The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-30
F. HI. DILLON & co.
$ 11,105, ,820 462,001, ,256
 16.742,646

like articles, $ 11O5 82O Wines and liquors, 462,O s56 Silks, ts 16,742646
 Totals, s75s, $50, s22
 This left a balance of increa ses which were not on articles of luxury, of $272, ,6s2. .203.
 'In preparing this table, the experts from the census office and other sources" he said, "but all of these are not sufficient to present the total con- sumption of either class of articles. If the total amount of consumption were available the contrast between the amount of goods on which duties were lowered and those increa sed would be still more striking.''
 The report of the conference com mittee was statement of 5000 words setting forth the increases and de-. creases in rates as compared with the Dingley law. There were three pointed paragraphs of advances and eight paragraphs of reduction in rates
 Ihe reductions in the metal s,ehe-l- uie were more marked than in any other section of the bill.' The rates or1 tobacco were left as they were in the Dfngley law. u The schedule on cotton was recon sfructed and the duties were advanced to the rates that prevailed during the first four years of the Dingley law which were afterwards cut down by Oec1SlOnS rom SIX to sixty per cent. The cotton rates in the new biu are approximately per cent. higher than the Dlngley law rates col lected last year. The duties on the three cheaper grades of cotton hosiery were increased, and others were left as in the Dineley law
 Wool tops, which were given the same rate as cotton in the Dingley law, were reduced by being given rate between combed wool and yarn Small reductions were made on yarn end wooden cloth with a, cotton warp. Otherwise the Ding1ey rates of the wool schedule were retained.
 The silk schedule was reconstructed and the duties made specific instead of ad valorem. Silk of the higher quality was increased and the silk schedules generally are somewhat higher result that will produce an increased revenue.
 {. Hides. which the Dingley rate is Is per cent, were placed on the free list. To compensate for tbis reduc tiop, the rates on leather products were reduced. For the first time nov ing picture films are specifically men tioned in a tariff bill. The rate is slightly higher than has been paid un- der the Ding1ey law.
 Automobiles are also mentioned by name for the first time. Manufactur- CTS using imported alcohol are given the right of drawback if they export the alcohol imported or an equal amount of domestic alcohol
 The Secretary of the Treasury is au- thorized to issue bonds to cover the cost of the Panama Canal to the ex- tent of s2So, 5Ss, GOO This sum. to- gether with the SS4 631 300 already bor- rowed on issues of per cent. bonds, equals the estimates of the Isthmian Canal commission. to cover the entire cost of the canal from it's inception to completion. The new bonds au- thorized are to be in denomina tions of s10O, $500, s1.000. payable in fifty years and bearing interest at rate not ex- ceeding per cent. per annum. They are to be free from taxation and are to be sold at not less than par under such regulations will give all citi- zens an equal opportunity to subscribe for them.
 The bill also limits the number of certificates of indebtedness that may be issued to 200. 900.