cents per pound; reductions o
 two cents per pound are made on gal . lie and tartaric acids, borate Of lime Reductions of fifty per oentum ar . made in the duty on salicyhc aclo ,, chloroform, fruit ethers. oils or es : sences; peppermint oil; whiting an paris white dry; bichromate and chro s~ mate of potash and santonin.
 : "Borate of lime and other borate ma ! teriai is reduced from four cents to on and one-half cents per pound and iron i three cents to one cent per pound ac . cording to the percentage of anhydrou ] boracie acid contained.
 : "Sulphuric ethers are reduced t eight cents per pound; spirits Of m trous ether to twenty cents per pound "Iodoform. from one dollar 10 seven tv.f,ve cents. per pound, Flax seed I iinseed and poppy seed oil reduced t fifteen cents per gallon.
 "varnishes reduced from thirty hy to twenty-five per centum ad valorem
 and spirit varnishes from one dolla
 and thfrty-two cents per gallion an ! thirty-hve per centum to twenty-hv ] per centum ad valoren.
 "Iead: Acetate of, white from thre and ons-fourth cents to two and seven