The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-04-13

tents therein contained. Antimony as
reguias or metal. comes in for an in
crease of three-foUTths of cent. Pig
lead dross, chrome of chromen metal,
ferro phosphorus. ferro tungsten, ferro
silicon, and similar metals, receive ma
terial increase.
Dinsiey Rates on Gloves.
The Dingley rates on women's and
children's gloves. which were material
Iy increased by the house. have been
restored. Fur-lined gloves are pro
provided with a duty that is $l.70 low
er than the original rates in the Payne
bill
While practically no changes are
made in the hide or leather schedules,
compound rates are provided for patent
leather and chamois skins are specifi-
cally mentioned with a duty of 20 per
cent ad ValOrem
The provision of the Payne bill per
hitting the free entry of agricultural
implements under certain conditions,
has been stricken out. but various in
creases have been made i'm the duties
coming under the agricultural schedule.
On barley and barley malt are levied
the same duties as are provided in the
Dingley law, 90 cents and 10 cents per
bushel, respectively.
The rates on corn, oats and wheat
have been increased ) cents per bushel
and the duty on rice has been made 20
cents instead of 10 cents per bushel.
An increase of per sent ad valorem
has been made in the rate on live ami
mails not specially provided for.
Dairy Products.
The only change in the rates on ar
ticles coming under the head of dairy
products is the placing Of a p per cent
ad valOrem on Casein. which was on the
free list In the articles listed under
farm products, sugar beets are given
a reduction of Is per cent ad vaIorem
in the duty. An important change is
that which makes the duty on hops 10
cents instead of l. cents per pound.
Various vegetables seed, including
mushroom spawn, are provided with
specific duties instead of the 20 per
cent rate. An additional cent is adC>ld
to the cent duty on cabbages. The
Dingley rates are restored on pineap-
pies and an increase of one-fourth of
a cent pound is accorded to lemons.
Slight increases are made in the duties
on fresh meats. bacon. ham and lard
while tallOw is taken from the free list
and assessed at one-half of one cent
per pound Cocoa is restored to the free
list and d reduction of nearly so per
cent is made in the rates on coffee sub
sututeS as well as on cocoa and choco-
late products.
Except prepared mustard, red pepper.
sage and those not specifically provid-
ed Tor spices are restored TO the free
list.
Lumber Schedule.
With the exception of the restoration
OF hard woods TO the free list. there is
but one change in the lumber schedule.
Ihis strikes out the duty on reeds made
from rattans. Two changes are made
IN the sugar schedule. one increases the
duty on sacChaTine from 30 cents per
pound to IS cents. In the DingIey law
the rate on saccharine is $50 per
pound and 10 per cent ad valorcm The
mouse ways and means committee made
the duty p per cent ad valorcm straight
and then later procured the sdontion
OF an amendment which made the duty
specific at 80 cents per pound.
Saccharine is used in certain cases
as d substitute for sugar and is a pro
duct of synthetic chemistry.
one Of the most significant changes
mace by the senate committee is that
which restores the rates of the DiDgle,
law on Womens stockings. The house
ways and means committee had pro-
NAuru III the Edgne Dill material in
cTeases in the duties on fashioned
hosiery This probably aroused more
popular interest than any other feature
in the Payne bin. thousands of club
women taking a stand against the
outy, and women employed in the ho-
siery factories Of the east declaring IN
favor % the increased rates The in
crease provided in the Payne bill af-
fected the cheaper grades Of hosiery
and did not disturb the duty on the
highest grades
Cotton Thread.
Other changes in the cotton schedule
include "a provision that no cotton
thread or carded yarn shall pay a less
rate Of duty than % per cent ad vaior-
EN-. and tina. threads and yarns when
merceri5ed shall pay an additional
duty of one-twentieth OF one cent per
number per pound. Cotton and cotton
waste and fax manufactured or ad-
Ydnced in value are taken from the
free list and provided with a duty OF
20 per cent ad valorem. although the
unmanUfactureG is left on the free list
A minimum rate Of % per cent ad
vaiorem is provided for spools. thread
or cotton upon which g specific duty
would equal q lower sd valorem rate.
The paragraph covering cotton cloth
not beached OF dyed. is extended TO
include additional values.
The original provision of the Payne
u II providing for the method bV which