Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-04-13
Senate Finance Committee De-
cideS to Decrease More
Duties Than House Made
Increases IN Payne Bill.
GLOVES AND HOSIERY
ARE PUT ON FREE LIST;
NO CHANGE IN LUMBER
Senator AIdrich Makes Authoritative
statement in Which He Carefully
Gives an Epitome of the Bill as
Reported Upon by Committee.
nv Associated PresS.l

WARRINGTON, April I--Ine he1oA'
-s,,,,f,,-,I gloves and hosiery schedules
Of the Payne tariff bill are the most I'M
portaut provisions OF the measure Nhlch
are affected by the changes MADE oy .Ile
senate finance committee, when touaS
made public the amendments upon WHICH
In has reached a decision
Senator Aldrich reported the PM As
amended, &c the senate when II met a' l.
o'clock. -. -
leaving the question Of free hides ana
80 cal I'm an unsettled state, the COM
ynJftaa has made many changes IN the
tee list most OF which will restore TO the
ron-dutiable list the articles on Wnlch
the house committee placed duty. Oh
the other hand. several articles, OF winch
tron ore Is the most important, have been
restored TO the dutiable list
Important Amendments
duty Of 3 cents a ton, reduction OF
Il cents from the Dingley rates. mas oeei
fixed for iron ore and the duty on naslC
alag. which also was on the free hs1' d
the bill was passed by the house. Is HlaIe
one dollar a ton This reference 10 Daslc
sIs. a. an error in the bill, as It was in
tan5ed to place basic Stag on the free list
which has been done in the provision re-
srarainv fertilizers. The reference TO basic
sIsv IN connection with the iron ere viii
be stricken out, possibly by resolution
The direrential OF two dollars ton
between pig iron and scrap iron regard
ing which there was considerable contro-
,-e1xv IN the house. has been eliminated
and the duty on both pig and scrap iron'is
retained at $3.50 a ton, reduction o.
$50 from the Dingley rates.
Follows Dingley Bill
The finance committee, has, on the
whole. followed the policy with regard 10
the iron and steel schedule, which II
adopted in amending the Dingley bill IN
Iss7. namely, slightly reducing the rates
on the various iron and steel products
The duty on bar iron has been reduced
one-tenth OF one cent per pound and the
narauraph has been extended 10 include
muck bars
A reduction OF two dollars a ton has
been made in the duty on charcoal iron
The PAYNE bill. as reported TO the
house. first placed duty OF - per Ton
on this type OF iron. but the house adopt
Cd an amendment which increased the
duty TO SO a ton. which has been reouc-
ed 10 S by the senate committee.
Slight reductions have been made IN
nearly all the duties contained IN the
wire schedule. The general provisions
covering the iron and steel schedule,
which specifiy the classification ana
niles for collecting the duties on iron
and steel products. have been striAen
ont and other provisions. having practi-
caIIv the same effect. but reading differ
emily. have been substituted
Steel Rails Duty
The dutv on steel rails was left at S.s2
per ton as fixed by the house Dill, out
IL is stated that this may be slightly IN
creased when the metal schedules are Ia
ken UP on the floor.
a brief summary Of the general charac-
ter ~ the changes proposed by the senate
eranca committee 10 the house tarin oili'
furnished the following statement;
ain the main. the rates in the tariff
bnI as reported from the senate nnanee
committee are lower than those In the
hil a. IL passed the house, the actual
,,,r,ber ~ reductions being about three
times the number Of increases. Such in
ereases as have been made have been
largely rendered necessary to preserve the
svnmtery Of the schedule considerable
number OF articles in common use have
been taken from the dutiable list OF tne
house bill and restored TO the free list
The great mass OF the rates reported are
below those Of existing law.
ssIn schedule A Cthe chemical scheduleJ,
the principal changes are in the nature OF
reductions below the house bill One I'M
portant change is in putting distilled and
expressed oils upon the free list
I'm schedule B Cearths and earthen-
ware). the rates remain largely the same.
In the house bill by change OF phrase
ology from existing law, the duties on
common earthenware in two colors are
raised from . TO 50 per cent The commit
tee has reduced them to the rates Of ex-
fstfnR law. In glass and glassware the
rates remain the same as In the house
bill.
The senate committee restored iron ore
TO the dutiable list at 3 cents a ton-a
reduction Of Is cents a ton from the Ding
lev rate. The house had made large re-
auctions in this schedule throughout
Nearly all these reductions have been re-
tanned BY the senate committee
I'm addition TO those made by the house.
the senate committee has made quite
large number Of other reductions
ssThe senate committee has retained the
house rate on lead ore Of 1 1-2 per cent
per pound. but has been obliged to raise
the rates on lead products throughout the
~: 20 correspond with this duty on the
ore
schedule d Cvood and manufactures of
wood. The senate has taken the house
rate OF 81 a thousand on rough lumber. a
reduction Of a dollar from the Dingley
law, and has retained the house rates on
manufactures Of woods. nearly all show
ing reductions from the Dingley rates.
The only important change in the schedule
made by the senate committee was the
restoration Of imported hardwoOds 10 the
free list
The senate committee left the sugar
schedule as il came from the house. but
reduced the house rate on sugar in the
biscuits and waters from fifty to twenty
per cent.
The tobacco schedule remains un-
changed
The agricultural schedule. including
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