Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-04-12

most fnINEANAAA NlANN AHANA' - ~
.,,e which are affected by the changes .
made by the senate finance committee /
,.,,icb today made public the amend |
,.,ys upon which Il has reached a .
Li-iou. senator Aldrich reported .
r,. hin rs amended TO the senate .
wien it met at ~ o'clock.
washington. April l2.-The senate
,.,,pittee on finance, with all meme
b.rs present. met az 10 o'clock today /
and chairman Aldrich presented the |
,,5n bu as amended by the majority /
10 tbs committee. Many OF the revenue /
,r.ducing features will be reported /
tub.equently as they are inteLWiheu
,.Ith administrative features or the
measure which will be adopted ldIe'
senator Aldrich, when requested 70 4
mako a BRIEF summary of the general /
character of the changes proposed ng |
t,. senate finance committee OF the \
house tariff bill, furnished the follow
ing statement: "a,
Elm the main the rates in the ttln |
hin las reported from the senate finance
,..,,r,ittee are lower than those In the 1
rNl as ID PASSED the house, the actual /
number OF reductions being about three |
fines the number of increases. Such /
increases AS have been made have |
bean largely rendered necessary 70 pre-
sorve the symmetry of the acheou.es' /
A considerable number of articles lh /
c,.-roon use have been taken from the I
luti3blc list OF the house bill and re-
staro5 to The free list. The great mass
,r ne rates reported are below those
the existing law.
SOME REDUCTIONS.
.rn schedule A Cthe chemical sched-
d. Len oh u
uHure of reductions below the house
bin one important change is In put
ting distilled and expressed OILS on lhe
Hce list In schedule tearth ana
oartheuWarc), the rates are largely the
same. In the house bill by a ohanke
in phraAeology from existing law the
duties on common earthenWare M Two
colors are raised from % 10 SO per
cont The committee mas reduced them
lo the rates of the existing law. In
glaes aud glassware the rates remain
the same as in the house bill.
HThe senate committee restored iron
orc to the dutiabe list at 20 per cent
"a ton, a reduction OF Is cents in this
schedule throughout Nearly all these
reductions have been retained by the
senate committee. in addition to those
made by the house the senate commit
tee has made quite large number or
other reductions. The senate commit
tee has retained the house rate of he
cents on lead ore but ii has been
Obliged to raise the rate on lead pro-
ducts throughout the bin to correspond
with this duty on lead ore.
Schedule D. wood and manufactures
of wood: The senate has taken of the
house rate OF 81 per 1000 ON rough lum-
her. a reduction of 81 from the Dingley
law and has retained the house rates
1n manufactures OF wood, nearly all
eArwlng reductions from the Ding
ley rates. The only important changes
iu the schedule made by the senate
..nmittee was the restoration OF im-
ported hardwoods 70 the free list.
SUGAR UNTOUCHED.
The senate committee left the sugar
schedule as IL came from the hose,
but reduced the house rate on sugar In
the biscuits and waters from 30 10 20
per cent.
The tobacco schedule remains un-
changed.
.'The agricultural schedule including
meat products, remains practically un-
changed from existing law but whe e
rf.nctious were made by the house, the
senate committee has restored The
pmglev rates, in response 10 the de-
mauds of farmers throughout the coun-
uy and Of the representatives OF lhe
great agricultural Interests.
"Fish remains as tho schedule came
f.m tho house The senate has re-
taIned cocoa on the free list believing
Ian article OF such general consumption,
both AS beverage and In an forms ~
Chocolate should no more pc MADE
dutable than tea or coffee. The COM
uttoe felt that II IL was necess NY to
Increase revenue Il could b. done bet
Ron ou Injuries than on the every dav
necessities OF life and have purs "a
rIs policy in the construction OF this
b'f"
SPICES FREE, WINES ADVANCED
The senate committee use the same
principles 30 spices, ana has rea,o ca
tnem 10 the free list where they na
ALWAYS beon. Again. ON the same prln-
v.Ue the senate committee mas lu-
elclsed The rates on spirits ana wines
Do her cent throughout. which, 10 ls o.
umated. viii yield an additional Tie
uue Of g300O.0OO most OF when WIZ
como from the Increased duty on eHa'h-
payne. ,..,.
EN- avtepsion of tho specific rates no
cover a class of fancy goods ana nov
Ciles which are covered in the eAla'-
ur law by ad Valnrom rates.
The resulting adyalorem rates nave
not been increased
THO avcrage rates Boo the cotton Hched-
Nf.N"N NNlNNN N'A"
s.d novelties. remain the same. lhels
one exception 90 this statement ana
fIat is tho reduction from the h"ulN
ill ON Fashioned hosiery, where lh'
committee has recommended inc i'-
sioraton of the rates of the eAlrunb
IaW Tho committee coniemplates
BON mrtnrr substitution of specific ioi
pa yal0rom rates in other paragraphs
uf tho blI
Raw naN has been restored by the
senate committee 90 the duuahle hsI
Oiherwife me schedule remains sud-
f1utialy as a. comes from tho mousse
WOOL RATE RESTORED.
Tho senate committee has restored
the rates Ma the wool schedules to u'e
IIfeH ol fhc present law.
100 silks the senate committee uah
adopted "a new schedule. rcplaclng ad-
fHlorem with specific rates Boz all cases
whore n was possible 30 Do so. showing
slleht average reduction nom tn'
equivalent ad YHlDrcm
HATS ANn bONNErs
n would ho Impossible ln "a brloi
statement 10 review an the afuelea