The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-04-17

~0'S prcbehts met AZ ~ O'CLOCK today
and Chairman Aldrich presented the
bill a. amended by the majority of
the comiaittee. Many of the revenue
producing features viii be reported
subsel lasntly as they are intertwined
with administrative features OF the
measure. which will be adopted later.
Senator Aldrich. when requested to
make y brief summary OF the general
eharacter OF the changes proposed by
the senate finance committee to the
house tarin bill. furnished state
ment In part as follows:
In the main, the rates In the tariff
bin as reported from the senate an
ance committee are lower than those
In the bin as It passed the house. the
actual number OF reductions being
about three times the number OF in
crssses. Such increases rs have been
made lave been largely rendered nee
essary to preserve the symmetry OF the
schedules. A considerable number OF
articlet In common use have been
taken rom the dutiable list OF the
house bill and restored TO the free
list The great mass Of the rates re.
ported are below those OF existing law.
The senate committee restored iron
ore to the dutiabIe list at 2s cents
per ton--a reduction OF Is cents ton
from the Dinsley rate.
The senate committee has retaine ed
ehe holise rate on lead ore OF 1 i-2
cents per pound. but has been Obliged
20 raise the rates on lead products
throughout the bin to correspond with
this duty on lead ore.
schedule ID (wood and manufsc-
lures OF WOODY. The senate has taken
the house rate OF 81 thousand on
rough lumber. reduction OF a dollar
from the Dingley law. and has retain
ed the house rates on manufactures
Of woods. nearly all showing reduc-
4 tions from the Dingley rates. The only
important change In the schedule
made b. the senate committe was the
restoration OF imported hardwoods TO
the free list.
The senate left the sugar schedule
''1s n ca,me from the house. but re-
duced tne house rate on sugared bis
cults and waters from fifty to twenty
per cent
'f The tohicco schedule remains un-
changet
The agricultural schedule, inciud-
ine meet products. remains practical
~ pnchanycd from the existing law.
but whrre reductions were made by
the house the senate committee has
restored the DIngiey rates. in response
20 the demands OF farmers through
out the country and Of the represen-
tatives pf the great agricultural inter
ests
Fish rernains as Il came from the
house
The senate has returned cocoa 10
the ffee LIST. believing that an article
OF ruch general consumption. both as
a beverage and In all forms OF cboco-
late should no moro be made dutiable
thnn ten OF coffee. The committee
felt that II Il was necessary. to in
cresse revenue II could be done bet
Ger on luxuries than on the everyday
necessities OF life. and have pursued
this poiiey In the construction of this
bin.
The senate committee has applied
the sam, principle to spices and has
restored them to the free. list. where
they hive always been. Again. on
the sans principle. the senate COM
mittee has increased the rates on
spirits and wines 15 per cent through
out. whi;h. n Is estimated, will yield
an additional revenue OF $1,000. 900,
most Of which Will come from the in
creased duty on champagne.
In the cotton schedule there has
been On extension OF the specific rates
TO cover class OF fancy gods and
novelties which are covered In the
existing law. hy ad valorem rates. The
resulting al valorem rates have not
been increased.
The average rate In the cotton
schedule, other than the rates on
fancIes and novelties. remain the
same. There Is one exception to this
statement. and that Is the reduction
from the house bnl on fashionable
hosiery, where the committee con-
templates n still further substitution
OF specific for al vaiorem rates In
other paragraphs OF the hill.
Raw flax has been restored by the
senate committee TO the dutlable llst