The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-04-13
Some Specific Reductions.

rates reported are below those Of existing
law.
Some Specific Reductions.
aIn schedule A 1.-THE chemical SCHEDULED
the principal changes are in the nature
Of reductions below the House bill. One
important change is in putting distilled
and expressed oils upon the free list
I'm schedule B leafths and earthen.
warel the rates remain largely the same.
In the House bill, by change in phrase
ology from existing law, the duties on
common earthenware in two eolors are
raised from Is to 90 per cent. The com.
mittee has reduced them TO the rates
Of existing law. In glass and glassware,
the rates remain the same as in the
House bill
aThe Senate committee restored iron
ore to the dutiable list at % cents per
ton. reduction Of 10 cents a ton from
the Dingley rate. The House had made
large reductions in this schedule through
out. Nearly an these reductions have
been retained by the Senate committee,
TIE s8iiiqE t8mhtfe'e'' 6sgs e. nasae A quite
large number Of other reductions
The Lumber Schedule.
eThe Senate committee has retained
the House rate on lead ore Of Ilh cents
per pound, but has been obliged TO raise
the rates on lead products throughout
the bill to correspond with the duty on
lead ore.
~In schedule D twood and mauufac.
lures Of wood, the Senate has taken
the House rate Of 81 a thousand on
rough lumber, a reduction Of dollar
from the Dingley law, and has retained
the House rates on manufactures Of
woods, nearly all showing reductions
from the Dingley rates. The only i'm
portant change in the schedule made BY
the Senate committee was the restofa-
tion Of imported hard woods to the free
list. The Senate committee left the
sugar schedule as IL came from the
House, but reduced teh House rate On
sugared biscuits and waters from 30 to
20 per cent.
The tobacco schedule remains m.
changed
@The agricultural schedule. including
meat products, remains practically IN.
changed from the existing law, but whore
reductions were made in the House, the
Senate committee has restored the Ding.
ley rates III response to the demands
of farmers throughout the country and
representatives of the great agricultural
Fish remains as it came from
the House. The Senate committee has
returned cocoa to the free list. believing
that an article Of such general consump.
ton both as a beverage and in all forms
OF chocolate, should no more be made
dutiable than tea or coffee. The com
mittee felt that If it were necessary to
increase revenue, it could be done better
on Injuries than on every day 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 always been Again, on the same
principle, the Senate committee has in
creased the rate On spirits and wines Is
per cent. throughout, which, it is esti-
mated, win yield an additional revenue
Of S3,O00000 most Of which viii come
from the increased duty on champagne
In the cotton schedule there has been
an extension Of the specific rates TO cover
d class of fancy goods and novelties
which are covered in the existing laws
BY ad valorem rates. The resulting ad
rates have not been increased
"The average rates in the cotton sehed-
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
fashioned hosiery, where the committee
has recommended the restoring OF the
rates Of the existing law
The committee contemplates q still
further substitution Of specific for ad
rates in other paragraphs Of the
bill
Raw fax has been restored by the
Senate committee 10 the dutiahle list
otherwise the schedule remains substan-
tally the same as It came from the
House
"The Senate committee has restored |
Ihe rates in the wool schedule to the |
rates of the present law. Ia silks, the
Senate committee has adopted a new
schedule replacing ed vaIorem with spe-
siic rates IN All cases where it was pos.
sible to do so, showing slight reduction
from the prevalent al valorem rates
The Senate committee has not yet