The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-03-17
Committee Reports to-
Congress on Plan
Of Revision.
STEEL AND IRON ARE ''-
SLASHED; HIDES FREE
Duties on Articles of Daily Use
Are Reduced-Luxuries
Are Raised. If
EVEN VEGETABLES ARE 7
PLACED UNDER THE AK
Wood Pulp Should Be Placed on
Free List, Special Body
Declares. N

WASHINGTON, March l7.--Dovruvvaxd
revision. maximum and minimum pro-
visions which impose an average mnx1-
mum duty 30 per cent. In excess of the
present tarif, and numerous prcyisaonn
by which IT is estimated TINT the rev..
enue to the government wiz be Sn-
creased from forty to att, p,ilIIen doll
lars, are the salient features oil the new
tarin bill wI,icl, wss ipsroduccd In the
House today by Rcprcsrrtatise sereno
II. Payne. chairman of the ways auA
means coynnsittee. The ~erorneuds..
tiona madc by President 7af.---that an
iBhc rjtance tax he provided sps that .
limited rnsoUDf of tohsrrc ard sux1r
be admitted free from the pbiiippires-
are inciudcd IN tho bill The measuxe
also provides for the sssuspcs OF Pa1-
sma Canal bonds 10 the ntnnnnt o9
ss0,o00,G0o.
No Duty gofyrr
While there is. no duty ifspased unou
coffee, tea is taxed eight cents wheu
imported from the country where It 4a
produced and nine cent when from
other than the producing country The
/ informal revenue tax Oh cigardEtes Is
beer and whislsey ls sis13istnfbeii A.
cut of SO per cent. il ilalie il the steel
and lumber schedules, sad titles, tai
low, cotton seed oil ard 16Ya Il pf art
more than twenty years ~ siaie placed
on the free list.
Shoes Reduced.
! The tariff on boots AMI sl,osss is re-
duced 40 per cent, ard ,ln ether leather
manufactures in proportion. The pot
terry schedule renains about tho atarne.
but the duties on window ANA plate
glass of the smaller sizes are Increased.
The tariff on wool of the FIRST aud sec-
ond class is not disturbed, but OH wool
of the third class it is reduced ON the
cheaper grades. The recommendations
for placing wood pulp on the free list
and reducing the duties on print paper,
with certain restrictions made by the
Mann committee of the House, are In
corpoprated in the bill.
susor Cut no,rr
The duty on refined sugar is reduced
five -hundredths of cent a pound
and Oh dextrln one-llalf cent a pound.
A reduction of one-laalf a cent d pound
is also made in the duty on atarch,
with the exception of potato starch.
The inheritance tax provision of the
bill is similar to the New York State
law. 1t provides a tax of per cent.
on all inheritances over $500 that are
collateral inhertances or In which
strangers are the legatees. In cases OF
direct inheritance the taxes prescribed
are: On $4,000 to 100000 ! per cent:
on 100000 to s50o0oo . per cent, and
on those over 100000 8 per cent It u
estimated that s2o,ooo,0oo annually win
be derived from this tax.
| Regarding the miscellaneous proyfnz
ions of the BILL Mr.. Payne states.
Filipino Reciprocity.
! THE bill provides for reciprocal fron
trade with the Philippine Islands on an
! articles, but limiting the sugar to b
| Imported free of duty to 100000 tonya
wrapper tobacco to 1000 pounds, and
100000 pounds of filler tobacco, and
! 15o,00o,000 cigars in any one fiscal year.
! The excess of sugar. tobacco, and CIGARS
! to pay full tariff rates. This exemption
! from duty is confined to the growth or
I products of the Islands. however, and
I does not admit articles imported into
! the Philippine Islands from a foreign
country without payment of full rates
of duty on such importations.
Cuban status Remains
"A section is Inserted preserving tn
Cuban reciprocity provisions OF tia
present law.
Provision Is made to terminate the
various commercial agreements with
foreign countries, according to the
| terms of said agreements, by notice.
and in the meantime keeping within
those agreements. The provisions OF
section 4, applying the minimum and
maximum rates, will take the place oe
! these sections.
sHThe estimated revenue under the
tariff duties prcscribc.i in the hin
amount to about $SOo,00O,OOO.
1t is provided that the bin shall 18u
into effect the day following it's eracts
ment
Hit at Luxurfes
Among the changes suggested ara:
"Perfumeries and toilet articles nEusn
so to go per centum ad valorem. Fancy
soap from 10 to 20 cents Per pound.
Cocoa. crude, transferred from tl,e
free list to the dutiable, at cent? pr
pound: prepared or manufactured. in-
creased 2 cents on each claseiflcat1ou
except that valued above IS cents Per
pound, which remains the same. Fows