The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-07-31
TARIFF BILL
PRESENTED IN
LOWER HOUSE
Continued from Pace

considerable quantities of both of these
articles from the Philippines is permit
ted, and a material change was made
in the internal revenue law oy an
amendment taking the tax off OF the
sale of tobacco in the hand.
There is a uniform increase on spirits,
wines and liquors of 10 per cent.
In the agricultural schedule hops are
increased from Il to 16 cents a pound.
and there is also an increase on lemons,
figs, almonds and pineapples
Rate Still Prohibitlve.
The publishers win their fight for
lower wood pulp and print paper. the
rate on the ordinary newspaper print
paper being fixed at 1915 per ton, in
stead of So, as under the Dingley law,
and on the higher grades of print paper
at 1915, instead of 81. Mechanically
ground wood pulp is to come in free Of
duty, instead of paying One-twelfth Of
a cent q pound. as under the Dingley
law, but provision is made for a cOun-
tervailing duty in case ii becomes
necessary TO protect this country
against Canada's inhibitions upon the
expectation of woods to the United
States.
Hides come in free and there is
corresponding reduction on leather and
leather goods. The house rates are
practically retained ON sole leather,
leather for uppers. boots and shoes and
harness, but the free hides provision is
based on the condition that on and
after Oct. l, 1909, sole feathers from the
hides that are to be admitted free will
pay a duty of per cent; grain, buff
and split leather ~ per cent; boots and
shoes, the upper leather of which is
made from such hides, 10 per cent, and
sI,t-
will bring a reduction of 10 per cent on
boots and shoes. 20 per cent on harness
and saddlery, IS per cent on sole leather
and 1914 per cent on leather for uppers
if made from the hides that are put on
the free list by the provision.
Reduction on Coal.
Bituminous coal is reduced from 81
cents per ton to 40 cents, and there is
also a reduction on gunpowder. matches
and cartridges. Agricultural imple-
ments go off from 20 per cent ad valor-
en- to Is per cent and the older works
Of art are placed on the free list
Petroleum slips through without any
duty, and most Of its products come in
under the same terms.
Binding Irvine is retained on the free
list. Cotton ties are made dutiable at
three-tenths Of a cent per pound, and
cotton bagging at six-tenths Of d cent
per square yard. On quebracho, the
tanning extract. for a stiff duty on
which Senator Daniel made such
strenuous fight, the house rate of one
half and three-quarters of a cent per
pound is retained. which is almost all
that the Virginia senator asked.
Administrative Features.
The administrative features of the hill
were much changed in conference, The
commission of experts provided by the
senate was retained in name, but its
duties are restricted to investigating
determinations against the United
States by other countries for the benefit
of the president in administering the
maximum and minimum rate provision
and Of government officers in admins
teTing the customs laws.
The senate's maximum and minimum
provisions was retained in the main 1t
provides an increased duty amounting
to per cent ad valOUem on goods
brought into the United States from
countries discriminating against this
country.
The drawback provision of the Dingley
law was restored with q slight addition
controlling the use Of alcohol in articles
for export.
The customs court was retained. and
its headquarters fixed at Washington
The principal difficulty in the way of
clearly detailed comparison between
the present Dingley law and the new
oil lies in the fact that in most of the
more important and sharply contested
/ provisions and schedules. a radical re-
arrangement of classification and a
/ shifting from specific to ad valorem du-
! ties leave few common terms for COM
] harrison