River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-03-25
CONGRESS RECEIVES
PAYNE TARIFF BILL
$500, 600, 600 Revenue for Nation
Provided by New Measure---Duties
on Luxuries Observation-Disclosures Re-
mains or Free List---Lnheritance
Tax Proposed.

, free of duty when imported from coun.
tries which permit the free importa-
ton of these articles from America.
The inheritance tax provision of the
bill is similar to the New York state
law. 1t provides a tax of five per
cent. on all inheritances over $500 that
are collateral inheritances or in which
strangers are the legatees. In cases
of direct inheritance the taxes pre-.
scribed are: On $4,000 to 100000.
one per cent; on 100000 to 100000,
two per cent, and on those over $780,
90. three per cent. 1t is estimated
that $20,0dO,OO0 annually will be de-
rived from this tax.
Ends Foreign Trade Agreements.
The maximum and minimum pro-
vision of the bill does away with the
necessity of continuing the foreign
trade agreements. The abrogation of
these is provided for in section
which authorizes the president to
issue notices of the termination of
these agreements within ten days aft
er the bill goes into effect.
"A pAOF1NIOu Ill Tie JILL 10 uOo1SACO
to meet the conditions resulting from
the patent laws of Great Britain,
which requires that patenteeS must
manufacture their articles in Great
Britain. This provision applies the
same rules to patents taken out in
this country by aliens as applied to
Americans in the country OF the aliens.
Drawback privileges are extended by
the bill and the method of valuation
on articles upon which the tariff i'm
poses an ad valorem duty is broad.
ened for the purpose of preventing the
practice Of differentiation.
Payne Explains Bill.
The following explanation of the
form of the bill was made by Mr..
Payne:
"The new tariff bill is a minimum
and maximum tariff bill. The mini
mum rates of duty are contained in
the first section, and the free list for
the minimum rates is in the second
section of the bill The third section
contains the maximum rates, which
are generally equal to the minimum
rates ard 20 per cent. in addition
thereto and the articles on the free
list, in the transfer to the third Sec
ton, bear duty of 20 per cent. ad
valorem as a maximum ratio. The
maximum rate does not go into effect
in any event until so days after the
passage of the actt. By the fourth
section the minimum rates are ap-
piled to all good terms by way of tar
if as that given to any other nation,
and the maximum rates are applied
to those countries which discriminate
against the trade of the United
States or fail to give the United
States tariff rates as favorable as
those given any other nation. This
section is self acting, making it the
duty Of the executive to collect the
duties, whether minimum or maxi
mum, in accordance with the terms OF
the bill, leaving it open to the courts
to decide upon the legality of the
action.
Zone problem that confronted the
committee was the question of reve-
nue. The business of all commercial
nations has been depressed for nearly
two years, and thus has affected our
commerce and greatly reduced our
revenues, so that we have a large
deficit, but the revenues under the
present law are improving from month
to month"; as business cor ditions are
becoming better"
Changes by Payne Bill.
The statement gives the rates in
IT,. hn orim
and shows the changes that the Payne
bill proposes. The abstract of the bill
continues:
"The committee have transferred
some articles from the free list to the
dutiable, and have increased duties
on others for the sole purpose of in
creasing the revenue. Most of these
articles on which duties have been
increased are Injuries which have
been increased as follows:
"Perfumeries and toilet articles
from so to so per centum ad valorem;
fancy soap, from Is to 20 cents per
pound chicory root, raw, not dried,
from one cent to 21s cents per pound;
roasted from 215 cents to five cent?
per pound.
Cocoa, crude, transferred from the
free list to the dutiable, at four cents
per pound; prepared or manufactured,
increased two cents on each classifi-
cation except that valued above 35
cents per pound, which remains the
same. Ten per centum ad valorem is
also added to the duties assessed on
that valued between 10 and 80 cents
per pound. Powdered cocoa from five
to nine cents per pound.