Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-12
Upper House Committee
Heeds Loud Protest OF
the Women.
MEASURE Is REPORTED
Iron Ore Taken from Free List
Impression Given Average
Is Lower.

Washington, d. c., April 12.-Chair-
man Aldrich today presented to the
full senate committee on finance the
tariff bill as amended by the majority
of the committee. Many of the rev.
enue producing features will be re-
ported subsequently, as they are in
tertwined with the administrative
features of the measure, which will lie
adopted later In a statement issued
by Aldrich briefly summarizing the
general character of the changes pro-
posed he said:
Lower In the Main.
In the main the rates as reported
from the senate finance committee are
lower than those in the bill as it pass
ed the house, the actual number of
reductions being about three times
the number of increases. A consider
able number of articles in common
use has been taken from the dutiable
list of the house bill and restored to
the free list.
Many Below Present Law.
"A great mass of rates reported are
below those of the existing law One
important change is in the putting Of
distilled and expressed oils upon the
free list The committee has reduc ed
duties on common earthenware in two
cOlors to those of the existing law.
The committee restored iron ore 20
the dutiable list at "a cents per ton, i
reduction of 10 cents a ton from the
Dingley rate. Nearly all the reduc-
tiohs in the iron schedule made by the
house are retained by the senate con-
mittee and it has made quite large
number of other reductions.
Raised on Lead Products.
THE committee has retained the
house rate on lead ore of 11s cents
per pound, but raised the rates on
lead products. The only important
change in the wood schedule made
by the committee was the restoration
of imported hard wood to the free
list.
Meat Changed Little.
"The agricultural schedule, incluI
ing meat products, remains practically
unchanged from the existing law, but
where reductions were made by the
house the senate committee has re
stored the Dingley rates. The senate
has returned cocoa and spices to tht
free list, but increased the rates or
spirits and wines Is per cent through
out.
Average on Cotton Same.
THE average rates in cotton sched
ules, other than the rates on fancie!
and novelties. remain the same eXceD
the committee mas recommended thu
restoration of the rates of the exist
ing law on fashionable hosiery. Raw
flax has been restored to the dutiabl
list and rates in the wool schedule t.
the rates of the present law. In silk
the committee has adopted new
schedule, replacing the advaloren
with specific rates in all cases wher
ii is possible to do so. The committe
has not yet decided what rates it wi
recommend in regard to wood pull
coal and hides.
strikes Out Paragraph on Gloves.
"The committee has made redu
tion of Is per cent on the average
specific duties on hats and bonnet
which the house had raised in SOM
instances above the Dingley rates an
has struck out the house paragraph
regard to gloves and restored the rate
in the existing law The free list,
the main, remains as 1t is in the exis
ing law. A few items have been pl
on the dutiable lists, and others haN
been taken from the dutiabie list, ar
placed upon the free list.
The committee has taken no q