Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-04-13

meat products, remains practically I'M
changed, hut where reductions were made
by the house the senate committee had
restored the Dingley rates, in response
to the demands 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 chocolate, should no
more be made dutiable than tea or coffee.
The committee felt that If il was ,neces-
ssry to increase revenue, It could be done
better on luxuries than on the 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 al
ways been. Again on the same principle.
the senate committee has increased the
rates on spirits and wines Is per cent.
throughout which, II is estimated, will
yield an additional revenue OF 50, OO0OOO,
most of which will come from the in
Creased duty on champagne.
The Cotton Schedule
I'm the cotton schedule there has been
an extension of the specific rates to COW
er class of fancy goods and novelties
which are covered in the existing law
by ad vslorem rates. The resulting ad
valorem rates have not been increased.
''The average rates in the cotton sched-
ule. other than the rates on fancies and
novelties, remain the same. There is one
exception to this statement and that is
the reduction from the house bill on fash
toned hosiery, where the committee has
recommended the restoration of the rates
of the existing law. The committee con-
templates a still further substitution of
specific for ad valorem rates in other
paragraphs Of the bill
Raw flax has been restored by the
senate committee to the dutiable list,
otherwise the schedule remains substan-
TALLY as it came from the house.
The senate committee has restored
the rates in the wool schedule to the rates
Of the present law.
I'm silks the senate committee has
adopted a new schedule replacing ad va
loren with specific rates in all cases
| where II was possible to do so, showing
a slight average reduction from the
equivalent ad valorem.
Coal and Hides
The senate committee has not yet Civ
en- out the rates 1t will recommend
in regard to wood pulp and the articles
dependent upon it. They have also left
open for further action the question of
the duties on coal and hides.
"It would be impossible in brief state
ment to review all the articles under the
heading of sundries. The changes from
the house bill in the main are of such
minor Importance as not to require a
detailed statement. II may be well, how
ever. TO call attention to the fact that
the senate committee has made reduc-
tons OF Is per cent on an average in the
specific duties on hats and bonnets
which the house had raised in some in
stances above the Dingley rates. The
| senate committee has also struck out the
house paragraph,in regard 20 gloves and
has restored the rates in the existing law.
The senate committee has also added
10 the sundries of the dutiable list for
eigu-built yachts owned by American cit
liens which seemed to the committee q
luxury which might fairly pay a duty
OF IS per cent
''The free list. as reported by the SEN
ate committee. in the main remains as it
is in the existing law. A few items have
been put on the dutiable list and placed
upon the free list. There is one change,
however, in the free list, which is of
great general interest and that is the pro-
vision in regard to free art. The house
very wisely made paintings and sculp-
lures more than twenty years old Free
and the senate committee has added to
these works of art generally, including
artistic antiquities more than a hundred
years old.
Maximum and Minimum
The senate committee has taken no
action as yet upon the maximum and
minimum provisions or the administra-
| tive sections of the bill They propose
| TO report their amendments to the most
| important features OF the fact at a la
ter date. They have adopted this course
because IT has seemed to the senate
committee of highest Importance to Sc
cure immediate action npon 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 the administrative features
| later"
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