Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1909-08-14
agree ON A TARIFF
C0NFEREES FINALLY DECIDE
ON SCHEDULES.
Reported to House and Passed by
Vote of 1875 to 1913, Two Democratic
tory for Taft, Calling for Reductions
Bill Includes Free Hides.

1t is reported that Taft will sign the
tariff bill as submitted to the house.
Although the president is not thorough
ly satisfied, he expressed the belief
that the main revision is downward
and regards the bill as an improvement
over the Dingley bin.
Representative Payne has presented
the tariff bill in the house.
The bill as submitted is a victory
for Taft, the conferees having agreed
to his demand for reductions. Payne.
in presenting the bill, said the rates
had been lowered where they were too
high and raised where insufficient for
protection and where importations
were very great.
The bill includes free hides. free
crude petroleum, a duty of As cents
per ton on bituminous coal, Is cents
per ton on slack coal, Is cents per ton
on iron ore, s1-25 per Thousand feet on
rough lumber. The Dingley rates pre-
vail on gloves, with a slight increase
on hosiery. A duty of 1878 per ton
is placed on print paper, with free
wood pulp if reciprocity is granted.
otherwise ~ cents per pound. cor
poration tax, in lieu of an inheritance
tax, is imposed, with the senate maxi
mum and minimum provisions.
1t provides for a tariff board to ad-
wise the president but not congress. A
customs court is also provided. Present
drawback provisions are retained, with
cnrfqIn g,
wheat for -four
Payne S statement showed that the
annual consumption of lumber on
which the duty is decreased totals
S566, s70,950, while the value of con
sumption Of the class which is in
creased is only $31 ,2s0,372.
Duties on all wines and LIQUORS
are Increased. The total consumption
Of all articles on which the duty is
raised is $685., 81, 525 annually, while
the consumption Of articles decreased il
s., 49s, 122, 122 annually.
Upward Trend
Compared with the Dingley bill, the
revisions upward include: Shingles.
30 TO so cents per 1000; hops, from u
to l6 cents a pound; wines and liquors.
increased; fancy soaps, razors, pineap-
pies, lemons, opium, cocaine cocoa. an
generally increased.
The revisiOns downward include.
Iron ore, from 40 TO SO per cent a ton;
hre brick, As to 33 per cent; pig iron.
- to $3.50 per ton; scrap iron, 81 10
n per tom steel rails, from 7-2Oths Of
'ne per cent TO 7-4Oths Of one per cent
per pound
The new cotton rates are approx.
nateiy per cent above the Dingley
a". Wool tops are reduced and given
me rates between combined wool and
yarn. There is a small reduction Ia
yarns, wooden cloth and cotton warp.
)ther Dingley wooden schedules arc re-
aimed.
sugar Is reduced from Ave 70 ono
'unafedths of one cent per pound Salt
p reduced one cent per hundredweiQht.
Dressed leather Is reduced from 20 POI
cent 70 10 per cent
Passes the House.
~ che nauoW naggin o. 100 40 le3
.he house after AZ hours debate.
PASSED Che tarif DID ~ reported from
Ne conference committee
iheniy lepuplIcanf voted against
Ae bll
Two aemocfaia lif0ufaard and a.
op'nal ~ Louisiana voted ~ fhe bill.
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