The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-03-17
NEW TARIFF BILL MAKES MANY CHANGES
 FROM PRESENT LAW
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 due allowance by deduction being made
 for estimated duties thereon, cost of
 transportation, insurance and other
 necessary expenses from the place of
 shipment to the place of delivery and
 reasonable commission not exceed
 ing ten per cent, if any of the same
 is paid.
 The bill provides for reciprocal free
 trade with the Philippines on many
 articles. The excess of sugar, tobacco
 and cigars to pay full tariff rates. A section is added, applying the same rules to patents obtained in the United States by aliens that are adopt ed by the country of which these aliens are citizens in respect to pat ents issued there to citizens of the United States. This will either com pei foreigners obtaining patents in the United States to build factories and
 manufacture here for our trade or eventually forfeit the right to their
 patents.
 ! A section is inserted, preserving the Cuban reciprocity provisions of the
 present law.
 Provision is made to terminate the
 va arious commercial agreements with
 foreign countries. according to the
 terms of said agreements. by notice,
 those agreements. The provisions ap- plying the maximum and minimum rates will take the place of these sec
 tions.
 fers of property. both real and per- sonal. by inheritance or succession and by will. It is believed this provision when in full operation, will bring in revenue of twenty million dollars, although no accurate estimates can be made.
 The internal revenue tax on cigar cites is increased. those weighing over three pounds per thousand from s3 to s36O, and those weighing less from $1 to $1.50.
 The bill contains a carefully prepar- ed section, extending the privileges of draw back on material imported in which tariff has been paid and the products of which are manufactured in this country when exported.
 It is provided that the bill shall go into effect the day following it's en- actment.
 The committee have transferred son,e e articles from the free list to the du- tiable and have increased duties on others for the sole purpose of increas- ing the revenue. Most of these arti- cIes on which duties have been in- creased are Fuxuries.
 The statement then gives the various increases which include: Perfumeries and toilet articles; fancy soap; cocoa, pound for crude, to cocoa valued from 34 to 35 cents, from five to seven cents a, pound: cocoa butter from 3x to 5h cents a pound; dandelion root and ar tfcleS used as a substitute for coffee PIE to cents a pound.
 Mustard from free list to 90 per cent. advance; ground. 30 cents a pound and various other spices. unground, 30 per cent advalorem; ground 21S cents a pound and 30 per cent. advalorem.
 Feathers from 15 per cent. to 20 per cent. adva1orem; furs from 20 per cent. to 21 1-2 per cent. advalorem. Man ufacture of hair from 20 to 25 per cent. advaloren.
 Duties on the following articles have been increased because the committee found that there was not sufficient protection under the law: Oxalic acid transferred from the free list with a duty of one cent pound; coal tar dyes or colors from 30 per cent. to B per cent advalorem. Cement from 30 per cent. to 8 per cent. advalorern Asphalt and bitumen to fifteen one the bitumen contained therein. Polish ed plate glass increased from cents to 10 cents per square foot on sizes not exceeding 16 to "A square inches ceeding 4 by 30 inches, from 10 cents to 12 1-2 cents per square foot; all above that 22 1-2 cents per square foot which Is reduction on nearly all of these larger sizes.
 Watch cases and parts of watches and clocks unchanged. Peas. split peas from forty cents to forty-five cents CT bushel. Figs from cents to 1-2 cents per pound. Lemons from cent to 1 1-4 cents per pound. Pineapples, from $7 to $8 per thousand. An addi tional duty of one cent per yard on fabrics. Ca new process of invented since the pres ent law was enacted)
 Photographic prints from six cents per pound to cents; card board from 20 cents to 25 cents per pound; other paper 20 cents to 25 cents per pound. Women's gloves have been advanced to the rate on mems gloves S4 dozen. and women's gloves are assessed 35 cents in addition per dozen pair for each inch over fourteen.
 Reductions are applied to about 50 articles in the schedule of chemicals. oils and paints, and the amount of ;he decrease in the duty ranges from 25 to 50 per cent. Boracic acid cut from } to cents a pound. Salicylic acid from 50 to 35 cents pound. Tartaric acid from to cents a pound. Alum from l 1-2 to fourth of one cent per pound. Sulphate of Alum, copper and licorice, cotton seed oil and li- crone oil are transferred to the free list.
 Collodion and all compounds of py- -oxylin from 50 to 40 cents per pound Fruit ethers. oils or essence from 8 to $1 per pound. Flaxseed. linseed and poppy seed oil, 20 to Is cents a gall on. Ocher, sienna and umber and their earths from 1 1-2 to l cent pound. Varnishes from 35 to 25 per .ent advalorem Other reductions are: |
 Firebrick from 45 to 35 per cent. ad- l other brick if glazed from 45 | ger cent to 35 per cent. adValorem. Plaster rock or gypsum from 50 cents | o 40 cents per ton; if ground or cal 1 :ined from $2.25 to s1.75 per ton. Un- | cylinder, crown and common | window glass. above 24 by 36 inches | square, reduced one-eighth of a cent l per pound on all sizes; cylinder and | crown glass, above A by 30 and not | exceeding 24 by 60 inches square, re- | luced from 15 cents to 12 cents per | square foot; sixes above that from 20 1 cents to 15 cents per square foot.
 Marble, sawed or dressed. over in | ,hes in thickness. from one dollar and .en cents to one dollar per cubic foot. l Cast polished plate glass, silvered, A ,y 30 inches from 3S to 25 cents per | square foot.
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