Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-08-06

Washington.-Tariff rates under the
new measure, on the most important
articles of consumption, have been de-
cided on as follows:
In the lumber schedule the only in
creases were those on shingles from
80 cents to so cents per 1000, and on
briar wood and laurel wood for the
use Of pipe makers from the free list
to Is per cent. ad valorem. The rate
on sawed lumber was decreased from
81 per 1000 to SIPS per 1,00O.T There
was also diminution on timber from
one cent. per cubic foot to one.half
cent, and on sawed boards of white
wood and kindred woods from 81 per
1000 to so cents per 1000. The re-
duction in the differential rates in
favor of dressed lumber averaged
about one-third of the Dingley rate.
Paving posts. railroad ties and tele-
phone poles are reduced from 20 to
10 per cent. ad valorem; clapboards
from $3.50 per 1000 to $1.25; laths
from IS cents to 20 cents per 1000,
while fence posts and kindling wood
were taken from the dutiable. list and
placed on the free list.
: The only change in the sugar sched-
ule consisted of a reduction of five.
hundredths of a cent in the differen-
tial on refined sugar.
In agricultural products broom corn
was taken from the free list and made
dutiable at three dollars per ton.
Hops are increased from IL to 1G
cents per pound. There are also in
creases on lemons, figs, almonds, pine
apples and chicory root. The reduc-
tons in the agricultural schedule COW
cred bacon and hams from five to four
cents per pound, lard from two to
one and one-half cents, fresh meats
from two to one and one-half cents,
and starch from one and one-half to
one cent per pound. Tallow, wool
grease, dextrin, peas, sugar beets,
cabbages and salt were also lowered.
The wine and liquor schedule was
increased throughout to Is per cent.
over the Dingley rates.
The cotton schedule was recon
structed and readjusted to bring the
duties up to those collected during the
first four years of the operation of the
Dingley law and to- the rate then col
lected under that law. Since that
time the rates have been lowered, in
some cases from 60 to 6 per cent. by
court decisions. These new rates are
equivalent to an addition, on the
whole, of three nor cent ad valorem
increase over that collected under the
present law for last year.
Cotton Hosiery. =
Cotton hosiery, valued at not more
than 81 per dozen is increased from
so to 70 cents per dozen pairs; more
than 81 and less than $3.50 per dozen
pairs, from 60 cents to IS cents per
dozen pairs; more than $1.56 and not
more than 81, from 70 cents to 80
cents per dozen pairs.
The remaining rates on stockings
are the same as under the present
law.
I Hemp is increased from $40 to
$3.50 per ton and hackle hemp from
$40 to s45 per ton. The cheaper laces
remain as in the present law, but
there is an increase from so to 70 per
cent. on some Of the higher priced
laces. In this schedule single coarse
yarns are reduced from seven cents
to six cents per pound and gill net
tings from 25 to 20 per cent. ad va
loren.
There was general reduction In
carpets and mats.
A reduction from 20 cents to Ii
cents is made in hydraulic hose. Oil
cloth, including linoleum, was re-
duced about one-third.
There was practically no change In
the wool schedule from the rates OF
the Dingley law, but there was a re-
adjustment between tops and yarns
and a small decrease on cloths with a
cotton warp.
. Mechanically ground wood pulp was
exempted from duty and placed on
the free list with provision for a
countervailing duty against Canada.
The lower grade of printing paper
was reduced from Sc to 1915. per ton
and the higher grade from So to 1918.
There is an increase on surface coat
ed paper and lithographing prints, in
Guiding postcards and cigar labels,
Common window glass of the lower