Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-04-12
Analysis of Tariff Bill
Reported to the Senate

hosiery schedules of the Payne tariff bill
are the most important provisions of the
measure which are affected by the changes
made by the Senate finance committee,
which today made public the amendments
upon which it has reached a decision.
Leaving the question Of free hides and
free coal in an unsettled state, the COM
mittee has made many changes in the
free list, most Of which restore to the
non-dutiable list the articles upon which
the House committee placed a duty. On
the other hand, several articles, of which
iron ore is the most important, have been
restored to the dutiable list.
A duty of % cents per ton, reduction
Of 10 cents from the Dingiey rates, has
been fixed for iron ore. and the duty on
list as the bill was passed by the House,
is made 81 ton.
This is an error in the bill, as 1t was
intended to place basic Stag on the free
regarding fertilizers. The reference to
basic Stag In connection with the iron
ore will be stricken out, probably by
resolution.
Policy of 1897 Followed.
The differential of 50 per ton between
pig iron and scrap iron, regarding which
the floor of the House, has been elm
mated, and the duty on both pig and
scrap is retained at $50 a ton-a reduc-
ton of $50 from the Dingley rates. The
finance committee has, on the whole, fol-
lowed the policy with regard to the iron
and steel schedule which it adopted in
amending the Dingley bill in 1897, name
~, slightly reducing the rates on the
various iron and steel products.
The duty on bar iron has been reduced
one-tenth of one cent per pound, and the
paragraph has been extended to inclule
muck bars. A reduction of 81 per ton has
been made in the duty on charcoal iron.
The Payne bill, as reported to the House,
first placed a duty of S. per ton on this
type of iron, but the House adopted an
amendment. which increased the duty to
$40 per ton, which has been reduced to
81 by the Senate committee. An in
crease OF One-tenth of one cent per pound
has been made in the duty on structural
iron, but its application Is limited to
structural shapes not assembled or manu-
featured or advanced beyond hammer
ing. rolling or casting The duty Of three
tenths of a cent per pound, which was
placed by the ways and means committee
on structural iron, was made to apply to
structural shapes, whether plain or
punched, or fitted for use.
Rates on Steel.
untempered steel bands and tempered
bands, respectively. has been cut out
Iron and steel plates with layers Of
other metal. imposed by forging or weld
ing have duty of 40 per cent ad valorem
imposed upon them instead of the As per
cent duty in the bill as 1t passed the, House.
Sheets of iron or Steel polished, have a re-
duction of one-fourth of a cent per pound
made in the duty. Several slight changes
are made in the provision for steel not
specially provided for. A specific rate of
eleven cents per pound has been placed
on steel WOOL and the paragraph cover
ing diamond steel has been stricken out.
The paragraph defining the terms iron
plates, steel. plates. plate iron aand plate
steel has also been Ell minated.
Slight reductions have been made In
nearly all the duties contained in the wire
schedule. The general provisions cover
ing the iron and steel schedule, which
specify the classification and rules fer COL
lecting the duties on iron and steel prod
ucts, have been stricken out and other
provisions. having practically the same
effect, but reading differently, have been
substituted
The duty on steel rails was left at
$3.92 per ton as fixed by the House bill,
but it is stated that this may be slightly
increased when the metal schedules are
taken up on the floor.
The paragraph covering automobiles
has been made to include tires, axles
and ball bearings, and they are made
subject to the duty Of As per cent ad
valorem Reductions have been made in
the rates on anvils. blacksmiths ham,
mers and sledges. bolts, castings of
malleable iron, swords and side arms,
cut nails, cut spikes, nuts and washers
and horseshoes.
The increases in the iron and steel
schedule are on lap welded and certain
other iron or steel tubes, cutlery, sewing
machines. engraved steel plate. WOOD
screws made of iron or steel and UNI
brella ribs.
Anthony ore is taken from the free list
and assessed at the rate of one cent per
pound on the anthony contents therein
contained. Anthony, as regulus or metal,
comes in for an increase Of three-fourths
of one cent per pound. Pig lead, lead
dross, chrome of chromean metal, ferro-
phosphorus, ferro tungsten, terro-silicon
and similar metals receive material In
creaseS.
Existing Rates on Women's Gloves.
The Dingley rates on women's and
childrens gloves. which were materially
increased by the House. have been re-
stored. Fur-lned gloves are provided with
a duty that is $1.5O lower than the origi-
nal rates in the Payne bill.
While practically no changes are made
in the hide or leather schedules, COM
pound rates are provided for patent leath-
er. and chamos skins are specifically
mentioned with duty of 20 per cent ad
valorem.
The proviso of the Payne bill permitting
the free entry of agricultural implements
under certain conditions has been strick-
en- out, but various increases have been
made in the duties coming under the agri-
cultural schedule. On barley and barley
malt, bones of much contention in the
House, are levied the same duties as are