Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1909-03-25
new TARIFF BILL IS
INTRODUCED IN HOUSE
Measure Would Increase Country
Revenues from Customs to $780,
600. OOOu observation-disclosures Tax
PLanned---Cofee on Free List

Washington. = The ways and
means committee OF the house
nas begun consideration Of the tarin
bill which was introduced Wednesday
The measure as II now stands woulc
Increase the country's revenues from
customs to $1,000 900 year.
The senate committee on finance
also began informal consideration o.
the measure. The probabilities are
that the house committee will have
only one sitting on the bill, that the
measure will be reported to the house
Immediately after 1t convenes to-day
and the debates will begin next Mon
day.
The measure. which was introduced
b, Serene Payne. chairman Of the
committee. chairman Of the ways
and means committee provides for al
inheritance tax; increased interna
revenue tar on cigarettes: q $4,000.
900 issue Of Panama canal bonds: %
increased issue of $l5O.000,000 Il
treasury certificates. and the imposi
ton Of duties on q maximum AND
minimum basis. Coffee. hides and
iron ore are ON the free list: boots ant
shoes. leather goods. steel and iroI
products. lumber, wool shoddy. AND
waste. and the cheaper grades of third
class wool are materially reduced. Tes
10 taxed eight cents q pound The In
ternal revenue tax on beer and whis
ky Is not disturbed. Thirty thousand
copies will be printed.
No Duty on Coffee.
While there IL no duty imposed
upon coffee. tea is taxed eight cents
when imported from the country
where It is produced. and nine cent.
when from other than the producing
country. The internal revenue tai
on cigarettes is materially increased
while the tax on beer and whisky Il
undisturbed. A cut of so per cent
Il made in the steel and lumber sched
ulcs. Hides. tallow. cottonseed oil
and works of art more than 20 year,
old are placed on the free list.
Tho tariff ON boots and shoes is re
duced 40 per cent. and on other lcath
or manufactures in proportion. The
pottery schedule remains about the
same. but the duties on window and
plate glass OF tie smaller sizes are
Increased. while the duties ON the
larger sizes are reduced. The tariff
on wool Of the first and second class
used principally in clothing. IL moi
disturbed, but on wool of tho THIRD
class, known ~ carpet wool. Il is re-
duced on the cheaper grades.
Duty on Agricultural PRODUCTS.
Agricultural products schedule: Bar
ley. from 30 cents per bushel to I!
cents: barley malt from Is cents t.
IS cents: cabbages from to 2 cent.
each: bacon and hams from cents
per pound to Z cents: fresh meat from
; cents to IN cents per pound: lard
from : cents to ~ cents; tallow from
Y Of cent per pound to the fre<
list; wool grease from u Of I cent Il
Y Of I cent: dextrin. burnt starch
and 20 forth from cents to II cent,
per pound: peas. green. from 20 cent
per bushel to 30 cents per bushel
Ill starch. except potato starch. from
~ cents to cent per pound: sugar
refined. 10 reduced from I $500 cent
to $1,000 cents per pound
Reduction for Wool.
A Ave cent reduction is made Il
the duties ON shoddy and waste. Will,
wool tops are assessed six cents /,
pound more than the duty on secured
wool. which is unclaimed. IN,
recommendation for placing WOO,
pulp on the free list and reducing th,
duties on print paper. with certain re
strictions. made by the Mann commit
tee Of the house. are Incorporated Il
the bill.
The duty ON refined sugar 10 reduces
500 Of = cent q pound and on dez
trim half q cent . pound. A redue
ton Of half . cent q pound is ais
made in the duty on starch. with tn
exception of potato starch. Zinc Il
ore IL assessed one cent per poun
for the zinc contained. The tariff o.
pig iron - reduced from 81 to 32.5
per ton.
Whsre Increases Are Made.
The principal increases are made 4
the duties ON lemons. cocoa and sui
stitutes for coffee. coal-tar. dyei
gloves, and coated papers and liths
graphic prints.
As was expected. the new tariff bill
made on 4 maximum and minimum
basis, with the provision that th
maximum rates are not to go into e
feet until 60 days after the passas
Of the bill. Reciprocity provision
are contained in the paragraphs .
sessing duties on bituminous coal an
coke and agricultural implements. b
free of duty when imported from coul
tries which permit the free import