Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-03-26
NEW TARIFF BILL IN;
SCHEDULES ARE GUT
Revision Downward Is Main Fea.
ture of Measure Given to
Congress.
FOR A TAX ON ENTERTAINERS
This Item Expected to Raise $780,
100000 and Total Revenues Are
Estimated at $780, 900, 900.

Downward revision. maximum and
minimum provisions which impose an
average maximum duty 20 per cent In
excess of the present tariff, and pro-
visions by which it is estimated that
the revenue to the government will be
increased from $4U.UOO,WO to SoO,OOO.-
600 are the salient features of the new
tariff bill introduced in the House by
Representative Serene Il. Payne, chair
man of the ways and means commit
tee.
The recommendations by President
Taft that an Inheritance tax be enact
ed and that Il limited amount OF to-
bacco and sugar be admitted free from
the Philippines are followed in the
bill. 1t provides also for the issuance
of Panama Canal bonds to the amount
of $40, 100000 to reimburse the treas
ury for the original purchase Of the
canal. and contains a provision for the
issuance of treasury certificates, the
mount being increased from $780,
100000 to $25O,OOO,0OO.
No Tax on Coffee.
Although there is no suggestion OF
a duty on coffee, tea is taxed 8 cents
when imported from the country
where it is produced and 8 cents when
from any other han the producing
country. The internal revenue tax on
cigarettes is increased materially,
while the tax on beer and whisky is
not changed. A cut Of 80 per cent Is
-l i. 49,, ,+,nl AVID Ipn,bpr S0ha1.
ules. Iron ore, hides. tallow, cotton
seed oil and works of art more than
twenty years old are placed on the
free list.
The tariff on boots and shoes Is re-
duced 40 per cent, and that on other
| leather manufacturers in proportion
The pottery schedule remains about
the same, but the duties on window
and plate glass of the smaller sizes
are increased, while those on the larg-
er sizes are reduced.
The tariff on wool Of the first and
second classes, used principally In
clothing, is not disturbed. but that on
the third class. known as carpet WOOL,
is reduced for the cheaper grades. "A
5-cent cut is made on Shoddy II
waste, while wool tops are assessed .
| cents a pound more than secured WOOL
which is not changed. Recommends
tons for placing wool pulp on the free
list and reducing the duties on pr1n1
D with certain restrictions, maze
by the Mann committee of the House.
are incorporated.
Duty on Refined Cut.
The duty on refined sugar is reduced
.O5 of a cent a pound and that on dex'
trim half a cent a pound. A reduct1on
of half a cent a pound is made also
in the duty on starch. with the excep'
ton of potato starch. Zinc in ore Is as
sessed l cent a pound for the zinc con
tanned. The tariff on pig iron IS re
duced from 81 to $3.50 a ton. The
principal increases are made IN the
duties on lemons. cocoa and subst1'
t1tes for coffee, coal tar dyes, gloves
coated papers and photographic prints
The inheritance tax paragraph
places a tax Of 5 per cent on all III
heritances over $500 that are collater
al inheritances or in which
are the legatees. In cases or ulrec'
inheritance the taxes prescribed are
On $4,000 to 100000, 1 per cent; or
$780, 900 to 100000, 2 per cent, ano
on more than 100000, 3 per cent. Ii
is estimated that $2O.0O0,0OO annually
will be derived from this lax.
phiIippine Im~portation..
The bill provides for reciprocal free
trade with the Philippine Islands Oh
all articles, but limiting the sugar To
be imported free of duty to 3OO,oc
tons: wrapper tobacco to 3oo,Uoo
hounds and 100000 pounds Of hlleI
tobacco and 150,OOO,GO0 cigars in any
one fiscal year. The excess or sugar,
tobacco and cigars are to pay full Tar
iff rates. This exemption from u
is confined to the growth or products
of the islands, however. and does no'
admit articles imported into the Phil
ippine Islands from a foreign country
without payment OF full rates Oh ou''
on such importations.
The are reciprocity provisions IN tne
paragraphs assessing duties on btu
minous coal and coke and agricultural
indictments, by which these articles arr
given entry free of duty when import
ed from countries which permit tn
free Importation Of these articles iron
America.
The maximum and minimum Prov
sion avoids the necessity OF cont1nu
ing foreign trade Agreements. LII
PAYNE bin applies the same rule Il
Ia. 1.,-tr ~
patents taken out III thls country ~
aliens that applies to Americans II
the country of the aliens. DRAWBACK
privileges are extended and the meth
od Of valuation of articles upon whlcf
the tariff imposes an ad vaiorem dut!
is broadencd to prevent under'aiua
ion