Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1909-04-15

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schedule as 1t came from the house.
/ but reduced the house rate on sugar
In the biscuits and waters from so
to 20 per cent.
The tobacco schedule remains un-
| changed. u
The agricultural schedule, including
! meat products, remains practically un-
changed from existing law, but where
4 reductions were made by the house
the senate committee has restored the
Dingley rates, in response to the de-
ma nds of farmers throughout the
country and Of the representatives Of
the great agricultural interests.
Fish remains as it came from the
house.
The senate has returned cocoa to
the free list, believing that an article
Of such general consumption, both as
beverage and in all forms Of choco-
late, should no more be made duitable
than tea or coffee.
| Increased Revenue on Luxuries.
The committee felt that If it was
! necessary to increase revenue it could
! oe done better on luxuries than on
everyday necessities of life, and have
pursued this policy in the construction
of this bill. ....- -
The senate committee has applied
the same principle to spices, and has
restored them to the free list, where
they have always been. Again, on the
same principle, the senate committee
has increased the rates on spirits and
wines Is per cent. throughout, which
it is estimated will yield an additional
revenue Of $S,000,000, most of which
will come from the increased duty on
champagne. 49,.
In the cotton schedule there has
been an extension of the specific rates
to cover a class of fancy goods and
novelties which are covered in the ex-
listing law by ad valorem rates. The
resulting ad valorem rates have not
been increased.
! The average rates in the cotton
schedule, other than the rates on fan
cies and novelties, remain. the
same. There is one exception to this
statement, and that is the reduction
from the house bill on fashioned hos
iery, where the committee has recon-
mcnded the restoration of the rates
Of the existing law.
Substitute Rates.
The committee contemplates still
further substitution of specific for
ed valorem rates in other paragraphs
CT the bill
Raw flax has been restored by the
serate committee to the dutiable list,
otherwise the schedule remains sub
stantially as it came from the house.
The senate committee has restored
the rates in the wool schedule to the
rates of the present law.
In silks the senate committee has
| adopted a new schedule, replacing ad
valorem with specific rates in all cases
where it was possible to do so, show
ing a slight average reduction from
he equivalent ad valorem.
Adds to Art Free List.
The free list, as reported by the
senate committee, in the main re-
mains as it is in the existing law. A
few items have been put on the du-
tia Die list, and others have been taken
from the dutiable list and placed up
on the free list. There is one change,
however, in the free list which is of
great general interest, and that is the
provision in regard to free art. The
| house very wisely made paintings
and sculptures more than 20 years
old free, and the senate committee
has added to these works of art gen.
orally, including artistic antiquities
more than 100 years old. -,
The senate committee has taken no
action as yet upon the maximum and
minimum provisions or the admins
trative sections of the bill. They
propose to report their amendments
to these most important features of
the act at later date. They have
adopted this course because it has
seemed to the senate committee of
the highest Importance to secure i'm
mediate action upon the tariff and
they felt confident that time could be
saved by reporting the section impos-
| ing duties first, and the maximum
and minimum and administrative fea-