Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-31

ton of either class of articles. II the
total consumption were available, the
contrast between the amount of goods
on which duties were lowered and those
increased would be still more striking"
Taking up the schedules in their or
der he gave, first the increases, and
then the decreases. The figures in all
cases were comparisons with the Ding
ley law In schedule A, relating to
chemicals, he gave the increases as
follows:
LIQUID anhydrous ammonia, from 25
per cent ad valorem to cents per
pound.
Manufactures of collodeon increased
5 per cent.
pound.
Fancy soaps increased from is cents
per pound to so per cent ad valorem.
In the list OF decreases the principal
items follow: Boracic acid, from to
2 cents per pound; chronic acid and
Tactic acid, from to 2 cents per pound;
salcylic acid, from 10 to 7 cents per
pound; tannic acid. or tannin, from 80
to 35 cents per pound; sulphate of am
monia, from $40 cent per pound to free
list; borax, from 5 to 2 cents per pound;
borate of lime and other borate ma
teral, from to 2 cents per pound;
chloroform, from 20 to 10 cents per
pound; copperas, from "A to 15-1OO of
l cent per pound; iodoform, from 81
to IS cents per pound; licorice, from
Az to 215 cents per pound; cottonseed
oil and croton oil, from the dutiable
to the free list; flaxseed, linseed and
poppy seed oil, from 20 to Is cents per
gallon; peppermint oil, from 30 to 20
cents per gallon; ocher and ochery
earths, sienna and sienna earths and
umber and umber earthS, If ground in
oil or water, from IL to l cent per
pound; varnishes from 80 per cent to
25 per cent ad valorem; methylated and
spirit Varnishes, from $1.32 per gallon
and 80 per cent ad valorem, to 80 cents
per gallon and 80 per cent ad Valorem;
white lead, acetate of lead and num-
Der of other lead products, from "A to
Il of q cent q pound; bichromate and
chromate of potash, from to "a cents
per pound; chlorate of potash, from 212
to cents per pound; crystal carbon
ate of soda, from 212 cents per pound
to 2 cents; hydrate of or caustic soda,
from a to p Of l cent per pound:
nitrate of soda, from 2A to 2 cents per
pound; sulphate of soda, or salt cake,
or miter cake, from $1.25 to 81 per ton.
Strychnia or strychnine, from 80 to
Is cents per ounce sulphur, refined or
sublimated, or flower of, from So to st
per ton.
IN earL0enWdTe anu glass lC liltI Z
Is but one increase, according to Mr..
Payne's figures. This is slight and is
made on the smaller sizes of plate
glass.
List of Decreases
The decreases include:
Friedrich, glazed, enameled and so
forth. from 45 per cent to 30 per cenr
ad valorem; brick, other than fire
brick, if glazed, from As per cent to 30
per cent ad valorem; plaster, rock or
gypsum, crude, from so to 80 cents per
ton-if ground or calcined, from $2.25
to SIPS; unpublished, cylinder, crown
and common window glass, smaller
glass and cheaper values, reduced one
eighth of / per cent per pound; onyx
in block, from $1.50 per cubic foot TO
65 cents; marble, sawed or dressed,
over two inches in thickness, from
$1.10 to 81 per cubic foot -,
There is a general reduction IN ullc%
to 30 cents ad valorem. Structural STEEL
fitted for use, falls in the basket clause
at As per cent ad valorem. There IS
also an increase on razors and upon
nippers and pliers. Lithographic plates
are increased from 20 to 80 per cent al
Valorem.
Chrome metal. ferrosilicon, tungsten
and other new metals used In the man
ufacture of steels are made dutia pie
AFT not more than 10 per cent ad Valo-
rem. Tungsten ore is made dutiable at
10 ner cent ad Valorem. The duty on
watches was readjusted, remaining at
about the same as the Dingley law "a
duty of cent per pound was put on
zinc in the ore where 1t contains more
than 20 per cent of zinc. on zinc Wltn
less than 20 per cent there is lower
rate of duty. Zinc now has a duty OF
% ner cent. There was an added duty
Of one-half of / per cent pound on
plain bottle caps. and on decorated
bottle caps an increase of As to 80 per
cent.
Metal Schedules Changed
The reduction in the metal schedule
are more numerous. Heading the nst
is iron ore, decreased from 40 TO 10
CENTS ner ton. Pig iron, iron kentledge
and spieeelesin were lowered from 81
to $3.50 per ton. Scrap iron ana steel
from 81 to 81 per ton. Reductions We're
made on bar iron, round iron, sla ps
aud blooms. structural steel not fabri-
Gated. anchors, iron and steel forglnss;
noon. hand or scroll iron or steel, steel
bands or strips.
The reduction on railway pars anu
steel rails is from seven-tWentieths OIL
/ cent per pound to seVen-tortleth3'
Iron or steel sheets were also reduceu,
and the duty on charcoal IRON Is nlaue
q,
tions in the metal schedule affect pol
ished sheets, rolled sheets of iron, steer,
copper or nickel; steel ingots, cogged
ineots. blooms and slabs, round IRON
or steel wire; steel bars or rods, col4
rolled cold drawn or cold hammered
or polished anvils, aXles, blacksmlth
hammers and sledges, track TOOLS,
wedges and crowbars. bolts' cast IRON
mines cast hollow ware, chains, zap
welded or jointed iron or steel boiler
tubes, cut nails and spikes, horseshoe
malls. wire nails, spikes, nuts and
washers, cut tacks, steel plates en-
graved. riYets. cross-cut saws mill
saws, circular saws pit and drag
saws, steel band saws and all other
saws; screws, wheels for railway pur--
poses, aluminium, monazite sand and
thorite.
Tin plate is reduced from Is to IL
per pound.
The minimum duty on table and
carving knives is made 40 per cent ad
valorem, instead of 25'
Lumber Rates Affected
Material reductions are made in the
rates on files, and the duty on cash
registers, iute manufacturing machin-
ery. typesetting machines. machine
tools. printing presses, typewriters and
all steam engines are reduced to 80 per
cent ad valorem from the existing rate
of As per cent.
Until January 1, 1912 embroidery and
certain lace-making machines and ma
chimes used for making linen cloth and
tar and oil spreading machines used
in the construction of roads are to be
admitted free,
In the lumber schedule the only in
creases were those on shingles, from
30 cents to so cents per 10O0 and on
I.,.;o r,rood opd IaIlrp1 wood for the use