Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-04-13
Sen A1drich On
the Payne Bill
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the free list. believing that an ART
Gle OF such general consumptj On,
both rs a beverage and in all forms
or chocolate should no more be made
dutiable than tea or coffee. The com
mites felt tina if was necessary
TO Increase revenue it could be done
better on Injuries than on The every
day n. .ess.ucs OF life. and have pur-
sued a. policy in the construction
oi ~ , H.
Ia. Senate committee has applied
the same principle TO spices. and has
r. tsr,d them to the free list. VIII re
ehey hay. a ways been \ Again, on
the same principle the senate COM
mJicc has Increased the rates or
spir Is and wines 10 per cent through
out, which. IT is estimated. will yield
an additional revenue of 100000
most OF which Will come from The
increased duty on champagne.
In the cotton schedule there has
been an extension Of the specific
rates to cover a. class of fancy goods
anh-novolties which are covered IN
the existing law by ad valorem ates.
The resulting dvalorem rates have
not been Increased
DUTY on HOSIERY REDUCED
The average rates in the cotton
schedule, other chan the rates OIL
fanc.es and novelties, remain The
same. There is one exception 20
this statement, and that is the re
duC;ion from the house bill on fash
Toned hosiery. where the committee
has recommended the restoration of
the rates Of the existing law. The
committee contemplates a stu fur
Their substitution OF specific for al
valorem rates in other paragraphs OF
the bill
Raw fax has been restored by the
senate committee to the dutiable list
otherwise the schedule remains sub
stan.ially rs It came from the house
The senate committee has restored
the rates IN the wool schedule to the
rates OF h present law
The senate committee has not ye.
decided what rates 1t Will recon-.
mend In regard to wood pulp and the
articles dependent upon it.
There is one change in the free
LIST which Is OF great general impor-
lance and tina. is the provision in
regard 20 free art. The house very
wisely made paintings and sculp.
tures more than twenty years old
free. and the senate committee ha.
added to these works OF art generally
including artistic ant quities more
than hundred years old.
The senate committee has taksr
no action as yet upon the maximuu
and minimum provisions of the ad.
min ,stratice sections of the bill.
The Dingley rates on women's and
childrens gloves, which were ma.
terially Increased by the house have
been restored
The provi'o Of the Payne bill per
uniting the free entry Of agr,cult.
ural implements under certa n con.
ditions has been stricken out, bu
various increases have been mad,
IN the duties coming under the az.
ricultural schedule.
The rates on corn, OATS and wheat
have been increased five cents lei
bushel and the duty on rye has bee.
made twenty cents instead of teI
cents per DusheL An increase o.
i've percent ad vaIorem has beer
made in The rate OF live animal.
not specially provided for.
SUGAR BEETS REDUCED
Ia the articles listed under farm
products. uga- boets are given a re
= duction of fifteen per cent. ad valo.
rem in the duty An additional cent
. added to The two-cent duty on cab.
bags The DingIey rates are restore
on pineappxS5 and an increase of on,
fourth Of d cent per pound is &C
corded 10 lemons.
One Of them0st significant change,
made by the Senate Committee Il
that which restores she rates of tn,
D.n2'ey law on women.s stockings
Tbs House ways and leans Com
ID - had pr9Qded in the Payne
bib material i1areasas in the du a
or fashioned hosiery This schedul.
probably aroused more popular In
ters than amy other in the pawn,
nl thousands Of club women. prjn
r.